Brief Life History of Lovina
When Lovina Stanley was born on 29 October 1810, in Berkshire, Tioga, New York, United States, her father, Moses Stanley, was 31 and her mother, Susanna Goodale, was 26. She married William Winchell on 9 December 1829, in Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Saylorville, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 28 March 1891, at the age of 80.
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- Ovina Winchell, "United States Census, 1880"
- Leonora Stanley in entry for Leonora Chapman, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Lovina Winchell in household of William Winchell, "United States Census, 1850"
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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.
1831
Historical Boundaries: 1831: Cook, Illinois, United States [Spreads across Cook and DuPage counties]
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Stanley, including those in Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire, named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This English name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century where it was Gaelicized as de Stainléigh.
English: possibly also a variant of Stoneley, a habitational name from Stoneley Green in Burland (Cheshire), Stoneleigh (Warwickshire), or Stonely in Kimbolton (Huntingdonshire), all named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Americanized form of any of various like-sounding names in other languages, for example Polish Stanislawski , Greek Anastasiou , and Serbian Stojadinov (patronymic from the personal name Stojadin).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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