Arline Jenkins Ash

22 October 1922–17 November 2009 (Age 87)
Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of Arline Jenkins

When Arline Jenkins Ash was born on 22 October 1922, in Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Christian Freas Ash, was 38 and her mother, Ann Jenkins, was 27. She died on 17 November 2009, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States.

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John Joseph Maher
1921–1967
Arline Jenkins Ash
1922–2009

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Age 1

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1926 · Iowa becomes a provider of food to the world

Age 4

Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World

Age 23

The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

Name Meaning

1 English: from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old English æsc), hence a topographic name for someone living by an ash tree or a habitational name from any of the many places in southern and central England named with this word (Derbyshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, Shropshire, Somerset, and elsewhere).2 In New England, Ash is commonly found for French Dufresne , with the same meaning.3 Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an acronym for Yiddish AltSHul ( see Altschul ) or AyznSHtot ( see Eisenstadt ).

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

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Sources (3)

  • Arlene Ash in household of C F Ash, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Arline J Ash in household of C Freas Ash, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Arline Jenkins Ash, "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993"

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