When Thomas Walker Jennings was born on 10 September 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, William B.W. Jennings, was 30 and his mother, Jane Walker, was 19. He married Mary Ann Hooper on 1 November 1875. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 8 years. He died on 3 June 1908, at the age of 53, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English: variant of Jenning , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from a pet form (see Jenning ) of the personal name Johannes (see John ).
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