John Redvers "Red" Dennison, was born on April 28, 1900 in Kendal, Cumbria England to Ernest Christopher Dennison (1872-1954) and Mary Elizabeth (Ducksbury) Dennison (1870-1945). He had brown hair and bright blue eyes, but came to be known by a shorted version of his middle name: Red.
Red, the second male child born to Ernest and Mary, spent the formative years of his childhood in Northwestern England.
In 1908, Red's father left his job as a railway foreman and followed his brother William to the United States. Red, along with his mother and two of his siblings, followed his father across the Atlantic Ocean on the S.S. Baltic (the largest ship in the world until 1905) the following year and settled in St. Louis, Missouri.
Little is known about his childhood in the United States, but on September 12, 1918, Red registered for the draft. On his draft registration card, he listed his occupation as stock clerk and his place of employment as the International Mack Motor Corporation at 2109 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Red still lived at his parents home located at 5851 Garfield, St. Louis, Missouri and remained here until at least January 1920.
A few years later Red met a young lady named Donna and they got married in about 1922. Red and Donna had two children: Jacqueline D. Dennison (1923-1999) and Billy Dennison (1926 - ?).
Like his father and several other Dennisons who emigrated to the United States, Red worked as an electrician. However, he also moonlighted as a chauffeur until at least April 1940.
Tragically, on March 19, 1946 at 3:30 p.m., just a few hours before his shift ended, Red fell from a scaffolding on which he was working and hit the granite floor below fracturing his skull. He died as a result of his injuries at 4:00 P.M. March 21, 1946 at the Alexian Brothers Hospital. His death certificate lists 6356 Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri as his residence.
He was interred at the Lake Charles Park Cemetery four days later on March 25, 1946.
Red, the second male child born to Ernest and Mary, spent the formative years of his childhood in Northwestern England.
In 1908, Red's father left his job as a railway foreman and followed his brother William to the United States. Red, along with his mother and two of his siblings, followed his father across the Atlantic Ocean on the S.S. Baltic (the largest ship in the world until 1905) the following year and settled in St. Louis, Missouri.
Little is known about his childhood in the United States, but on September 12, 1918, Red registered for the draft. On his draft registration card, he listed his occupation as stock clerk and his place of employment as the International Mack Motor Corporation at 2109 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Red still lived at his parents home located at 5851 Garfield, St. Louis, Missouri and remained here until at least January 1920.
A few years later Red met a young lady named Donna and they got married in about 1922. Red and Donna had two children: Jacqueline D. Dennison (1923-1999) and Billy Dennison (1926 - ?).
Like his father and several other Dennisons who emigrated to the United States, Red worked as an electrician. However, he also moonlighted as a chauffeur until at least April 1940.
Tragically, on March 19, 1946 at 3:30 p.m., just a few hours before his shift ended, Red fell from a scaffolding on which he was working and hit the granite floor below fracturing his skull. He died as a result of his injuries at 4:00 P.M. March 21, 1946 at the Alexian Brothers Hospital. His death certificate lists 6356 Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri as his residence.
He was interred at the Lake Charles Park Cemetery four days later on March 25, 1946.
John Redvers "Red" Dennison, was born on April 28, 1900 in Kendal, Cumbria England to Ernest Christopher Dennison (1872-1954) and Mary Elizabeth (Ducksbury) Dennison (1870-1945). He had brown hair and bright blue eyes, but came to be known by a shorted version of his middle name: Red.
Red, the second male child born to Ernest and Mary, spent the formative years of his childhood in Northwestern England.
In 1908, Red's father left his job as a railway foreman and followed his brother William to the United States. Red, along with his mother and two of his siblings, followed his father across the Atlantic Ocean on the S.S. Baltic (the largest ship in the world until 1905) the following year and settled in St. Louis, Missouri.
Little is known about his childhood in the United States, but on September 12, 1918, Red registered for the draft. On his draft registration card, he listed his occupation as stock clerk and his place of employment as the International Mack Motor Corporation at 2109 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Red still lived at his parents home located at 5851 Garfield, St. Louis, Missouri and remained here until at least January 1920.
A few years later Red met a young lady named Donna and they got married in about 1922. Red and Donna had two children: Jacqueline D. Dennison (1923-1999) and Billy Dennison (1926 - ?).
Like his father and several other Dennisons who emigrated to the United States, Red worked as an electrician. However, he also moonlighted as a chauffeur until at least April 1940.
Tragically, on March 19, 1946 at 3:30 p.m., just a few hours before his shift ended, Red fell from a scaffolding on which he was working and hit the granite floor below fracturing his skull. He died as a result of his injuries at 4:00 P.M. March 21, 1946 at the Alexian Brothers Hospital. His death certificate lists 6356 Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri as his residence.
He was interred at the Lake Charles Park Cemetery four days later on March 25, 1946.
Red, the second male child born to Ernest and Mary, spent the formative years of his childhood in Northwestern England.
In 1908, Red's father left his job as a railway foreman and followed his brother William to the United States. Red, along with his mother and two of his siblings, followed his father across the Atlantic Ocean on the S.S. Baltic (the largest ship in the world until 1905) the following year and settled in St. Louis, Missouri.
Little is known about his childhood in the United States, but on September 12, 1918, Red registered for the draft. On his draft registration card, he listed his occupation as stock clerk and his place of employment as the International Mack Motor Corporation at 2109 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Red still lived at his parents home located at 5851 Garfield, St. Louis, Missouri and remained here until at least January 1920.
A few years later Red met a young lady named Donna and they got married in about 1922. Red and Donna had two children: Jacqueline D. Dennison (1923-1999) and Billy Dennison (1926 - ?).
Like his father and several other Dennisons who emigrated to the United States, Red worked as an electrician. However, he also moonlighted as a chauffeur until at least April 1940.
Tragically, on March 19, 1946 at 3:30 p.m., just a few hours before his shift ended, Red fell from a scaffolding on which he was working and hit the granite floor below fracturing his skull. He died as a result of his injuries at 4:00 P.M. March 21, 1946 at the Alexian Brothers Hospital. His death certificate lists 6356 Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri as his residence.
He was interred at the Lake Charles Park Cemetery four days later on March 25, 1946.
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JOHN R. DENNISON
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