Charles Windberg, Sr.

my mother's father's father

Christian Heinrich Carl Windberg
Born 1 Jan 1866 - Magdeburg, Germany
Died 15 Jun 1956 - El Paso, Texas

​Railroad Foreman
​​Germany • Texas
Married to
Josephine Le Roy
on 8 Nov 1895 ​in El Paso, Texas.
Three children reached adulthood:
• 1896 Anne Francis 
• 1898 Emma Lee
• ​1900 Charles

Known as "Pop" to his grandchildren, he built a house for Joanne's duck with a sign naming it "Hotel de Duck." He sailed from Germany to Galveston, Texas, at the age of 14 years after his father had remarried. 
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​Charles's Parents

(My 2nd Great Grandparents)
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• Frederike Albertine Charlotte Schmidt + Heinrich Karl Windberg


​Charles's Grandparents

(My 3rd Great Grandparents)
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  • Franziska Auguste Meyer + Christian Albert Schmidt
  • ​[Unknown] + August Friedrich Ferdinand Windberg


​Charles's Great Grandparents

(My 4th Great Grandparents)
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  • [Unknown] + Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer
  • ​​[Unknown] + [Unknown] Schmidt
  • [Both are unknown.]
  • Johanne Sophie Hahn + Carl Windberg

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​Bold is used for mothers showing their first surname and gives us a new branch of ancestors.
​[Surnames in brackets are proposed and still need confirmation in traditional or published sources.]
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