WINDUSS Family History in Australia, England and New Zealand

John WINDUSS was born 1809 in Hampshire, England and died in Launceston, Tasmania on 24 June 1873.
John married Mary BELL (or BALE) on 7 June 1830 in England and arrived in Hobart Town 21 September 1841. John was a Private in the 96th Foot Manchester Regiment.

It now appears John's parents were George WINDUS (b 1777 Nursling, Hampshire d Otterbourne, Hampshire 1832) and Mary GILBERT (b Hampshire 1774 d Hursley, Hampshire 1841).

John's grandparents were then Willington WINDUS (b. ? d. Nursling, Hampshire 1780) and Elizabeth TERRY (b 1739 Lyndhurst, Hampshire d Nursling, Hampshire 1781, probably the daughter of William TERRY and Mary). Willington WINDUSS and Elizabeth TERRY married in 1757 at Brockenhurst, Hampshire).

The parents of Willington WINDUS are not known yet but it is possible he descends from Edward WINDUS and Dorothy WILLINGTON who married at St James, Clerkenwell, London on 13th February 1680. The parents of Edward WINDUS were probably James WINDUS and Anne WALPOLE (who married in London in 1648).

The descendants of John WINDUSS (1809-1873) in Australia and New Zealand have been very well researched and below are the first and some of the second Australian and New Zealand generations.

If John's ancestors (above) are correct then John's nephew, Edward WINDUS (1844-1912), son of John's brother George WINDUS (1801-1884) migrated to Australia and settled in Molong, NSW. At some stage the "ss" in the WINDUS name must have been added to the WINDUSS descendants of our John. John's army record shows a single "s" and gives his birthplace as Otterbourne (in or near the town of Winchester), Hampshire which links him to the Otterbourne family.

* my direct ancestors are in bold type (please note some are baptism and not necessarily birth dates)