Joseph Winfred Utterback (1894 - 1939)

Born 16 Dec 1894 in Nevada, Story, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Lenora (Hayden) Utterback — married 16 May 1925 in Canadian, Oklahoma, United States

Died 17 Mar 1939 at age 44 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Joseph Winfred ("Fred" or "Dutch") Utterback was born 16 Dec 1894 in Nevada, Story Co., Iowa to Joseph Addison Utterback and Vinnie Lea Gaugh (aka Gough). ^{[1] [2]}

Note: For some reason the Iowa birth records show Joseph Winfred's name as "Hugh G." - perhaps they decided to change his name later. But the birth date is the same on his gravestone and family records and history have only listed 3 sons - William Ernest, Burton Ray, and Joseph Winfred.

When his mother died in 1902, he and his brother, Burt, were boarded out with a Holland Dutch family. Winfred grew up speaking Holland Dutch and, thus, earned the nickname "Dutch" which he went by the rest of his life. ^[3] His family moved to what is now Roswell, New Mexico in 1903, when he was nine - the youngest of 3 boys. They moved to Greenfield (near Dexter), New Mexico in 1910. ^[4]

From the writings of his brother, Ernest: ^{[5] [4]}

My father, J.A. Utterback, moved to Roswell from Hubbard, Iowa, in April of 1903. My mother had died in Iowa and Dad batched and raised us three boys. I was the oldest, fourteen at the time; Burt was twelve and Winfred nine. Dad rented a small twenty acre farm near the Country Club in Roswell.

As we grew up we began to scatter out. Winfred started in as a printers devil at the old Register Tribune, working under Bill Robertson. The Hall brothers worked there at about the same time. Winfred (Dutch) was a printer all of his life and finally owned a job printing shop in Oklahoma City. He was married twice but had no children. His widow still runs the Utterback Type Setting Co. on South Walker, Oklahoma City.

Fred married Rebecca (Reba) Lenora Hayden on 16 May 1925 in Canadian Co., Oklahoma. ^[6]

Census and Residence Data

1895: Story, Iowa, USA ^[7]

Age 0. Includes grandfather, William W. Utterback (80, farmer), grandmother, Margaret Utterback (75), father, Joseph A. (37, farmer), mother, Vinnie L. (28), and siblings Burton R. (3) and William E. (5). Also includes aunts Angie G. Gough (17) and Florance M. Gough (13).

1900: Tipton Township Hubbard town, Hardin, Iowa, USA ^[8]

Age 6. Includes father, Joseph A. Utterback(43, real estate agent), mother, Vinnie L. (34), and siblings William E. (11) and Burton R. (9). All listed born in Iowa.

1910: Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, USA ^{[9] [10]}

Age 15. Includes father, Joseph A. (53, farmer), and siblings Ernest W. (20, farmer) and Burton R. (19, farmer). (Vinnie had died in 1902.) All listed born in Iowa.

1917: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA ^[2]

Age 22, printer at Democrat Pub. Co. Mentions wife as dependent.

1920: Oklahoma City Ward 2, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA ^[11]

Age 24, printer. Includes wife (name illegible and not transcribed, 22, born in Kansas).

1930: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA ^[12]

Age 35, proprietor of printing shop. Includes wife, Rebecca (29, printer, born in Ohio).

Death

Died: 17 Mar 1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, USA. ^[13]

Buried: Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA. ^[13]

Obituary: From The Oklahoman, March 18, 1939: ^[13]

J. W. Utterback, 45, head of the Utterback Typesetting Co, was fatally stricken with a heart ailment Friday afternoon while walking in the 300 block of West Grand Ave. He lived at 3627 N. Shartel Ave.

Utterback, a resident here for about 20 years, and at one time a printer on The Daily Oklahoman, walked into a hotel at 328 1/2 W. Grand Ave and asked if he might lie down for a few minutes because he felt ill. A maid called police who in turn called a fire department pulmotor squad. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Utterback and his wife, Rebecca, have been operating the typesetting company for about 15 years. Other survivors are two brothers, B. R. Utterback, 1612 NW 36; and W. E. Utterback, Hagerman, NM.

See Also:

• Utterback History in Iowa and New Mexico

Sources

1. ↑ Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935, database, FamilySearch : 20 May 2016, Hugh G. Utterback, 16 Dec 1894; citing Nevada, Story, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,404,577.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch: 13 March 2018, J W Utterback, 1917-1918; citing Tulsa City, Oklahoma, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,852,132.
3. ↑ Some Genealogical Wonderings and Wanderings, typed letter by Thomas Eugene Utterback (photocopy)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Utterback, W. E. "Old Man". Looking Back 73 Years, Hall Poorbaugh Press, Inc. Roswell, NM, 1976.
5. ↑ Meeting the Train, Hagerman, New Mexico and Its Pioneers; Facsimile of original 1975 Edition / compiled by the Hagerman Historical Society; pages 399-400
6. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch : 5 November 2017, Joseph W Utterback and Rebecca Lenora Hayden, 16 May 1925; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
7. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch : 17 November 2014, Joseph W Utterback in household of William W Utterback, Story, Iowa, United States; citing p. 374, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,022,183. Note: Joseph's middle initial mis-transcribed as Y.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch, Joseph W Utterback in household of Joseph A Utterback, Tipton Township Hubbard town, Hardin, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 155, sheet 3B, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,435.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch, Joseph W Utterback in household of Joseph A Utterback, Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 14B, family 339, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 913; FHL microfilm 1,374,926.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch, Joseph W Utterback Jr., Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 18A, family 339, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 913; FHL microfilm 1,374,926. Note: Supplemental form since first form had no data on Joseph.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch, Joe Utterback, Oklahoma City Ward 2, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 135, sheet 21B, line 96, family 36, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1474; FHL microfilm 1,821,474.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch, J W Utterback, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 1A, line 1, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1918; FHL microfilm 2,341,652.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2} Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joseph Winfred “Dutch” Utterback (16 Dec 1894–17 Mar 1939), Find A Grave Memorial no. 80853848, citing Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA.

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