From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
publ. 1912, Page 1353-1355
 
FREDERICK C. WINTER.  If we could trace back the lineage of all the people in 
Walworth county we would, perhaps, he surprised to find that the larger 
percentage of them could claim Germanic blood, and, indeed, a very large 
number came direct from Germany.  We owe these people a debt of gratitude 
which we cannot repay, for they have borne the burdens of upbuilding this 
locality in an admirable way, proving to be excellent citizens in every 
respect.  Of this vast horde the WINTER family is deserving of special 
mention, Frederick C. WINTER, of Elkhorn, being an excellent representative of 
the present generation.  He was born at Brunn, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany, 
April 17, 1851.  He is the son of Christian and Maria (STEGMANN) WINTER, and 
there he spent his childhood, being twelve years old when he accompanied his 
parents to the United States in  November 1863.  After spending five months at 
Youngstown, Ohio, the family came on to Walworth county, Wisconsin, and 
located in Lafayette township, in what was called Hodunk neighborhood.  In the 
fall of 1864 the father rented a farm there and soon established a comfortable 
home.  In the fall of 1869, Christian bought a farm in Lafayette township, 
consisting of one hundred and sixty-five acres. This remained the family home 
for many years, and here he continued to engage in general farming.  They came 
to Elkhorn in 1893 and here they spent their last days, both dying in Elkhorn, 
the mother on March 25, 1901, and the father on May 31, 1904.
 
Frederick C. WINTER was reared on the farm with his father.  He received his 
early education in Germany and finished it in this county.  He bought the old 
home place in 1893 and was there up to the time of his retirement.
 
In 1899, having accumulated a competency through the able management of his 
farm, he retired from active life and moved to Elkhorn, where he has a good 
home and here he has since resided.
 
Mr. WINTER was united in marriage on October 28, 1878, with Wilhelmina 
KRICKOW, daughter of John and Katherine (ALBRECHT) KRICKOW.  She was born in 
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, at the village of Salow, Germany, and she emigrated to 
America with her parents in the spring of 1858, her second birthday occurring 
on June 4th of that year while she was on the ocean, during a five weeks' 
voyage across the Atlantic.  Her parents located in Chicago where they spent 
the rest of their lives, the father dying in 1872 and the mother in 1873.
 
Mrs. WINTER remained in Chicago until 1877, in which year she came to Elkhorn, 
Wisconsin, and lived with her sister, Mrs. John F. LANG, who now lives at 
Rockford, Illinois.  Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. WINTER, 
namely: Edward, whose birth occurred on October 17, 1879, was graduated from 
the Elkhorn high school in 1898, then took a course at the Metropolitan 
Business College in Chicago, after which he was given a place on the faculty 
there, and he remained in that institution about three years as instructor, 
giving eminent satisfaction in every respect, then went with the Northwestern 
Business College.  In 1909 he and his father started a ladder manufacturing 
business in Chicago, moving their business to Momence, Illinois, in January 
1911.  Frederick C. WINTER is president of this concern and Edward WINTER is 
secretary and treasurer, and the latter has the active management of the 
factory, which has proven to be very successful; he resides at Momence; he 
married Laura VANDERHEIDEN, of Nernah.  Amanda WINTER, daughter of the subject 
of this sketch, was graduated from the Elkhorn high school in 1903, and she 
married Maurice WEST, son of Walter A. WEST, a sketch of which family appears 
in this work.  Mr. and Mrs. Maurice WEST live in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.  The 
subject's second daughter, Louise, was graduated from the Elkhorn high school 
in 1905, and she married John H. SNYDER, the present postmaster at Elkhorn, a 
sketch of whom appears in this volume.  Louise spent three year in Morrison's 
abstract office before her marriage, and Amanda, the other daughter, was 
employed for six years in the State Bank at Elkhorn, being assistant cashier 
of that bank the last two years there.  These children are all well educated 
and refined, favorites with a wide circle of friends, and of them their 
parents may well be proud.  Mr. and Mrs. WINTER are members of the Lutheran 
church.  They are kind, hospitable people, good neighbors and stand high in 
the affairs of Elkhorn and the county.
 
Submitted by Carol