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James Franklin WINDERS

Male 1880 - 1953  (73 years)

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  • Name James Franklin WINDERS  [1] 
    Birth 22 Feb 1880  New Amsterdam, Harrison, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Jan 1902  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Transferred to Company G. 17th Infantry in April 1902. Servied in Philippines during the insurrection, and also (supposedly) saw service in China. His "tailgate" assignment was as part of the federal troops who patrolled San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake when martial law had been declared.
    Draft Registration 1917  , Jefferson, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    World War I 
    cemetery Apr 1953  Naperville, DuPage, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Naperville Cemetery 
    Name Frank WINDERS  [5] 
    Occupation , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    C B & Q railroad 
    • Building bridge between KY and IL.
    Residence Aurora, Dearborn, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    _UID 0FCD685EF8C54D5696968E71A19D7913F73B 
    Death 6 Apr 1953  Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8] 
    Cause: cancer 
    Burial Y  [4] 
    Person ID I13263  WinderWonderland
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2015 

    Father James Clinton WINDER,   b. Mar 1834, , , Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1892, New Amsterdam, Harrison, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Anna Vivian DAVIS,   b. Jun 1852, , , Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1902, New Amsterdam, Harrison, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 7 Nov 1869  , Harrison, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Family ID F2339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mabel Irene HUGHES,   b. 16 Dec 1891, Naperville, DuPage, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1971, Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 17 Jan 1920  Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Audrey H WINDERS,   b. 10 Jul 1921, Naperville, DuPage, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 2000, Sandwich, DeKalb, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. Doris WINDERS,   b. 6 Jun 1924   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. James F. WINDERS, Jr.,   b. 19 Jun 1925, Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 2001, Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     4. Leslie A. WINDERS,   b. 31 Dec 1928, Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 2007, Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     5. Anna Marie WINDERS,   b. 10 Apr 1936, Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1937, Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F4790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Feb 1880 - New Amsterdam, Harrison, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Jan 1902 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Mapscemetery - Naperville Cemetery - Apr 1953 - Naperville, DuPage, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • According to Mike Johnston (Nov 1999):
      ... most of my Uncles remember their father, James Franklin, saying the family came from Jamestown Virginia via Wales, possibly having arrived in Virginia around 1630. That's something that will take a lot of tracking down.

      My grandfather James Franklin was one of James Clinton's sons who came to Illinois. He enlisted in the army in Louisville in January, 1902, and was transferred to Company G of the 17th Infantry Regiment in April 1902. (I have his Soldiers Handbook.) He served in the Philippines during the insurrection, and also (supposedly) saw service in China. His "tailgate" assignment was as part of the federal troops who patrolled San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake when martial law had been declared. On his
      discharge, he went to work for the C B & Q railroad in Kentucky, building the railroad bridge between Kentucky and Illinois. He was eventually transferred to Aurora, Illinois in the mid-teens. He meet my grandmother, Mabel Hughes,
      and they were married on January 17, 1920. I was born on their 32nd wedding anniversary in 1952. The had six children, one of whom died in infancy, who, incidentally was named Anna after her grandmother Anna V. at the nsistence
      of my grandfather. He worked for the railroad the rest of his working life. He was a construction foreman.

  • Sources 
    1. [S454] Mike Johnston, June 2000 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S652] WWI Draft Registration.

    3. [S795] WW II Draft Registration.

    4. [S454] Mike Johnston, Nov 1999 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S499] Mary Singleton, Oct 2000 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S53] Bill Johns, (1998, 1999 ,), Nov 1999 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S455] Bill Wallace, (Dec 1998 ,), Jan 2002 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S753] Gordon Durnil, (Family history sent to Deven Lewis April 2010).

    9. [S455] Bill Wallace, (Dec 1998 ,).

    10. [S514] Index to Marriage Record Harrison County Indiana, (Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1941).


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