Winkle Family Genealogy
Winkle Family Genealogy
Elijah and Catherine Winkle family
Elijah and Catherine Winkle family
This page is about the family of Elijah and Catherine Winkle, who are my great-great-grandparents.
The Parents
The Parents
- Elijah Winkle Jul-1827 - 1910 (83).
- Baptised 15-Jul-1827.
- Married Catherine in 1847.
- Originally coal miner and later (1881 onward) milk seller.
- Catherine Winkle 1829 - 1918 (89), spelled also Catharine.
- Maiden name Catherine Downing.
The Kids
The Kids
- Elijah Winkle 1849 - 1899, glass cutter early, then lime burner.
- Married Emily Taylor in 1874 Q4 in Wolstaton, Staffs.
- Had kids William Harry Winkle (went by Harry, 1876 - ?), Fred Taylor Winkle (1880 - 1951), Joel Downing Winkle (1887 - ?). Note that Taylor is Emily's maiden name, and Downing is Elijah's mom's maiden name.
- John Winkle 1852 - ?
- Married Elizabeth Simpson (1850 - ?).
- Had kids Elizabeth (1877), Kate Ann Winkle (1878), Sarah Harriet Winkle (1881), John Robert Winkle (29-Aug-1881), Frances Elijah Winkle (1884), John Winkle (1885).
- Daisy Simpson (1884), their niece, lived with them in 1901 census.
- Their name is incorrectly recorded as Winkler in the 1891 census (nice catch, Ian)
- Potter
- Harriett Winkle 1854 - ?
- Martha Winkle 1857 - ?
- Janetta Winkle 1859 - ?, dressmaker
- JR (James Rowley) Winkle 26-Jan-1861 - 9-May-1936 (75). My great-grandfather.
- Joel Downing Winkle 1864 - 7-Aug-1939 (75). His wife died about 18 months earlier. Potter. Three married daughters:
- Gladys May Winkle
- Florence Downing Winkle
- Harriet Mildred Winkle
- Harry Winkle 1866 - ?
- Kate Downing Winkle 1869 - ?, dressmaker. Only child still living with parents in 1901 census (age 32).