Lenora Linn

Female1 January 1865–7 April 1943

Brief Life History of Lenora

When Lenora Linn was born on 1 January 1865, in Zion, Izard, Arkansas, United States, her father, William Sampson Linn, was 35 and her mother, Mary Jane Beckham, was 26. She married Aurelius Green Jennings on 31 December 1892, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Taylor, Texas, United States in 1910 and Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 April 1943, in Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Aurelius Green Jennings
1865–1938
Lenora Linn
1865–1943
Marriage: 31 December 1892
Owen Thomas Jennings
1892–1965
Blake Kenneth Jennings
1893–1959
Estelle Maud Jennings
1896–1989
Joe Linn Jennings
1899–
John Paul Jennings
1903–1962
Aubrey L. Jennings
1904–1975
Ima Hayes
1906–

Sources (7)

  • Nora Jennings in household of Arelius Jennings, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Nora Linn, "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944"
  • Leanera Linn in household of William Linn, "United States Census, 1870"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    31 December 1892Arkansas, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1865

    Age 0

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    1865 · Juneteenth (Slaves Were Freed)

    Age 0

    "On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: ""The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."""

    1886

    Age 21

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: variant of Lynn .

    German: habitational name from a place called Linn, named with lin ‘swamp, bog, marsh’.

    German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, Linto, formed with Old High German lind(i) ‘soft’.

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

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