William Lewis Winans1

#2164, b. 3 April 1823, d. 25 June 1897
William Lewis Winans|b. 3 Apr 1823\nd. 25 Jun 1897|p2164.htm|Ross Winans|b. 17 Oct 1796\nd. 11 Apr 1877|p2162.htm|Julia DeKay|b. 10 Aug 1802\nd. 24 May 1850|p2163.htm|William Winans|b. 14 May 1760\nd. 28 Jan 1850|p2181.htm|Mary Unknown|b. 22 Oct 1764\nd. 29 Sep 1829|p2182.htm|||||||
  • Birth*: William Lewis Winans was born on 3 April 1823 at NJ, US.1,2,3
  • He was the son of Ross Winans and Julia DeKay.1
  • (Witness) Occupation: William Lewis Winans witnessed the occupation of Ross Winans between 1843 and 1850 at St. Petersburg, Russia; Ross was asked to build a railroad for Tsar Nicholas I but he declined due to his age. Instead, he sent his two sons Thomas and William to build the railroad. They partnered with Joseph Harrison. William married a Russian bride and stayed in Russia (before eventually settling in England). Thomas married a French-born woman and returned to the US a wealthy man.4
  • PsptAppl*: William Lewis Winans applied for a passport on 16 May 1845; Description: age 22, 5' 6", medium forehead, hazel eyes, prominent nose, medium mouth, ordinary chin, brown hair, fair complexion, oval face.5
  • Occupation*: He was consul to St. Petersburg until the 1856 Consuls Act prevented him from engaging in business between 1854 and 1856 at St. Petersburg, Russia.6
  • (Witness) Will: He witnessed the will of Thomas DeKay Winans on 14 June 1878 at Baltimore, MD, US; dated April 20, 1878 containing bequests to friends and relatives totaling $320,000. He bequeathed all of his household furniture, pictures, jewelry, and plate to his daughter Celeste, and the rest of his estate to be divided equally by his two surviving children. His executors were his brothers William L. and Walter S., and his son Ross R. Winans.7
  • Death*: William Lewis Winans died on 25 June 1897 at London, England, at age 74 age 75 years.1,8

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Citations:

  1. [S579] Winans Papers (http://www.mdhs.org/library/Mss/ms000916.html: Maryland Historical Society Library, 1999).
  2. [S578] Whistler Family Biographies (http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/people.htm: Centre for Whistler Studies, 2007).
  3. [S659] Submissions, Winans Papers, 1828 - 1963, Special Collections MS 916 (201 W. Monument St. Baltimore, MD 21201: Maryland Historical Society), Box 4, folder 107, list of marriages copied from family bible; Maryland Historical Society Library.
  4. [S586] Wayne's Guide to Walks, Talks, and Tours of Baltimore (http://home.earthlink.net/~wschaumburg/: kingston.com).
  5. [S698] Ancestry.com, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795 - 1925 ([database online] Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007),Registers and Indexes for Passport Applications, 1810-1906 (M1371), Roll 2 - Index to Passport Applications, 11 May 1843-30 Sep 1846, image 46; Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, UT, US.
  6. [S577] Kalevi Ahonen, From Sugar Triangle to Cotton Triangle , Trade and Shipping Between America and Baltic Russia, 1783-1860 (Jyväskylä , Finland: University of Jyväskylä - http://dissertations.jyu.fi/studhum/9513921840.pdf, 2005).
  7. [S610] New York Times Archives 1851 - 1980, New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?srchst=p, 2007, June 15, 1878; http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F07EFD8173EE63BBC4D52DFB0668383669FDE
  8. [S610] New York Times Archives 1851 - 1980, New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?srchst=p, 2007, Nov. 21, 1901; http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9505EFD6143FE433A25752C2A9679D946097D6CF
  9. [S659] Submissions, Winans Papers, 1828 - 1963, Special Collections MS 916 (201 W. Monument St. Baltimore, MD 21201: Maryland Historical Society), Box 4, folder 101, obituary for Louis Winans; Maryland Historical Society Library.
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