Christian Winhold^[1]

1847 - 1929  (81 years)

• Name	Christian Winhold
  Born	9 Jun 1847	South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61867754
  Invention	"Farmers' Delight Sling"
  	He was the inventor of the famous "Farmers' Delight Sling" one of the first hay and grain unloading apparatuses on the market, through the sale of which he became widely known throughout Western Ontario, Michigan and the Canadian West.
  Eby ID Number	00036-3015.11
  Died	26 May 1929	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Tavistock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I869	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Louisa Elizabeth Stoltz,   b. 14 Oct 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Sep 1936, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Alice Winhold,   b. 1885, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jul 1923  (Age 38 years)   2. Clifford Alford Winhold,   b. 6 Aug 1886, Of, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1963  (Age 76 years)   3. Edith Elizabeth Winhold,   b. 16 Nov 1886, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 May 1979, Unionville, Tuscola, Michigan, United States  (Age 92 years)   4. Gordon August Winhold,   b. 11 Feb 1888, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1984  (Age 95 years)   5. Wilfred Lorne Winhold,   b. 30 Aug 1891, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1967  (Age 75 years)   6. Edward Winhold,   b. CA 1893, Of, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Christian Winhold The death occurred at the Hamilton General Hospital on Sunday, May 26th, of Christian Winhold, at the age of 81 years, 11 months and 17 days. The deceased was a well known figure in the community of South Easthope and East Zorra. He was the inventor of the famous "Farmers' Delight Sling" one of the first hay and grain unloading apparatuses on the market, through the sale of which he became widely known throughout Western Ontario, Michigan and the Canadian West. The deceased was born in South Easthope where he spent his boyhood days. Following his marriage to Marie Stoltz, of Manheim. He farmed for many years on the 10th line of East Zorra. He was the second last member of the Winhold family, being survived by one sister, Miss Mary Winhold. of Tavistock. He leaves his widow and five sons and five daughters namely, Gordon, of Grand Rapids, Mich.. Wilfred and Clifford, of East Zorra, Edward. high school teacher in Brantford. Franklyn at home, Mrs. Heckroth. Mich., Ernie, teacher at Mount Forrest, Laura, teacher at Preston, Idella, teacher at Windsor, Lulu, nurse, at Akron, Ohio. The late Mr. Winhold was a member of the Sebastopol Lutheran Church, to which place the funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon from his late home in Tavistock. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery. New Hamburg Independent 31 May 1929 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 667. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61867754.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Jun 1847 - South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 26 May 1929 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Tavistock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth