Nellie Winder

Brief Life History of Nellie

When Nellie Winder was born in 1891, in Dunham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Dyer Winder, was 45 and her mother, Harriet Clifton, was 42. She married Louis Edgar Allen in 1916, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Saint Mary the Virgin, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 38 years. She died in 1955, in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 64.

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Louis Edgar Allen
1889–1972
Nellie Winder
1891–1955
Marriage: 1916

Sources (8)

  • Nellie Winder in household of John Dyer Winder, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Nellie Winder - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Nellie Winder
  • Nellie Winder, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

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World Events (7)

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1914 · Britain Enters the Great War

After Germany declared war Russia, Britain entered The Great War and declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914. The war ended on November 11, 1918, as Germany signed an armistice that brought fighting to a halt.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name in northwestern England, from any of several places called Winder in Lancashire, Cumbria, and Yorkshire, especially one in Cartmel (Lancashire), all named with Old Norse vindr ‘wind’ + erg ‘shieling, hill pasture’.

in Sussex and Kent, a topographic name for someone who lived ‘(at the) winding path or ascent’, or by a winding stream, from Middle English wind + the agent suffix -er. Compare Wind 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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