The winchell Surname
winchell Name Meaning and History
- English: from Old English wencel ‘child’, perhaps used to distinguish a son from his father with the same forename or perhaps a nickname for a person with a baby face or childlike manner.
- Scottish: habitational name for someone from the lands of Windshiel (formerly Winscheill) in Berwickshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Emma Stella Winchell m. Frederick Lincoln Foster -NY | Paula | 7 |
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