John Windle was born about 1795, in St Bartholomew's Church, Colne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He married Elizabeth Preston of Colne in 1820, in St Bartholomew's Church, Colne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in January 1871, in Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 77.
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English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Windhill in Shipley (Yorkshire) or Windle (Lancashire), but in southeastern England from Windhill (Kent). The placenames derive from Middle English wind ‘wind’ + hille ‘hill’ (Old English wind + hyll). The surname may occasionally also be topographic, for a person who lived at or near a wind-swept hill.
Americanized form of German Windl or Windel (see Windels ), and also of Wendel .
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