Edgar Melvin TENNIS/TENNISON

Male 1857 - 1926  (69 years)


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  • Name Edgar Melvin TENNIS/TENNISON 
    Born ca 1857  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Jun 1926  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Oakland Cemetery, Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Edgar M TENNIS/TENNISON
    Edgar M TENNIS/TENNISON
    Person ID I430  Dennis/Tennison Families | Abraham
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2021 

    DNA Tests  Test Type=Y-DNA William Wall TENNIS/TENNISON

    Father William Abraham TENNIS/TENNISON     (B: 10 Mar 1829    Grafton, York Co, VA)    (D: 2 Sep 1885    Virginia) 
    Mother Martha Ann TENNIS (Burt)     (B: 5 Oct 1829    York Co, VA)    (D: 23 Sep 1902    Virginia) 
    Married 1849 
    Family ID F63  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary E TENNIS (Hawkins)     (B: 1858    Unk)    (D: 1943    Unk) 
    Married 1891 
    Children        
     1. Grace Irene BAKER (Tennis/Tennison)B: 8 Aug 1887Virginia D: 10 Apr 1969Virginia
     2. William James TENNIS/TENNISONB: 23 Apr 1891Hampton City, VA D: 28 Sep 1937Richmond City, VA
    +3. Melvin Howell TENNIS/TENNISONB: 1901Hampton City, VA
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DNA tests from two males in this branch confirms that the Tennis men who moved to the VA. coast are indeed part of the Tensions family of MD.
      links two sons of William Abraham Tennis to the Tennison family of MD and VA
      William Abraham Tennistwo lines:
      Richard Burt Tennis b. 1855 and Edgar Tennis b. 1857

      AH.4f-51 Richard Burt Tennis [b.1855] line ---
      AH.4f-51.1 Clyde William Tennis b. 1898; d. 1962 and his son
      AH.4f-51.11. Ann Fraser b. 1941 , d. 2017. (*researcher of this line)

      AH.4f-52 Edgar Tennis [b. 1857]
      AH.4f-52.1 Melvin Tennis b. 1901; d. 1961
      AH.4f-52.12 W. Wall Tennis b. 1936