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William Henry Jennings 1860 – 1929 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 04 Jun 1860

Birth Location: Cambria City, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 8 Apr 1929

Death Location: Adams, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: William Jennings

Mother: Sarah Chapman

Spouse(s): Mary Jennings

Children(s): Annie Jennings

William Henry Jennings was born in 1860 in Cambria City, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of William H. Jennings and Sarah Chapman. William Henry Jennings married Mary Jane Wolford Penrod - Jennings, and had children including Annie Susan Jennings. William Henry Jennings passed away in 1929 in Adams, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • William Henry Jennings was born in 1860 in Cambria City, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of William H. Jennings and Sarah Chapman.
  • William Henry Jennings married Mary Jane Wolford Penrod - Jennings, and had children including Annie Susan Jennings.
  • William Henry Jennings passed away in 1929 in Adams, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Jennings's Ancestors

Self
William Jennings
1860 – 1929
Birth Place: Cambria City, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
William H. Jennings
1826 – 1912
France or Wales
Sarah Chapman
1828 – 1904
Limehouse, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
William Chapman
1800 – 1835
Soham, Cambridgeshire, , England
Sarah Adams
1801 – 1870
Cambridgeshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Chapman
1767 –
Martha Sumnors
1768 – 1833
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Simkin
1742 – 1796

William Jennings's Descendants

1.
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William (Henry) Jennings (04 Jun 1860 – 8 Apr 1929) m. Mary (Jane Wolford Penrod -) Jennings (20 May 1861 – 12 Jul 1938)
  1. 1. Annie (Susan) Jennings (march 31 1882 – oct 28 1957) m. John (Calvin) Goughnour (May 16 1875 – March 3 1960)
    1. 1. Earl (H) Goughnour (1905 – )
    2. 2. Harvey (G) Goughnour (1906 – )
    3. 3. Ray (R) Goughnour (1908 – )
    4. 4. Laura Goughnour (abt 1909 – 1989) m. William (R) Ream (abt 1901 – 18 December 1980)
      1. 1. William Ream (abt 1927 – )
      2. 2. Henry Ream (abt 1930 – )
      3. 3. Donald Ream (22 Feb 1934 – ) m. Dora (Catherine") Ream (30 May 1936 – abt 2013)
        1. 1. Tammy Ream (12 Dec 1958 – )
      4. 4. Jerry Ream (abt 1937 – 25 Nov 1995)
    5. 5. Bertha (E) Goughnour (1910 – )

William Jennings's Timeline

3 Records

1860
04 Jun 1860
Birth of William Henry Jennings in Cambria City, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
Cambria City, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
1879
1879
Age 19
William Henry Jennings was married
None
1929
8 Apr 1929
Age 69
Death of William Henry Jennings in Adams, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
Adams, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 04 Jun 1860
    Event Place: Cambria City, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1879

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Apr 1929
    Event Place: Adams, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA

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