Brief Life History of Evan
When Evan Winter was born in 1811, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Martin Winter Sr., was 37 and his mother, Eleanor Hinton, was 40. He married Elizabeth Willett on 12 November 1850, in Bracken, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Mason, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Kentucky, United States in 1870.
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- Evin Winter, "United States Census, 1870"
- Evan L. Winter, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Winter in entry for Suzan Kirk Roden, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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