Winifred Louisa Engle

Brief Life History of Winifred Louisa

When Winifred Louisa Engle was born on 2 April 1849, in Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, United States, her father, Michael J. Engle, was 23 and her mother, Rebecca Downen, was 19. She married John Ritchie on 5 October 1869, in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States. She lived in Browning, Schuyler, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Oakland Township, Schuyler, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 29 November 1927, in Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salem Cemetery, Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, United States.

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Richard Garrett
1849–1886
Winifred Louisa Engle
1849–1927
Marriage: 28 October 1879
David Bailey Garrett
1885–1957

Sources (12)

  • Louisa Ingle in household of M J Ingle, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Louisa Winifred Taylor, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Louisa W. Garrett, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

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World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Schuyler, Illinois, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Engel .

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

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