Fredric Samuel Jennings

Brief Life History of Fredric Samuel

When Fredric Samuel Jennings was born on 23 December 1891, in Adair, Iowa, United States, his father, Louis Hampton Jennings, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Eleanor Foster, was 39. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Stella May Herron. He lived in Keith, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Arthur, Nebraska, United States in 1930. He died on 21 August 1963, in Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71.

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Fredric Samuel Jennings
1891–1963
Stella May Herron
1897–1976
Lucile Jennings
1916–
Raymond Virgil Jennings
1917–1956
Donald Jennings
1919–1978

Sources (11)

  • Fred Jennings, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Fredric S Jennings, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Fred Jennings, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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Name Meaning

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 ).

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

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