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| Johnny Hauck sitting in a wagon built for Heinie (Middle) by his dad with Jimmy Carmichael on the right. |
A name well known in Granite County, is Winninghoff. Fortunately, Bob Winninghoff loaned me a copy of the Family Tree of the Minnesota/Montana Winninghoff Family. This history was compiled by Vince Winninghoff and published in 1998.
Joseph Winninghoff, born in Furstenau, the Kingdom of Hannover, about 1825-1828 immigrated to New York from Bremman, Germany on the Windjammer Brig. Telegraph, May 24, 1841. He gave his age as 20, but was really about 13. The 1850 Census has Joseph living and working in Rotterdam, New York, in a broom factory. By 1856, he had migrated through Ohio, Michigan and into Victoria/Chanhassen, Minnesota. “At some point he met Michael Ess, his future father-in-law and Joseph Iten, the father to Theresa Iten who became the wife of Frank Winninghoff (Daddy Pa)”. This family is known by their nicknames.
Joseph and Victoria Ess married and had ten children: Rose, Michael, Frank Xavier, Mary Ann, George, Josephine, Frances, Florian, Barbara and Rudolph (died age one). Joseph was a blacksmith by trade, a businessman and involved in local and national politics in the democratic and reform party. He died at the age of fifty nine in 1887.
Frank “Daddy Pa” “appears to be the brave one of the family and ventured out of Minnesota to Montana in 1883”. Florian and George soon followed Frank and also migrating was their mother, Victoria, who died in Philipsburg in 1916.
“Frank, born August 18, 1861 was a blacksmith in Minnesota, where work was not abundant, so he hired on the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1883, as a blacksmith, ending up in Stevensville, Montana where they were building the branch line up the Bitter Root. He heard about Philipsburg and hired out helping drive stock, to Philipsburg, over the Burnt Fork Trail…In 1887, he had Theresa Iten “Little Momma” meet him in Helena, Montana, where they were married in the St. Helena Cathedral. They then came to Garrison by train and on to Philipsburg by Stage Coach.”
Children born to Theresa “Little Momma” and Frank “Daddy Pa”, were: Wilford, Rose, Frank Xavier “Heck”, Eugene (January,1893 - March 1893[ headstone states 1894]), Vincent, George “Doy”, Florence, John “Pete”, Edward Robert “Heinie” and twin Robert Edward (December 19, 1906 - February 14, 1907).
On October 4, 1893, The Citizen Call stated: “Sheriff (Cole) will sell at public auction on October 9, 1893, to satisfy a mortgage held by Frank Winninghoff, certain property belonging to George Coulter.” Frank owned and operated a blacksmith and repair shop on the corner of Broadway and California. He obviously knew how to work as a plumber too, because at the June 6, 1904, City Council meeting the bond application was read and referred to the judiciary committee from Frank Winninghoff, to become plumber for the city. The judiciary committee found the bond to be sufficient and “on motion it was duly approved”.
George, (1864-1926) was a blacksmith and ladies man. He advertised his availability in a local newspaper and married a woman named Anna. She died in 1923. George was elected Assistant Chief, of the Philipsburg Fire Brigade in January 1897 and his name was listed among the Philipsburg men that volunteered for the Spanish American War. They moved to Illinois in 1913 returning in 1917 to Philipsburg to work at the Hickey Mill. He was buried next to his wife and son (not named), in Illinois.
Florian married Miss Mary Orr, on January 22, 1899 at the Catholic Church, “Both of the young people are well known and highly respected in this community, where they had made their home for many years... After the wedding the couple settled into a cottage on Sutter Street.” Mary moved to Philipsburg, with her parents at the age of five, making the trip from Deer Lodge by Stage Coach. She died in 1929, living forty seven years in Philipsburg. She was survived by Florian and children: Mary, Richard and Martin “Pat.”
Florian then lived alone in a cabin about thirty miles out of P-Burg. He made over $1 million in WWI, mining for manganese and lost it all. If he needed a few dollars, he’d go down to the river right near his cabin and pan for gold. In a couple of hours he could pan enough gold to buy a month's supply of coffee, tobacco, evaporated milk and the like. Florian died in 1941.
The death of “Little Momma” Winninghoff occurred on August 11, 1928. Survivors were: “Big Daddy”; daughters: Mrs. Thomas N. (Rose) Brogan of Butte, Miss Florence Winninghoff of Philipsburg; sons, Wilford, South Orange, New Jersey, Vincent, Los Angeles, California, Francis, George, Edward and John W. all of Philipsburg.
Frank “Big Daddy” was laid to rest in the Philipsburg cemetery in 1941.
As stated previously: children born to Theresa “Little Momma” and Frank “Daddy Pa”, were: Wilford (1887), Rose (1889), Frank Xavier “Heck” (1892), Eugene (1893 and died 1893 or 1894 as his headstone states), Vincent (1895), George “Doy” (1897), Florence (1899), John “Pete” (1904), Edward Robert “Heinie” (1906) and twin Robert Edward who died February 14, 1907.
According to a news article on January 2, 1896, “Master Wilford Winninghoff entertained a few of his young friends last evening with a magic lantern show”. This same young man was involved in more magic and a lot of hard work as evidenced by the following announcement that Joseph Wilford Winninghoff received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on June 9, 1914. He graduated from Granite County High School in 1906 and received a Bachelor of Science at the University of Montana in 1910. Then pursued advanced studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in chemistry and physics, from October 1910. He was an assistant in theoretical chemistry at the Institute in 1913-1914, and during this time carried on research of certain applications of the Ionic Theory of Solution. His thesis described these investigations and was presented to the faculty May 23, 1913. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army, during WWII and died July 8, 1959. His military headstone is in the Philipsburg cemetery. Wilford was living in South Orange, New Jersey, when Little Momma died.
Frank “Heck” Winninghoff Jr. married Miss Dorothy Grace, on April 25, 1927, in Missoula. Miss Dorothy was from Butte and for the past ten months, had been working at the Banquet Café, in Philipsburg. Frank, graduated from Granite County High School and attended the University of Montana. During WWI, he served with the A.E. F. and received an honorable discharge, from Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming, on August 11, 1919. Then he was associated with his father, in the blacksmith and wagon repairing business. After a honeymoon in western Montana the couple made their home in Philipsburg. When the couple returned from their honeymoon they were met by the Philipsburg Fire Brigade who took the young couple on a tour of the town in the fire truck. Then, the bride was taken home and “Heck stood for the treats at the Firehall.”
The June 24, 1927, Philipsburg Mail, stated Frank “Heck” and George “Doy” Winninghoff, under the name of Winninghoff Bros., were remodeling the brick building, at the corner of Broadway and California Street, for a gasoline filling station. The building had formerly been used by Frank Winninghoff Sr. for a blacksmith and repair shop. Arches were cut in the front of the building for an automobile driveway and the entire room had been plastered. Two gasoline pumps were installed and as soon as the cement driveway is installed the boys would be ready to serve the public. Besides handling gasoline and oils, there would be tires and accessories, plus car washes and light service work.
A notice was found in the January 21, 1938, Philipsburg Mail, stating: “A petition for the voluntary dissolution of Winninghoff Motors Inc., a corporation, was filed in the district court on Tuesday; Judge McHugh set the petition for hearing on Wednesday February 23.
“Heck” died at the Granite County Hospital April 6, 1956, after being ill for several years. He was survived by his wife and three daughters: Kay (Catherine Grace) of Philipsburg; Mrs. William (Winnifred, but called Shirley and Shoose) Carroll, of Butte and Sister Marcella (Frances) of Billings; plus three grandchildren.
After graduating from Granite County High School Vincent won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in either 1912 or 1913 and was rejected secondary to a minor eye condition. Later he served in the A.E. F., in France in WWI. Vince was a student at the University of Montana, and “conceived and designed the automobile automatic transmission and the flowing rear axles for automobiles, as we know them today” (Family History)
The April 13, 1928, Philipsburg Mail, carried the announcement of the marriage of Vincent C. to Miss Anna (Anne) M. Brooks, April 9, in Los Angeles, California. The newly weds continued living there where Vince, had been working in a U.S. Post Office position. He also created and implemented the initial Zip Code, for the U.S. Postal Service, in Los Angeles and this later became the foundation for the Zip Code, utilized in the present time. Vince and Anne’s children were: Elizabeth Ann (d. 1963), Vincent Charles; Barbara Clare and Francis Joseph all who lived in California.
Continuing with Winninghoff children of the second generation I found very little about Miss Rose Winninghoff except that she was home for a brief visit while teaching school at Clancy, (Jefferson County) Montana, according to the December 26, 1913, Philipsburg Mail. She was also listed as a teacher at Garnet, Montana. She married Thomas Brogan (date unknown) and lived in Butte and California.
Florence, was attending the “University of Montana after spending the holiday with her parents”, in January of 1920. She was married in September 1930, to Henry Dante Calanchini at St. Phillip’s Church in Philipsburg. To this marriage two children were born: Philip R. and Eugene Francis. Both were born in Eureka, California and Florence died in Eureka on May 5, 1993.
The first reference found in the news articles regarding Mr. George “Doy” A. Winninghoff, was that George A. Winninghoff had returned, from Detroit, Michigan. He had spent several weeks specializing on automobile construction, in one of the large automobile factories according to the Philipsburg Mail, May 7, 1920.
Next I found where he stole a march on his friends when he mysteriously slipped away and was quietly married to Miss Pauline Rollman of Butte, on November 26, 1934. They had three children: Paul George (1936) Philip Frances (1938) and Rose Marie (1940).
According to the writings of Rosie Winninghoff Olsen, Doy and Pauline bought a ranch six miles south of Philipsburg, when Rosie was five years old. She described the experience as moving from one of the nicer homes in P-Burg to a “decrepit old farm house”. She felt the worst part of the farm house was no indoor plumbing, which soon changed, providing the family with an indoor tub and toilet. She continued on stating “My dad loved the ranch…my Mom…well, my Mom loved my Dad”.
Apparently Doy, being an excellent mechanic soon found available wrecked vehicles and converted them into haying and ranching equipment, so hay was only put up with horses and man power for a short time. Doy was with the Winninghoff Brother’s business until he bought the ranch. Doy died in 1986 and Pauline died in 1991.
Another Winninghoff wedding was announced when John W. “Pete” Winninghoff and Elizabeth “Beth” McRae were married June 2, 1930. Pete had been working for the California Telephone Company for a year and Beth had taught school in Hall for two years. Beth was the daughter of Roderick D. and Elizabeth (Bessie) Sprague McRae. Children born to this marriage were: Mary Catherine (1935.) Margery “Dutch” Metesh, Theresa “Jean” Gochanour Getzlaff, Judy Loobey and John “Oreo” (2001).
Pete owned and managed the original Sweet Palace on Broadway, then the Goode Shop Restaurant and Floral Shop, which included the Trailways bus depot for years, in the historic Degenhart building. His daughter Judy stated he began making candy in 1929. The business was carried on, by daughter Judy (Loobey), operating under the name The Gallery and Floral, in the same location until recent years. Pete died December 6, 1972 and Beth died in 1998.
Margery “Dutch” married Bill Metesh (1981)and had nine children that have contributed many more generations of Winninghoff –Metesh descendants to Granite county.
Judy married Allan Loobey (1981). Their children were: Allan, Theresa, Cheryl, Clinton and Jonelle. Judy and daughter Theresa have continued an active life in Philipsburg.
Edward Robert “Heine” Winninghoff, was the ninth child born to Frank and Theresa. His twin Robert Edward died February 14, 1907 and is buried in the Philipsburg cemetery. Heine married Mary (Mae A.) Foote, from Butte, on September 14, 1931. To this union, four children were born: Robert Edward, born September 17, 1932, Margaret Alice, born August 23, 1934, William, born January 24, 1943 and Michael, born August 26, 1951.
Mae, known as Mary died in 1980. Heine died November 25, 1997 and is buried beside Mae.
Winninghoff Motors was started in 1927 with the three brothers and George Hinkle. George Hinkle probably left the group when the Corporation was dissolved in 1938. Winninghoff’s were awarded the Ford franchise in 1928 and sold many vehicles through the years. I remember a beautiful Ford Station-wagon with wood side panels bought by my parents in 1949.
Heine was at the business throughout his life. Heine and Mae’s son, Robert Edward “Bob”, returned from service in the Marine’s in 1956 and began his lifetime work at Winninghoff Motor’s. The business continued to provide many important services until it closed in 1999. The original building has been remodeled and now houses American Gem.
Bob married Carol Ray Bowman, the daughter of Martin and the late DeLone (Ray) Bowman, on April 14, 1956. To this union four children were born: Deann, Mary Jo, Sarah Rae, and Amy. Bob and Carol continue to contribute as they live an active life in Philipsburg.
Frank “Big Daddy” was laid to rest in the Philipsburg cemetery in 1941.
As stated previously: children born to Theresa “Little Momma” and Frank “Daddy Pa”, were: Wilford (1887), Rose (1889), Frank Xavier “Heck” (1892), Eugene (1893 and died 1893 or 1894 as his headstone states), Vincent (1895), George “Doy” (1897), Florence (1899), John “Pete” (1904), Edward Robert “Heinie” (1906) and twin Robert Edward who died February 14, 1907.
According to a news article on January 2, 1896, “Master Wilford Winninghoff entertained a few of his young friends last evening with a magic lantern show”. This same young man was involved in more magic and a lot of hard work as evidenced by the following announcement that Joseph Wilford Winninghoff received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on June 9, 1914. He graduated from Granite County High School in 1906 and received a Bachelor of Science at the University of Montana in 1910. Then pursued advanced studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in chemistry and physics, from October 1910. He was an assistant in theoretical chemistry at the Institute in 1913-1914, and during this time carried on research of certain applications of the Ionic Theory of Solution. His thesis described these investigations and was presented to the faculty May 23, 1913. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army, during WWII and died July 8, 1959. His military headstone is in the Philipsburg cemetery. Wilford was living in South Orange, New Jersey, when Little Momma died.
Frank “Heck” Winninghoff Jr. married Miss Dorothy Grace, on April 25, 1927, in Missoula. Miss Dorothy was from Butte and for the past ten months, had been working at the Banquet Café, in Philipsburg. Frank, graduated from Granite County High School and attended the University of Montana. During WWI, he served with the A.E. F. and received an honorable discharge, from Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming, on August 11, 1919. Then he was associated with his father, in the blacksmith and wagon repairing business. After a honeymoon in western Montana the couple made their home in Philipsburg. When the couple returned from their honeymoon they were met by the Philipsburg Fire Brigade who took the young couple on a tour of the town in the fire truck. Then, the bride was taken home and “Heck stood for the treats at the Firehall.”
The June 24, 1927, Philipsburg Mail, stated Frank “Heck” and George “Doy” Winninghoff, under the name of Winninghoff Bros., were remodeling the brick building, at the corner of Broadway and California Street, for a gasoline filling station. The building had formerly been used by Frank Winninghoff Sr. for a blacksmith and repair shop. Arches were cut in the front of the building for an automobile driveway and the entire room had been plastered. Two gasoline pumps were installed and as soon as the cement driveway is installed the boys would be ready to serve the public. Besides handling gasoline and oils, there would be tires and accessories, plus car washes and light service work.
A notice was found in the January 21, 1938, Philipsburg Mail, stating: “A petition for the voluntary dissolution of Winninghoff Motors Inc., a corporation, was filed in the district court on Tuesday; Judge McHugh set the petition for hearing on Wednesday February 23.
“Heck” died at the Granite County Hospital April 6, 1956, after being ill for several years. He was survived by his wife and three daughters: Kay (Catherine Grace) of Philipsburg; Mrs. William (Winnifred, but called Shirley and Shoose) Carroll, of Butte and Sister Marcella (Frances) of Billings; plus three grandchildren.
After graduating from Granite County High School Vincent won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in either 1912 or 1913 and was rejected secondary to a minor eye condition. Later he served in the A.E. F., in France in WWI. Vince was a student at the University of Montana, and “conceived and designed the automobile automatic transmission and the flowing rear axles for automobiles, as we know them today” (Family History)
The April 13, 1928, Philipsburg Mail, carried the announcement of the marriage of Vincent C. to Miss Anna (Anne) M. Brooks, April 9, in Los Angeles, California. The newly weds continued living there where Vince, had been working in a U.S. Post Office position. He also created and implemented the initial Zip Code, for the U.S. Postal Service, in Los Angeles and this later became the foundation for the Zip Code, utilized in the present time. Vince and Anne’s children were: Elizabeth Ann (d. 1963), Vincent Charles; Barbara Clare and Francis Joseph all who lived in California.
Continuing with Winninghoff children of the second generation I found very little about Miss Rose Winninghoff except that she was home for a brief visit while teaching school at Clancy, (Jefferson County) Montana, according to the December 26, 1913, Philipsburg Mail. She was also listed as a teacher at Garnet, Montana. She married Thomas Brogan (date unknown) and lived in Butte and California.
Florence, was attending the “University of Montana after spending the holiday with her parents”, in January of 1920. She was married in September 1930, to Henry Dante Calanchini at St. Phillip’s Church in Philipsburg. To this marriage two children were born: Philip R. and Eugene Francis. Both were born in Eureka, California and Florence died in Eureka on May 5, 1993.
The first reference found in the news articles regarding Mr. George “Doy” A. Winninghoff, was that George A. Winninghoff had returned, from Detroit, Michigan. He had spent several weeks specializing on automobile construction, in one of the large automobile factories according to the Philipsburg Mail, May 7, 1920.
Next I found where he stole a march on his friends when he mysteriously slipped away and was quietly married to Miss Pauline Rollman of Butte, on November 26, 1934. They had three children: Paul George (1936) Philip Frances (1938) and Rose Marie (1940).
According to the writings of Rosie Winninghoff Olsen, Doy and Pauline bought a ranch six miles south of Philipsburg, when Rosie was five years old. She described the experience as moving from one of the nicer homes in P-Burg to a “decrepit old farm house”. She felt the worst part of the farm house was no indoor plumbing, which soon changed, providing the family with an indoor tub and toilet. She continued on stating “My dad loved the ranch…my Mom…well, my Mom loved my Dad”.
Apparently Doy, being an excellent mechanic soon found available wrecked vehicles and converted them into haying and ranching equipment, so hay was only put up with horses and man power for a short time. Doy was with the Winninghoff Brother’s business until he bought the ranch. Doy died in 1986 and Pauline died in 1991.
Another Winninghoff wedding was announced when John W. “Pete” Winninghoff and Elizabeth “Beth” McRae were married June 2, 1930. Pete had been working for the California Telephone Company for a year and Beth had taught school in Hall for two years. Beth was the daughter of Roderick D. and Elizabeth (Bessie) Sprague McRae. Children born to this marriage were: Mary Catherine (1935.) Margery “Dutch” Metesh, Theresa “Jean” Gochanour Getzlaff, Judy Loobey and John “Oreo” (2001).
Pete owned and managed the original Sweet Palace on Broadway, then the Goode Shop Restaurant and Floral Shop, which included the Trailways bus depot for years, in the historic Degenhart building. His daughter Judy stated he began making candy in 1929. The business was carried on, by daughter Judy (Loobey), operating under the name The Gallery and Floral, in the same location until recent years. Pete died December 6, 1972 and Beth died in 1998.
Margery “Dutch” married Bill Metesh (1981)and had nine children that have contributed many more generations of Winninghoff –Metesh descendants to Granite county.
Judy married Allan Loobey (1981). Their children were: Allan, Theresa, Cheryl, Clinton and Jonelle. Judy and daughter Theresa have continued an active life in Philipsburg.
Edward Robert “Heine” Winninghoff, was the ninth child born to Frank and Theresa. His twin Robert Edward died February 14, 1907 and is buried in the Philipsburg cemetery. Heine married Mary (Mae A.) Foote, from Butte, on September 14, 1931. To this union, four children were born: Robert Edward, born September 17, 1932, Margaret Alice, born August 23, 1934, William, born January 24, 1943 and Michael, born August 26, 1951.
Mae, known as Mary died in 1980. Heine died November 25, 1997 and is buried beside Mae.
Winninghoff Motors was started in 1927 with the three brothers and George Hinkle. George Hinkle probably left the group when the Corporation was dissolved in 1938. Winninghoff’s were awarded the Ford franchise in 1928 and sold many vehicles through the years. I remember a beautiful Ford Station-wagon with wood side panels bought by my parents in 1949.
Heine was at the business throughout his life. Heine and Mae’s son, Robert Edward “Bob”, returned from service in the Marine’s in 1956 and began his lifetime work at Winninghoff Motor’s. The business continued to provide many important services until it closed in 1999. The original building has been remodeled and now houses American Gem.
Bob married Carol Ray Bowman, the daughter of Martin and the late DeLone (Ray) Bowman, on April 14, 1956. To this union four children were born: Deann, Mary Jo, Sarah Rae, and Amy. Bob and Carol continue to contribute as they live an active life in Philipsburg.
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