Jennie M Converse

Brief Life History of Jennie M

When Jennie M Converse was born in October 1888, in Connecticut, United States, her father, William Aaron Converse, was 20 and her mother, Mary E Janes, was 17. She had at least 3 sons with Richard Jr. Dorsey. She lived in Tolland, Connecticut, United States in 1920 and Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1944, at the age of 56, and was buried in Staffordville, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Jr. Dorsey
1882–
Jennie M Converse
1888–1944
Francis J. Dorsey
1907–1961
Ernest R Dorsey
1908–
Raymond Merton Dorsey
1911–1953

Sources (8)

  • Jennie M Dorsey, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Jennie M Converse Dorsey, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mrs Jennie Converse Dorsey in entry for Francis J Stafford Springs Dorsey, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

World Events (8)

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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Old French convers literally ‘converted’, used to denote someone converted from secular to religious life in adult age, or, earlier, a lay member of a convent. The Cistercian and Augustinian conversi were men living according to a rule less strict than that of the monks or canons, engaged chiefly in manual work, with their own living quarters and their own part of the church. They were numerous among the Cistercians in the 12th and 13th centuries, often outnumbering the monks and were, by rule, illiterate. These lay brothers were employed on the monastic manors and granges, where they were liable to fall into the sin of owning private property. They acquired a reputation for violence and misbehaviour (at Neath, in 1269, they locked the abbot in his bedroom and stole his horses) and they were gradually replaced by more manageable paid servants.

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

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