Donald Dean Penton

Male14 April 1922–31 December 1985

Brief Life History of Donald Dean

When Donald Dean Penton was born on 14 April 1922, in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States, his father, Paul Leslie Penton, was 28 and his mother, Hildred LaVerne Cox, was 18. He married Pearl Lahetta Hilyard about 1944, in Knox, Knox, Illinois, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and Edna Township, Cass, Iowa, United States in 1950. He died on 31 December 1985, in Cumberland, Cass, Iowa, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Victoria Cemetery, Victoria Township, Cass, Iowa, United States.

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Donald Dean Penton
1922–1985
Pearl Lahetta Hilyard
1922–2008
Marriage: about 1944

Sources (7)

  • Donald D Penton, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Donald Penton, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Donald D Penton in household of Charles Cox, "Iowa State Census, 1925"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1944Knox, Knox, Illinois, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 1

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    1926 · Iowa becomes a provider of food to the world

    Age 4

    Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.

    1941

    Age 19

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    English (mainly Hampshire):

    habitational name from Penton Grafton or Penton Mewsey (both Hanmpshire), or from a shortened form of Pennington 2. The placenames denoted a farm or estate for which a penny tax was payable (Old English pening ‘penny’ + tūn).

    in north-west England, a shortened form of Pennington 1, from either of the places called Pennington in Lancashire.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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