Winder Wonderland DNA Project
Researching the genealogy of the Winder/Winders/Wynder/etc families.
Alberta Louis Frances WINDER
1905 - Yes, date unknown-
Name Alberta Louis Frances WINDER Birth 4 May 1905 El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA 
[1] Gender Female _UID 91E345406894400EAC2BF82423D4F6EA0D8C Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I10928 WinderWonderland Last Modified 4 Feb 2015
Father George Washington WINDER, b. 9 Aug 1848, , Licking, Ohio, USA d. 1 Aug 1918, El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA (Age 69 years) Mother Cora Almina HOTZ, b. 6 Aug 1870, , , Illinois, USA d. 13 Sep 1961, , Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 91 years) Marriage 6 Jul 1887 Beaver City, , Indian Territory, USA - Location of Beaver City in Beaver County, which was organized in 1890
Family ID F70 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Cecil Leroy CIFERS d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 26 May 1923 El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA Family ID F9685 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2015
Family 2 Fred NEWELL d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1936 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Family ID F9686 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2015
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Event Map 
Marriage - 1936 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA 
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Notes - Alberta Louise Frances Winder was born in 1905 in El Reno, Oklahoma. When she was thirteen years old, her father died, and she got her first job. Among the jobs that followed included telephone operator, baker, and welder at the shipywards during the Second World War. In 1923, she married Cecil Cifers. They had a daughter, Mary Johnnie, in 1924, and divorced the following year. In 1934, she married Wilfred "Fred" Newell in Chicago. They were divorced approx. two years later, and by 1937, she was living in California. After World War II, she worked as a packer for the Huggins Young Coffee Company until she retired. The coffee factory claimed both her sense of smell and part of one of her fingers. After her retirement, she sewed dolls and knitted afghans. A breast cancer survivor, she died in California in 1989. Born Alberta, she was usually called Frances. In a letter, she explained the name change: "I was called Alberta there at school and work except by family and close friends called me Doodie, but I didn't care for the Alberta because there was a girl there with that name, she was a nice girl and enver did anything to me but I couldn't stand her, so when I left Okla and went to Chicago I told everyone to call me Frances, I didn't take the name Louise because my friend I was raised with is Louise and I didn't want to take her name, I also have my birth certificate, it don't have Frances on it, It has Alberta L. Winder."
«http://www.eponine.net/genealogy/willesgenealogy.htm» Has this info and two photos.
Terry [2]
- Alberta Louise Frances Winder was born in 1905 in El Reno, Oklahoma. When she was thirteen years old, her father died, and she got her first job. Among the jobs that followed included telephone operator, baker, and welder at the shipywards during the Second World War. In 1923, she married Cecil Cifers. They had a daughter, Mary Johnnie, in 1924, and divorced the following year. In 1934, she married Wilfred "Fred" Newell in Chicago. They were divorced approx. two years later, and by 1937, she was living in California. After World War II, she worked as a packer for the Huggins Young Coffee Company until she retired. The coffee factory claimed both her sense of smell and part of one of her fingers. After her retirement, she sewed dolls and knitted afghans. A breast cancer survivor, she died in California in 1989. Born Alberta, she was usually called Frances. In a letter, she explained the name change: "I was called Alberta there at school and work except by family and close friends called me Doodie, but I didn't care for the Alberta because there was a girl there with that name, she was a nice girl and enver did anything to me but I couldn't stand her, so when I left Okla and went to Chicago I told everyone to call me Frances, I didn't take the name Louise because my friend I was raised with is Louise and I didn't want to take her name, I also have my birth certificate, it don't have Frances on it, It has Alberta L. Winder."
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