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1 James Winch, census record , 1880, Westford twp, Martin County, Minnesota. L
James Winch, census record , 1880, Westford twp, Martin County, Minnesota

James Winch, age 38, born Canada, father b. New York, mother b. Canada,
James R. Winch, age 15 son, b Minn.
Elsie E. age 13, b Minn.,
Annie J. age 11, born Minn and
Samuel W. Winch age 7, born Minnesota.
( note no wife jca)

2 1880 census , Westford twp, Martin County, Minnesota, 1880 census , Westford twp, Martin County, Minnesota., district 150. 1880 census, Westford twp, Martin County, Minnesota.

page 1, family 5
James Winch, age 38, Farmer, born Canada, father b. New York, mother b. Canada,
James R. Winch, son, age 15 son, b Minn., parents born Canada
Elsie E. age 13, daughter, Keeping House, b Minn., parents born Canada
Annie J. age 11, daughter, At School, born Minn. , parents born Canada
Samuel W. Winch son, age 7, born Minn. , parents born Canada

(note this census record for the famiy of James Winch may not be listed on some computer index's as it was very lightly registered)
The wife of James (Elizabeth Winch) shows up on the 1880 census in Pleasant Mound twp, Blue Earth County MN at the home of the Thos. Hamilton and family. )

3 James Winch, census record , 1880, Westford twp, Martin County, Minnesota.

4 1880 census , Westford twp, Martin County, Minnesota, 1880 census , Westford twp, Martin County, Minnesota., district 150.

5 Smith (Winch), Leola, email, July 18, 2001, Smith (Winch), Leola, email, July 18, 2001. Hi Jan,
I can answer a few of your questions.John (James? note by jca), Winch born 1841 Gillensbury, Ontario, Canada died in 1885 he is buried in Spokane, Washington at the Old Methodist cemetary


Elizabeth Hamilton born1854 , died 1908 She is buried in the old St. Peter hospital cemetary with only a number as a head stone number 311
She was comitted on Nov. 28, 1882 a yr after my grandfather John Elmer Winch was born.
Children of James and Allison Douglas Winch are
I have Elsie Winch b. 1867 died 1966 md Elmer Sackett
Annie J. Winch b. 1869 died 1946 Staple, MN. md Jaybus Burchard Scribner
Samuel W. Winch b. 1873 died 1951 md Estella Weymouth born 1877 d. 1972
I do not have a William Edwin Winch
I have a Barton William born 1893 d. 1960 md Emma Ziegenhagen born 1897 d. 1955
Children of James and Elizabeth Hamilton Winch
John Elmer Winch born Feb 28 1881 d 1959 age 78 md Erma Leola Andersen b. 5-4-1883 d. 5-16-1963 age 80
buried at Fairmont cemetary
Mabel Winch b. 1876 d. 1961 Sunset cemetary Montevideo, MN. md. John Eisenlohr b. 1861 d. 1946
I have no Willard Winch
And of course I have all the rest of John Elmer Winches family .
I also have a picture of James and either Allison Douglas or it is Elizabeth Hamilton Do you have a picture of Allison ? so I can compare and figure out who she is.?

Keep in touch nice to meet a relative I never knew I had. Leola (Winch) Smith

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