Son of James Polk Wingate and Martha Susan Moore. Brother of Maggie Wingate (b. 1870), Harry Edward Wingate (1872-1874), Ada Belle Wingate Stidham (1875-1964), Nelson Wingate (b. 1877), and Susie Moore Wingate Durham (1886-1984). Married Ruby Meakin. Father of Mary Louise Wingate, James Allan Wingate and Frederick Huston Wingate.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wind‐geat ‘windy gap, wind-swept pass’ (literally ‘wind-gate’), such as Wingate (Devon, Durham), Wingates (Lancashire), and Winnats (Derbyshire).
History: Charles Wyngate (born 1613) came to VA in 1635. John Wingate (born 1636) came to Dover, NH, c. 1658. — The British general Orde Wingate (1903–44) was from a well-known Stirlingshire family in Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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