Brief Life History of Rena H
When Rena H Tingle was born in May 1892, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph Marr Tingle, was 30 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Bailey, was 25. She married Anson Walter Sawyer on 4 October 1916, in Washington, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Washington, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States in 1910 and Ayden, Pitt, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 October 1975, in Williamston, Martin, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 83.
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Sources (22)
- Rena H Tingle in household of Joseph M Tingle, "United States Census, 1910"
- Rena H Tingle, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Rena Tingle Sawyer, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"
Spouse and Children
1889–1971 Male
1892–1975 Female
Children (2)
1917–1996 Female
1931–1987 Female
Parents and Siblings
1862–1944 Male
1866–1943 Female
Siblings (3)
1889–1966 Female
1892–1975 Female
1896–1987 Female
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 4
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
Age 5
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 24
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): metonymic occupational name for a maker of nails or pins, or a nickname for a small, thin man, from Middle English tingel, a kind of very small nail (a word of North German origin).
Americanized form of German Dingel or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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