Freida Glee Penfold

Female12 April 1918–11 August 1988

Brief Life History of Freida Glee

When Freida Glee Penfold was born on 12 April 1918, in Lincoln Township, Adams, Iowa, United States, her father, Harry Leroy Penfold, was 24 and her mother, Nellie Grace Pugh, was 24. She died on 11 August 1988, in Adams, Iowa, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Lincoln Center, Adams, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harry Leroy Penfold
1893–1986
Nellie Grace Pugh
1894–1982
Freida Glee Penfold
1918–1988

Sources (9)

  • Glee Penfold in household of Harry Penfold, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Frieda Glee Penfold, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Frieda Glee Penfold, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 1

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi

Age 4

The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

Age 19

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Sussex, Surrey and Kent): from Middle English pin-fold, pen-fold, pun(d)-fold ‘animal pound’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived by a pound for stray animals or, most likely, a metonymic occupational name for someone in charge of such a pound. Compare Pinder .

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

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