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Curious Connections - by Dennis Ridgway:
This little treatise shows how this site can be used as a means of tying together a family profile.
For example, I was curious about the “Winters”. Effie Winters was a widow that lived across the street from me as a kid. In fact, I mention her in the "Neighborhood and Neighbors" chapter of my book “Passing Papers”.
Also in my book, Mace Winters' name appears in the "Afterword".
I started with a search through the Census:
In 1880, I found:
Lige Winter age 62
Wife Catherine age 45
Daughter Cora age 3
Son Frank age 1
In 1900, I found:
Meason Winter age 51
Wife Effie age 38
Daughter Ruth age 8
Son Paul M age 6
Daughter Ester M age <1
In 1910, I found:
John M Winter age 60
Wife Francis Effie age 49
Daughter Ruth A age 18
Son Paul M age 16
Daughter Esther M age 10
In 1920, I found:
John M Winter age 70
Wife Francis E age 52
Daughter Esther age 19
In 1930, I found:
John M Winters age 81
Wife F Effie age 67
In 1940, I found:
Effie Winters age 77
In the School List of Graduations, I found that...
Paul M Winter graduated in 1912 (but no picture) and lived in Dayton, Ohio and died in 1975 and
Esther Winter graduated in 1918 (pictured) and married Scott Courtright and lived in Bremen, Ohio.
Then, I searched through Jessie Gundy’s “Looking at Carroll” and I found in Part 1 Page 4 the following:
"The first brick house in Carroll was run as a hotel by Jacob Fenstermaker and later occupied by Mrs. Jennie Fenstermaker. The third hotel, on Canal Street, was operated by Thomas Manley, whose children wer Bob, Eddie, Adaline and Katherine (Kit), Luella (Lue) and Frank. This hotel was later operated by Elijah Winter, father of Meas Winter, for seventeen years Carroll’s postmaster. Of Elijah’s family of nine children, the only one now living is a daughter, Cora, who married Frank E. Wilson, brother of Mrs. Joseph Gundy.
Mrs. Wilson, now living in North Hollywood, California, recalls that the hotel was owned by Mother Daughterman at the time they lived there. She also recalls that the canal afforded the young people many pleasant experiences, such as fishing and boat riding in the summer and ice skating in winter. During the winter when the canal was frozen over, the state repair boat stayed in the canal at the center of town. She remembers a family by the name Richardson who lived in the boat and who were kind enough to allow the skaters to come inside the boat to get warm.
In 1880, when Cora Winter was five years old, there was a typhoid epidemic in the town. Her mother was living at that time in the home of Dr. Nau. a widower, and her mother kept house for him. Across the street lived Dr. Aldred, whose daughter, Emma, was Cora’s friend and playmate. Emma’s brother, Meredith, and Cora’s brother George, succumbed to the disease and the two girls barely survived."
And in Part 2 Page 4, I found:
"The first Methodist Camp Ground was one mile south of Carroll in a woods owned by the Meason family. Meas Winter, later Carroll’s postmaster, and his sisters Jennie, Mary and Allie, grew up on this farm which lies between the farm homes of Mr. Curtis and Mrs. Mollie Drumm. This was a beautiful little spot for the Camp Meeting. Everyone lived in tents and in the center of the gounds was a tabernacle made of canvas. There was plenty of room for hitching the horses of those who came for the day, and they could buy feed for the horses. John Azbell, a prominent Carroll hotel keeper of those days, ran a hack to the grounds. The fare was five cents for a one-way trip, or six tickets for twenty-five cents. If you wanted to travel this way, you went to the hotel and waited on benches under the beautiful shade trees. Many of the young people walked and enjoyed it. This was a deeply consecrated group of Christian workers who came from all near-by towns, and I recall one family from Columbus."
I then found on Page 27 of the “Carroll Centennial” booklet that
Mace Winters took over as postmaster and served 35 years.
Okay, so what did I now know or could surmise?
1 – Elijah (Lige) Winter(s) married a Meason and raised his first(?) family including John Meason (John M, Meason, Meas, Mace) Winter(s) on the Meason property, site of the first campground. (See Section 17 on the 1875 Greenfield Twp Map)
2 – Elijah Winter was then married to Catherine and lived in Carroll in 1880 and has a second(?) family consisting of George, who died , Cora and Frank Winter.
3 – The nine children of Elijah were
John Meason, Jennie, Mary, Allie, ?, ?, George, Cora, Frank
4 – Elijah must have died shortly after the 1880 census because Cora remembers living with her mother in Dr. Nau’s house
5 – Mary Winter worked in Converse Store
6 – Cora Winter, daughter of Elijah, married Frank Wilson, Jessie Gundy’s brother.
7 – John Meason Winter married Francis Effie (F Effie, Effie) X(?) and they have three children, Ruth A, Paul M, and Esther M (Ester)
8 - John Meason Winter was Post Master and Baseball Umpire and died between 1930 and 1940.
9 –Esther M Winter, John Meason and Francis Effie Winter’s daughter, graduated in 1918, the same class as my father, Willard Ridgway.
The above analysis merely shows how a family profile can be gleaned from the materials on this website. So, pick a name and have some fun!
This little treatise shows how this site can be used as a means of tying together a family profile.
For example, I was curious about the “Winters”. Effie Winters was a widow that lived across the street from me as a kid. In fact, I mention her in the "Neighborhood and Neighbors" chapter of my book “Passing Papers”.
Also in my book, Mace Winters' name appears in the "Afterword".
I started with a search through the Census:
In 1880, I found:
Lige Winter age 62
Wife Catherine age 45
Daughter Cora age 3
Son Frank age 1
In 1900, I found:
Meason Winter age 51
Wife Effie age 38
Daughter Ruth age 8
Son Paul M age 6
Daughter Ester M age <1
In 1910, I found:
John M Winter age 60
Wife Francis Effie age 49
Daughter Ruth A age 18
Son Paul M age 16
Daughter Esther M age 10
In 1920, I found:
John M Winter age 70
Wife Francis E age 52
Daughter Esther age 19
In 1930, I found:
John M Winters age 81
Wife F Effie age 67
In 1940, I found:
Effie Winters age 77
In the School List of Graduations, I found that...
Paul M Winter graduated in 1912 (but no picture) and lived in Dayton, Ohio and died in 1975 and
Esther Winter graduated in 1918 (pictured) and married Scott Courtright and lived in Bremen, Ohio.
Then, I searched through Jessie Gundy’s “Looking at Carroll” and I found in Part 1 Page 4 the following:
"The first brick house in Carroll was run as a hotel by Jacob Fenstermaker and later occupied by Mrs. Jennie Fenstermaker. The third hotel, on Canal Street, was operated by Thomas Manley, whose children wer Bob, Eddie, Adaline and Katherine (Kit), Luella (Lue) and Frank. This hotel was later operated by Elijah Winter, father of Meas Winter, for seventeen years Carroll’s postmaster. Of Elijah’s family of nine children, the only one now living is a daughter, Cora, who married Frank E. Wilson, brother of Mrs. Joseph Gundy.
Mrs. Wilson, now living in North Hollywood, California, recalls that the hotel was owned by Mother Daughterman at the time they lived there. She also recalls that the canal afforded the young people many pleasant experiences, such as fishing and boat riding in the summer and ice skating in winter. During the winter when the canal was frozen over, the state repair boat stayed in the canal at the center of town. She remembers a family by the name Richardson who lived in the boat and who were kind enough to allow the skaters to come inside the boat to get warm.
In 1880, when Cora Winter was five years old, there was a typhoid epidemic in the town. Her mother was living at that time in the home of Dr. Nau. a widower, and her mother kept house for him. Across the street lived Dr. Aldred, whose daughter, Emma, was Cora’s friend and playmate. Emma’s brother, Meredith, and Cora’s brother George, succumbed to the disease and the two girls barely survived."
And in Part 2 Page 4, I found:
"The first Methodist Camp Ground was one mile south of Carroll in a woods owned by the Meason family. Meas Winter, later Carroll’s postmaster, and his sisters Jennie, Mary and Allie, grew up on this farm which lies between the farm homes of Mr. Curtis and Mrs. Mollie Drumm. This was a beautiful little spot for the Camp Meeting. Everyone lived in tents and in the center of the gounds was a tabernacle made of canvas. There was plenty of room for hitching the horses of those who came for the day, and they could buy feed for the horses. John Azbell, a prominent Carroll hotel keeper of those days, ran a hack to the grounds. The fare was five cents for a one-way trip, or six tickets for twenty-five cents. If you wanted to travel this way, you went to the hotel and waited on benches under the beautiful shade trees. Many of the young people walked and enjoyed it. This was a deeply consecrated group of Christian workers who came from all near-by towns, and I recall one family from Columbus."
I then found on Page 27 of the “Carroll Centennial” booklet that
Mace Winters took over as postmaster and served 35 years.
Okay, so what did I now know or could surmise?
1 – Elijah (Lige) Winter(s) married a Meason and raised his first(?) family including John Meason (John M, Meason, Meas, Mace) Winter(s) on the Meason property, site of the first campground. (See Section 17 on the 1875 Greenfield Twp Map)
2 – Elijah Winter was then married to Catherine and lived in Carroll in 1880 and has a second(?) family consisting of George, who died , Cora and Frank Winter.
3 – The nine children of Elijah were
John Meason, Jennie, Mary, Allie, ?, ?, George, Cora, Frank
4 – Elijah must have died shortly after the 1880 census because Cora remembers living with her mother in Dr. Nau’s house
5 – Mary Winter worked in Converse Store
6 – Cora Winter, daughter of Elijah, married Frank Wilson, Jessie Gundy’s brother.
7 – John Meason Winter married Francis Effie (F Effie, Effie) X(?) and they have three children, Ruth A, Paul M, and Esther M (Ester)
8 - John Meason Winter was Post Master and Baseball Umpire and died between 1930 and 1940.
9 –Esther M Winter, John Meason and Francis Effie Winter’s daughter, graduated in 1918, the same class as my father, Willard Ridgway.
The above analysis merely shows how a family profile can be gleaned from the materials on this website. So, pick a name and have some fun!