Winkle Family Genealogy

Edward and Julia Winkle family

by Jim Winkle
Updated: 29-Jun-2008

Winkle Geneaolgy start -> Jim Winkle (me) -> Bob Winkle (my dad) -> Edward Winkle (my grandfather) -> JR Winkle (my great-grandfather) -> Elijah Winkle (my great-great-grandfather) -> Harriet Winkle (my great*3-grandmother) -> Martha Winkle (my great*4-grandmother) -> John Winkle (my great*5-grandfather) -> John Winkle (my great*6-grandfather)

This page is about the family of Edward and Julia Winkle, who are my grandparents.

The Parents

• Elijah Winkle (later Edward) 12-Jun-1885 - Mar-1967 (81).
  • Born Port Hill, Wolstanton, R.S.D.
  • Came to Canada 20-Jul-1906 .
  • Came to US Jul-1909 (to Chicago). Listed Harry in Toronto as closest relative.
  • See notes below for a possible reason Edward chose to move to the Chicago area.
  • On 12-Jun-1916 married Julie Menzel.
  • Registered for WWI 4-Sep-1918.
  • Changed his name from Elijah to Edward sometime between 1920 and 1930 US census.
  • Owned house at 722 Oakton St., Evanston, IL (1920 census).
  • Built house in 1926 at 2621 Central Park Ave, Evanston, IL, valued at $359K in 2007.
  • Bob Winkle (my dad) remembered Edward visiting Canada around the year brother Harry died.
  • Bricklayer, at least for a time at P.R. Wells in Newton, Jasper, Iowa.
• Julie (later Julia) Menzel, 1893? - 1984? (91?)
  • Her parents were from what is now the Czech republic.

The Kids

• Eleanor
• Grace 8-Jan-1919 - ?.
• Marjorie 26-Apr-1921 - ?.
• Lorraine 16-Mar-1923 - 8-Jun-2008 (85).
• Robert 18-Dec-19xx - present. My father.
• Leonard

Notes

I discovered another Winkle family that lived in Chicago that is closely related! They were just 20 miles from where the Edward Winkle family settled in the Chicago area.

JR Winkle had an older brother John Winkle. John Winkle had a son John Robert Winkle, born 29-Aug-1881; he was a bricklayer in England. In 1906, John moved to Chicago. Edward and John R. Winkle were first cousins!

John lived there a few years before Edward moved there... this is likely the reason Edward moved there, especially considering they were both bricklayers! Interestingly, neither my dad nor Uncle Leonard have any knowledge of this family when they were growing up.

John and his wife Anna (born abt. 1881 in Ireland) were married in 1910 and had several kids:

• Francis E. Winkle 1912 - ?
• Robert J. Winkle 1913 - ?
• Kathleen Winkle 1924 - ?