Winkley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Winkley family

The surname Winkley was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat as Lords of the manor of Winckley Hall, in the parish of Mitton, from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Winkley family

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Winkley Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Winkley, Wynkley, Winckley and others.

Early Notables of the Winkley family

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Winkley migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Winkley Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J F Winkley, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 1
J. F. Winkley, who settled in San Francisco, California in 1856

Winkley migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Winkley Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Thomas Winkley, aged 18, who arrived in South Australia in 1849 aboard the ship "Cheapside" 2
T. Winkley, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Cheapside" in 1849 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Winkley (post 1700) +

J. Otis Winkley, American politician, Mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1887 3

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The CHEAPSIDE 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Cheapside.htm
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html