WINANDY - Some Genealogy

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.....WINANDY is an original German name, well known in eastern borders from Belgium, Limburg ancient Dukedomt and Luxembourg, (probably from Bitburg to Paliseul range).
.....WINAND, distort to WENAND, WEINAND, WEYNAND, WIGNAND, is composed by WIG "combat" and NAND "audacious", meaning Audacious in
combat.
.....WINANDY have the same origin, it is the name WINAND latinized (WINANDUS) according to formerly vogue, and which genitives, WINANDI, WINANDY, means "from WINAND", or son of WINAND.

La Libre Belgique, sept. 10, 1948
E. Raepsaet, febr. 20, 1982
(brother-in-law of Jean Winandy (A-3.2.1) from Liège.

Compiled by Maurice WINANDY +(B-9.8),
Paul WINANDY (B-9.13),
Léon WINANDY (B-9.1) +.

Most ancient references we have found to WINANDY, are from Petit-Rechain, where a priest named WINANDUS is quoted in 1193.

In XIII ^th. century, a landmark of Petit-Rechain is placed in Jean WINANDY's farm.

Apr. 15, 1685 - Jean WINANDY, forrest guard; August 13, 1706, the same resigns.

1688 - Jacques WINANDY, forrest guard;

1739 - Abbot Pierre WINANDY, Lambermont;
1751, The same, at Dison.

Nov. 20, 1782 - Pierre WINANDY, Magistrate at Petit-Rechain Town-Hall

Dr. HANS (Dison-Verviers) and Mathieu BROUWERS,
genealogy searchers