James Walter Wingate

Brief Life History of James Walter

When James Walter Wingate was born on 2 January 1886, in Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States, his father, Reuben Wesley Wingate, was 32 and his mother, Della Amanda Townsend, was 24. He married Myrtle J Young on 23 December 1908. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Township 3 Georgetown, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States in 1940 and Georgetown, South Carolina, United States in 1959. In 1918, at the age of 32, his occupation is listed as lawyer. He died on 4 February 1959, in Georgetown, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Prince George Winyah Cemetery, Georgetown, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Walter Wingate
1886–1959
Myrtle J Young
1887–1976
Marriage: 23 December 1908
James Walter Wingate Jr
1909–1910
Mable Virginia Wingate
1911–2000

Sources (10)

  • James W Wingate in household of Fred W Young, "United States Census, 1910"
  • James Walter Wingate, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • James Walter Wingate, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wind‐geat ‘windy gap, wind-swept pass’ (literally ‘wind-gate’), such as Wingate (Devon, Durham), Wingates (Lancashire), and Winnats (Derbyshire).

History: Charles Wyngate (born 1613) came to VA in 1635. John Wingate (born 1636) came to Dover, NH, c. 1658. — The British general Orde Wingate (1903–44) was from a well-known Stirlingshire family in Scotland.

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

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