Winifred Aldridge

Brief Life History of Winifred

When Winifred Aldridge was born on 16 April 1846, in Greene, North Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas Aldridge, was 35 and her mother, Mary "Polly" Edmundson, was 33. She married John Henry Suggs about 1862, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Kinston Township, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States in 1900. She died on 11 October 1918, at the age of 72, and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Henry Suggs
1840–1899
Winifred Aldridge
1846–1918
Marriage: about 1862
Edward Taylor Suggs
1868–1899
William Durwood Suggs
1872–1911
Ada M. Suggs
1873–1892
George Franklin Suggs
1882–1949
Lula G. Suggs
1885–1968

Sources (17)

  • Winnie Suggs, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Minnie Aldridge Suggs, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
  • Winifred Aldridge Suggs, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

World Events (8)

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English:

from the Middle English personal names Alrich or Elrich and Aldrich or Eldrich, representing any one of three Old English personal names, Æthelrīc, Ælfrīc, and Ealdrīc, formed respectively from æthel- ‘noble’, ælf ‘elf, sprite’, and (e)ald ‘old, honored’ + rīc ‘ruler’.

habitational name from Aldridge (Staffordshire), Aldridge Grove in Hampden (Buckinghamshire), or from a similarly named unidentified place in the West Midlands, recorded in Domesday Book as Alrewic, from Old English alor ‘alder’ + wīc ‘specialized farmstead’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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