Rev Charles Henry Winter (1878-1970)

Rev Charles Henry Winter

Birth

8 Apr 1878

Bromley-by-Bow, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England

Death

25 Jul 1970 (aged 92)

Banning, Riverside County, California, USA

Burial

San Gorgonio Memorial Park

Banning, Riverside County, California, USA Add to Map

Plot

SUMMIT Cem Dist, Section 12, Block A, Lot 4, Space 3

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Charles Henry Winter was a British-born American evangelist during the first half of the 20th century. He was invited by Dwight L Moody to attend his Bible Institute, Mount Hermon School in Northfield, Massachusetts. He also attended the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. During World War I he traveled to France as a YMCA chaplain, no doubt inspired by Moody's YMCA service to Union troops during the Civil War. For his contribution to the war effort he was awarded the World War I Victory Medal with Meuse Argonne Defensive Sector clasp, which was awarded from Aug 30 to Nov 11, 1918.

He was also an artist, a Chautauqua actor, and a versatile musician who sang, whistled and played numerous instruments. He was able to combine these skills effectively as a traveling evangelist and church pastor for many years.

One of 11 children; emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio from England about 1887 with his parents. He and all his siblings but 2 were born in England. His older brother Robert was born in Canada, and his youngest sister Florence was the only sibling born in the United States.

In June of 1900 he was listed on the US Census as a Theological Student, living with the Edwin S Holloway family in Manhattan, New York. Holloway was a Clergyman.

On June 28, 1905 he married Bessie L Clime in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. They had one son, Charles Spurgeon Winter, named after the prominent British pastor and author Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

The photo of the Charles Winter Studio was taken in the basement of the Wanamaker department store in Philadelphia, where he restored paintings.

Sometime in the 1950's, after he retired, he moved from Philadelphia to Banning, California, where he initially made his home on Hargrave Street. After his younger brother Fred passed away in 1960, Charles moved about a block away and moved in with their youngest sister Florence.