The winder Surname
winder Name Meaning and History
- occupational name for a winder of wool, from an agent derivative of Middle English winde(n) ‘to wind’ (Old English windan ‘to go’, ‘to proceed’). The verb was also used in the Middle Ages of various weaving and plaiting processes, so that in some cases the name may have referred to a basket or hurdle maker.
- habitational name from any of the various minor places in northern England so called, from Old English vindr ‘wind’ + erg ‘hut’, ‘shelter’, i.e. a shelter against the wind.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Winder family history | Alice (Winder) Brandom | 18 |
| Sgt Roland WINDER RAF WW 2 | chris tillett | 2 |
| Thomas Winder, c 1735 in New Jersey. |
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| WINDER 1 Maggie 1880-1965 |
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| WINDER 1 L B 1879-1935 |
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| WINDER Thomas Jefferson 1886-1943 |
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| WINDER Julia M 1892 1894 |
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| WINDER FAMILY | GRACE SWARTZ | 2 |
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