Brief Life History of Mary "May" Porter
When Mary "May" Porter Stover was born on 8 May 1873, in Lanark, Carroll, Illinois, United States, her father, Daniel Carl Stover, was 33 and her mother, Mary Clara Porter, was 26. She married Franklin Stover Winger on 1 August 1889, in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 13 February 1944, in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (20)
- Mary D Thomas in household of Benedict Thomas, "United States Census, 1920"
- May Stover Thomas, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- May Stover Winger, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
Spouse and Children
1865–1936 Male
1873–1944 Female
Children (2)
1891–1968 Female
1893–1969 Male
Parents and Siblings
1839–1908 Male
1847–1907 Female
Siblings (3)
1871–1871 Female
1873–1944 Female
1878–1946 Male
World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 2
1885 · The World's First Skyscraper
Age 12
1892 · The Masonic Temple Building
Age 19
Name Meaning
North German (Stöver): from Middle Low German (bad)stover ‘bather, barber, worker at a public bathhouse’, mainly an occupational name, but occasionally perhaps a nickname for a dedicated bather. Compare Stoever .
English: variant of Stopher with intervocalic voicing of /f/ to /v/.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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