Winnifred Malvina Ledbetter

Brief Life History of Winnifred Malvina

When Winnifred Malvina Ledbetter was born on 9 March 1833, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, her father, William M Ledbetter, was 21 and her mother, Fanny Frances Robbins, was 26. She married Rev Quinton Durwood Elder about 1850, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Livingston, Overton, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and Kentucky, United States in 1870. She died on 31 March 1872, in Campbellsville, Green, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Campbellsville, Green, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rev Quinton Durwood Elder
1823–1893
Winnifred Malvina Ledbetter
1833–1872
Marriage: about 1850
Serena B Elder
1851–
Hattie Roselthea Elder
1859–
Samantha A Elder
1853–1889
Jefferson Derwood Elder
1862–1931
Margaret Francis Elder
1864–1879
Winna D or Wineford D. Elder
1872–

Sources (6)

  • Malvina Elder in household of Quinton Elder, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Winifred Malvina. Ledbetter Elder, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Viney Leadbetter in entry for Jefferson Derwood Elder, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"

World Events (8)

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a worker in lead, Middle English ledbetere, from Old English lēad ‘lead’ + bēatere ‘to beat’.

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

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