Windle family papers
Summary
Collection includes biographical information, correspondence, legal papers, and photographs. All pertain to extended Windle family which includes Coates, Osborn, Mickelsen, Wilcox, and Youtsler.
Dates
- Creation: 1900 - 1969
Biographical/Historical Note
The Windle (aka Wendle) family settled in Virginia during the 1830s. The family later migrated to Idaho. Jacob Windle, married to Tryphania Wilcox in 1957, was the first of the family to arrive in Idaho in 1882. Daniel Bailey Coasts and his wife Sarah Windle Coates followed them the same year. The Windle family and their extended family members settled in and around Payette, French, and Little Willow, Idaho. Burrel THomas Windle, grandson of Jacob and Tyrphania, was born in April 1898 in New Plymouth, Idaho. Burrel worked as a farm boy and after marrying in 1920, he and his wife filed for Government Homestead Land in 1920.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet (1 document box.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Group
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Idaho State Archives Manuscript Collections Repository