Brief Life History of Winnie May
When Winnie May Douglas was born on 14 July 1877, in Wells, South Mahoning Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Alinas Cole Douglass, was 27 and her mother, Florence Adelaide Hill, was 23. She married John Bright Scofield on 21 December 1898, in Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wells Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Judicial Township 3, Tuolumne, California, United States in 1900. She died on 17 August 1909, in Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne, California, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne, California, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Winnie Scofield in household of John B Scofield, "United States Census, 1900"
- Winnie Douglas in entry for Douglas H Scofield and Aimee Mueller, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Winnie Douglass in household of Alus Douglass, "United States Census, 1880"
Spouse and Children
1876–1916 Male
1877–1909 Female
Children (4)
1900–1952 Male
1903–1999 Female
1905–1972 Male
1907–2003 Female
Parents and Siblings
1849–1929 Male
1853–1936 Female
Siblings (8)
1873–1874 Female
1874–1965 Male
1877–1909 Female
1880–1970 Female
1887–1969 Male
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 4
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 5
1886
Age 9
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from any of various places called from their situation on a river named with Gaelic dubh ‘dark, black’ + glas ‘stream’ (a derivative of glas ‘blue’). There are several localities in Scotland and Ireland so named, but the one from which the surname is derived in most if not all cases is Douglas in Lanarkshire 20 miles south of Glasgow, the original stronghold of the influential Douglas family and their retainers.
History: The family taking their name from Douglas in Lanarkshire were of Flemish origin. They rose to great prominence in the 14th and 15th centuries, controlling the earldoms of Douglas, Morton, and Angus, and later, Queensberry.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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