Arthur E. Winter (1907)

Born 1907 in Duncannon, Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Eleanor (Sierer) Winter — married 17 Apr 1942 in Paxtang, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Arthur E. Winter was a son of Blake E. Winter and Ethel S. (Graybill) Winter, born in 1907 in Duncannon, Pennsylvania.

The 1910 U.S. Census recorded 3-year-old Arthur E. Winter in his parents' household on Elizabeth Avenue in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Household residents were Blake Winter, 27 and a brakeman for a railroad; his wife Ethel Winter, 25; daughter Martha M. Winter, 5; and Arthur E. Winter, 3. All were born in Pennsylvania to parents born in Pennsylvania. Blake and Ethel had been married 5 years; Ethel had had two children, both of whom were living.^[1]

The 1930 U.S. Census recorded 23-year-old Arthur E. Winter in his parents' household in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was single and worked as a clerk in a retail grocery. Household residents listed on the record were Blake E. Winter, 47 (married at age 21), a brakeman for a steam railroad; Ethel S. Winter, 45 (married at age 19); Arthur E. Winter, 23; Helen E. Winter, 15; Blake E. Winter Jr., 13; and Sara R. Winter, 11. All were born in Pennsylvania to parents born in Pennsylvania.^[2]

Arthur E. Winter married Eleanor J. Sierer in Paxtang (Dauphin County, Pennsylvania) on 17 April 1942. According to the marriage license application (filed 9 April 1942), Arthur was 35 years old, born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, to parents Blake Winter (a railroader) and Ethel Graybill, who were living in Enola, Pennsylvania. He worked as a fireman and was living in Enola. Eleanor was 27 years old, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to parents Harry Sierer and Vera Kocher, both deceased. She worked as a biller and was living in Enola, Pennsylvania. It was the first marriage for both Arthur and Eleanor.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVR-2B5?cc=1727033&wc=QZZ4-CMG%3A133638001%2C141894301%2C141942601%2C1589089543 : 24 June 2017), Pennsylvania > Dauphin > Harrisburg Ward 10 > ED 87 > image 6 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RZR-W32?cc=1810731&wc=QZFW-RGQ%3A649490601%2C649138101%2C649595601%2C1589282368 : 8 December 2015), Pennsylvania > Cumberland > East Pennsboro > ED 14 > image 40 of 56; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
3. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFSN-YY6 : 4 November 2017), Arthur E. Winter and Eleanor J. Sierer, 17 Apr 1942; citing Marriage, Paxton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania. Note: The document shows that the marriage license was issued on 13 April 1941; the year on that entry is clearly a mistake, as all other dates on the document and adjacent records are in 1942.