Benjamin Frank WINDERS

1867 - 1948  (81 years)

• Name	Benjamin Frank WINDERS
  Birth	May 1867	, , Maryland, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
  	federal
  Census	1910	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
  	federal
  Death	8 Jul 1948	St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
  obituary	27 Jul 1948	Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
  	Sycamore True Republican
  	Sycamore True Republican 27 July 1948 Frank Winders of St. Paul Dies Frank Winders, 83, of St. Paul, Minn., brother of the late D. E. Winders of Sycamore and a well known resident of this community many years ago, died on July 8, following a long illness. For years he was employed as the claim agent in Sycamore for the Chicago Great Western Railroad. The Louis Ferguson property at 129 South Main street was the former home of Frank Winders and his family. He was united in marriage to May Johnson of Sycamore, who predeceased him many years ago. To them were born two children, Mrs. Lois Craig who made her home with her father, and a son, Russell, who was killed in an auto accident some years ago. Surviving his passing besides his daughter are three grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Carrie Barnhizer of Polo, she being the ((story just cuts off at this point on the original newspaper page))
  Name	Frank WINDERS
  _UID	70357BDEBEC745C3BFFCF3CBD1F9C8C75D28
  Person ID	I25261	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	John WINDERS,   b. Dec 1825, , , Maryland, USA d. 29 Jul 1900, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Lydia Ann SHOOP,   b. Abt 1832, , , Maryland, USA d. 25 Dec 1899 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1848	, Washington, Maryland, USA
  Family ID	F8508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary J JOHNSEN,   b. 1868   d. 17 Sep 1934, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA (Age 66 years)
  Children	1. Russel J WINDERS,   b. 1891, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA d. 1915 (Age 24 years)   2. Lois J WINDERS,   b. 1897, Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - federal - 1900 - Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA Census - federal - 1910 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA obituary - Sycamore True Republican - 27 Jul 1948 - Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  According to John H Winder: «u»«b»Benjamin Franklin Winders «/u»«/b» (1867-1948) (known as Frank) was born in Washington County, Maryland in May 1867 and came to Polo, Illinois (in Ogle County) when only two years old. At the age of 13 he was working as a servant in the household of John and Cleo Powell in Wysox Township, Carroll County (just to the west of Polo). He married «u»Mary J. Johnsen «/u» (1868-1934) on 27 Aug 1890 in DeKalb County, Illinois. (She was the daughter of Peter Johnsen, the original proprietor of the Johnsen House hotel that Frank's brother Harry had tried to run for a year in 1892.) His job as a claim agent for the Chicago Great Western railroad had him moving between the Chicago area and Minneapolis-St. Paul; eventually he took a job as a claim agent for the Minneapolis Street Railway Company and he and Mary settled in Minneapolis. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1017] Winder, John Hancestry.com, Winders from Washington County, Maryland Who Emigrated to Ogle County, Illinois, (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~annieron/Winder/Library/Ogle.htm), ) (Reliability: 3).