Nellie McKay Woodward

Brief Life History of Nellie McKay

When Nellie McKay Woodward was born on 31 March 1882, in Monongahela, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Francis Noble Woodward, was 32 and her mother, Virginia G Filson, was 31. She married Clyde Patterson Lindley on 7 February 1901, in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 22 November 1928, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 46.

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Family Time Line

Clyde Patterson Lindley
1877–1956
Nellie McKay Woodward
1882–1928
Marriage: 7 February 1901
Clyde Lindley
1900–
Ralph McKay Lindley
1901–1902
Donald Woodward Lindley
1902–1954

Sources (6)

  • Nellie Lindley in household of Clyde Lindley, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Nell M. Woodward in entry for Clyde P. Lindley, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Nell M Lindley in household of Clyde P Lindley, "United States Census, 1920"

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1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian, protector’).

History: Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born c. 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).

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

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