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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- 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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