Son of William Alexander Windas and
Patience Eleanor Cooke
Artist and Writer.
Well known nautical illustrator.
Served as an officer of sailing ships plying between Australia & Liverpool as well as other ports.
Author of Traditions of the Navy.
Marriage
To Mary "May" Jane Fraser
On 19 Oct 1912 at Melbourne, Australia
Children: Wilford A Windas; Captain Jack Mervyn R. Windas.
Photo
Cedric Wilford Windas is pictured with his gift for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a painting of Roosevelt's 1933 cruise with his sons on the 46-foot schooner "Amberjack II."
His Art
"The Clipper," an oil painting by Cedric W. Windas, created while he participated in the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project, ca. 1934. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
"No. 4 Four-Mast Bark," 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Transfer from U.S. Dept. of Interior.
"The Schooner Amberjack II"
President Franklin D. Roosevelt displayed Windas's painting of the schooner Amberjack II in his den. The painting was inspired by the fact that President Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to sail his own craft to a foreign country (Canada) during his term of office.
California Death Records
Name: Cedric W Windas
Birth: 4 Mar 1888 [Australia]
Death: 4 Dec 1966 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Cooke
Burial: 6 Dec 1966, per cemetery
Birth Place
Richmond, Yarra City, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
(formerly Richmond, Colony of Victoria, British Empire)
Richmond is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 3 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District in the local government area of the City of Yarra municipality.
Australia Birth Index
Name: Cedric Wilfred Windas
Birth: 1888
Birth Place: Richmond, Victoria
Father: William Alexand Windas
Mother: Patience Eleanor Cooke
Registration Year: 1888
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
U.S. Petition for Naturalization, 1958
Name: Cedric Wilford Windas
Age: 70
Birth Date: 4 Mar 1888
Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Arrival Date: 3 Jun 1914
Arrival Place: San Francisco, Calif
Spouse: Mary Jane Fraser
Children: Wilford 15 Jan 1914 at Honolulu, resides Sacramento, CA; Jack 8 Jan 1917 at Oakland, CA, resides New York, NY.
Petition Date: 13 Nov 1958
Petition Place: Los Angeles, California
Petition Number: 210812
Author-Illustrtor
Cedric Windas wrote and illustrated a monthly feature in Our Navy magazine, "Traditions of the Navy," from 1939 to 1946, and collected the features into a book of the same name. “Traditions of the Navy” is essentially an illustrated dictionary of terms used by sailors and people in everyday speech. The book may be easily purchased online. Issues of the magazine “Our Navy”, 1939-1946, may be viewed in the periodical collection of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
600 Sampson Way, San Pedro CA 90731
(former San Pedro Municipal Ferry Terminal)
The "Papers of Cedric W. Windas" are preserved at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum Research Library as Collection 30, and may be viewed by appointment.
News Notes
In Dec 1959, Mr. Windas donated his entire library of 192 bound copies of Naval Institute Proceedings magazines to El Camino College, Torrance, CA. The donor described the works as the most authentic unbiased nautical history available, "an accumulative treasure chest of nautical knowledge any student should relish." Also included in the donation was some of his work as a newspaperman and staff cartoonest for a Los Angeles Newspaper. (Los Angeles Times, Sun, 20 Dec 1959, page 4).
Captain and his Work
Captain Cedric W. Windas, retired mariner, devoted 7 years of painstaking work building an authentic minature of the brig "Tradition," displayed at Cabrillo Beach Sea Museum, San Pedro, CA. At 12 ft. long, 3 ft. 6 in. deep, and 14 ft. high, it is the "biggest little ship" on display and the only model in the museum where demonstrations of the working of running gear and yardarms can be conducted. (Los Angeles Times, Sun, July 5, 1959, Pt VIII, p5) (Note: Cabrillo Beach Sea Museum was relocated to the Los Angeles Maritime Museum, 600 Sampson Way, San Pedro CA)
Patience Eleanor Cooke
Artist and Writer.
Well known nautical illustrator.
Served as an officer of sailing ships plying between Australia & Liverpool as well as other ports.
Author of Traditions of the Navy.
Marriage
To Mary "May" Jane Fraser
On 19 Oct 1912 at Melbourne, Australia
Children: Wilford A Windas; Captain Jack Mervyn R. Windas.
Photo
Cedric Wilford Windas is pictured with his gift for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a painting of Roosevelt's 1933 cruise with his sons on the 46-foot schooner "Amberjack II."
His Art
"The Clipper," an oil painting by Cedric W. Windas, created while he participated in the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project, ca. 1934. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
"No. 4 Four-Mast Bark," 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Transfer from U.S. Dept. of Interior.
"The Schooner Amberjack II"
President Franklin D. Roosevelt displayed Windas's painting of the schooner Amberjack II in his den. The painting was inspired by the fact that President Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to sail his own craft to a foreign country (Canada) during his term of office.
California Death Records
Name: Cedric W Windas
Birth: 4 Mar 1888 [Australia]
Death: 4 Dec 1966 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Cooke
Burial: 6 Dec 1966, per cemetery
Birth Place
Richmond, Yarra City, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
(formerly Richmond, Colony of Victoria, British Empire)
Richmond is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 3 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District in the local government area of the City of Yarra municipality.
Australia Birth Index
Name: Cedric Wilfred Windas
Birth: 1888
Birth Place: Richmond, Victoria
Father: William Alexand Windas
Mother: Patience Eleanor Cooke
Registration Year: 1888
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
U.S. Petition for Naturalization, 1958
Name: Cedric Wilford Windas
Age: 70
Birth Date: 4 Mar 1888
Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Arrival Date: 3 Jun 1914
Arrival Place: San Francisco, Calif
Spouse: Mary Jane Fraser
Children: Wilford 15 Jan 1914 at Honolulu, resides Sacramento, CA; Jack 8 Jan 1917 at Oakland, CA, resides New York, NY.
Petition Date: 13 Nov 1958
Petition Place: Los Angeles, California
Petition Number: 210812
Author-Illustrtor
Cedric Windas wrote and illustrated a monthly feature in Our Navy magazine, "Traditions of the Navy," from 1939 to 1946, and collected the features into a book of the same name. “Traditions of the Navy” is essentially an illustrated dictionary of terms used by sailors and people in everyday speech. The book may be easily purchased online. Issues of the magazine “Our Navy”, 1939-1946, may be viewed in the periodical collection of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
600 Sampson Way, San Pedro CA 90731
(former San Pedro Municipal Ferry Terminal)
The "Papers of Cedric W. Windas" are preserved at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum Research Library as Collection 30, and may be viewed by appointment.
News Notes
In Dec 1959, Mr. Windas donated his entire library of 192 bound copies of Naval Institute Proceedings magazines to El Camino College, Torrance, CA. The donor described the works as the most authentic unbiased nautical history available, "an accumulative treasure chest of nautical knowledge any student should relish." Also included in the donation was some of his work as a newspaperman and staff cartoonest for a Los Angeles Newspaper. (Los Angeles Times, Sun, 20 Dec 1959, page 4).
Captain and his Work
Captain Cedric W. Windas, retired mariner, devoted 7 years of painstaking work building an authentic minature of the brig "Tradition," displayed at Cabrillo Beach Sea Museum, San Pedro, CA. At 12 ft. long, 3 ft. 6 in. deep, and 14 ft. high, it is the "biggest little ship" on display and the only model in the museum where demonstrations of the working of running gear and yardarms can be conducted. (Los Angeles Times, Sun, July 5, 1959, Pt VIII, p5) (Note: Cabrillo Beach Sea Museum was relocated to the Los Angeles Maritime Museum, 600 Sampson Way, San Pedro CA)
Son of William Alexander Windas and
Patience Eleanor Cooke
Artist and Writer.
Well known nautical illustrator.
Served as an officer of sailing ships plying between Australia & Liverpool as well as other ports.
Author of Traditions of the Navy.
Marriage
To Mary "May" Jane Fraser
On 19 Oct 1912 at Melbourne, Australia
Children: Wilford A Windas; Captain Jack Mervyn R. Windas.
Photo
Cedric Wilford Windas is pictured with his gift for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a painting of Roosevelt's 1933 cruise with his sons on the 46-foot schooner "Amberjack II."
His Art
"The Clipper," an oil painting by Cedric W. Windas, created while he participated in the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project, ca. 1934. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
"No. 4 Four-Mast Bark," 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Transfer from U.S. Dept. of Interior.
"The Schooner Amberjack II"
President Franklin D. Roosevelt displayed Windas's painting of the schooner Amberjack II in his den. The painting was inspired by the fact that President Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to sail his own craft to a foreign country (Canada) during his term of office.
California Death Records
Name: Cedric W Windas
Birth: 4 Mar 1888 [Australia]
Death: 4 Dec 1966 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Cooke
Burial: 6 Dec 1966, per cemetery
Birth Place
Richmond, Yarra City, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
(formerly Richmond, Colony of Victoria, British Empire)
Richmond is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 3 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District in the local government area of the City of Yarra municipality.
Australia Birth Index
Name: Cedric Wilfred Windas
Birth: 1888
Birth Place: Richmond, Victoria
Father: William Alexand Windas
Mother: Patience Eleanor Cooke
Registration Year: 1888
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
U.S. Petition for Naturalization, 1958
Name: Cedric Wilford Windas
Age: 70
Birth Date: 4 Mar 1888
Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Arrival Date: 3 Jun 1914
Arrival Place: San Francisco, Calif
Spouse: Mary Jane Fraser
Children: Wilford 15 Jan 1914 at Honolulu, resides Sacramento, CA; Jack 8 Jan 1917 at Oakland, CA, resides New York, NY.
Petition Date: 13 Nov 1958
Petition Place: Los Angeles, California
Petition Number: 210812
Author-Illustrtor
Cedric Windas wrote and illustrated a monthly feature in Our Navy magazine, "Traditions of the Navy," from 1939 to 1946, and collected the features into a book of the same name. “Traditions of the Navy” is essentially an illustrated dictionary of terms used by sailors and people in everyday speech. The book may be easily purchased online. Issues of the magazine “Our Navy”, 1939-1946, may be viewed in the periodical collection of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
600 Sampson Way, San Pedro CA 90731
(former San Pedro Municipal Ferry Terminal)
The "Papers of Cedric W. Windas" are preserved at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum Research Library as Collection 30, and may be viewed by appointment.
News Notes
In Dec 1959, Mr. Windas donated his entire library of 192 bound copies of Naval Institute Proceedings magazines to El Camino College, Torrance, CA. The donor described the works as the most authentic unbiased nautical history available, "an accumulative treasure chest of nautical knowledge any student should relish." Also included in the donation was some of his work as a newspaperman and staff cartoonest for a Los Angeles Newspaper. (Los Angeles Times, Sun, 20 Dec 1959, page 4).
Captain and his Work
Captain Cedric W. Windas, retired mariner, devoted 7 years of painstaking work building an authentic minature of the brig "Tradition," displayed at Cabrillo Beach Sea Museum, San Pedro, CA. At 12 ft. long, 3 ft. 6 in. deep, and 14 ft. high, it is the "biggest little ship" on display and the only model in the museum where demonstrations of the working of running gear and yardarms can be conducted. (Los Angeles Times, Sun, July 5, 1959, Pt VIII, p5) (Note: Cabrillo Beach Sea Museum was relocated to the Los Angeles Maritime Museum, 600 Sampson Way, San Pedro CA)
Patience Eleanor Cooke
Artist and Writer.
Well known nautical illustrator.
Served as an officer of sailing ships plying between Australia & Liverpool as well as other ports.
Author of Traditions of the Navy.
Marriage
To Mary "May" Jane Fraser
On 19 Oct 1912 at Melbourne, Australia
Children: Wilford A Windas; Captain Jack Mervyn R. Windas.
Photo
Cedric Wilford Windas is pictured with his gift for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a painting of Roosevelt's 1933 cruise with his sons on the 46-foot schooner "Amberjack II."
His Art
"The Clipper," an oil painting by Cedric W. Windas, created while he participated in the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project, ca. 1934. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
"No. 4 Four-Mast Bark," 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Transfer from U.S. Dept. of Interior.
"The Schooner Amberjack II"
President Franklin D. Roosevelt displayed Windas's painting of the schooner Amberjack II in his den. The painting was inspired by the fact that President Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to sail his own craft to a foreign country (Canada) during his term of office.
California Death Records
Name: Cedric W Windas
Birth: 4 Mar 1888 [Australia]
Death: 4 Dec 1966 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Cooke
Burial: 6 Dec 1966, per cemetery
Birth Place
Richmond, Yarra City, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
(formerly Richmond, Colony of Victoria, British Empire)
Richmond is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 3 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District in the local government area of the City of Yarra municipality.
Australia Birth Index
Name: Cedric Wilfred Windas
Birth: 1888
Birth Place: Richmond, Victoria
Father: William Alexand Windas
Mother: Patience Eleanor Cooke
Registration Year: 1888
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
U.S. Petition for Naturalization, 1958
Name: Cedric Wilford Windas
Age: 70
Birth Date: 4 Mar 1888
Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Arrival Date: 3 Jun 1914
Arrival Place: San Francisco, Calif
Spouse: Mary Jane Fraser
Children: Wilford 15 Jan 1914 at Honolulu, resides Sacramento, CA; Jack 8 Jan 1917 at Oakland, CA, resides New York, NY.
Petition Date: 13 Nov 1958
Petition Place: Los Angeles, California
Petition Number: 210812
Author-Illustrtor
Cedric Windas wrote and illustrated a monthly feature in Our Navy magazine, "Traditions of the Navy," from 1939 to 1946, and collected the features into a book of the same name. “Traditions of the Navy” is essentially an illustrated dictionary of terms used by sailors and people in everyday speech. The book may be easily purchased online. Issues of the magazine “Our Navy”, 1939-1946, may be viewed in the periodical collection of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
600 Sampson Way, San Pedro CA 90731
(former San Pedro Municipal Ferry Terminal)
The "Papers of Cedric W. Windas" are preserved at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum Research Library as Collection 30, and may be viewed by appointment.
News Notes
In Dec 1959, Mr. Windas donated his entire library of 192 bound copies of Naval Institute Proceedings magazines to El Camino College, Torrance, CA. The donor described the works as the most authentic unbiased nautical history available, "an accumulative treasure chest of nautical knowledge any student should relish." Also included in the donation was some of his work as a newspaperman and staff cartoonest for a Los Angeles Newspaper. (Los Angeles Times, Sun, 20 Dec 1959, page 4).
Captain and his Work
Captain Cedric W. Windas, retired mariner, devoted 7 years of painstaking work building an authentic minature of the brig "Tradition," displayed at Cabrillo Beach Sea Museum, San Pedro, CA. At 12 ft. long, 3 ft. 6 in. deep, and 14 ft. high, it is the "biggest little ship" on display and the only model in the museum where demonstrations of the working of running gear and yardarms can be conducted. (Los Angeles Times, Sun, July 5, 1959, Pt VIII, p5) (Note: Cabrillo Beach Sea Museum was relocated to the Los Angeles Maritime Museum, 600 Sampson Way, San Pedro CA)
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