John Calvin Windham

Brief Life History of John Calvin

When John Calvin Windham was born on 15 April 1902, in Alabama, United States, his father, John W. Windham, was 41 and his mother, Hardia Alice Fleming, was 39. He lived in Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States for about 25 years and Election Precinct 8 Grant, Coffee, Alabama, United States in 1940. He died on 26 October 1976, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

John W. Windham
1860–1936
Hardia Alice Fleming
1863–1937
Henry Alto Windham
1883–1943
Fannie Leola Windham
1885–1966
William Jessie Windham
1887–1945
Alice Lavonia Windham
1890–1965
Charles Hilliard Windham
1893–1970
Emma May Windham
1895–1964
Lora Belle Windham
1898–1985
Mary Etna "Mollie" Windham
1900–1994
John Calvin Windham
1902–1976

Sources (7)

  • J C Windham, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Calvin Windham - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John Calvin Windham
  • John Calvin Windham, "Alabama, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

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1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name usually from the Norfolk placename Wymondham, which is locally pronounced /wɪndəm/. The placename probably derives from the Old English personal name Wīgmund + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’. By various marriages in the 16th century the Wyndham family of Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk, acquired estates in North Yorkshire and Somerset, for which reason the manor of Orchard in the parish of Watchet, came to be known as Orchard Wyndham in the early 17th century. Later descendants became earls of Egremont, whose estates included Petworth in Sussex. This and other marital acquistions probably explain the post-medieval presence of the surname in Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, northern England, and perhaps also (from the late 17th century) in Sussex and Kent. In 1741 Percy Wyndham of the Orchard family inherited the earldom of Thomond, in Ireland, which may account for the currency of the name in Connaght (see 4 below).

English: habitational name perhaps occasionally from Wymondham in Leicestershire. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Wīgmund (genitive Wīgmundes) + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’.

English: habitational name from Wyndham in Shermanbury (Sussex). The placename derives from an Old English personal name Winda + Old English hamm ‘water meadow’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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