Shirley Taylor To Archie And Mabel Wineland 1964

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 every 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 31^st, helped 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 had one son Michael, and Michael had two sons Christopher, John. CB 1799 J-B 1810

There were some other Winelands in that area too, that had moved there from eastern Penna.

Hardy Hill B 1835

Christopher B 1839

John B 1810

He had 10 children 6 boys and 4 girls

The first bon 1833 and the last 1854.

One went to Detroit, Mich. Where he is buried. One to Wisconsin, One to Elkhart Indianna, One went to Dallis Texas.

However in that same area were at least two or three other Weinland’s who moved west from Lancaster County Pa. So if we can get together the data of present, as well as the data going back as far as you can mabe 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 dependents live in that area.

I did receive a letter from H. L. Wineland 12362 Lorelein Ave. Garden Grove California. It contained a German copy of a will signed by John? Weinland dated 1786 The copy came from Germany.

So if you can gather together the date, as far back as possible, may be I’ll be able to connect them.

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 Indianna.

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 the Archives yet but am 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 really 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 children.

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 and Myron and all.