When Evertt C. Fenner was born on 17 March 1906, in Buena Vista Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States, his father, Charles Wilson Fenner, was 42 and his mother, Mary Alice Rood, was 35. He had at least 2 sons with Vada Mae Burnham. He lived in Richland Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1940 and Lynn Grove Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1950. He died on 9 October 1969, in Lynnville, Jasper, Iowa, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Lynnville, Jasper, Iowa, United States.
English: from Middle English fen(ne) ‘fen, marsh’ (Old English fenn) + -er, a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a marsh or fen. Fenn Place in Worth in Sussex had owners called atte Fenne, who in the time of King Henry VI (1421–1471) apparently changed their name to Fenner. See Fenn .
English: variant of Fainer, from Middle English feiner, fener ‘haymonger, one who sells hay’ (Old French fenier), or perhaps a nickname from Middle English feiner ‘inventor; hypocrite’.
South German and Swiss German: occupational name for an ensign or standard bearer, from Middle High German vener, an agent derivative of Middle High German vane ‘flag’. See also Fenrich .
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