Winnie May Biggs

Brief Life History of Winnie May

When Winnie May Biggs was born on 26 May 1877, in Texas, United States, her father, Joseph E. Biggs, was 41 and her mother, Martha Ellen Carter, was 36. She died on 29 June 1978, in her hometown, at the age of 101, and was buried in Conner Cemetery, Beckville, Panola, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph E. Biggs
1836–1911
Martha Ellen Carter
1841–1901
Sarah T Biggs
1859–1873
George Carter Biggs
1862–1867
Orie E Biggs
1865–1870
William E Biggs
1866–1921
Fletcher Jane Biggs
1868–1906
Mattie E Biggs
1872–1885
Eva Ann Biggs
1875–1945
Winnie May Biggs
1877–1978
James Wages Biggs
1879–1951
Claudia Dee Biggs
1882–1942
Mattie Biggs
1886–1973

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    World Events (8)

    1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

    Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1904

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

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Bigg , with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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