Ancestry of
D. A. Pennebaker

Documentary Filmmaker

John Paul Pennebaker

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• • Father of D. A. Pennebaker — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Charles Darwin Pennebaker 
  • Mother:
  • Lucinda Wiles Harris   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Jul 1903 
  • Birth Location:
  • Washington, D.C. 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1953 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Nazareth Cemetery, Withee, Clark, Wisconsin 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lucile Lorraine Deemer
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  • Child:

  Donn Alan Pennebaker (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • The 1910 Federal Census gives name as John P. J. Pennebaker. His full name may have been John Paul Jones Pennebaker.

• Additional marriages for John Paul Pennebaker

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  • Spouse:
  • Romilda Jensen
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 16 Feb 1942

• Sources for John Paul Pennebaker

  • ¹ Daily News (New York, New York), 15 OCT 1950, p. 4, Wedding of son Donn Alan Pennebaker and Sylvia Bell.
  • ² Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 04 NOV 1950, p. 33, Obituary for mother Lulie Harris Pennebaker.
  • ³ Federal Census, DC, Washington, 1910, Washington Precinct 7, E.D. 132, Sheet 8A, Image 15 of 33.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, NY, Queens County, 1930, Queens, E.D. 41-1555, Sheet 8A, Image 12 of 17.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/20/2023).
  • ⁶ The Miami News (Miami, Florida), 12 SEP 1950, p. 9, Wedding of Donn Alan Pennebaker and Sylvia Bell.
  • ⁷ The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 05 AUG 1950, p. 22, Engagement of son Donn Alan Pennebaker and Silvia Bell.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for John Paul Pennebaker.

D. A. Pennebaker photo by David Shankbone (CC BY-SA 2.5)