Renn Carson Winter

20 February 1891–24 August 1964 (Age 73)
Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States

The Life of Renn Carson

When Renn Carson Winter was born on 20 February 1891, in Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States, his father, Alva Carson Winter, was 30 and his mother, Emily Hannah Bonney, was 27. He married Minnie Olive Maine on 2 September 1915, in Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Rural, Clarke, Alabama, United States in 1935 and Washington Township, Clarke, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 24 August 1964, in Clarke, Iowa, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

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

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
2 September 1915
Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States
children

(3)

Parents and Siblings

    Alva Carson Winter

    Male1860–1934Male

    Emily Hannah Bonney

    Female1863–1902Female

siblings

(3)

World Events (8)

1895 · Alabama State Flag is Adopted

Age 4

Alabama adopted its state flag on February 16, 1895. Act 383 of the Alabama state legislature states, “The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white.”
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 5

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1912 · The Girl Scouts

Age 21

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

Name Meaning

1 English, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname or byname for someone of a frosty or gloomy temperament, from Middle English, Middle High German, Danish, Swedish winter (Old English winter, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr). The Swedish name can be ornamental.2 Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Winter ‘winter’, either an ornamental name or one of the group of names denoting the seasons, which were distributed at random by government officials. Compare Summer , Fruhling , and Herbst .3 Irish: Anglicized form (part translation) of Gaelic Mac Giolla-Gheimhridh ‘son of the lad of winter’, from geimhreadh ‘winter’. This name is also Anglicized McAlivery.

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

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Sources (3)

  • Ren Winters, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Ren Winters, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Renn C Winter in household of Alva C Winter, "United States Census, 1900"

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