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Topic: Windas of Los Angeles - and Captain Jack (Read 150 times)
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Lisa in California
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.natio
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California Passenger & Crew List
Jack M Windas, age 32, American
Arrival date was 17 October 1949. Ship: SS. President Mc Kinley. Sailed from Manila, PI; arrived San Francisco, CA
Length of service at sea was 12 years
Position in ship's company: Master
He was 6', 180 pounds
He is shown on several California passenger and crew lists, each time his position was Master.
Without checking every list, it appears that he started sailing around 1937, and he is listed as Cadet.
A 1954 list indicates his birthplace was California.
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Mumford: Essex/Canada Vaus: Sussex/Surrey Ovens: Ireland/Canada Sarge: Yorkshire/Canada Stuart: Sligo/Canada Fowley: Sligo/Canada Ibbotson: Sheffield/Canada Wakefield: Tuam or Ballinasloe, Ireland Ellison: Co. Wicklow/Canada Furnival: Lancashire/Canada Sullivan: Co. Clare/Canada Lee/DeJongh: Lancashire (Surname: Originated/Place Last Lived) (Canadians lived in Ontario)
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shellyesq
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I found over 30 articles on newspaperarchive.com (a subscription site) that mention Captain Jack Windas in relation to sailing ships. I also found an article there from the Long Beach California Independent from 3 Aug. 1943 that says that Police Lieutenant Wilford A. Windas shot and killed a man and wounded 3 others at a riot at the Palos Verdes Country Club in July. It says that the deceased threw a chair at Wilford. An 8 Aug. 1943 edition of the same paper says Wilford was acquitted by a coronor's jury and said he acted in self defense. An 8 Aug. 1943 edition of the Oakland Tribune says that Wilford was acquitted and he was in the hospital recovering from his wounds.
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shellyesq
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WWI Draft Registration Card
Cedric Wilford Windas
2415 109th Ave., Oakland, Calif.
Born 4 Mar. 1888 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Citizen of Great Britain
Self-employed artist at 48 3rd. St., San Francisco
Married with a wife and 2 children under 12 yrs. old
Caucasian, tall, medium build, brown eyes, dark brown hair
Prior military service in Victoria Rank in Australia for 1 1/6 years, rank - private
Does not claim exemption from the draft.
Cedric Wilford Windas, 1888-1966, is in the Encyclopedia of American Biography, New Series, Vol 38, published by American Historical Society in 1968. No further info given.
Looks like one of Cedric's paintings is in here: http://www.k6aa.org/images/2008_10_October.pdf
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shellyesq
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There is an article in the Oakland Tribune from 12 Oct. 1917 that mentions Cedric W. Windas (among lots of others) being scheduled for a physical exam related to the draft.
I found an article in the New York Times from 1961 about Jack & it has a picture. If you'd like me to e-mail it to you, send me your e-mail address in a private message. I think you may need 1 more post to use the PM system.
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