Brief Life History of Alice May
When Alice May Wignall was born on 1 March 1904, in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Edmund Wignall, was 40 and her mother, Mary Ann Hodgson, was 37. She married Reginald Alfred Whalley Cork in July 1930, in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in 1995, in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 91.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- May Wignall in household of James Edmund Wignall, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- Alice May Wignall, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Alice M Wignall, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
Spouse and Children
1902–1975 Male
1904–1995 Female
Children (1)
1931–2006 Female
Parents and Siblings
1864–1944 Male
1867–1930 Female
Siblings (3)
1896–1897 Male
1904–1995 Female
1906–2006 Female
World Events (8)
1908
Age 4
1908 · 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Age 4
1928 · Women Granted Right to Vote
Age 24
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Wiggenhall (Norfolk), Wiggenholt (Sussex), Wignal, a minor place near Holmes in the parish of Croston (Lancashire). The Norfolk placename derives from the Old English personal name Wicga (genitive Wicgan; see Wigley ) + Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’. The Sussex placename derives from the Old English personal name Wicga (genitive Wicgan) + Old English holt ‘wood, thicket’. The Lancashire placename derives from the Old English personal name Wicga + Old English h(e)alh ‘nook, corner, recess’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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