Penelope Adamopolous

Brief Life History of Penelope

Penelope Adamopolous was born on 11 October 1900, in Greece. She married Othon Alex in 1918. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 17 October 1995, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

Othon Alex
1890–1985
Penelope Adamopolous
1900–1995
Marriage: 1918
Peter Alex
1923–1944
Frank Alex
1924–
Nicholas Alex
1924–2017

Sources (8)

  • Penlope O Ales in household of Othon P Ales, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Penelope N Adamopoulos, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
  • Penelope Adams in entry for Peter Alex, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"

World Events (8)

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

1909 · History of Van Nuys, CA

"In 1909 the Suburban Homes Company, a syndicate led by H. J. Whitley, general manager of the Board of Control, along with Harry Chandler, H. G. Otis, M. H. Sherman and O. F. Brandt purchased 48,000 acres of the Farming and Milling Company for $2,500,000.[1] Henry E. Huntington extended his Pacific Electric Railway (Red Cars) through the Valley to Owensmouth (now Canoga Park). The Suburban Home Company laid out plans for roads and the towns of Van Nuys, Reseda (Marian) and Canoga Park (Owensmouth). The rural areas were annexed into the city of Los Angeles in 1915.[2][3] On April 2, 1915 H. J. Whitley purchased the Suburban Home Company so that he would have complete control for finishing the development.[4] The town was founded in 1911 and named for Isaac Newton Van Nuys, one of its developers.[5] It was annexed by Los Angeles on May 22, 1915,[6] after completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, providing it with the water required for further growth.[7] Van Nuys was the first new stop on the San Fernando Line of the Pacific Electric Railway red cars system, which boosted its early land sales and commercial success.[5] Van Nuys became the Valley's satellite Los Angeles municipal civic center with the 1932 Art Deco Valley Municipal Building (Van Nuys City Hall), a visual landmark and Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, starting the present-day Government Center complex of government services buildings.[5] In 1991, Marvin Braude, a member of the Los Angeles City Council, redesignated a 45-block area of Van Nuys as a part of Sherman Oaks.[8] This redesignated area included the community of Magnolia Woods.[9] Some area residents had presented a petition and several original deeds that stated ""Sherman Oaks"" to Braude. They argued that the area was originally a part of Sherman Oaks until the 1960s, when ZIP Codes labeling the area as Van Nuys were established.[8] In October 2005, the Metro Orange Line opened with two stations. In 2014, a ""Great Streets"" project was introduced by Mayor Eric Garcetti with Van Nuys Bl"

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Name borne in Greek mythology by the wife of Odysseus who sat patiently awaiting his return for twenty years, meanwhile, as a supposed widow, fending off by persuasion and guile a pressing horde of suitors for her hand in marriage. Her name would seem to derive from Greek pēnelops ‘duck’, and play is made with this word in the Odyssey. However, this may obscure a more complex origin, now no longer recoverable. The name is recorded in England from the 16th century onwards.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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