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William Dennee



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  1. 1.  William Dennee was born on 10 Feb 1872 in Pennsylvania, USA (son of Alexander William Dennee and Annie Francis Johnson); died on 22 Apr 1902 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Ethnicity: American
    • Race: Black
    • Race: Mulatto
    • Name: William Denny
    • Name: William Denny
    • Name: Willie Denny
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: West Avenue; 12 Age: 12; At School Occupation: At School; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 094; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: N 10th Street; 28 Age: 28; Barber Occupation: Barber; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; CityWard: 9th; EnumerationDistrict: 0076; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son
    • Obituary: 22 Apr 1902, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    William Dennee died early morning April 22, 1902 after four days of illness with pneumonia at the young age of 33. He was well known within the Harrisburg community, an accomplished barber and was supervisor of his father's, A. W. Dennee’s barbershop. He was survived by his parents, Alexander William and Annie Johnson Dennee, a sister Bessie Dennee Marshall, an aunt Mrs. Josephine Dennee Bibb Davidson and a numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.
    In December 1985 when the Black community created a “Dennee Club Organize” to prepare for his father Alexander to achieve the nomination on the Republican ticket to be city assessor of Harrisburg young William became secretary of the organization and his father was eventually elected.
    He was also active in many other community organizations including the Afro-American City League, Wesley Union A. M. E. Church, Chosen Friends Lodge, No. 43, Free and Accepted Masons, and Harrisburg Republican Party.
    Inscription

    William Dennee
    Died April 21, 1902
    Aged 33 years
    Weep Not: He is not dead but sleepeth.

    Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138836595/william-dennee : accessed 22 November 2021), memorial page for William Dennee (10 Feb 1872–22 Apr 1902), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138836595, citing Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Leslie Smith (contributor 48530727) .

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alexander William Dennee was born on 1 Jan 1846 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Charles Dennee and Mary B. Cowan); died in Dec 1923 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Name: Alexander Denny
    • Name: Alexander W Dennee
    • Name: Alexander W Dennee
    • Name: Alexr Denny
    • Residence: 1850, North Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: West Avenue; 35 Age: 35; Barber Occupation: Barber; EnumerationDistrict: 094; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Self RelationToHead: Head
    • Newspaper Clipping: 21 Jan 1896, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Alexander W Dennee Republican Nominee for City Assessor_21 Jan 1896
    • Obituary: 20 Dec 1923, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Obituary for A. W. Dennee

    Alexander married Annie Francis Johnson. Annie (daughter of Robert Johnson and Selena Elizabeth Jackson) was born on 2 Apr 1848 in Virginia, USA; died on 1 Nov 1916 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Annie Francis Johnson was born on 2 Apr 1848 in Virginia, USA (daughter of Robert Johnson and Selena Elizabeth Jackson); died on 1 Nov 1916 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Ethnicity: American
    • Race: Black
    • Race: Black
    • Race: Mulatto
    • Name: Annie Denny
    • Name: Fannie Dennee
    • Name: Fannie Dennie
    • Name: Fannie Denny
    • Name: Fannie Johnson Dennee
    • Name: Frances Johnson
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: West Avenue; 36 Age: 36; Keeping House Occupation: Keeping House; EnumerationDistrict: 094; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: N 10th Street; 52 Age: 52; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: 6; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; CityWard: 9th; EnumerationDistrict: 0076; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 2; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 2; YearsMarried: 37; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: Tenth Street; 62 Age: 62; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0083; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 2; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 1; YearsMarried: 45; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife

    Children:
    1. Mary L "Bessie" Dennie was born on 25 Jan 1856 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 20 Jun 1917 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 1. William Dennee was born on 10 Feb 1872 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 Apr 1902 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles Dennee was born in 1811 in Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Name: Charles Denny
    • Name: Charles Denny
    • Name: Charles Denny
    • Residence: 1850, North Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; 39 Age: 39
    • Residence: 1854, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1858, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Charles married Mary B. Cowan. Mary was born in 1817 in Marysville, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 8 Jan 1886 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary B. Cowan was born in 1817 in Marysville, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 8 Jan 1886 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Name: Mary A. Dennee
    • Name: Mary B Cowan Dennee
    • Name: Mary Denny
    • Name: Mary Denny
    • Residence: North 10th street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1850, North Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; 31 Age: 31
    • Residence: 1876, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 2. Alexander William Dennee was born on 1 Jan 1846 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Dec 1923 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Josephine Dennee was born in 1847 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 31 Mar 1936 in 25 North 6th street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 3 Apr 1936 in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

  3. 6.  Robert Johnson was born in 1818 in Virginia, USA.

    Robert married Selena Elizabeth Jackson. Selena was born on 4 Jul 1824 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Feb 1919 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Selena Elizabeth Jackson was born on 4 Jul 1824 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Feb 1919 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Ethnicity: American
    • Race: Black
    • Name: Elizabeth Selena Johnson
    • Name: Salena Johnson
    • Name: Salina J Johnson
    • Negro Assaulted A Woman- William Upton...: 20 Nov 1900, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; William Upton Tears Things Up in Apple Avenue and is Arrested- Assaults Children of Mrs. Selena Johnson at 1206 Apple Avenue.
    • Residence: 1910, 313 Necatarine street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 84; CanRead: No; CanWrite: No; EnumerationDistrict: 0056; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 6; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 4; MaritalStatus: Widowed; RelationToHead: Mother
    • Oldest Colored Woman in City-Born a Slave-Dies: 19 Feb 1919, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    Oldest Colored Woman in City, Born a Slave, Dies
    The death of Mrs. Salena Johnson, said to be the oldest colored resident in Harrisburg, occurred last night at her home, 812 East Street.
    Mrs. Johnson was born a slave in Virginia, July 4, 1824, and was 94 years, 7 months and 11 days old. When she was freed from bondage after the Civil War she came north with her daughter, the late Mrs. A.W. Dennee, living in Carlisle for many years. Removing to Harrisburg, she lived in this city up to the time of her death. She was a member of the Wesley Union A.M.E. Church and was widely known here.
    Mrs. Johnson is survived by three children, Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Eleanora Washington of Philadelphia; and George W. Johnson, with whom she made her home; three grandchildren, Mrs. Mary Jackson of Toronto, Canada; Mrs. Frances Johnson, of this city; and George E. Johnson, who is with the Army in France; three great-grandchildren, Dr. A.L. Marshall, Dr. W.E. Marshall, of this city and Dr. F.S. Marshall, who returned from France on Sunday with the 351st Field Artillery; and one great-great-grandchild, Margaret Jane Marshall.
    Funeral arrangements will be made on the arrival of her daughters and will be announced later."
    *Published in The Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg Pennsylvania) February 19 1919.

    Funeral Services of Aged Woman Tomorrow
    MRS. SALENA JOHNSON
    Funeral services for the late Mrs. Salena Johnson, the oldest colored resident of the city, will be held tomorrow afternoon at her late residence, 812 East Street, with the Rev. Stephen McNeil, pastor of the Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church, in charge. The services will be at 2 o'clock and interment will be made in the Lincoln Cemetery at Penbrook.
    *Published in The Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg Pennsylvania) February 20 1919.

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 3. Annie Francis Johnson was born on 2 Apr 1848 in Virginia, USA; died on 1 Nov 1916 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. George W Johnson was born in 1866 in Virginia, USA.



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