Nellie Dinah Chowns

Brief Life History of Nellie Dinah

When Nellie Dinah Chowns was born on 23 June 1889, in Negreet, Sabine, Louisiana, United States, her father, Thomas Chowns, was 46 and her mother, Maretta Rachel Horton, was 30. She married Amos Langford Wedgeworth Sr on 9 July 1922, in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Caddo, Louisiana, United States in 1935 and Ward Four, Caddo, Louisiana, United States in 1940. She died on 21 May 1985, in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

Amos Langford Wedgeworth Sr
1896–1977
Nellie Dinah Chowns
1889–1985
Marriage: 9 July 1922
Mary F Wedgeworth
1923–
Amos Langford Wedgeworth Jr MD
1926–2012

Sources (5)

  • Nell Wedgeworth, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Nell Wedgeworth, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Nell C Wedgeworth in household of Amos L Wedgeworth, "United States Census, 1940"

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Name Meaning

English: relationship name variant of Chown with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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