When James Henry Denning Sr was born on 25 January 1853, in Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales, his father, James Denning, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Merrifield, was 20. He married Rosanna Williams on 21 December 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1853 and lived in Ammon, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Iona, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 6 April 1919, in Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Iona Cemetery, Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Denning, a derivative of Old English Dynna, a name of uncertain origin, but perhaps derived from dunn ‘brown, dun-colored’.
Irish (northern): variant of Dineen .
German: habitational name from Denning in Bavaria.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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