Winder Wonderland Surname Project: Library
The following are articles and studies discovered during our research for the Winder DNA Project. Please feel free to contact the project administrators if you have articles or papers to add to this collection.
The Case of Samuel Grove v. Administrator of Estate of Thomas Winters, Article by Deven Winders Lewis, co-administrator of the Winder DNA Project. Apparently in early 1805, Thomas Winders obtained a court order for payment of the outstanding balance of 4 pounds plus interest from Samuel Grove which had not been paid at Thomas' death.
Daniel Knode Winder, First president of the Toronto Astronomical Club
Elizabeth Sherwood Notes, A study of the probable parents of Elizabeth Sherwood Winders (1722- ), wife of James Winders (1719-1789)
History of Robert Jackaway Winders, Article by Deven Winders Lewis, co-administrator of the Winder DNA Project
Mining, Keno and the Law, The Tombstone Careers of Bob Winders, Charley Smith, And Fred Dodge, 1879-1888. This story describes "perhaps the largest mining case ever filed in Arizona." Dr. Thomas Winders, a thirty-seven-year-old San Francisco physician who had grown up in Tombstone, had filed the action against the Copper Queen Company on behalf of the estates of his father, Robert Jackways Winders, and stepfather, Origen Charles Smith. The story dates back to the early history of Bisbee and Tombstone"
Winders from Washington County, Maryland Who Emigrated to Ogle County, Illinois, Article by John H Winder, co-administrator of the Winder DNA Project
A Winder's Tale, Article by R.G. Winder, former member of the Guild of One Name Studies. Considers the origin and locations of the Winder surname.