Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Dennis was born on 10 July 1910, in Rossville, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, his father, Pierce Irvin Dennis, was 27 and his mother, Lucinda Lewis, was 26. He married Mary Lucille McMurphy on 1 January 1933, in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Auburn, Shawnee, Kansas, United States in 1920 and Tecumseh, Shawnee, Kansas, United States in 1930. He died on 13 August 1957, in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States.
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- Henry W Dennis, "United States 1950 Census"
- William Henry Dennis, "Kansas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- Henry Dennis, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Denis(e), Dinis(e), vernacular forms of Latin Dionysius, Greek Dionysios ‘(follower) of Dionysos’, an eastern god introduced to the classical pantheon at a relatively late date and bearing a name of probably Semitic origin. The name was borne by various early Christian saints, including Saint Denis, the martyred 3rd-century bishop of Paris who became the patron saint of France. From the 12th century onward, the popularity of the name in England (and of its cognates, mainly Denis , in the continental Europe) seems to have been largely due to French influence. The feminine form Dionysia (in vernacular English likewise Den(n)is) is also found, and some examples of the surname may originate from it.
English: from Middle English deneis, a variant of danais ‘Danish’, with the vowel influenced by Middle English denshe (Old English denisc). Compare Dence .
Irish (mainly Dublin and Cork): of the same origin as 1 and 2 above, sometimes an alternative form to Donohue but more often to McDonough , since the personal name Donnchadh was Anglicized as Donough or Denis.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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