DUPONT, Ellen Louise Kerns

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Last Name
 
DUPONT
Given Names
 
Ellen Louise (Peterson) Kerns
AKA's
 
Kerns, Ellen
Kerns, Penny
Silver, Penny
Better known as
 
Date of Birth
 
11/13/1930
Age at Death
 
48
Place of Birth
 
Mesa, Arizona
Race
 
Caucasian
Gender
 
Female
Religion
 
Family Tree
  Ellen Dupont Family Tree
Birth Mother
 
Birth Father
 
Siblings
 
Partner
 
Andy Silver (former)
Children
 
Jeanette Kerns, Philip Kerns, Ruth Kerns, Carol Ann Kerns
Non-Temple Relatives
 
Sylvester Oran Peterson, Dollie Ellen Mason (parents); Rollins F Kerns (first husband); Donald A Dupont (second husband)
Body Identification Number
 
Burial Location
 
Cremated; cremains scattered at sea
Source of Death Information
 
House Foreign Affairs Committee report; FBI document 89-4286-1302 (prepared 12/78)
Entry into Guyana
 
8/1/1977
Residence (US)
 
Los Angeles, California 90006
Residence (JT)
 
Dorm 1
Occupation in U.S./Skills, Talents & Interests
 
secretary (RYMUR 89-4286-X-5-a-26i); medical transcriber, medical insurance, artist, journalist, cosmotologist, IBM machine operator, seamstress (RYMUR 89-4286-E-2-A-1qqqq)
Occupation in Jonestown (Temple Records)
 
Medical staff (typist) (RYMUR 89-4286-E-2-A-1nnnn)
Jonestown Roles (FBI Records)
 
Government Income
 
Discrepancies
 
Remembrances
 
“This is my Mother. She had four children, Jeanette, Philip, Ruth and Carol Ann who died with her in Guyana. Ruth died last month due to breast cancer, she will be missed. Our lives have been tarnished by this tragedy and the grief that I carry in my soul for all who survived Peoples Temple and those that perished, especially the children who did not have the ability to make a choice. ” - Jeanette Kerns

The Troubled Life of Penny Kerns DuPont” - Andy Silver