James Winch ^{120,134,322,964,965,966,967,968,969}

  General Notes:

:
Allison Douglas Winch History Born Jan 17, 1845, Died Dec. 23, 1875

1. James Winch Sr., b. 1841 East Gwilliambury, Ont. Canada, md1. April 8, 1862 Canton fillmore Co., Mn., Allison Douglas, b. Jan. 17, 1845, d. Dec. 23, 1875, bur. Basey Cemetery, Nashville Township, Martin Co., Mn. md2. Elizabeth Hamilton b.1854 Scotland, d. May 22,1908 bur. Ressurection, Cemetery, Stone marker 312, St. Peter, Nicollet Co., Mn.

Children of James Winch and Allison Douglas:
1. James Robert Winch, b. May 28, 1865 Nashville Township, Martin Co., Mn.
2. Elsie E. Winch, b. abt. 1867.
3. Annie J. Winch, b. Feb. 1869 Martin Co. Mn.
4. Samuel Wallace Winch, b.Mar. 7, 1873, d. Feb. 7, 1951 Bemidji, Mn.
5. William Edwin Winch b.1871 d.April 22,1872.

Children of James Winch and Elizabeth Hamilton:
1. Mabel Winch, b. 1876 d. 1961 bur. Sunset Cem. Montevideo, Mn.
2. Willard Winch, b.1878 d. Aug. 25, 1879 Martin Co. Mn.
3. John Elmer Winch, b. Jan 23, 1881 Nashville Township, Martin Co., Mn.

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1860 Mn., Canton Township, Fillmore County page 109
Lines 30 - 38
Name, age, occupation. birthplace
George Mann, 35, farmer, 1600, 300, New York
Mary Mann, 29, Canada
Maria Mann, 11, Canada
Albert Mann, 12, Canada
Willard Mann, 8, Canada
Marshall Mann, 4, Canada
Mary Jane, 4, Minnesota
George Mann, 1, Minnesota
James Winch, 19, farm hand, New York
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1870 census, Nashville twp, Martin County, MN

page 12
family 101
Winch, Albert, age 27, male, white, Farmer, value real estate $1000, born Canada, father foreign birth, mother foreign birth
Winch, Harriet, age 22, female, white, Keeping House, born New York

family 102
Winch, James, age 28, male, white, Farmer, value real estate $1200, father foreign birth, mother foreign birth
", Allison, age 23, female, white, Keeping house, born Canada, father foreign birth, mother foreign birth
", James R, age 5, male, white, at home, born Minnesota, father foreign birth, mother foreign birth
", ??, age ?, female, white, at home, born Minnesota, father foreign birth, mother foreign birth
", ??, age ?, female, white, at home, born Minnesota, father foreign birth, mother foreign birth
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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
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1851, Maryborough, Wellington North, Ontario. ¹³⁴

• Residence, 1870, Nashville twp, Martin County, Minnesota. ⁹⁷⁰

James married Allison Douglas, daughter of Robert Douglas and Eliza Ann Smith, on 8 Apr 1862 in Canton, Fillmore County, Minn..⁹⁶² (Allison Douglas was born on 17 Jan 1845 in Canada,^970,978 died on 23 Dec 1875 ⁹⁷⁹ and was buried in Basey Cemetery, Nashville Twp, Martin County, MN ⁹⁷⁹.)

James next married Elizabeth Hamilton on 13 Apr 1876 in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.⁹⁸⁰ (Elizabeth Hamilton was born about 1852 in Scotland,^980,981 died on 22 May 1908 in St. Peter, Minnesota ⁹⁸² and was buried in Resurrection Cemetery, St. Peter, Minnesota, plot 312 ⁹⁸³.)

  Marriage Notes:

It would appear that the marriage of James Winch to Elizabeth Hamilton didnt last long as the two are separated on the 1880 census with Elizabeth still using her Hamilton name and living at least temporarily with her cousin Thomas Hamilton in Pleasant Mound township of Blue Earth County, MN.

James dies in Spokane, Washington in 1885 while Elizabeth was admitted to St Peter Mental Hospital in 1882 and dies in 1908. jca