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William Carl Winter

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William Carl Winter

Birth
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Death
16 Jun 1929 (aged 75)
Sibley, Ford County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Sibley, Ford County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.588665, Longitude: -88.3968887
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Immigrating from Pomeran in 1870, Bill worked in Chicago before moving to Sullivant Twp.

He married Amelia Witt 27 Mar 1883 in Sibley. After she died in childbirth, her sister Helena came to care for the children. Bill married Helena. Together the sisters bore him 12 children.

The family farmed land near Garber and then near Strawn. Bill lost an arm in 1910 when a horse kicked him. Bill and Lena moved into Sibley in 1922, living just across the street from two members of Lena's Witt family.

The family were staunch members of St. John's Lutheran church of Sibley.
Immigrating from Pomeran in 1870, Bill worked in Chicago before moving to Sullivant Twp.

He married Amelia Witt 27 Mar 1883 in Sibley. After she died in childbirth, her sister Helena came to care for the children. Bill married Helena. Together the sisters bore him 12 children.

The family farmed land near Garber and then near Strawn. Bill lost an arm in 1910 when a horse kicked him. Bill and Lena moved into Sibley in 1922, living just across the street from two members of Lena's Witt family.

The family were staunch members of St. John's Lutheran church of Sibley.


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