Winifred believed she was born in England. Her mother was English, but records show that even her mother was born in India during British rule there. Winifred's actual place of birth was Saidpur, Bengal, India. She was ethnically Scottish and English. She came to America with her parents and brother, arriving in San Francisco on 10 March 1913. After that, her maiden name always seems to have been the one with which she was born, May.
Her early records in America show her s Winifred Walker, an alias used by her step-father until the late 1920s.
She was first married to Victor Lafayette Stephens, with whom she had one son, Leland Wayne Stephens. On 12 Sep 1932, she married Jacob L. "Jake' Tollefsen, who was born Johan Jacob Tollefsen on 12 April 1903 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. The Tollefsens had one child, Jacqueline Beverly Tollefson.
Her early records in America show her s Winifred Walker, an alias used by her step-father until the late 1920s.
She was first married to Victor Lafayette Stephens, with whom she had one son, Leland Wayne Stephens. On 12 Sep 1932, she married Jacob L. "Jake' Tollefsen, who was born Johan Jacob Tollefsen on 12 April 1903 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. The Tollefsens had one child, Jacqueline Beverly Tollefson.
Winifred believed she was born in England. Her mother was English, but records show that even her mother was born in India during British rule there. Winifred's actual place of birth was Saidpur, Bengal, India. She was ethnically Scottish and English. She came to America with her parents and brother, arriving in San Francisco on 10 March 1913. After that, her maiden name always seems to have been the one with which she was born, May.
Her early records in America show her s Winifred Walker, an alias used by her step-father until the late 1920s.
She was first married to Victor Lafayette Stephens, with whom she had one son, Leland Wayne Stephens. On 12 Sep 1932, she married Jacob L. "Jake' Tollefsen, who was born Johan Jacob Tollefsen on 12 April 1903 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. The Tollefsens had one child, Jacqueline Beverly Tollefson.
Her early records in America show her s Winifred Walker, an alias used by her step-father until the late 1920s.
She was first married to Victor Lafayette Stephens, with whom she had one son, Leland Wayne Stephens. On 12 Sep 1932, she married Jacob L. "Jake' Tollefsen, who was born Johan Jacob Tollefsen on 12 April 1903 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. The Tollefsens had one child, Jacqueline Beverly Tollefson.
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