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Herman Gerken (1819-1875)
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| Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter (1886-1950) was a daughter of Henry and Anna (Winter) Gerken, my great-grandparents, and a sister to my grandfather Ewald Gerken. She married Peter Winter, and they farmed at Adrian, Minnesota. T.L. | ||||
Peter and Wilhelmina (Gerken) Winter
 Pete and Minnie Winter, ca. 1961 |
Marriage to Peter Winter.
Wilhelmina Gerken married Peter John Winter on February 14, 1911, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in New Vienna, Iowa. Peter Winter was born on March 25, 1886, son of Matthias and Barbara (Bies) Winter.
Pete and Minnie farmed at Adrian, Minnesota, where several of Minnie's brothers and sisters also moved. The Winters moved from Adrian to Worthington, Minnesota, in 1934. 11 children 73 grandchildren
Born to Peter and Wilhelmina Winter were 11 children: Alphonse "Al," Victor "Vic," Edward "Eddie," Lucille, Harold "Doc", George, Viola "Oly," Alvin "Bud," Stella, Marcella "Honsie," and Ila. They had 73 grandchildren.
Peter Winter dies.
Peter John Winter died on March 7, 1964.
Minnie Winter dies.
Wilhelmina "Minnie" Anna (Gerken) Winter died on April 3, 1967.
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Children of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter:
- Alphonse Winter was born on December 14, 1911, at Adrian, Minnesota, son of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter. Alphonse Winter married Josephine Catherine Schettler on November 22, 1937. Josephine Schettler was born on November 13, 1911, daughter of John and Augusta (Schafer) Schettler. Al and Josephine purchased the Schafer homestead from August and Anna Schafer in March 1948.
Alphonse and Josephine Winter had nine children: Mary Ann Winter, Lawrence "Butch" Winter, Donna Mary Winter, Eugene "Gene" Winter, Robert "Bob" Winter, Raymond "Ray" Winter, Richard "Dick" Winter, Theodore "Ted" Winter, and Lloyd Winter. Donna, the third eldest, was born on March 15, 1942, at home, in Bloom Township, Nobles County, Minnesota; Dr. J. D. Waller was the attending physician. Donna died on August 31, 1943; she drowned in a stock tank at home.
Alphonse "Al" Winter died on June 25, 1969, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after having became ill with Hodgkin's disease in early 1966. Al was buried beside his daughter Donna in Our Lady of Good Counsel Cemetery in Wilmont, Minnesota. Josephine C. Winter died on July 10, 1995, with a last residence of Fulda in Murray County, Minnesota.
Source: http://www.familyorigins.com/users/s/c/h/Alice-M-Schettler/FAMO1-0001/d1943.htm - Victor Henry Winter was born on January 4, 1913, son of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter. Victor Winter married Marcella Bayerkohler on September 23, 1939.
Vic and Marcella Winter had six children: Carol Winter, Janice Winter, Ronald Winter, Barbara Winter, Judy Winter, and Randy Winter.
Victor Winter died on August 28, 1977, in Nobles County, Minnesota.
- Edward Stephen Winter was born on September 11, 1914, in Adrian, Minnesota, son of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter. As a young man Eddie worked on a farm in the St. Kilian area. Edward Winter married Lucille Schettler on March 26, 1940, three years after his brother Alphonse married Lucille's sister Josephine. Lucille Schettler was born daughter of John and Augusta (Schafer) Schettler.
Ed and Lucille Winter had thirteen children: Bernice Winter, Joseph "Joe" Winter, Agnes Winter, Betty Lou Winter, Terry Winter, Marjorie Winter, Paulette Winter, Doug Winter, Rodney Winter, Mark Winter, Lynn Winter, Steve Winter, and Michael "Mike" Winter.
Edward Winter died on December 31, 1983, in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Source: http://www.familyorigins.com/users/s/c/h/Alice-M-Schettler/FAMO1-0001/d1949.htm#P1949 - Lucille A. Winter was born on August 3, 1916, daughter of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter. Lucille married Vern Jacobson on September 29, 1939.
Vern and Lucille Jacobson had five children: David Jacobson, Lavonne Jacobson, Gerald Jacobson, Edward Jacobson, and Alan Jacobson.
Lucille Jacobson died on September 10, 1990.
- Harold M. Winter was born on January 29, 1918, son of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter. Harold Winter, who was nicknamed "Doc," married Harriet Stanton on September 9, 1939. Doc and Harriet Winter lived at Worthington, Minnesota.
Harold "Doc" and Harriet Winter had six children: Armond Winter, Leroy Winter, Mildred Winter, Gary Winter, Charles Winter, and Debra Winter.
Harold Winter died on June 1, 1997.
- George Winter was born on April 13, 1920, son of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter. George Winter married Yvonne Gerber on October 9, 1945. George and Yvonne "Sissy" Winter lived at Worthington, Minnesota. Yvonne's sister Vivian was married to George's brother Alvin "Bud" Winter.
George and Yvonne "Sissy" Winter had two children: Keith Winter and Daniel Winter.
George Winter died on February 20, 1988.
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Viola Winter was born daughter of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter. Viola, called "Oly," married Sievert Wasmund.
Sievert and Viola "Oly" Wasmund had six children: Daryl Wasmund, Kathy Wasmund, Ellen Wasmund, Connie Wasmund, Robert Wasmund, and Jeanette Wasmund.
- Alvin H. Winter was born on October 25, 1923, son of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter. Alvin Winter, nicknamed "Bud," married Vivian Gerber on January 15, 1945. Vivian's sister Yvonne Gerber was married to Bud's older brother George. Bud and Vivian Winter resided at Worthington, Minnesota.
Alvin "Bud" and Vivian Winter had five children: Thomas Winter, Jane (Winter) Sharbean, Cynthia (Winter) Dekker, Nancy Winter, and Michael Winter.
Alvin H. "Bud" Winter died on February 10, 1999.
- Stella I. Winter was born on January 16, 1926, daughter of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter. Stella Winter married Clifford Tryon on September 7, 1943. Clifford Tryon, who was nicknamed "Kip," was born on August 28, 1923.
Clifford "Kip" and Stella Tryon had eight children: Michael Tryon, Anthony Tryon, StevenTryon, Patrick Tryon, Sharon Tryon, Peter Tryon, Sandra Tryon, and Timothy Tryon.
Clifford Tryon died in February 1961, of a heart attack during a visit from California to celebrate Peter and Minnie Winter's 50th wedding anniversary. Stella later married Carl Rummans. Stella (Winter) Tryon Rummans died on August 26, 1998, with a last residence of Buena Park, Orange County, California.
- Marcella M. Winter was born on February 24, 1929, daughter of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter. Marcella Winter, called "Honsie," married Paul Scully. Paul and Marcella "Honsie" Scully lived in Worthington, Minnesota.
Paul and Marcella "Honsie" Scully had six children: Gregory Scully, Patrick Scully, Jeffrey Scully, John Scully, Bill Scully, and Shannon Scully.
Marcella Scully died on February 12, 1995, in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
- Ila Dorothy Winter was born daughter of Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Gerken) Winter. Ila Winter married Robert Murphy on October 2, 1954.
Robert and Ila Murphy had seven children: Wayne Murphy, Margaret Murphy, Jean Murphy, Barbara Murphy, Suzanne Murphy, James Murphy, and Sara Murphy.
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Above: Postcard from Minnie Winter to her brother Ewald Gerken Postmarked at Adrian, Minnesota, March 15, 1915. (at left is the postcard's upper left hand corner) |
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Nine of the children of Peter and Wilhelmina Winter back, left to right: Stella, Alvin "Bud," Marcella "Honsie," Harold "Doc," Vic front, left to right: Ila, Eddie, Viola "Oly," Lucille (Alphonse and George are the two not pictured here) |
Sources include information obtained from Helen Gerken, sister-in-law to Minnie Winter, who had a little date book in which she recorded family events; an online social security death index; the Minnesota Historical Society Death Certificate Search, online at http://people.mnhs.org/dci/; Randy Winter, who not only provided additional information but also the two family photographs and the photo of Peter and Minnie Winter; Mike Winter, who identified his father, uncles, and aunts in the last photograph of the Winter family appearing above (the photograph itself was provided by Bruce and Theresa Keller); Patrick Scully, who provided the names of Peter Winter's parents; and other sources noted within the text. T.L.
Click here for the Gerken family history contents page.
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