Edwin Centennius Penrose^[1]

1876 - 1935  (58 years)

• Name	Edwin Centennius Penrose
  Born	4 Jul 1876	Ogden, Weber, Utah
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Feb 1935	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
  Buried	12 Feb 1935	Penrose Plot; Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City Salt Lake, Utah, USA
  Notes	Link to his biography in this site: http://penwood.famroots.org/edwin_penrose.htm Read his missionary letters home from the Southern States Mission where young Ed debates the opposition, deals with maleria, and discusses the life of Mormons and missionaries in Mississippi and Alabama in 1898 and 1899. These letters have been transcribed by Susan Woodland Howard and are in this site at this link: http://penwood.famroots.org/ed_penrose_missionary_letters.htm
  Person ID	I1338	Complete
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Charles William Penrose,   b. 4 Feb 1832, Camberwell, London, Surrey, England ,   d. 16 May 1925, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Lucetta Stratford,   b. 15 Sep 1834, Maldon, Essex, England ,   d. 19 Jan 1903, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	21 Jan 1855	Maldon, Essex, England
  Family ID	F8915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva Catherine Davis,   b. 9 Jul 1873, Alta, Salt Lake County, Utah ,   d. 24 Jul 1953, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	28 Jun 1899	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
  Children	+ 1. Edwin Ray Penrose,   b. 13 Apr 1900, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ,   d. 3 Feb 1988, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  (Age 87 years) + 2. Alton Barwell Penrose,   b. 26 Jun 1902, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ,   d. 20 Sep 1973, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  (Age 71 years) + 3. Dorothy Eva Penrose,   b. 11 Jul 1909, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ,   d. 14 Mar 2002, Redwood Valley, Mendocino, California, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Photos		Edwin and Eva Penrose
  Family ID	F5437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 4 Jul 1876 - Ogden, Weber, Utah Married - 28 Jun 1899 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Died - 9 Feb 1935 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Buried - 12 Feb 1935 - Penrose Plot; Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City Salt Lake, Utah, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Edwin Penrose and friend.
  		Edwin Penrose, good looking well dressed young man
  		Edwin Penrose with daughter Dorothy and wife Eva at the edge of Bryce Canyon, Utah
  		Eva and Edwin Penrose on street where they lived in Salt Lake City, Utah
  		Ed and Eva Penrose and their daughter Dorothy.
  		Edwin C. Penrose Face
  		Edwin Penrose at his desk at the Deseret News
  		Edwin Penrose at the Deseret News and his typewriter
  		Ed Penrose outside in relaxed suit
  		Ed Penrose in coat
  		Ed Penrose Ed and friend
  		Edwin Penrose A thin Ed playing with dog, probably early 1930s.
  		Phil and Dorothy Penrose Woodland (daughter of Edwin C. Penrose) at old This is the Place Monument, October 1989.
  		Susan and David Howard visit old This is the Place Monument in October 1989 See Ed's article on "This is the Place" written about this spot in 1930.

  
  

  Headstones

  Edwin C. Penrose Salt Lake City Cemetery Plot P-2-6-2-N2-W Penrose Plot on map

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake - An Interview with the Old Clock By Ed C. Penrose. This article appeared in the Deseret News in summer of 1930, exact date unknown. This is one of a series of articles that appeared in the magazine section of the Saturday paper under the heading "Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake."
  		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake - The Old Jennings Home [Devereaux House] From a series of articles written by Ed C. Penrose for the Deseret News Saturday Magazine in 1930. "The Old Jennings Home" appeared June 21, 1930
  		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake - The Salt Lake Meridian From a series of articles written by Ed C. Penrose for the Deseret News Saturday Magazine in 1930. "The Salt Lake Meridian" appeared June 28, 1930.
  		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake - The Old City Hall Another in the series of Deseret News articles by Ed C. Penrose. "The Old City Hall" was published in the Magazine section on July 5, 1930. (In 1961, the subject of this article was moved to Capitol Hill and renamed Council Hall.)
  		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake - “This is the Place” Monument Ed C. Penrose on the original "This is the Place Monument," which was replaced in 1947 by the larger monument. Article appeared in the Deseret News Magazine section July 12, 1930.
  		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake - THE TEMPLE BLOCK WALL This article written by Ed C. Penrose appeard in the Deseret News magazine section on Saturday July 19, 1930.
  		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake: Heber C. Kimball’s Grave Ed C. Penrose conducts a tour of the Kimball family graveyard. Deseret News August 2, 1930
  		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake - Stone Posts and Chain In this article, Ed C. Penrose adds a personal note to the history of the stone posts and chain on South Temple that appeared in the Deseret News on August 9, 1930.
  		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake - The Angel Moroni Ed C. Penrose tells readers about the Angel Moroni atop the Salt Lake Temple in Deseret News, August 16, 1930.
  		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake - The Bee Hive and Lion House Ed C. Penrose shares an incident he personally experienced in the days of John W. Young. Deseret News, August 23, 1930 (Page 6)
  		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake - Volunteer Fire Department Here Ed C. Penrose relates some exciting tales of the early days of the Volunteer Fire Department, Deseret News, October 18, 1930.
  		Intimate Glimpses of Salt Lake - Memory Grove The story of the dedicated citizens who created Memory Grove written by Ed C. Penrose for the Deseret News, Oct 25, 1930.

  
  

  Biography

  Edwin Centennius Penrose Biography - Click on Next Line. Click here for Edwin Centennius Penrose Biography on this site Deseret News by-line reporter for most his life. Mentor to Mark E. Petersen.  Commissioner of Roads for Utah.

  
  

• Sources

  [S-2142191354] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.