Brief Life History of William Edgar
When William Edgar Penland was born on 26 January 1920, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Samuel Sherman Penland, was 54 and his mother, Emma Catherine Buchannan, was 42. He died on 15 December 1988, in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Jonesville, Union, South Carolina, United States.
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- Edgar Penland in household of Emma Penland, "United States Census, 1930"
- William E Penland, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- William E Penland, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Possibly an altered form of Pentland or a habitational name from Penlan Hall, Essex or Penlan Farm in Hereford and Worcester. There are also numerous places in Wales named Penlan, notably in Dyfed, and the name may have been adopted on arrival in the US by immigrants from any of these places.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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