Winder Family History
Winder Name Meaning
occupational name for a winder of wool, from an agent
derivative of Middle English winde(n) ‘to wind’ (Old English
windan ‘to go’, ‘to proceed’). The verb was also used in the
Middle Ages of various weaving and plaiting processes, so that in some
cases the name may have referred to a basket or hurdle
maker.habitational name from any of the various minor places in
northern England so called, from Old English vindr ‘wind’ +
erg ‘hut’, ‘shelter’, i.e. a shelter against the wind.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Winder Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Winder families
 349 - 695  117 - 348 |
 1 - 116  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Winder families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Winder Family Origin
Winder Emigration Information (US)
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Winder Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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