WINDSOR

(origin: Local) A town in Berkshire, England. The name is a corruption of Wind-shore, from the winding shore of the Thames in that place.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

WINDSOR. Sir Andrew AVindsor, who was made a knight-banneret at the battle of the Spurs, in 1513, and who was ennobled as Lord Windsor, was a lineal descendant of AValter Fitz-Other, Castellan of AVindsor, in the reign of AVilliam the Conqueror, the common ancestor of the Fitz-Geralds, Carews, Gerards, and many other distinguished families. See Fitz-Gerald.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.