Nancy Ann Heleine/Halina Windle passed away near TaylorCreek, Hardin, Ohio at her son William H's house. She was born to Jean and Marguerite Bermont Heleine, French immigrants living near Frankfort Germany. Nancy changed her French family name of Heleine to Halina sometime before her marriage, most likely due to spelling as she heard the name pronounced. Each of her siblings took on a different Americanized version of that original spelling. Her family arrived in Baltimore, Maryland October 1827 after a 4 month voyage from Amsterdam, Holland. After their settling in Washington County, NancyAnn was born near the Cavetown Community North of Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland. Her father was a farmer & with his other sons was a Wagon-eer in the early days of settlement in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Her siblings were
Elizabeth Heleine Horn 1819 - 1899
John HeleineHALANE 1822-1910
Marguerite G Heleine Staly 1827-1901
Katherine Heleine Baltz 1828 - 1850
George Heleine HELENA 1830-1894
Sarah Heleine Stark 1836-1917
Mary Benet Heleine Jones 1838-1922
Christina Heleine 1840-

Around 1853 Nancy's Family moved to ShenandoahCo, Virginia and it was there she met John Henry Windle...they married in 1855 and began a journey with her brother JohnHalane and his family toward Ohio, Washington, FranklinCo and then on to Cessna, HardinCo by the 1880 Census. John Henry and NancyAnn Windle were the parents of the following children who grew to adulthood with families....
Samuel D Windall 1853 –
Susanna CATHERINE Windle 1856 – 1928
Mary J Windle 1860 –
George W Windle 1863 –
John Windle 1863 –
William H Windle 1865 –
Anna S Windle 1868 –

NancyAnn's husband John Henry Windle died soon after the birth of their last child, 26 August 1873 and in Cessna, Hardin, Ohio. His grave is unknown. Nancy Ann Heleine/Halina Windle was my husband's grgrgrAunt and I am Paula Norris Pierce of Houston, Texas.....