


Winder Wonderland DNA Project
Researching the genealogy of the Winder/Winders/Wynder/etc families.
William R. WINDERS

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Name William R. WINDERS Birth 19 Mar 1849 Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA [1, 2]
Gender Male Census 1910 Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA [1]
federal Death 17 Dec 1930 Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA [2]
cemetery 19 Dec 1930 Pennsyvania Corners, Ogle, Illinois, USA [2]
Pine Creek Cemetery _UID E210660F0B20440FBAD147DD2E7344AC2541 Person ID I24077 WinderWonderland Last Modified 13 Apr 2014
Father John WINDERS, b. Dec 1825, , , Maryland, USA d. 29 Jul 1900, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
(Age 74 years)
Mother Lydia Ann SHOOP, b. Abt 1832, , , Maryland, USA d. 25 Dec 1899 (Age 67 years)
Marriage 27 Dec 1848 , Washington, Maryland, USA Family ID F8508 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Harriet Letatia NEWELL, b. 1858, , , Illinois, USA d. 1934 (Age 76 years)
Marriage 12 Sep 1875 , Ogle, Illinois, USA [3]
Children 1. Charles Rowe WINDERS, b. 7 Dec 1876, Pine Creek, Ogle, Illinois, USA d. 28 Jul 1945, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Age 68 years)
2. Fred Newell WINDERS, b. 1881 d. 25 Oct 1854 Family ID F7397 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Oct 2013
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Event Map Birth - 19 Mar 1849 - Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA Census - federal - 1910 - Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - «b»According to John H WInder:
«u»William R. Winders «/u»«/b» was born in Washington County, Maryland 19 Mar 1849 and came as a boy with his family to Ogle County, Illinois in 1869 or 1870. In the 1870 census he was enumerated in the household of a John and Mrs. Sullivan (along with his siblings Jacob, Alice, Samuel, Edward and Dora), where he was working as a farm hand. In 1876, he married «u»Harriett Letitia Newell «/u» (1858-1934, daughter of William and Martha J. Corbin Newell) in Ogle County, and they had two sons, «u»Charles Rowe Winders «/u» (1876-1945) and «u»Fred Newell Winders «/u» (1881-1954). In his younger years he farmed in Pine Creek township, but around the turn of the century he moved to Dixon, Illinois where he and his family lived at 741 N. Crawford Street for many years and William worked as a coal deliverer (1900 census), a laborer in a mill (1910 census) and as a flour and feed miller (1920 census). William died 17 Dec 1930 at the age of 81 in Maywood, Illinois (a Chicago suburb where his son Fred Newell Winder was living) and his wife died on 15 Jun 1934. Both are buried in Evergreen Cemetery (aka Pine Creek Christian Cemetery), Pine Creek Township, Ogle County, Illinois. [4]
- «b»According to John H WInder:
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Sources - [S628] 1910 Federal Census, Lee Co, IL.
- [S956] Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947.
- [S203] Roger Cubs, Nov 2003 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1017] Winder, John Hancestry.com, Winders from Washington County, Maryland Who Emigrated to Ogle County, Illinois, (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~annieron/Winder/Library/Ogle.htm), ) (Reliability: 3).
- [S628] 1910 Federal Census, Lee Co, IL.