Rose was a coloratura soprano singer at the St Louis Municipal Opera. Her brother Joe was concertmaster and first violinist.
Best determination of parents: Parents both appear to be from Austria. Only parents that were both from Austria and have a child named "Rose" living in the St. Louis area between 1900 and 1920 were: Philip Winter and Leah/Lena (maiden name presumed to be Schwartz).[1][2]
Rose and her husband were third cousins.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M38G-LL7 : accessed 27 June 2018), Rose Winter in household of Philip Winter, Precinct 6 City of St. Louis Ward 5, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 72, sheet 7B, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,890.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M21D-K7Y : accessed 27 June 2018), Rosa Winter in household of Philip Winter, St Louis Ward 8, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 133, sheet 1A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 815; FHL microfilm 1,374,828.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88S-V7W : accessed 27 June 2018), Rose Schrift in household of Jonas Schrift, St Louis Ward 22, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing ED 423, sheet 6A, line 39, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 959; FHL microfilm 1,820,959.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X45S-QHJ : accessed 27 June 2018), Rose Schrift in household of Jones Schrift, Queens (Districts 0251-0500), Queens, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 323, sheet 9B, line 97, family 195, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1597; FHL microfilm 2,341,332.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQS9-BF9 : accessed 27 June 2018), Rose Schrift in household of Jonas Schrift, Assembly District 21, Brooklyn, New York City, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-2491D, sheet 1B, line 72, family 26, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2612.
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP4P-RHT : 26 November 2014), Rose Schrift, 04 Dec 1966; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
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