Renn Carson Winter

Male20 February 1891–24 August 1964

Brief Life History 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

Sources (13)

  • R C Winter in entry for Ernest Luther Winter, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
  • Rena C Wuster, "United States Census, 1920"
  • R C Winter in entry for Ernest Luther Winter and Norma Pearl Barton, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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  • Marriage
    2 September 1915Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States

    • Children (3)

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    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    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.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 7

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    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

    English: from the Middle English (Old English) personal name Winter (Old English Wintra), originally a nickname from the word for ‘winter’ and perhaps still a nickname (see 2 below) in the period of surname formation.

    English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name from Middle English winter, a variant of Middle English, Anglo-Norman French viniter, vinter ‘wine merchant’.

    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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