When Dorothy WINSPEARE was born about May 1874, in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Winspear, was 27 and her mother, Sarah FOLLISS, was 26. She married Luke HEAD on 4 June 1898, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Handsworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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English: nickname; Weekley suggests that the name is for a person who won a race and was awarded the spear which was used as a winning post (from the Middle English verb winnen, win ‘to win’ + spere ‘spear, lance’). This is supported by a known sense of Middle English glaive ‘spear, lance’ (Old French glaive), defined in MED as ‘a lance set up as a winning-post in a race (sometimes given as a prize to the winner); also, the prize so won’.
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