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Israel Ivins Winner

Male Abt 1844 - 1867  (~ 23 years)


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  • Name Israel Ivins Winner 
    Born Abt 1844  Dover Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Feb 1867  Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Stockton State Hospital Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1209  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father George King Winner,   b. Abt 15 Aug 1807, Toms River, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1877, near LaHonda, San Mateo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Hanna P.,   b. Abt 1809, of, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1853, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Married Abt 1827  of Dover, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F818  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. No listing in 1870 US Censuses for Arizona, New Mex., Utah, Montana, Idaho, California, Oregon, and Washington. No Soundex listing for 1880 for California; check non-soundex. May have gone under name of James after San Bernardino; see 1860 census notes below.

      2. Records searched without mention of Winners:
      a. FHL film 1290965 - Santa Cruz Marriage Index.
      b. FHL film 1000133 - San Francisco Probate Index.

      3. Censuses:
      1850 US: No record; San Francisco's portion of US Census was lost due to earthquake or fire.

      1852 US: California Statehood Census, Los Angeles County (pre-San Bernardino), p. 143; note this census began June 1852 in this county with county wide results of 7831 total residents of which 2494 were white males and 1597 were white females. It's preface to the state compilation says that only about 5 in every 6 were counted due to the frontier and mobile nature of the population. Note that the second location is last residence.
      George K. Winneo, 46, N.J., Utah, Farmer
      Hanna, 46, N.J., Utah
      Mary Ann, 23, N.J., Utah
      Emojine, 15, N.J., Utah
      Moroni, 10, N.J., Utah
      Israel, 8, N.J., Utah
      Adalade, 7, Cal., Cal.
      Some of the info seems close but suspect and may have been given by a neighbor; they had not lived in Utah, the WINNEO misspelling of WINNER, and the ages vary: Adalade's age would mean she was born in 1845 before arriving in CA in 1846, Moroni's age is at variance to the 1870 census, etc.

      1860 US: California, Santa Cruz Co., Soquel Township, FHL 0803066, p.584, dwelling 558, family 505:
      Geo. K. Winner, 53, M, Sea Captain, $1000 real estate value, $200 personal property value, birthplace of New Jersey.
      James Winner, 20, M, Woodchopper, New Jersey. [Most likely George's son Moroni.]
      Israel Winner [most likely George's son Israel for whom census taker misheard or misentered 60 for 16], 60, M, Woodchopper, New Jersey.
      Note that there were 166 households in Soquel; census taken 9 Jul 1860; no other individuals of New Jersey birth listed in records. As cited elsewhere, Geo. and his son Israel I. shortly hereafter enlisted in the Civil War Union forces from Santa Cruz. [See also obituary notes for Santa Cruz newspaper's comment of George in Squabble Creek area of Santa Cruz. Squabble Creek and Soquel are fairly close within 5 to 10 miles depending how one travels. The historic village of Soquel was located near the current intersection of Soquel Drive and Porter Street, just inland from Capitola.

      4. Short autobiography of Enid Willardson who did most early research into the Winner family with copy in my possession (apparently the visitor was not Israel since his death is documented in 1867 -- probably the visitor was Moroni Winner):
      "I began asking my father, his brother and sister, if they ever heard her speak of her [Amanda Winner's] parents or brothers and sisters. No, they never had. I persisted. Then I was prompted to ask my father if any of her family ever visited her. He said, 'Yes, once when I was about 5 or 6 years old, her brother came to visit her in Nephi.' Quickly, I said, 'What was his name?' 'Israel Winner,' was his reply."
      This comment started George Winner's family earliest research for whom we extend our gratitude to Enid.
      Her father was named King Egbert Beagley and was born 8 Sep 1891 in Nephi, Juab, Utah. Accordingly, Israel's visit would have been ca 1896-1897. Israel would have been King's uncle since Amanda (Winner) Beagley was Israel's sister.

      5. Checked at Family History Library in Salt Lake City:
      a. Book 979.471/S1 V22d I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Soquel, Santa Cruz County and found no indication of Winner burials.
      b. FHL 1290972 - Index to deaths in Santa Cruz County, 979.471/S1 B32ss - Santa Cruz Sentinel Local News Index, and 979.471/S1 B32s - Santa Cruz Daily Surf all had no Winner entries except Elizabeth Winner died 27 August 1926. I requested 7 Jun 2003 of the Santa Cruz public library for a lookup on this individual.

      6. Ron E Romig [mailto:rromig@cofchrist.org] Archivist of the Community of Christ Church, July 17, 2007: "RLDS Name Authority Card Catalog is simply a system where previous librarians have indexed names from Latter Day Saintism that appear in collection resources - this is often from our published holdings. Unfortunately, those assembling the listing did not always indicate the source that caused them to be included. The catalog was designed to help staff find individuals for whom we received regular requests. There is not a card for each member of the church. The Winners do not appear in the Name Authority listing. Their only appearance [George and Israel] in RLDS membership records is a brief listing of members of the Salt Lake City branch, for 1864, in Early Reorganization Minutes [Membership Record Book A], on page 405." Kerry's note: They would have been among the very earliest members of the RLDS Church in Salt lake City.

      7. LDS History Library has the 47 page booklet "Israel Ivins a Biography," by Kimball Stewart Erdman, M270.1 I195e. It was after this man that our Israel was named. Some brief comments from the book:
      He was a prominent figure in the Dixie Mission to Southern Utah. His occupation was as a surveyor in both Utah and Arizona. He had mining claims did a lot of "doctering." Anthony W. Ivins of the First Presidency of the LDS Church was one of his children.
      He was born 1815 at Toms River, NJ, son of Anthony Ivins and Sarah Reeves Wallin. He was baptized in 1838. In 1842 he did a mission into Southern NJ. In 1844 he was married to Anna Lowrie Ivins by Jedediah M. Grant. In 1845 he had a dau. born in Toms River. In 1848 he was President of the Toms River Branch. In 1853 emigrated to Utah. He was one of the rescuers of the Willie Handcart Co. in 1856. In 1861 he was called to the Dixie Mission. He died in 1897.
      His father was a prosperous merchant at Toms River. He owned large tracts of timbered land and a thriving charcoal business. Toms River was a thriving community that started based on the salt and charcoal industry. Most of his products were shipped ot new York and other points along the coast, in his own vessels. (Perhaps George Winner was a captain for him.) His son Israel wnet on his father's ships and learned the ways of handling them.
      The first missionaries to preach in New Jersey was Benjamin Winchester and Samuel James in 1837. By late 1837, the Elders had gathered a small but active congregation at Toms River. Israel and his family, all of Quaker ancestry, heard the message. On 1 (or 4) Mar 1838, Israel was baptized. About this time the Mormons decided to form their own community on the south side of the river. The small church was built without metals or nails. It served as the meeting house until 1853 when it was abandoned as the Saints moved westward. It became the first courthouse of Ocean County. No longer in existence by 1939, there were still some "Mormon" homes and a graveyard in South Toms River. About a year after Israel's conversion, two of his second cousins were baptized. His mother was baptized in 1840. Israel becom acquainted withthe Propeht during his brief stay in Toms River and the surrounding neighborhood. He related to his children an interesting experience which occurred at this time:
      "Charles Stewart had a son, Joseph, who was lame because of a "white swelling" in his leg. Hearing that the Prophet was nearby, the boy experssed a desire to be administered to. The family sent for Joseph Smith. When he arrived, he prayed, annointed the boy's leg and blessed him. After the administation, the boy went out to play, still using his crutches. Soon his sister ran in, saying that Joe had thrown his crtuches away and didn't need them anymore. His parents were alarmed and tempted to scold him but soon saw that indeed he had been healed. The miracle had little effect on Joe's parents. Miracles are not the foundation of a testimony but the result of one."
      After the visit of Joseph Smith, the church in New Jersey grew steadily under the inspired direction of missionaries such as Erastus Snow and Jedediah Morgan Grant. In 1842, Lorenzo Wasson, the nephew of Emma smith visited Toms River as a missionary and took Israel with him as his companion for four weeks. Together they went into southern New Jersey, where they were the first to proclaim the gospel.
      Israel has a daughter named Georgiana, born 6 Nov 1847 while living in New York City on business for his father. She did not survive the winter and they soon returned to Toms River thereafter. (Could Georgiana be in remembrance of George Winner?)
      When Israel was branch president in Toms River (beginning in 1848), it was the most prominent congregation in the state of New Jersey. It was in Apr 1851 that Israel's father was baptized just before he died. Sept. 16, 1852, a son Anthony Woodward was born; he would eventually become an apostle.
      On the first day of April 1853, nearly the entire branch of Toms River moved westward to Utah. There had not been a branch there since the booklet was written in the 1930s.
      Judging from when Israel was called to move to the Dixie Mission in 1861, he would not have seen George Winner and his son Israel Ivins Winner when they were later stationed in Salt Lake City during the Civil War.
      The rest of the narrative is about his life in southern Utah. He was polygamous with two wives. Pres. Heber J. Grant was his nephew. He died in 1897 and was buried in St. George, Utah.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. Arrived with his family via the ship Brooklyn in Yerba Buena (San Francisco) 31 Jul 1846. With his family as 1852 pioneers in San Bernardino, California Mormon colony.

      2. "Passenger List per Brooklyn from New York, Capt. A.W. Richardson, June 22, 1846," found in Hawaii by Mr. John D. Fretwell, 4012 Maywood Dr. S., Fresno, CA 93703-3330. Copy of original which was folded and contained all names on ship: "Manifest of Passengers on board Ship Brooklyn wharf A.C. Richardson is master... [contains a full listing including the following:]
      George K. Winner, United States, 39 years, Coasting Captain.
      Hannah Winner, United States, 37 years.
      Six children."

      3. Richard H. Orton, "Records of California Men in the War of Rebellion 1861-1867," 1890, Sacramento: George K. Winner and Israel J. Winner were enrolled as privates in Company L, Second California Cavalry of the California Volunteers, at Santa Cruz, CA, enlisted 11 Sep 1861, mustered 23 Sep 1861 [Geo. and Israel would have been approximately ages 54 and 17], mustered out at Camp Douglas, Utah 7 Oct 1864 after expiration of term of service. Company "L" was at Camp Alert in San Francisco which was located on the ground now enclosed by Mission, Folsom, 24th, and 26th Streets (then known as the Pioneer Race Track) until March 1862, from which time until 30 Apr 1863 no record can be found. During that month it was in camp at Bishop Creek, Owens River Valley; during May 1863 at Camp Independence, same valley; June, at Fort Churchill [Carson City area]; July, at Fort Ruby [Ely area], both in Nevada; August, enroute to Salt Lake, and from that month to March 1864 at Camp Douglas near Salt Lake City. During the next four months it was at various places in succession, as follows: Rush Valley, March 1864; Camp Relief, April; Camp Conness, May; Bingham Creek, June; and back to Camp Douglas for the next two months; then to Fort Laramie, Wy. T. for a few months. The original members were mustered out Sep and Oct 1864 at Fort Douglas and the company was then reorganized thereafter. Much of their duty was to protect the Overland mail and stage route and the Pony Express from Indian conflict. Other companies of this cavalry regiment were involved in the infamous Bear River Massacre of Shoshoni Indians in southern Idaho on 23 Jan 1863 which was the largest army massacre of Indians in the West of the 1800's.

      4. Susan Easton Black, compiler, "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," Vol. VI (U-Z), (Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993, copy in Family History Library in Salt Lake City): "WINNER, George T. E. - Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-1871, Book A, p. 405"; WINNER, Israel I." - Same exact source as above; "WINNER, Lena Leoti - Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-1871, Book A, p. 377. [The two first are most likely George K. and son Israel and they are on the same page; the third is probably not related but may be of interest for a possible connection if any.]
      Interestingly Israel's middle initial is "I" and not "J," which would be in line with the middle name Ivens found in California Voter Registrations.

      5. Microfilm copy of the military newspaper "The Daily Union Vedette," at the Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah:
      Tuesday morning, Oct. 25, 1864, p. 1, published at Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City, Utah: "Mustered Out. Below we give a list of the names of the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of the 2d Cavalry and 3d Infantry, C.V. [California Volunteers] mustered out of the service since October, 1864. Company L, Second Cavalry, C.V.: Private, Israel I. Winner; Private, George K. Winner."
      I have on file the 57 page booklet "Historic Fort Douglas at the University of Utah - A Brief History and Walking Tour," 2000, by the University of Utah. They note that the the camp was established in 1862 and that the first winter was spent in dugouts. Some were covered with small buildings made of log and adobe, but most were covered with canvas tents. The next spring, more substanitial buildings were constructed using materials and methods that reflected a sense of impermanence. This was a result of the belief, during the 1860's, that the Army's presence in the Salt Lake Valley was temporary. The most common materials used were adobe and hand-hewn logs. The only building that remains from this time period is Bulding 655, which was the Post Commander's Quarters. Camp Douglas eventually became Fort Douglas and was a military base until 1991. The booklet contains a speculative reconstruction map of Camp Douglas as it is assumed to have looked in 1864.

      6. Richard Bullock wrote to Washington D.C. in 2000 for Civil War service and pension records for Israel and his father George. No information was ever received.

      7. From Ancestry.com's "California Voter Registers":
      1866 Sonoma County: Reg. No. 1900; Winner, Israel Ivens; age 22; b. New Jersey; farmer, residing at Petaluma; registered 23 Sep 1866.
      Apparently his father probably named him after Israel Ivins, the first LDS baptism in New Jersey. The Ivins family was prominent in early New Jersey and were progenitors of the LDS prophet Heber J. Grant (through his mother Rachel Ivins) and Anthony Ivins who was later in the First Presidency and Twelve Apostles. Rachel's sister Anna Ivins married their cousin Israel Ivins.
      Using the above information, I did a page by page search of all 115 pages of the 1870 census for Petaluma, Sonoma, CA; however, I did not find Israel Winner.

      DEATH:
      1. Ancestry.com's "California, State Hospital Records, 1856-1923 for Israel I Winner; Stockton State Hospital Commitment Registers, Vol. 03-04, 1862-1870," p. 626:
      "#2718. Israel I. Winner. Committed by C. W. Langdon Judge of Sonoma Co. January 7th 1867. Age 23 years; native of New Jersey; single; occupation, laborer; has been a soldier; evidence of insanity - sleepless, roams away from home; is neither homicidal, suicidal, nor incendiary. This is the first attack and first appeared two weeks since; disease increasing with no rational intervals; has no disposition to injure others; is not filthy or destructive; had no peculiarities; has been temperate; has not suffered from disease or injury; is getting worse since the attack; cause of insanity, consumption; class, melancholia. Admitted January 10th 1867. Has due him 100$ State bounty. Died February 27th 1867."

      BURIAL:
      1. From Find-A-Grave accessed 3 Jun 2016:
      "Stockton State Hospital Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California.
      The original cemetery was located behind the Women's Facility, at what is now 510 E. Magnolia St. The lake and fountain are where the cemetery was located. The cemetery was used from about 1854 until January 1875, when the site on California Street was purchased.
      Nothing of this site remains. There were 4,467 known burials at this location. Only 1,619 were removed to the new site located on N. California Street before March 1875."