Brief Life History of Winnifred Almira
When Winnifred Almira Winter was born on 18 October 1905, in Beamsville, Lincoln, Niagara, Ontario, Canada, her father, Austin Carlyle Winter, was 24 and her mother, Zara Elizabeth Sophia Thorn, was 24. She married Frederick Samuel Shively on 23 July 1930, in Springfield, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Springfield, Elgin, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 26 April 1978, in Aylmer, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Springfield, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (5)
- Winnifred Alvira Winter in household of Austin Carlyle Winter, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Winefred Almir Winter, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Winnifred A Winter Shively, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (5)
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English (Old English) personal name Winter (Old English Wintra), originally a nickname from the word for ‘winter’ and perhaps still a nickname (see 2 below) in the period of surname formation.
English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name from Middle English winter, a variant of Middle English, Anglo-Norman French viniter, vinter ‘wine merchant’.
Irish: Anglicized form (part translation) of Gaelic Mac Giolla-Gheimhridh ‘son of the lad of winter’, from geimhreadh ‘winter’. This name is also Anglicized McAlivery.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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