Brief Life History of Grace
When Grace Windle was born in 1836, in St Bartholomew's Church, Colne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Windle, was 26 and her mother, Martha Parker, was 28. She married John Wilson in 1862, in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Whalley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Settle, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years.
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- Grace Windle in household of William Windle, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Grace Windle, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Grace, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
1878 · Bacup Natural History Society
The Bacup Natural History Society was established in 1878 in Lancashire. It holds a collection of over 4,000 photos, slides, and documents. It holds many different artifacts from military to fossils.
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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