Brief Life History of Edna Bessie Ashman
When Edna Bessie Ashman Ponting was born on 6 August 1917, in Frome, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Frederick Walter Ponting, was 40 and her mother, Florence Elizabeth Ashman, was 36. She married Kenneth Bishop Cooksley in March 1945, in Wells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. She died in September 2003, in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 86.
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Sources (2)
- Ponting, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Edna B A Ponting, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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World Events (8)
1918
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
1921 · British Unemployment Reaches Post-War High
British unemployment reached a post-war high in July 1921 of 2.5 million people.
1940
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.
Name Meaning
English (Wiltshire and Gloucestershire):
from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Punting, PontingPointing (Old English Punting), a pet form of Punta.
occasionally perhaps a variant of Panting, itself a variant of either Penton or Panton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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