John Elmer Winch

John Elmer Winch
(1881-1959)

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John Elmer Winch ² ³ ⁴

Born: 23 Jun 1881, Nashville twp, Martin County, Minnesota ² ⁵ ⁶
Marriage: Erma Leola Anderson on 22 Jan 1903 ¹
Died: 28 Nov 1959, Truman, Minnesota aged 78 ² ⁵
Buried: 2 Dec 1959, Lakeside Cemetery, Fairmont, Minnesota ²

bullet General Notes:

:
JOHNNIE WINCH DIES OF CANCER

Cancer claimed the life of John Elmer Winch, 78 lifelong resident of the
Truman community. Johnnie Winch died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mabel Kurseth of Fairmont. He had been ill about 5 months.
Funeral services took place Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1959 from the Olson chapel and the Church of Christ with Pastor Dale Erickson officiating. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery, Fairmont.
Born in Nashville June 23, 1881, the son of James and Elizabeth Winch, he moved with his parents to Pleasant Mound where he remained all the rest of his life until illness struck.
He is survived by his wife Erma Anderson Winch, whom he wed Jan. 22, 1903, and by 8 children. They are Herbert, of Phoenix, Ariz., Melvin of Renton, Wash., Walter and Earl of Fairmont, Elmer of Bemidji, Mrs. Mable Kurseth of Fairmont, Mrs David Chapman of Madison, S.D., and Mrs. Everett Roberts of Lake Crystal. A son Harold is deceased. There are 25 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Mabel Eisenlohr, of Montevideo, also survives.

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farmer, 1910, Pleasant Mound, Blue Earth Co. Mn. ⁷

• Occupation: Farmer, 1930, Westford twp, Martin Co, MN. ⁶

John married Erma Leola Anderson on 22 Jan 1903.² (Erma Leola Anderson was born on 28 Feb 1883 in Minnesota,⁶ ⁸ ⁹ died on 16 May 1963 ¹⁰ and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Fairmont, Minnesota ⁵.)

1 Winch, John Elmer, obituary, 1959, Fairmont Sentinal, Minnesota, December,1959. :
JOHNNIE WINCH
DIES OF CANCER

Cancer claimed the life of John Elmer Winch, 78 lifelong resident of the
Truman community. Johnnie Winch died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mabel Kurseth of Fairmont. He had been ill about 5 months.
Funeral services took place Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1959 from the Olson chapel and the Church of Christ with Pastor Dale Erickson officiating. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery, Fairmont.
Born in Nashville June 23, 1881, the son of James and Elizabeth Winch, he moved with his parents to Pleasant Mound where he remained all the rest of his life until illness struck.
He is survived by his wife Erma Anderson Winch, whom he wed Jan. 22, 1903, and by 8 children. They are Herbert, of Phoenix, Ariz., Melvin of Renton, Wash., Walter and Earl of Fairmont, Elmer of Bemidji, Mrs. Mable Kurseth of Fairmont, Mrs David Chapman of Madison, S.D., and Mrs. Everett Roberts of Lake Crystal. A son Harold is deceased. There are 25 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Mabel Eisenlohr, of Montevideo, also survives.

2 Winch, John Elmer, obituary, 1959, Fairmont Sentinal, Minnesota, December,1959.

3 Smith, Leola (Winch) , email Aug 24, 2001, Smith, Leola (Winch) , email Aug 24, 2001. Hi Jim
OK I finally got this together I'm not sure who you want me to start with but I will start with John Elmer Winch my grandfather.
John Elmer Winch b. 6-23-1881 d.11-1959 age 78, sp..Erma Leola Anderson b.5-4-1883 d.5-16-1963 age 80, children:
1- Herbert Elmer Winch b.11-18-1903 d. 1987 sp. Lottie Viola Garrison b. 1909 d. 1996 2-Mabel Winch b. 1906 sp. Casper Kurseth
3-Earl Winch b. 1908 d.1987 sp. Anna Ferguson divorced sp. Louise Hines
4-Merlin Winch b.3-14-1913 d.7-12-1979 sp. Esther Wilma Ferguson b. 12-30-1908
5-Wilma Winch b. 1915 d. 1999 sp. David Chapman
6-Dorothy Winch b.1917 sp. Everett Roberts b.1896 d. 1975
7-Harold Winch b. 1919 d. 1920
8- Walter Winch b. 1924 d. 1949 sp. Anna Jean Coons
9- Elmer Winch b. 1926 sp. Velda Mohler
children of 1- Herbert and Lottie, Ialiene Josephene Winch b. 6-18-1927 sp. John Richard Wynkoop b. 1915 d. 1982, Claude Calvin Winch b. 1929 d. 2000 sp. Margaret Fay Current b. 1931, Melvin Elwood Winch b. 1932 sp. Arlene Wolfe b. 1937, Leola Bell Winch b. 9-30-1936 sp. Darrel Wayne Smith b. 2-20-1932
children of Mable Winch, Dwaine Kurseth b 1929 sp. Shirley Zemple
children of Earl Winch, William Winch b. 1935 sp. Marjorie Osborn, Kenneth Winch Anna Winch, Gary Winch, Larry Winch
children of Merlin Winch , Marilyn Elizabeth Winch b. 11-28-1942 sp.Ronald Keith Hill b.6-21-1944, John Merlin Winch b. 8-28-1944 d. 7-16-1974 sp. Sandra Renee Konopaski b.9-12-1947 Sandra later married both sp. James Durkoop and sp. Richard Decker
children of Wilma Winch Ardis Chapman b. 9-21-1936 sp. Harold Hines, Loretta Chapman b. 1-16-1938 sp. Verl Uthe b. 3-6-1938 , Delores Chapman sp. --------Romus sp. Robert Koeh, Glenda Chapman sp Wayne Rasmussen
children of Dorothy Winch Robert Roberts b. 1938 sp. Sue Fowler, Wilma Roberts b. 1948
children of Harold none
children of Walter none
children of Elmer Winch James Elmer Winch b. 1949, Valerie Winch b. 1951 sp. Charles Gothberg b. 1956 d. ?, Tom Winch sp. Teresa Edgel, Donna Winch b. 1961 sp. Thomas Pollard b. 1950

4 1930 census, Westford twp, Martin Co, Minnesota. :
sheet 6B, family 137
Winch, John E, Head, renter, male, white, age 48?, married at age 21, born Minnesota, father born United States, mother born Scotland, Farmer, Farm
--, Irma, wife, female, white, age 46, married at age 19, born Minnesota, father born Wisconsin, mother born Wisconsin
--, Earl, son, male, white, age 22, single, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota, Farmer
--, Merlin, son, male, white, age 17, single, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota
Wilma, daughter, female, age 14, single, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota
Dorathy, daughter, female, age 12, single, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota
Walter, son, male, age 5, single, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota
Elmer, son, male, age 4, single, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota

family 138
----, Herbert , Head, male, white, age 26, married age 22, born Minneosta, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota, Farmer, At house
--, Lottie, wife, female, white, age 21, married at age 17, born Minnesota, father born New York, mother born Minnesota
---. Ialeene, daughter, female, white, age 2, single, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota
--, Claude, son, male, white, age 1, single, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota

5 Smith, Leola (Winch) , email Aug 24, 2001, Smith, Leola (Winch) , email Aug 24, 2001.

7 1910 census, Blue Earth , Pleasant Mound township, Minnesota. :
District 28, sheet 2B
family 34

Winch, John E, head, male, white, age 28, married 8 years, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Scotland, Farmer, General Farm
" Erma L, wife, female, white, age 26, married, 8 years, 3 children, 3 children still living, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota
" Herbert E, son, male, white, age 6, single, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota
" Mable E, daughter, female, white, age 4, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota
" Earl W, son, male, white, age 2, born Minnesota, born Minnesota, father born Minnesota, mother born Minnesota

8 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

10 Smith (Winch), Leola, email, July 18, 2001, Smith (Winch), Leola, email, July 18, 2001.

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