Saturday Afternoon
23,November 1963
Dearest Mom and Dad,
It is pouring down rain here and it really seems fitting that it should with President Kennedy laying in the White House. Isn’t it a waiste of a brilliant mind? I don’t think I have ever seen any place close down so tightly as this base. Within an hour after his death all work was stopped every business on the post was quietly closed. What a terrific shock.
Well, we are all fine. I can’t seem to get on the ball and get a thing done. Think I’ll sit and put quilt blocks together. There is nothing on the TV and Radio but the news so I can guess that I will sit and watch it.
I feel so sorry for his wife and children to be left so suddenly and so terribly. She has had more than her share of grief in the past couple of months.
I received a letter from Park Wineland this morning in the mail. I’ll copy it here in this letter so you can have a copy of it.
Here goes –
November 20, 1963
Mrs. M. Taylor
Fort Meade, Md.
Dear folks;
Your letter of the 31st, help out, but in order to connect them up we’ll have to have as many generations back as you can give, and then maybe I will be able to connect them up.
Of course I was under the impression that your folks might be related to the fellow John who married the granddaughter of St. Clair. His children were:
George Washington Wineland
John Albert
David Baldwin
Daniel St. Clair
Mary Elizabeth
Robert Graham
Margaret Balfear
Henry Clay
Winfield Scott
Ellen Douglas
Now John was the grandson of Christopher who came to this country. He has one son Michael, and Michael had two sons Christopher, John. C b 1799 J-b 1818
There were some other Winelands in that area too, that had moved there from eastern Penna.
Christopher, only had two sons.
Hardy Hill B 1835
Christopher B 1839
John B 1810
He had 10 children 6 boys and
4 girls
The first born 1833 and the last 1854
One went to Detroit, Mich. Where
he is buried
One to Wishconsin
One to Galleon Ohio
One went to Elkhart Indiana
On went to Dallis Texas
However in that same area were at least tow or three other Weinland’s who moved west from Lancaster County Pa.
So if we can get together the data at present, as well as the data going back as far as you can maybe we can find the answer.
Also, there is a Wineland, mentioned in “Mark Twayne” Book on the Mississippi and he is buried in Ill. At Hamburg and his decedents live in that area.
I did receive a letter from H.L. Wineland 12362 Loralein Ave. Garden Grove California, It contained a german copy of a will signed by John? Wineland dated 1786 The copy came from Germany.
So if you can gather together the data, as far back as possible, may be I’ll be able to connect them up.
Thanks
Park E Wineland
Note: James E Wineland 30 McKinley Ave West Caldwell, New Jersey wrote to me about a letter I sent to his brother in 1954 in Indiana.
Now, if you can send me a couple of the Winelands in Kansas addresses I’ll sit down and write some letters off and try and get some more information. I’ll get a letter off to Aunt Laura Wineland and maybe she can find out some dates and some information of part of the family. This is really getting interesting. Myron is writing everything down in a book for us to keep ourselves. I haven’t heard a thing from Archie yet but a m sure we will this next couple of weeks.
Took Pat into the Doctors on Thursday afternoon and found he had a good cold and two ear infections. They gave us four kinds of medicine and he just loves it. He is doing real well and doesn’t get into being crabby. He sure wants his mommy to sit and rock him and so we do. He is getting real well about letting others too.
Chris got his report card last week. He got nine A’s, nine B’s and 3 C’s. We were sure thrilled with it. He seems to be better adjusted in a school of mostly Service childen.
Well I can’t seem to think of
anything more to say so will close for now.
We send to you both,
All our Love, Shirley &
Myron & all
