Son of Jacob Wintle and Elizabeth Lee
Married Elizabeth Sewell, 9 Jul 1835, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Children - George Barney Wintle, Sarah Susannah Wintle, Joseph Barney White, Charlotte Elizabeth Wintle, Hannah Wintle, son Wintle, Elizabeth Wintle, son Wintle
Married Sarah Jennett Ogden, 6 August 1884, Ogden, Weber, Utah
Obituary - George Wintle, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Lee Wintle, was born April 17, 1812, on the Isle of Heligaland off the coast of Germany near Hamburg.
At the age of twelve years he joined a fishing smack, “The Thomas and William” of Harwick, where he labored for two months, when he joined the smack, “Elizabeth” for another two months. He then joined the smack “Harwick” where he labored under Captain Harris, sailing from Harwick to London. He then got a position on the schooner, “The Isle and Candad” under Captain Williams for four months, sailing from London to Rotterdam. He then joined the Navy and sailed on board a Man of War, “The Magpie,” for eight months, under Lieutenant Moffit, sailing from Flancath of Lisbon, carrying dispatches during the war of Dun Pedro, Dun Meguel.
After leaving the “Magpie,” he returned home to Harwick and joined the “Revenue Cutter,” the “Royal George,” under Captain Croker, where he remained for three months. He was then sent to Boston in Lincolnshire to go on board the “Red Breast” under Lieutenant Butcher, stationed at Boston, cruising in the North Sea looking out for smugglers, in which service he remained for two years.
During this time he married Miss Elizabeth Sewell, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Sewell of Yarmouth on the 9th of July 1835. He then received orders to go to Yarmouth to join the “Badger” under Lieutenant White and Lieutenant Percevile,still cruising in the North Sea where he served for three years. He was then ordered to join the Coast Guard at Winterton, six miles north of Yarmouth, under Lieutenant Amos where he remained for two years. He then joined the Trinity service out of Yarmouth. He served in it for twenty years and in St. Nicholas for seven years under Captain Appleton and in the “Leman and Oar,” eight floating vessel forty miles out from Yarmouth for a year and a half, then he was shifted to the “Cackle Light,” about three miles out from Yarmouth, in the channel, in it for seven years under Captain Cole. He served in all in the government service twenty seven years.
It was during this time that many of the Elders found a home at his home in Yarmouth. He then left the government service and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being baptized June 25, 1860 by James H. Linford (now of Kaysville, Davis Utah). In August he and his family set sail for America, being six weeks on the ocean landing at New York. From there they took a train for St. Louis where they stopped for eight months, when they took a steamer for Florence. Here he purchased his own outfit and started for Salt Lake City arriving in Utah on Sept 2, 1861. In the spring of 1863 he came to Bountiful, Davis, Utah which has been his home ever since. Upon his arrival here he went to work for Peregrine Sessions.
He was a band cutter on threshing machines for fifteen years, laboring with William Jackson, George Stoddard, James Howard, William Rounds, William Page, C.W. Mann, James Baird, John Ellis, Ephraim Briggs and others.
On April 15, 1882, he buried his wife who had borne him seven children, 3 sons and 4 daughters, and on August 6, 1884, he married Sarah Jennett (Ogden) of Bountiful.
For the last four or five years he has been confined to his bed most of the time. He died the 11th of February 1897, firm in the faith of the Gospel of Christ, at the age of eighty-four years, nine months and twenty-five days. He leaves a wife, one son and three daughters here in Utah, also a daughter in England. (From whom he has not heard since he left that country) He was father of 7 children, five of whom are living, had fifty grandchildren, thirty-nine living and seventy-seven great grandchildren, seventy living.
Funeral services were held in the East Bountiful Tabernacle, Sunday, February 14th, 1897 at 2 p.m. Thomas Briggs, Chester Call, Thomas Page and I. H. Barlow were the speakers. The remains were laid in Bountiful Cemetery.
Married Elizabeth Sewell, 9 Jul 1835, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Children - George Barney Wintle, Sarah Susannah Wintle, Joseph Barney White, Charlotte Elizabeth Wintle, Hannah Wintle, son Wintle, Elizabeth Wintle, son Wintle
Married Sarah Jennett Ogden, 6 August 1884, Ogden, Weber, Utah
Obituary - George Wintle, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Lee Wintle, was born April 17, 1812, on the Isle of Heligaland off the coast of Germany near Hamburg.
At the age of twelve years he joined a fishing smack, “The Thomas and William” of Harwick, where he labored for two months, when he joined the smack, “Elizabeth” for another two months. He then joined the smack “Harwick” where he labored under Captain Harris, sailing from Harwick to London. He then got a position on the schooner, “The Isle and Candad” under Captain Williams for four months, sailing from London to Rotterdam. He then joined the Navy and sailed on board a Man of War, “The Magpie,” for eight months, under Lieutenant Moffit, sailing from Flancath of Lisbon, carrying dispatches during the war of Dun Pedro, Dun Meguel.
After leaving the “Magpie,” he returned home to Harwick and joined the “Revenue Cutter,” the “Royal George,” under Captain Croker, where he remained for three months. He was then sent to Boston in Lincolnshire to go on board the “Red Breast” under Lieutenant Butcher, stationed at Boston, cruising in the North Sea looking out for smugglers, in which service he remained for two years.
During this time he married Miss Elizabeth Sewell, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Sewell of Yarmouth on the 9th of July 1835. He then received orders to go to Yarmouth to join the “Badger” under Lieutenant White and Lieutenant Percevile,still cruising in the North Sea where he served for three years. He was then ordered to join the Coast Guard at Winterton, six miles north of Yarmouth, under Lieutenant Amos where he remained for two years. He then joined the Trinity service out of Yarmouth. He served in it for twenty years and in St. Nicholas for seven years under Captain Appleton and in the “Leman and Oar,” eight floating vessel forty miles out from Yarmouth for a year and a half, then he was shifted to the “Cackle Light,” about three miles out from Yarmouth, in the channel, in it for seven years under Captain Cole. He served in all in the government service twenty seven years.
It was during this time that many of the Elders found a home at his home in Yarmouth. He then left the government service and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being baptized June 25, 1860 by James H. Linford (now of Kaysville, Davis Utah). In August he and his family set sail for America, being six weeks on the ocean landing at New York. From there they took a train for St. Louis where they stopped for eight months, when they took a steamer for Florence. Here he purchased his own outfit and started for Salt Lake City arriving in Utah on Sept 2, 1861. In the spring of 1863 he came to Bountiful, Davis, Utah which has been his home ever since. Upon his arrival here he went to work for Peregrine Sessions.
He was a band cutter on threshing machines for fifteen years, laboring with William Jackson, George Stoddard, James Howard, William Rounds, William Page, C.W. Mann, James Baird, John Ellis, Ephraim Briggs and others.
On April 15, 1882, he buried his wife who had borne him seven children, 3 sons and 4 daughters, and on August 6, 1884, he married Sarah Jennett (Ogden) of Bountiful.
For the last four or five years he has been confined to his bed most of the time. He died the 11th of February 1897, firm in the faith of the Gospel of Christ, at the age of eighty-four years, nine months and twenty-five days. He leaves a wife, one son and three daughters here in Utah, also a daughter in England. (From whom he has not heard since he left that country) He was father of 7 children, five of whom are living, had fifty grandchildren, thirty-nine living and seventy-seven great grandchildren, seventy living.
Funeral services were held in the East Bountiful Tabernacle, Sunday, February 14th, 1897 at 2 p.m. Thomas Briggs, Chester Call, Thomas Page and I. H. Barlow were the speakers. The remains were laid in Bountiful Cemetery.
Son of Jacob Wintle and Elizabeth Lee
Married Elizabeth Sewell, 9 Jul 1835, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Children - George Barney Wintle, Sarah Susannah Wintle, Joseph Barney White, Charlotte Elizabeth Wintle, Hannah Wintle, son Wintle, Elizabeth Wintle, son Wintle
Married Sarah Jennett Ogden, 6 August 1884, Ogden, Weber, Utah
Obituary - George Wintle, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Lee Wintle, was born April 17, 1812, on the Isle of Heligaland off the coast of Germany near Hamburg.
At the age of twelve years he joined a fishing smack, “The Thomas and William” of Harwick, where he labored for two months, when he joined the smack, “Elizabeth” for another two months. He then joined the smack “Harwick” where he labored under Captain Harris, sailing from Harwick to London. He then got a position on the schooner, “The Isle and Candad” under Captain Williams for four months, sailing from London to Rotterdam. He then joined the Navy and sailed on board a Man of War, “The Magpie,” for eight months, under Lieutenant Moffit, sailing from Flancath of Lisbon, carrying dispatches during the war of Dun Pedro, Dun Meguel.
After leaving the “Magpie,” he returned home to Harwick and joined the “Revenue Cutter,” the “Royal George,” under Captain Croker, where he remained for three months. He was then sent to Boston in Lincolnshire to go on board the “Red Breast” under Lieutenant Butcher, stationed at Boston, cruising in the North Sea looking out for smugglers, in which service he remained for two years.
During this time he married Miss Elizabeth Sewell, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Sewell of Yarmouth on the 9th of July 1835. He then received orders to go to Yarmouth to join the “Badger” under Lieutenant White and Lieutenant Percevile,still cruising in the North Sea where he served for three years. He was then ordered to join the Coast Guard at Winterton, six miles north of Yarmouth, under Lieutenant Amos where he remained for two years. He then joined the Trinity service out of Yarmouth. He served in it for twenty years and in St. Nicholas for seven years under Captain Appleton and in the “Leman and Oar,” eight floating vessel forty miles out from Yarmouth for a year and a half, then he was shifted to the “Cackle Light,” about three miles out from Yarmouth, in the channel, in it for seven years under Captain Cole. He served in all in the government service twenty seven years.
It was during this time that many of the Elders found a home at his home in Yarmouth. He then left the government service and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being baptized June 25, 1860 by James H. Linford (now of Kaysville, Davis Utah). In August he and his family set sail for America, being six weeks on the ocean landing at New York. From there they took a train for St. Louis where they stopped for eight months, when they took a steamer for Florence. Here he purchased his own outfit and started for Salt Lake City arriving in Utah on Sept 2, 1861. In the spring of 1863 he came to Bountiful, Davis, Utah which has been his home ever since. Upon his arrival here he went to work for Peregrine Sessions.
He was a band cutter on threshing machines for fifteen years, laboring with William Jackson, George Stoddard, James Howard, William Rounds, William Page, C.W. Mann, James Baird, John Ellis, Ephraim Briggs and others.
On April 15, 1882, he buried his wife who had borne him seven children, 3 sons and 4 daughters, and on August 6, 1884, he married Sarah Jennett (Ogden) of Bountiful.
For the last four or five years he has been confined to his bed most of the time. He died the 11th of February 1897, firm in the faith of the Gospel of Christ, at the age of eighty-four years, nine months and twenty-five days. He leaves a wife, one son and three daughters here in Utah, also a daughter in England. (From whom he has not heard since he left that country) He was father of 7 children, five of whom are living, had fifty grandchildren, thirty-nine living and seventy-seven great grandchildren, seventy living.
Funeral services were held in the East Bountiful Tabernacle, Sunday, February 14th, 1897 at 2 p.m. Thomas Briggs, Chester Call, Thomas Page and I. H. Barlow were the speakers. The remains were laid in Bountiful Cemetery.
Married Elizabeth Sewell, 9 Jul 1835, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Children - George Barney Wintle, Sarah Susannah Wintle, Joseph Barney White, Charlotte Elizabeth Wintle, Hannah Wintle, son Wintle, Elizabeth Wintle, son Wintle
Married Sarah Jennett Ogden, 6 August 1884, Ogden, Weber, Utah
Obituary - George Wintle, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Lee Wintle, was born April 17, 1812, on the Isle of Heligaland off the coast of Germany near Hamburg.
At the age of twelve years he joined a fishing smack, “The Thomas and William” of Harwick, where he labored for two months, when he joined the smack, “Elizabeth” for another two months. He then joined the smack “Harwick” where he labored under Captain Harris, sailing from Harwick to London. He then got a position on the schooner, “The Isle and Candad” under Captain Williams for four months, sailing from London to Rotterdam. He then joined the Navy and sailed on board a Man of War, “The Magpie,” for eight months, under Lieutenant Moffit, sailing from Flancath of Lisbon, carrying dispatches during the war of Dun Pedro, Dun Meguel.
After leaving the “Magpie,” he returned home to Harwick and joined the “Revenue Cutter,” the “Royal George,” under Captain Croker, where he remained for three months. He was then sent to Boston in Lincolnshire to go on board the “Red Breast” under Lieutenant Butcher, stationed at Boston, cruising in the North Sea looking out for smugglers, in which service he remained for two years.
During this time he married Miss Elizabeth Sewell, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Sewell of Yarmouth on the 9th of July 1835. He then received orders to go to Yarmouth to join the “Badger” under Lieutenant White and Lieutenant Percevile,still cruising in the North Sea where he served for three years. He was then ordered to join the Coast Guard at Winterton, six miles north of Yarmouth, under Lieutenant Amos where he remained for two years. He then joined the Trinity service out of Yarmouth. He served in it for twenty years and in St. Nicholas for seven years under Captain Appleton and in the “Leman and Oar,” eight floating vessel forty miles out from Yarmouth for a year and a half, then he was shifted to the “Cackle Light,” about three miles out from Yarmouth, in the channel, in it for seven years under Captain Cole. He served in all in the government service twenty seven years.
It was during this time that many of the Elders found a home at his home in Yarmouth. He then left the government service and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being baptized June 25, 1860 by James H. Linford (now of Kaysville, Davis Utah). In August he and his family set sail for America, being six weeks on the ocean landing at New York. From there they took a train for St. Louis where they stopped for eight months, when they took a steamer for Florence. Here he purchased his own outfit and started for Salt Lake City arriving in Utah on Sept 2, 1861. In the spring of 1863 he came to Bountiful, Davis, Utah which has been his home ever since. Upon his arrival here he went to work for Peregrine Sessions.
He was a band cutter on threshing machines for fifteen years, laboring with William Jackson, George Stoddard, James Howard, William Rounds, William Page, C.W. Mann, James Baird, John Ellis, Ephraim Briggs and others.
On April 15, 1882, he buried his wife who had borne him seven children, 3 sons and 4 daughters, and on August 6, 1884, he married Sarah Jennett (Ogden) of Bountiful.
For the last four or five years he has been confined to his bed most of the time. He died the 11th of February 1897, firm in the faith of the Gospel of Christ, at the age of eighty-four years, nine months and twenty-five days. He leaves a wife, one son and three daughters here in Utah, also a daughter in England. (From whom he has not heard since he left that country) He was father of 7 children, five of whom are living, had fifty grandchildren, thirty-nine living and seventy-seven great grandchildren, seventy living.
Funeral services were held in the East Bountiful Tabernacle, Sunday, February 14th, 1897 at 2 p.m. Thomas Briggs, Chester Call, Thomas Page and I. H. Barlow were the speakers. The remains were laid in Bountiful Cemetery.
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