Penny Family History
Penny Name Meaning
English (also present in Ireland): from Middle English peni,
peny ‘penny’, applied as a nickname, possibly for a person of
some substance or for a tenant who paid a rent of one penny. This was
the common Germanic unit of value when money was still an unusual
phenomenon. It was the only unit of coinage in England until the early
14th century, when the groat and the gold noble were introduced, and
was a silver coin of considerable value. There is some evidence
that the word was used in Old English times as a byname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Penny
Name Distribution of Penny Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Penny families
 109 - 216  37 - 108 |
 1 - 36  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Penny families
|
386 - 770 129 - 385 |
1 - 128 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Penny families
|
110 - 218 37 - 109 |
1 - 36 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Penny census records
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Penny Family Origin
Penny Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Penny
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Penny Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Penny census records
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Penny Civil War Service Records
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