Researching Jennifer Penney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1654 people with the Penney surname? In that year Penney was ranked number 2060 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jennifer means "form of GWENHWYFAR - fair spirit" and is of English origin.
Records of Jennifer Penney on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jennifer Penney and the Penney Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 2675 people with the Penney surname in the UK? Penney is now ranked number 1971 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Jennifer Penney
Jennifer Penney
Jennifer Penney (born 1946) is a Canadian ballerina and a former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet.
Jennifer Penney was born in 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She studied there with Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally, and then at the Royal Ballet School from 1962–63. Penney joined the Royal Ballet in 1963 and became a principal in 1970.
Dancing one of the four lead roles in Kenneth MacMillan's 1980 Gloria for the Royal Ballet, the critic Clement Crisp wrote of "her beautiful line, her always easy technical command".
Penney retired in 1988 and returned to British Columbia.
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