Brief Life History of Celia
When Celia Winstead was born on 17 September 1886, in Weakley, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Benjamin "Jack" Winstead, was 40 and her mother, Margaret Sarah Higgs, was 34. She married Romie Marion "Dube" Laws in 1912, in Weakley, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Civil District 24, Weakley, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Civil District 7, Weakley, Tennessee, United States in 1920. She died on 19 October 1926, in Weakley, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, United States.
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- Celia L Winsterd in household of Martha S Winsterd, "United States Census, 1920"
- Celia Lows, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
- Celia Winstead in entry for Wilcie P Palmer, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name, perhaps from Wanstead in Greater London (formerly Esses), recorded in Domesday Book as Wenesteda ‘site (Old English stede) by a mound (Old English wænn) or where wagons (Old English wǣn) are kept’, but more likely from Winestead in East Yorkshire, named from Old English wīf ‘wife’ or a female personal name Wīfa + stede ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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