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Alice Maria WINDER

Alice Maria WINDER

Female 1879 - 1960  (81 years)


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  • Name Alice Maria WINDER  [1, 2
    Birth Jan 1879  , Columbia, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Census 1883  , Columbia, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Washington State and Territorial 
    Census Apr 1887  , Garfield, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1900  , Columbia, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • housekeeper for Henry B. Day
    Census 1940  Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    federal 
    • widowed
    Residence 1953  Bellflower, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    cemetery 1960  Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Walla Walla Cemetery 
    _UID 6F02B63C98DC45A4AE91B1B6AE31F65994C3 
    Death 11 Apr 1960  Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Burial Y  [7
    Person ID I17665  WinderWonderland
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2014 

    Father Francis Nelson WINDER,   b. 29 Nov 1839, , Coshocton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1907, Dayton, Columbia, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Mary Eliza WHETSTONE,   b. 14 Oct 1852, Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1934 (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 22 Feb 1871  Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Francis Nelson Winder and Mary Eliza Whetstone
    Francis Nelson Winder and Mary Eliza
    Family ID F6347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Joseph Frank GEMMELL,   b. 1879, , , Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1939, , Umatilla, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 16 Feb 1902  , Columbia, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • From newspaper: J. F. Gemmell and Miss Alice Winder were married at the residence of Robert Gemmell.
    Children 
     1. June Winder GEMMELL,   b. 30 Jun 1910, , , Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1998, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F7403  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2014 

    Family 2 ARNETT   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Bef 1953  [6
    Family ID F7409  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - federal - 1940 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Mapscemetery - Walla Walla Cemetery - 1960 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Apr 1960 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Winder-Alice Marie.jpg
    Winder-Alice Marie.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Dayton, Colubmia Co, WA newspaper, 14 Apr 1960 (transcribed by Liz Carson):
      Native Daughter Passes Monday in Walla Walla
      Mrs. Alice M. Gammell, 81, native daughter of Columbia County, passed away Monday, APril 11, at the I.O.O.F home in Walla Walla where she had resided for the past five years.
      Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, April 13, from the DeWitt Funeral Home in Walla Walla with internment in the Walla Walla Cemetery.
      Mrs. Gammell was born in Janauary, 1879, on a farm near Covella the daugher of the late Mr and Mrs. F. N. Winder. The family moved to the Whetstone district when she was a small girl and she attended former Willow Creek school.
      She and the late Frank Gemmell were married about the turn of the century. Mr. Gemmell was the former Columbia County sheriff who served in 1918 and 1920. The couple left Dayton in 1926 and moved to Walla Walla where he was employed at the Washington State penitentiary. He resigned this position to become chief of police in the city of Walla Walla. Mr. Gemmell died in the early 1940's.
      After her husband's death, Mrs. Gemmell moved to California. About five years ago she returned to Walla Walla and entered the I.O.O.F. home.
      Survivors include two siters, Mrs George (Lila) Wood of Dayton and Mrs. Julius Stephens of Walla Walla; a daughter, Mrs. Max Siebeck of Spokane; 3 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] 1880 Federal Census, Columbia Co, WA, Frank Winder, age 40, farmer, b. OH, father b. Germany, mother b. Germany (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S55] 1900 Federal Soundex Index, WA, Vol 3 ED 7 Sheet 14, Line 20 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S55] 1900 Federal Soundex Index, WA.

    4. [S43] Derek Doran-Wood, (Dec 1998), Sep 2001 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S770] Washington, Columbia, Washington, Columbia -1887- Washington Territory Census, (Digital images. Ancestry. http://ancestry.com : 2006), (http://ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3).

      1) M.E. Winder, age 33, b. OR
      2) Alice M Winder, age 8, b. WA
      3) Della Winder, age 6, b. WA
      4) Wm Lee Winder, age 4, b. WA
      5) Jane Winder, age 1, b. WA
      Head of household

    6. [S212] Obituary for Frank Winder, (29 Oct 1953).

    7. [S320] Obituary for Alice Gammell, (Dayton, Columbia Co, WA; 14 Apr 1960).


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