When Nancy Jane Winegar was born on 3 October 1855, in Wheeler, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, John J. Winegar, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Martha Smith, was 23. She married James Bradly Denton on 6 September 1873, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1911 and Grove Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1920. She died on 14 January 1933, in Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mormon Cemetery, Adair, Iowa, United States.
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Americanized form of Dutch Wijngaerd, a topographic name meaning ‘vineyard’. This is also a common placename in the Netherlands, and the surname may be a habitational name from one of these places.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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