| ![Show Contents]() Winther History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Winther familyThe surname Winther was first found in Radnorshire (Welsh: Sir Faesyfed), a former historic county of mid-Wales, anciently part of the kingdom of Powys, where a Norman knight, de Winton, was granted vast estates on the English Welsh border including Maesllwch Castle. Andrew of Wyntoun (1350?-1420?), was a Scottish historian, "Canon regular of St. Andrews, and was elected, as he modestly says, by favour of his brethren and not for his own merits, prior of St. Serf's Inch in Loch Leven, a dependent house of the priory of St. Andrews. " 1 Early History of the Winther familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Winther research. Another 151 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1190, 1296, 1599 and 1633 are included under the topic Early Winther History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Winther Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Winton, Dewinton, Wintone and others. Early Notables of the Winther familyMore information is included under the topic Early Winther Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Winther family to IrelandSome of the Winther family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 33 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Winther migration to the United States | + |
Winther Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Henrich Winther, who landed in New York, NY in 1710 2
- Philip Friederich Winther, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1750 2
- Samuel Winther, who landed in America in 1751 2
Winther Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Amalea Winther, aged 24, who arrived in New York, NY in 1848 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Winther (post 1700) | + |
- Sophus Keith Winther (1893-1983), Danish-born, American professor and novelist
- Richard "Wimpy" Winther (b. 1947), American former National Football League center
- Ragnar Winther (b. 1949), Norwegian mathematician
- Sara Winther, New Zealand sports sailor at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Jens Winther (1960-2011), Danish jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader
- Ellen Winther Lembourn (1933-2011), Danish opera singer and actress
- Rasmus Villads Christian Ferdinand Winther (1796-1876), Danish lyric poet
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- 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)
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