Brief Life History of Esther Caroline
When Esther Caroline Winter was born on 25 June 1913, in Carmi Township, White, Illinois, United States, her father, George Winter, was 46 and her mother, Caroline Elizabeth Boehringer, was 46. She had at least 2 sons with Paul George Spencer. She lived in United States in 1949 and Carmi, White, Illinois, United States in 1950. She died on 1 April 2007, in Shalimar, Okaloosa, Florida, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Kuykendall Cemetery, Carmi, White, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Esther C Spencer, "United States 1950 Census"
- Esther Winter, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Esther Caroline Spencer, "Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1914 · Florida Involvement in World War I
Florida contributed to World War I in several ways. The state's open land and warm climate made for a great military training location. Additional technological and agricultural developments took place in Florida as well. Roughly 42,030 Floridians joined the troops during 1917 and 1918.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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