Raymond Douglas Windle

Brief Life History of Raymond Douglas

When Raymond Douglas Windle was born on 24 August 1899, in Cuba, Lafayette, Missouri, United States, his father, James Washington Windle, was 51 and his mother, Sarah Ellen Bray, was 42. He married Ethel Addie Fleshman on 6 September 1924, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Central Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Normandy Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died in September 1986, in Cuba, Crawford, Missouri, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Kinder Cemetery, Benton Township, Crawford, Missouri, United States.

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Raymond Douglas Windle
1899–1986
Ethel Addie Fleshman
1901–1987
Marriage: 6 September 1924
James Daniel Windle
1936–2017

Sources (19)

  • Raymond Windle in household of Robert S Quallen, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Raymond D Windle, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Raymond Douglas Windle, "Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

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 (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 .

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

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