Obituary:
THOMAS WINDIATE (d. 1911)
DEATH ENDS LONG LIFE OF T. WINDIATE
One of City's Oldest Pioneers summoned to His Final Rest.
LAST CHARTER MEMBER OF MASONS
Thomas Windiate one of the oldest pioneers settlers of Manitowoc city and county, the only surviving charter member of the Masonic lodge in this city and a man who was identified more prominently with early day business and commercial life of Manitowoc than perhaps any other, died at 4 o'clock this morning at the family home 834 N. Eighth street. Mr. Windiate who was 84 years of age had been in failing health for more than a year and for several months past had been confined to his home. However despite his illness and advanced age, Mr. Windiate retained his faculties up to the very close of his life. Mr. Windiate who had been a resident of Manitowoc for fifty-six years was a native of England born at Sherborne St. John, Hampshire on January 16, 1827. He came to the Country with his parents when nine years old occupying the customary time of those days six weeks in crossing. The family settled at Pontiac, Michigan, and was an unusually large one, numbering twenty children. When quite young he married Cornelia Elizabeth Wallis and they together removed to Manitowoc in the year 1855. Mr. Windiate bought the old National Hotel then located just east of the present Windiate Hotel, and later he erected during the War, the hostelry so well known for many years as the Windiate House and which entertained many leading men of the country as guests, and where stopped, in the early days, many of the leading citizens of the city, long since passed away.
He began a number of the leading businesses of the city. He build (sic) for the Government the original harbor piers. He also built the North Side High School building and was engaged in the ship building business and constructed many prominent boats launched between the years 1879 and 1880 among them the David Vance which was the first to make the trip from Lake Michigan to Europe, the Cornelia B. Windiate, one of the noted wrecks that went down on Lake Michigan with all on board and no trace of her was ever found. He conducted the leading express and stage lines entering Manitowoc before the construction of the railroad, and was the leading spirit that obtained the location of the original dry docks and elevator at Manitowoc, and helped procure the first railroad, and was engaged in no less than five or six lines of business at the same time. He was the only living charter member of the Masonic Lodge of Manitowoc, and was a great lover of his family and home. He was an original character and a self-made man, sturdy, honest, modest and retiring and with all the prominent parts he took in building the city and county, it is rather remarkable that he never held nor canvassed for an office. He was original in his sayings, and some of his expressions have become by-words among his friends. Mr. Windiate continued the management of the Windiate Hotel on York street for a long term of years and up to within a comparatively short time ago, he made his home there, removing to a private residence only when forced to do so by ill health. He was a familiar figure about the city and was perhaps one of the best-known residents of the county by reason of his long residence and his prominence in early days. The death of Mr. Windiate takes a man who, perhaps more than any other individual, contributed to the early development and growth of the city and gave to Manitowoc the foundation upon which its future was builded. His connection with varied industries and commercial enterprises of early days made him an important part of the city's life in those days and appreciated. Mr. Windiate was known throughout the city and was esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances.
His widow and five children survive him, Mrs. Herbert L. Markham, Rev. Archdeacon Thomas D. Windiate of Tennessee, Mrs. Henry Paine of Oil City, Pa., Mrs. Gustav A. Nyhagen and Mr. Burt Wallis Windiate.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Tuesday, April 25, 1911 P.1.
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The funeral of the late Thomas Windiate will be held from St. James church at
3 tomorrow afternoon.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wednesday, April 26, 1911 P.1.
Info supplied by Kent Salomon.
THOMAS WINDIATE (d. 1911)
DEATH ENDS LONG LIFE OF T. WINDIATE
One of City's Oldest Pioneers summoned to His Final Rest.
LAST CHARTER MEMBER OF MASONS
Thomas Windiate one of the oldest pioneers settlers of Manitowoc city and county, the only surviving charter member of the Masonic lodge in this city and a man who was identified more prominently with early day business and commercial life of Manitowoc than perhaps any other, died at 4 o'clock this morning at the family home 834 N. Eighth street. Mr. Windiate who was 84 years of age had been in failing health for more than a year and for several months past had been confined to his home. However despite his illness and advanced age, Mr. Windiate retained his faculties up to the very close of his life. Mr. Windiate who had been a resident of Manitowoc for fifty-six years was a native of England born at Sherborne St. John, Hampshire on January 16, 1827. He came to the Country with his parents when nine years old occupying the customary time of those days six weeks in crossing. The family settled at Pontiac, Michigan, and was an unusually large one, numbering twenty children. When quite young he married Cornelia Elizabeth Wallis and they together removed to Manitowoc in the year 1855. Mr. Windiate bought the old National Hotel then located just east of the present Windiate Hotel, and later he erected during the War, the hostelry so well known for many years as the Windiate House and which entertained many leading men of the country as guests, and where stopped, in the early days, many of the leading citizens of the city, long since passed away.
He began a number of the leading businesses of the city. He build (sic) for the Government the original harbor piers. He also built the North Side High School building and was engaged in the ship building business and constructed many prominent boats launched between the years 1879 and 1880 among them the David Vance which was the first to make the trip from Lake Michigan to Europe, the Cornelia B. Windiate, one of the noted wrecks that went down on Lake Michigan with all on board and no trace of her was ever found. He conducted the leading express and stage lines entering Manitowoc before the construction of the railroad, and was the leading spirit that obtained the location of the original dry docks and elevator at Manitowoc, and helped procure the first railroad, and was engaged in no less than five or six lines of business at the same time. He was the only living charter member of the Masonic Lodge of Manitowoc, and was a great lover of his family and home. He was an original character and a self-made man, sturdy, honest, modest and retiring and with all the prominent parts he took in building the city and county, it is rather remarkable that he never held nor canvassed for an office. He was original in his sayings, and some of his expressions have become by-words among his friends. Mr. Windiate continued the management of the Windiate Hotel on York street for a long term of years and up to within a comparatively short time ago, he made his home there, removing to a private residence only when forced to do so by ill health. He was a familiar figure about the city and was perhaps one of the best-known residents of the county by reason of his long residence and his prominence in early days. The death of Mr. Windiate takes a man who, perhaps more than any other individual, contributed to the early development and growth of the city and gave to Manitowoc the foundation upon which its future was builded. His connection with varied industries and commercial enterprises of early days made him an important part of the city's life in those days and appreciated. Mr. Windiate was known throughout the city and was esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances.
His widow and five children survive him, Mrs. Herbert L. Markham, Rev. Archdeacon Thomas D. Windiate of Tennessee, Mrs. Henry Paine of Oil City, Pa., Mrs. Gustav A. Nyhagen and Mr. Burt Wallis Windiate.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Tuesday, April 25, 1911 P.1.
********
The funeral of the late Thomas Windiate will be held from St. James church at
3 tomorrow afternoon.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wednesday, April 26, 1911 P.1.
Info supplied by Kent Salomon.
Obituary:
THOMAS WINDIATE (d. 1911)
DEATH ENDS LONG LIFE OF T. WINDIATE
One of City's Oldest Pioneers summoned to His Final Rest.
LAST CHARTER MEMBER OF MASONS
Thomas Windiate one of the oldest pioneers settlers of Manitowoc city and county, the only surviving charter member of the Masonic lodge in this city and a man who was identified more prominently with early day business and commercial life of Manitowoc than perhaps any other, died at 4 o'clock this morning at the family home 834 N. Eighth street. Mr. Windiate who was 84 years of age had been in failing health for more than a year and for several months past had been confined to his home. However despite his illness and advanced age, Mr. Windiate retained his faculties up to the very close of his life. Mr. Windiate who had been a resident of Manitowoc for fifty-six years was a native of England born at Sherborne St. John, Hampshire on January 16, 1827. He came to the Country with his parents when nine years old occupying the customary time of those days six weeks in crossing. The family settled at Pontiac, Michigan, and was an unusually large one, numbering twenty children. When quite young he married Cornelia Elizabeth Wallis and they together removed to Manitowoc in the year 1855. Mr. Windiate bought the old National Hotel then located just east of the present Windiate Hotel, and later he erected during the War, the hostelry so well known for many years as the Windiate House and which entertained many leading men of the country as guests, and where stopped, in the early days, many of the leading citizens of the city, long since passed away.
He began a number of the leading businesses of the city. He build (sic) for the Government the original harbor piers. He also built the North Side High School building and was engaged in the ship building business and constructed many prominent boats launched between the years 1879 and 1880 among them the David Vance which was the first to make the trip from Lake Michigan to Europe, the Cornelia B. Windiate, one of the noted wrecks that went down on Lake Michigan with all on board and no trace of her was ever found. He conducted the leading express and stage lines entering Manitowoc before the construction of the railroad, and was the leading spirit that obtained the location of the original dry docks and elevator at Manitowoc, and helped procure the first railroad, and was engaged in no less than five or six lines of business at the same time. He was the only living charter member of the Masonic Lodge of Manitowoc, and was a great lover of his family and home. He was an original character and a self-made man, sturdy, honest, modest and retiring and with all the prominent parts he took in building the city and county, it is rather remarkable that he never held nor canvassed for an office. He was original in his sayings, and some of his expressions have become by-words among his friends. Mr. Windiate continued the management of the Windiate Hotel on York street for a long term of years and up to within a comparatively short time ago, he made his home there, removing to a private residence only when forced to do so by ill health. He was a familiar figure about the city and was perhaps one of the best-known residents of the county by reason of his long residence and his prominence in early days. The death of Mr. Windiate takes a man who, perhaps more than any other individual, contributed to the early development and growth of the city and gave to Manitowoc the foundation upon which its future was builded. His connection with varied industries and commercial enterprises of early days made him an important part of the city's life in those days and appreciated. Mr. Windiate was known throughout the city and was esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances.
His widow and five children survive him, Mrs. Herbert L. Markham, Rev. Archdeacon Thomas D. Windiate of Tennessee, Mrs. Henry Paine of Oil City, Pa., Mrs. Gustav A. Nyhagen and Mr. Burt Wallis Windiate.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Tuesday, April 25, 1911 P.1.
********
The funeral of the late Thomas Windiate will be held from St. James church at
3 tomorrow afternoon.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wednesday, April 26, 1911 P.1.
Info supplied by Kent Salomon.
THOMAS WINDIATE (d. 1911)
DEATH ENDS LONG LIFE OF T. WINDIATE
One of City's Oldest Pioneers summoned to His Final Rest.
LAST CHARTER MEMBER OF MASONS
Thomas Windiate one of the oldest pioneers settlers of Manitowoc city and county, the only surviving charter member of the Masonic lodge in this city and a man who was identified more prominently with early day business and commercial life of Manitowoc than perhaps any other, died at 4 o'clock this morning at the family home 834 N. Eighth street. Mr. Windiate who was 84 years of age had been in failing health for more than a year and for several months past had been confined to his home. However despite his illness and advanced age, Mr. Windiate retained his faculties up to the very close of his life. Mr. Windiate who had been a resident of Manitowoc for fifty-six years was a native of England born at Sherborne St. John, Hampshire on January 16, 1827. He came to the Country with his parents when nine years old occupying the customary time of those days six weeks in crossing. The family settled at Pontiac, Michigan, and was an unusually large one, numbering twenty children. When quite young he married Cornelia Elizabeth Wallis and they together removed to Manitowoc in the year 1855. Mr. Windiate bought the old National Hotel then located just east of the present Windiate Hotel, and later he erected during the War, the hostelry so well known for many years as the Windiate House and which entertained many leading men of the country as guests, and where stopped, in the early days, many of the leading citizens of the city, long since passed away.
He began a number of the leading businesses of the city. He build (sic) for the Government the original harbor piers. He also built the North Side High School building and was engaged in the ship building business and constructed many prominent boats launched between the years 1879 and 1880 among them the David Vance which was the first to make the trip from Lake Michigan to Europe, the Cornelia B. Windiate, one of the noted wrecks that went down on Lake Michigan with all on board and no trace of her was ever found. He conducted the leading express and stage lines entering Manitowoc before the construction of the railroad, and was the leading spirit that obtained the location of the original dry docks and elevator at Manitowoc, and helped procure the first railroad, and was engaged in no less than five or six lines of business at the same time. He was the only living charter member of the Masonic Lodge of Manitowoc, and was a great lover of his family and home. He was an original character and a self-made man, sturdy, honest, modest and retiring and with all the prominent parts he took in building the city and county, it is rather remarkable that he never held nor canvassed for an office. He was original in his sayings, and some of his expressions have become by-words among his friends. Mr. Windiate continued the management of the Windiate Hotel on York street for a long term of years and up to within a comparatively short time ago, he made his home there, removing to a private residence only when forced to do so by ill health. He was a familiar figure about the city and was perhaps one of the best-known residents of the county by reason of his long residence and his prominence in early days. The death of Mr. Windiate takes a man who, perhaps more than any other individual, contributed to the early development and growth of the city and gave to Manitowoc the foundation upon which its future was builded. His connection with varied industries and commercial enterprises of early days made him an important part of the city's life in those days and appreciated. Mr. Windiate was known throughout the city and was esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances.
His widow and five children survive him, Mrs. Herbert L. Markham, Rev. Archdeacon Thomas D. Windiate of Tennessee, Mrs. Henry Paine of Oil City, Pa., Mrs. Gustav A. Nyhagen and Mr. Burt Wallis Windiate.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Tuesday, April 25, 1911 P.1.
********
The funeral of the late Thomas Windiate will be held from St. James church at
3 tomorrow afternoon.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wednesday, April 26, 1911 P.1.
Info supplied by Kent Salomon.
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