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Originally Posted by salpal
Recently I read a book called "The Paris Wife" about Ernest Hemingway's first wife, Hadley Hemingway. I wondered if that was the origin of those two villages names.
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Elizabeth Hadley Richardson was the full name of Ernest Hemingway's first wife. The Village of Hemingway was indeed named after the author, while the Village of Hadley was similarly named after his first wife who throughout her life was called 'Hadley' (not 'Elizabeth').
Note that Hemingway's granddaughters are also represented in the village named for him: Margaux and Mariel.
And yes, the Village of Winifred was named after Arnold Palmer's first wife, Winifred Walzer, who died 12 or 13 years ago.
The Villages is for sure filled with trivia!