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Carrie WINDERS

Female 1871 - 1951  (79 years)

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  • Name Carrie WINDERS  [1
    Birth 21 Dec 1871  , , Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 15 Jul 1951  Drexel Hill, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    obituary 17 Jul 1951  Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Dixon Evening Telegraph 
    • MRS. CARRIE BARNHIZER POLO--Mrs. Carrie Barnhizer, a former local resident, died Sunday [15 July] in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nina Gillotte, Drexel Hill, Pa., where she had lived the past few years. Mrs. Barnhizer was born on a farm near Dixon, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William [sic, should be Mr. and Mrs. John Winders]. She was married to Benjamin Barnhizer about 60 years ago. She lived near Polo for more than 50 years. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Gillotte, Mrs. Neva Witmer and Mrs. Edna Jones, Rockford; a son, Fred Barnhizer, Dixon, and four grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Melvin funeral home, the Rev. James Goodballet officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. The body will arrive at the Melvin funeral home at midnight Wednesday. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday morning.
    cemetery 19 Jul 1951  Polo, Ogle, lllinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Fairmont Cemetery 
    _UID 716A6EF837504EA7AF48FAF11CBEA4D1EE95 
    Burial Y  [2
    Person ID I25249  WinderWonderland
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2014 

    Father John WINDERS,   b. Dec 1825, , , Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1900, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Lydia Ann SHOOP,   b. Abt 1832, , , Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1899 (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1848  , Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8508  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Benjamin F. BARNHIZER,   b. 26 Jun 1867, , , Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1946, , Ogle, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Children 
     1. Neva M. BARNHIZER,   b. 19 Apr 1894   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Frederick BARNHIZER,   b. 1895   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Edna BARNHIZER,   b. 1898   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Nina BARNHIZER,   b. 1901   d. 1978 (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F8901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google Mapsobituary - Dixon Evening Telegraph - 17 Jul 1951 - Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Mapscemetery - Fairmont Cemetery - 19 Jul 1951 - Polo, Ogle, lllinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • According to John H Winder:
      «u»«b»Carrie Winders «/u»«/b» (1871-1951), the last of John and Lydia Shoop Winders' children, was born in Polo, Illinois on 21 December 1871 and married Benjamin F. Barnhizer [21521](1867-1946) in Dixon, Illinois in February 1892 (according to reporting in the Dixon «i»Telegraph«/i».) She and Benjamin farmed near Polo for more than 50 years, and after he died in 1946, she went to live with her youngest daughter, Nina Barnhizer Gillott, in Drexel Hill, Pa. until her death on 15 July 1951. She and Benjamin are both buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Polo. [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S398] Family Hart Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogy, Nov 2002 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S203] Roger Cubs, Nov 2003 (Reliability: 3).

    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).


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