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Margaret (Grietet) Wintemute was born on 24 August 1777 in New Jersey.¹ She and Mathew Wormwood were married on 9 March 1795 in Canada St. Marks and St. Andrew Churches, Niagara, Canada.²

baptized 24 August 1777 as "Greitet" the only sponsor being Margriet Week. She was married 9 March 1795 by the Rector of St Mark's, Niagara-on-the-Lake, to Mathew Wormwood. On 12 May 1797 he petitioned to have his military lands completed and for lands in right of his wife, but the latter claim apparently was rejected as "the name of George Wintermute is not on the U.E. List". [OHSP 3:53; Ontario Bureau od Archives, 19th Report (1930) p.145].

Hannah Smith was born in 1770 in United States.¹ She died on 8 August 1856, at age ~86, in Fort Erie, Niagara, Ontario, Canada. She was buried in Saint Pauls Anglican Cemetery, Fort Erie, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.²

Philip Wintemute was born in 1792. He died in September 1814, at age ~22.

Unmarried.

Abraham Wintemute was born in 1791. He was born on 12 April 1793 in Malahide Township, Elgin, London District, Upper Canada West. He was born between 1795 and 1806 in USA (or) Bridgeburg (Fort Erie), Bertie Twp., Welland Co., Niagara District, Upper Canada. He and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Kilmer were married on 16 April 1835 in Bayham Township, Elgin, London District, Upper Canada West. He died on 8 February 1892, at age 98, in Aldborough Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ He was buried in Firby Cemetery, Corinth, Bayham, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.

Abraham Wintemute was also known as Abraham Wintermute. He was a Farmer. ABRAM WINTERMUTE FAMILY
c/o Robert G. Moore
rewritten June 2009
Much of reference material for this family history from Elgin County OGS site at www.elginogs.ca

Abraham petitioned for land in 1844 and received 21 March 1844 as a free grant, full fee, the North 1/2 of Lot 22 Concession 9 Bayham Township, Elgin County. He must have sold the land as shortly thereafter he purchased from the Crown the South 1/2 of Lot 23 Concession 12 Dereham Township, Oxford County, dated 4 April 1846. There is no record in the Elgin County Land registry office of him owning any of lot 22 Concession 9 Bayham. The crown patents were issued in 1844 for the North 1/2 of the lot and in 1849 for the South 1/2 (many early land transactions were never registered and eventually a subsequent owner had to petition the Crown for a patent event tho he might have acquired the property many years previously.)

He is shown on the 1857 Oxford County Tremaines map on 50 acres South 1/2 of South 1/2 of Lot 23 Concession 12 Dereham. (Second lot west of Brownsville-Corinth Road on the Bayham Dereham Townline).

A land search of South 1/2 of Lot 23 Concession 12 Dereham shows that the South 1/2 was not patented until 15 July 1862 and then by a "Robert Peacock." How much legal interest Abram had in the property is not known. Was he just a squatter or had he acquired the land and just not had it patented ?

Abram is shown on Malahide Township Concession 8, Lot 34 North 1/2 of East 1/2 50 acres on 1864 Tremaines Map. A Title search does not show him as being an owner so he was likely just a tenant.

The Kilmers had come to Bertie Township Welland Co about 1805 from the Town of Dauanesburg in Schenectady County N.Y. and lived near the Wintermutes and Nears in Bertie. Thomas Kilmer's brother Henrich (Henry) moved to Malahide in 1816 and it is likely that Thomas and Margaret Kilmer moved to Malahide about the same time (Lot 29 Concession 7). The Kilmer book states that he was in Elgin earlier than the 1830 that the Elgin County Atlas of 1877 states that he arrived.

A family picture likely taken late 1880's shows Abram and Elizabeth with 7 sons and 2 daughters (missing one son and 2 daughters).

The Wintermute and Kilmer families had several joint reunions in the Bayham twp area with the one at Corinth in 1926 drawing about 300 people. The writeup said it took 51 autos and 8 buggies to bring all the people who came from as far away as North Dakota, Ohio and Michgan. The next reunion was to be held at Melvin, Sanilac County, Michigan.

An Article in St. Thomas Times Journal of 18 Feb 1925, page 4, concerning the farm sale of David Wintermute notes that the sale was the breaking up of the old Wintermute homestead. The article notes that nearly a century ago Abraham Wintermute came from York State, married Sarah Kilmer and settled on a farm in Dereham township. Their log house is still a land mark of pioneer days. Later they moved to a farm near Firbeys Mill in Malahide where Mr. Wintermute lived the remaining years of his life. Mrs. Wintermute died a few years later (incorrect as she died before him). Of their thirteen children seven are still living, Hannah, Ester and Rosannah in Michigan and David and Mrs. Haines at Corinth (Bayham Twp actually on farm in Malahide) (two not named in article were William and Edward). They have great vitality, the average age of the thirteen children being seventy two years.
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Name and Surname of Deceased: ABRAM WINTERMUTE
When Died: February 8th 1892
Sex: Male
Age: 97 years
Rank or Profession: Farmer
Where Born: Malahide
Certified Cause of Death and duration of Illness: nine days, Erysepelas? of face & head
Name of Physician: Dr. A.B. Riddele
Signature, Description and Residence of Informant: slip by Dr. A.B. Riddele
When Registered: February 11th AD 1892
Religious Denomination of Deceased: none
Signature of Registrar: Jno Haggan

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Aylmer Express Newspaper
Index 1890 - 1907
Compiled by Elgin County Library, 1986
Elgin County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society

Feb 11, 1892
WINTERMUTE, Abraham
97
Death

The reference in the February 11th, 1892 Aylmer Express reads as follows:
(page 1)
Section entitled - Aylmer and Vicinity
"Mr. Abraham Wintermute, of Malahide, died on Sunday last in the 98th year of his age."

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90. Grey marble scroll
W - Elizabeth / wife of / Abram / WINTERMUTE/ died June 10, 1885 / aged 67 ys / 11 mos 3 days / The last _____ that shall be / ____ loved is death
- S - D. Wades & Co. Delhi

91. Grey marble scroll
E - In / memory of / Abram / WINTERMUTE/ who died / Feb. 7, 1892 / aged 97 yrs / O death where is thy sting / O grave where is thy victory
- D. Wade & Co. Delhi

ABRAM WINTERMUTE FAMILY
c/o Robert G. Moore
rewritten June 2009
Much of reference material for this family history from Elgin County OGS site at www.elginogs.ca

Abraham petitioned for land in 1844 and received 21 March 1844 as a free grant, full fee, the North 1/2 of Lot 22 Concession 9 Bayham Township, Elgin County. He must have sold the land as shortly thereafter he purchased from the Crown the South 1/2 of Lot 23 Concession 12 Dereham Township, Oxford County, dated 4 April 1846. There is no record in the Elgin County Land registry office of him owning any of lot 22 Concession 9 Bayham. The crown patents were issued in 1844 for the North 1/2 of the lot and in 1849 for the South 1/2 (many early land transactions were never registered and eventually a subsequent owner had to petition the Crown for a patent event tho he might have acquired the property many years previously.)

He is shown on the 1857 Oxford County Tremaines map on 50 acres South 1/2 of South 1/2 of Lot 23 Concession 12 Dereham. (Second lot west of Brownsville-Corinth Road on the Bayham Dereham Townline).

A land search of South 1/2 of Lot 23 Concession 12 Dereham shows that the South 1/2 was not patented until 15 July 1862 and then by a "Robert Peacock." How much legal interest Abram had in the property is not known. Was he just a squatter or had he acquired the land and just not had it patented ?

Abram is shown on Malahide Township Concession 8, Lot 34 North 1/2 of East 1/2 50 acres on 1864 Tremaines Map. A Title search does not show him as being an owner so he was likely just a tenant.

The Kilmers had come to Bertie Township Welland Co about 1805 from the Town of Dauanesburg in Schenectady County N.Y. and lived near the Wintermutes and Nears in Bertie. Thomas Kilmer's brother Henrich (Henry) moved to Malahide in 1816 and it is likely that Thomas and Margaret Kilmer moved to Malahide about the same time (Lot 29 Concession 7). The Kilmer book states that he was in Elgin earlier than the 1830 that the Elgin County Atlas of 1877 states that he arrived.

A family picture likely taken late 1880's shows Abram and Elizabeth with 7 sons and 2 daughters (missing one son and 2 daughters).

The Wintermute and Kilmer families had several joint reunions in the Bayham twp area with the one at Corinth in 1926 drawing about 300 people. The writeup said it took 51 autos and 8 buggies to bring all the people who came from as far away as North Dakota, Ohio and Michgan. The next reunion was to be held at Melvin, Sanilac County, Michigan.

An Article in St. Thomas Times Journal of 18 Feb 1925, page 4, concerning the farm sale of David Wintermute notes that the sale was the breaking up of the old Wintermute homestead. The article notes that nearly a century ago Abraham Wintermute came from York State, married Sarah Kilmer and settled on a farm in Dereham township. Their log house is still a land mark of pioneer days. Later they moved to a farm near Firbeys Mill in Malahide where Mr. Wintermute lived the remaining years of his life. Mrs. Wintermute died a few years later (incorrect as she died before him). Of their thirteen children seven are still living, Hannah, Ester and Rosannah in Michigan and David and Mrs. Haines at Corinth (Bayham Twp actually on farm in Malahide) (two not named in article were William and Edward). They have great vitality, the average age of the thirteen children being seventy two years.
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* A widower, Abraham is living with the family of his son William in 1891.
1891 Census of Canada
Ancestry.ca
Name: Abram Wintermute
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 94
Birth Year: abt 1797
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: fath
Religion: Church of England
French Canadian: No
Father's Birth Place: Ontario
Province: Ontario
District Number: 60
District: Elgin East
Subdistrict: Malahide
Archive Roll #: T-6333

Household Members: Name / Age
Wm. Wintermute - 47
Sarah Wintermute - 43
Maylon Wintermute - 22
Edith Wintermute - 19
Jennie Wintermute - 17
Solon Wintermute - 13
Mabel Wintermute - 10
Harry Wintermute - 7
Abram Wintermute - 94
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Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934
Ancestry.com
SCHEDULE C.- DEATHS
County of: Elgin
Division of: Aldborough
Page 30
No. 3
# 003806

Name and Surname of Deceased: ABRAM WINTERMUTE
When Died: February 8th 1892
Sex: Male
Age: 97 years
Rank or Profession: Farmer
Where Born: Malahide
Certified Cause of Death and duration of Illness: nine days, Erysepelas? of face & head
Name of Physician: Dr. A.B. Riddele
Signature, Description and Residence of Informant: slip by Dr. A.B. Riddele
When Registered: February 11th AD 1892
Religious Denomination of Deceased: none
Signature of Registrar: Jno Haggan

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Aylmer Express Newspaper
Index 1890 - 1907
Compiled by Elgin County Library, 1986
Elgin County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society

Feb 11, 1892
WINTERMUTE, Abraham
97
Death

The reference in the February 11th, 1892 Aylmer Express reads as follows:
(page 1)
Section entitled - Aylmer and Vicinity
"Mr. Abraham Wintermute, of Malahide, died on Sunday last in the 98th year of his age."

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FIRBY CEMETERY
Bayham Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada
10968 Springerhill Road, Bayham, ON
Gravestone Inscriptions & Burials without Monuments
Lot 1, Concession 8
BA 215
OGS 2550

89. Cement - mourning curtain - open book on top - flower motif
In memory of / Richard / WINTERMUTE/ who died / Mar. 1, 1898 / aged 48 years / 4 mos & 16 dys / Dearest brother thou hast left / us there thy loss we deeply feel / But tis God that hath bereft us / He can all our / sorrows heal / WINTERMUTE

90. Grey marble scroll
W - Elizabeth / wife of / Abram / WINTERMUTE/ died June 10, 1885 / aged 67 ys / 11 mos 3 days / The last _____ that shall be / ____ loved is death
- S - D. Wades & Co. Delhi

91. Grey marble scroll
E - In / memory of / Abram / WINTERMUTE/ who died / Feb. 7, 1892 / aged 97 yrs / O death where is thy sting / O grave where is thy victory
- D. Wade & Co. Delhi

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Architecture
Our Built Heritage
http://www.museum.forterie.ca/history%20pdfs/Architecture.pdf
The Welland County Registry Office shows that a patent was granted to Abraham Wintermute (note variation in spelling) on July 8, 1799.

rootsweb
Genealogy Data Page 93 (Descendancy Pages)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rcjack/d_5c.html
Abraham WINTERMUTE [Male] b. 19 Aug 1750 - d. Abt 1790 Bertie Twp., Lincoln, Ontario, Canada
+ Mary [Female] b. <1746> - Marriage: Abt 1770

His date of baptism was April 12, 1793. The baptism was performed by the Rector of St Mark's Niagara-on-the-Lake

Officially, Abraham died in November of 1812 from an illness contracted while on duty as a gunner in the 2nd Regiment of Provincial Artillery. At that time he was over 21 years of age. He died unmarried.

Robert Moore (77 Metcalfe Street; St Thomas Ontario N5R 3K6; Tel 519-631-6065; e-mail rmoore@wwdc.com) believes that he did not die, but that his father claimed that he died and applied for land on behalf of his son Abram who was killed in the war of 1812. Then Abraham "went west"

Born c1793 (G/S) transcript, may be incorrect, and reflect the age (97) given in Cemetery transcripts. The Kilmer Book states that he died age 97 thus born in 1793 but the info was taken from the cemetery transcripts as well.
2. About 1802 Ref 1851 Dereham Township census age 50 born Canada religion Presbyterian
3. About 1803 Ref 1861 census Dereham Township age 58 born USA
4. About 1806 Ref 1871 census Malahide Township age 65 Born USA
5. About 1803 Ref 1881 census Malahide Township age 78 born Ontario religion Presbyterian
6.The born US is "interesting" in the 1861 and 1871 census tho 1881 gives birth place Ont.

Married by A. Dobbie J.P. London District Marriage Register page 67.

Abraham petitioned for land in 1844 and received as a free grant the West / of Lot 22 Concession 9 Bayham Township Elgin County He must have sold the land shortly thereafter as he purchased from the Crown the South / of Lot 23 Concession 12 Dereham Township Oxford County in April 1846.

There is no record in the Elgin County Land registry office of him owning any of lot 22 Concession 9 Bayham The crown patents were issued in 1844 for the North / of the lot and in 1849 for the South / (many early land transactions were never registered and eventually a subsequent owner had to petition the Crown for a patent event tho he might have acquired the property many years previously.)
Grace Noad advises that Abram was a witness at the marriage of Philip Kilmer (brother to Elizabeth Kilmer Wintermute) to Peter Laur.
In the 1851 census Abraham age 50 is living in Dereham Township Oxford County, occupation shingle maker with wife Elizabeth and 9 children
He is shown on the 1857 Oxford County Tremaines map on 50 acres South / of South / of Lot 23 Concession 12 Dereham. (Second lot west of Brownsville-Corinth Road on the Bayham Dereham Town line).
At the time of the 1861 census Abram was still in Dereham Township. In the 1861 Agricultural Census of Dereham, Abram is shown on 50 acres of Lot 23 Concession 12 with 25 acres cleared of which 19 acres was in crops and 6 in pasture with value of farm at $800.

A land search of South / of Lot 23 Concession 12 Dereham shows that the South / was not patented until 15 July 1862 and then by a "Robert Peacock." How much legal interest Abram had in the property is not known. Was he just a squatter or had he acquired the land and just not gotten it patented ?? (check Dereham township papers and assessment records if there are any)

Abram is shown on Malahide Township Concession 8 Lot 34 North / of East / 50 acres on 1864 Tremaines Map. A Title search does not show him as being an owner so he was likely just a tenant. There is no record in the Elgin County Land registry office of him owning any of lot 22 Concession 9 Bayham The crown patents were issued in 1844 for the North / of the lot and in 1849 for the South / (many early land transactions were never registered and eventually a subsequent owner had to petition the Crown for a patent event tho he might have acquired the property many years previously.)
Grace Noad advises that Abram was a witness at the marriage of Philip Kilmer (brother to Elizabeth Kilmer Wintermute) to Peter Laur.
In the 1851 census Abraham age 50 is living in Dereham Township Oxford County, occupation shingle maker with wife Elizabeth and 9 children
He is shown on the 1857 Oxford County Tremaines map on 50 acres South / of South / of Lot 23 Concession 12 Dereham. (Second lot west of Brownsville-Corinth Road on the Bayham Dereham Town line).
At the time of the 1861 census Abram was still in Dereham Township. In the 1861 Agricultural Census of Dereham, Abram is shown on 50 acres of Lot 23 Concession 12 with 25 acres cleared of which 19 acres was in crops and 6 in pasture with value of farm at $800.

A land search of South / of Lot 23 Concession 12 Dereham shows that the South / was not patented until 15 July 1862 and then by a "Robert Peacock." How much legal interest Abram had in the property is not known. Was he just a squatter or had he acquired the land and just not gotten it patented ?? (check Dereham township papers and assessment records if there are any)

Abram is shown on Malahide Township Concession 8 Lot 34 North / of East / 50 acres on 1864 Tremaines Map. A Title search does not show him as being an owner so he was likely just a tenant.

Mary Wintemute was born on 15 October 1794 in Bertie, Welland, Ontario, Canada.^1,2 She died on 21 December 1883, at age 89, in Bertie Township, Welland, Ontario, Canada.³ She was buried in Saint Pauls Anglican Cemetery, Fort Erie, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.²

She died unmarried.

Margaret Wintemute was born in 1797 in Fort Erie, Niagara, Ontario, Canada. She and Josiah Trowbridge were married on 22 September 1813 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. She died on 24 October 1863, at age ~66, in Buffalo, Erie, New York.

John William Wintemute was born in 1798 in Bertie, Welland, Ontario, Canada.^1,2 He and Sarah Smith were married on 25 October 1830 in Southwold. He died on 7 September 1879, at age ~81, in Fort Erie, Niagara, Ontario, Canada.² He was buried in Saint Pauls Anglican Cemetery, Fort Erie, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.²

John William Wintemute resided of Southwold, (near London Ontario.)
John William and his wife were separated. (There was a letter addressed to her in care of her father postmarked January 20, 1855.) The 1851 census showed John William lived with his mother at Bertie, near Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.

Anna Wintemute was born on 1 April 1800 in Bertie, Welland, Ontario, Canada.¹ She died on 19 August 1881, at age 81.

Never Married.

Eleanor Ellen Wintemute was born on 24 April 1810. She died on 24 June 1852, at age 42. She was buried in Saint Pauls Anglican Cemetery, Fort Erie, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

Julia Wintemute was born on 24 April 1810 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.¹ She died on 27 January 1885, at age 74, in Welland County, Ontario, Canada.² She was buried in Saint Pauls Anglican Cemetery, Fort Erie, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

Joseph Petrie, Lll, was born in 1788 in Province of Quebec (Ontario), Canada.¹ He died between 1851 and 1870.¹

1851 CANADA WEST CENSUS
Personal Census - Enumeration District No. One, of the Township of South Dumfries, in the County of Brant, Comprising from East Town Line to lots 12 & 13
Page 73 & 74 (144, 145,146)
Log, 1 1/2 story, 2 families

No. 7-13
Names of Inmates: Josiah Green
Age next Birthday: 37

Names of Inmates: Belinda Green
Age next Birthday: 34

Names of Inmates: Samuel Green
Age next Birthday: 15

Names of Inmates: Joseph Green
Age next Birthday: 13

Names of Inmates: Richard Green
Age next Birthday: 11

Names of Inmates: Levi Green
Age next Birthday: 9

Names of Inmates: William Green
Age next Birthday: 7

No. 14-17
Names of Inmates: JOSEPH PETRY
Profession, Trade or Occupation: Labourer
Place of Birth: Canada
Religion: Methodist
Age next Birthday: 64 [1787]
Sex: M
Married or Single: M
Residents, Members of Family, M

Names of Inmates: FANNY PETRY
Profession, Trade or Occupation: -
Place of Birth: Canada
Religion: Methodist
Age next Birthday: 57 [1794]
Sex: F
Married or Single: M
Residents, Members of Family, F

Names of Inmates: ROBERT PETRY
Profession, Trade or Occupation: Labourer
Place of Birth: Canada
Religion: Methodist
Age next Birthday: 14 [1837]
Sex: M
Married or Single: S
Residents, Members of Family, M

Names of Inmates: EDMOND PETRY
Profession, Trade or Occupation: Labourer
Place of Birth: Canada
Religion: Methodist
Age next Birthday: 22 [1829]
Sex: M
Married or Single: S
Residents, Not-Members of Family, M
Residence if out of limits: Blenham [Blenheim].

Edia Allen and Philip Wintemute were married before January 1797.¹

Enoch Wintemute was born in November 1835 in Canada West.^1,2 He and Helen J. Smith were married about 1855.² He died on 1 December 1921, at age 86.

Enoch Wintemute was a Farmer.³ 1900 Michigan Census shows Enoch and Helen Smith Wintemute had 5 children, 2 living. He immigrated in 1879.⁴

Helen J. Smith was born in June 1836 in Canada West.^1,2 She and Enoch Wintemute were married about 1855.² She died on 19 October 1921, at age 85. She was buried in Grand Rapids.Michigan.

Helen J. Smith immigrated in 1880.³

Adelia (Della) Sophia Wintemute was born in September 1868 in Ontario, Canada.^1,2 She and Frank Workman were married about 1906.³ She died on 2 January 1942, at age 73. She was buried in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan.

Adelia (Della) Sophia Wintemute was a Matron in YWCA.⁴ She immigrated in 1880.³

Jacob Wintemute was born about 1837 in Ontario, Canada.¹

Censuses indicate he emigrated to the US about 1882 and settled in Polk County, Arkansas. Jacob Wintemute immigrated in 1882.

Andrew Wintemute was born about 1864. He died on 8 February 1868.

William Wintemute was born in 1840 in Upper Canada. He and Catherine Cornell were married on 15 September 1863.

Freeman Wintemute was born in 1867 in Ontario, Canada.

Mary Eveline Wintemute was born on 25 December 1869 in Bosanquet Township, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.¹

Alfred Benjamiin Wintemute was born in 1832.

Mary Jane Wintemute was born on 29 June 1836 in Seneca Township, Ontario, Canada.^1,2 She and John Frederick Nicholas were married on 4 June 1860 in Haldimand, Ontario, Canada.¹ She died on 26 January 1903, at age 66, in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.³

Mary Jane Wintemute, appears in several records as "Jane" indicating that is the name she was generally known by.

William Frederick Wintemute was born on 18 June 1839 in Oneida Township, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada.¹ He and Catherine (?) were married about 1866. He died on 13 May 1912, at age 72, in Bridgeburg, Bertie, Township, Welland, Ontario, Canada.¹

William Frederick Wintemute was an Engineer in Table Works.²