Minnie Olive Maine

Brief Life History of Minnie Olive

When Minnie Olive Maine was born on 28 May 1892, in New Virginia, Warren, Iowa, United States, her father, Luther John Maine, was 47 and her mother, Mariah Susannah Harsh, was 33. She married Renn Carson Winter on 2 September 1915, in Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Rural, Clarke, Alabama, United States in 1935 and Washington Township, Clarke, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died in July 1980, in Clarke, Iowa, United States, at the age of 88.

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Renn Carson Winter
1891–1964
Minnie Olive Maine
1892–1980
Marriage: 2 September 1915
Ernest Luther Winter
1917–1981
Frances Winters
1918–2014
Kenneth A Winter
1919–2005

Sources (13)

  • Minnie Winter in household of R C Winter, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Minnie Olive Main, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Minnie Olive Maine, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Main .

French: topographic name from Old French maine ‘dwelling, residence, abode’, or a habitational name from any of numerous places so named.

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

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