Carl Winter was one of the Wisconsin Colony to come to Norfolk in 1867. Mr. Winter was 85 years old and a native of Germany. He died Tuesday at the home of his daughter in Stanton. He came to America in 1865 and after a residence of two years in Wisconsin joined the colonists who took homesteads at Norfolk, Nebraska. Until the death of the aged wife, which occurred in January, this year, Mr. and Mrs. Winter were the only surviving couple of this band of sturdy pioneers.
Excerpts from: Battle Creek Enterprise, Thursday, June 10, 1920, page 1.
Info donated by: Find A Grave contributor Lori Frisch
German Marriages, 1558-1929 Carl Friedrich Winter and Luise Wilhelmine Caroline Freitag
married 10 September 1862, Massow, Pommern, Prussia
Carl Friedrich Winter, age 27, son of Gottfried Winter
Luise Wilhelmine Caroline Freitag, age 26 daughte of Christian Friedrich August Freitag
indexing project (batch) numberM99988-1, system originGermany-ODM, gs film number905020 reference id
Info donated by: Find A Grave contributor Stone hunter
Carl Winter was one of the Wisconsin Colony to come to Norfolk in 1867. Mr. Winter was 85 years old and a native of Germany. He died Tuesday at the home of his daughter in Stanton. He came to America in 1865 and after a residence of two years in Wisconsin joined the colonists who took homesteads at Norfolk, Nebraska. Until the death of the aged wife, which occurred in January, this year, Mr. and Mrs. Winter were the only surviving couple of this band of sturdy pioneers.
Excerpts from: Battle Creek Enterprise, Thursday, June 10, 1920, page 1.
Info donated by: Find A Grave contributor Lori Frisch
German Marriages, 1558-1929 Carl Friedrich Winter and Luise Wilhelmine Caroline Freitag
married 10 September 1862, Massow, Pommern, Prussia
Carl Friedrich Winter, age 27, son of Gottfried Winter
Luise Wilhelmine Caroline Freitag, age 26 daughte of Christian Friedrich August Freitag
indexing project (batch) numberM99988-1, system originGermany-ODM, gs film number905020 reference id
Info donated by: Find A Grave contributor Stone hunter
Family Members
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Wilhelmine L "Mina" Winter Rohrke
1862–1948
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Wilhelm Friederich Ferdinand "Wm F F" Winter
1864–1936
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Emil Edward Winter
1870–1926
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Carl "Julius" Winter
1872–1941
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Emilie Winter
1874–1883
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John Friedrich Winter
1876–1915
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Bertha Louise Winter Koch
1878–1935
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Anna Maria Caroline Winter Splittgerber
1881–1949
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