Newman Joshua Dillingham

Brief Life History of Newman Joshua

When Newman Joshua Dillingham was born on 23 November 1883, in York, South Carolina, United States, his father, Vachel Moshow Dillingham, was 26 and his mother, Elvia Levinia Nichols, was 29. He married Addie Leonhardt on 26 April 1905, in Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States. He lived in Broad River Township, York, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years and York Township, York, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 12 February 1961, in York, York, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Beersheba, York, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Newman Joshua Dillingham
1883–1961
Julia Eugenia Wray
1891–1961
Marriage: 15 December 1908
Clarence Archie Dillingham
1910–
Vachel Dillingham
1918–1918
Maybelle Dillingham
1912–1915
Avis Lillian Dillingham
1914–1915
Charles Huey DILLINGHAM
1916–1998
Floyd Virgil Dillingham
1920–2007
Ora Lee DILLINGHAM
1924–1980
Newman Joshua Dillingham Jr
1926–1929

Sources (18)

  • Newman J Dillingham, "United States Census, 1920"
  • N. J. Dillingham, "North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979"
  • Newman Josh Dillingham, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

English (Bedfordshire): habitational name, probably from Dullingham in Cambridgeshire, recorded as Dolingeham in 1214 and Dillyngham in 1298, named in Old English as ‘homestead (Old English hām) of the people (-inga-) of Dull(a)’.

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

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