| Parents: Marriage: Immigration: Occupation: |
Charles Winson Leah Jacobs John Kaufmann April 25, 1905 Excelsior, Stearns, Minnesota Witnesses were Gust Same and Otillia Same 1866 to the United States with her parents and siblings Housewife |
| Notes: |
Magdalena was the second of eight children (seven girls and a boy) of
Charles and Lena Winson, a farmer born in France and his wife born in Canada. Their family immigrated to the United States in 1866 when Magdalena was eight years old.
Magdalena lived in Excelsior, Minnesota where she worked as a servant prior to her marriage to
John Kaufmann in 1905 when she was 47 years old. In the 1910 census the Kaufmann family consisted of John Kaufmann age 61, born in Pennsylvania, Saloon keeper; Magdaline age 51, married for 5 years, no children born in Canada; Philomina age 23; Regina age 20; Alma age 15; Henrieta age 14 and Nels Nelson, lodger born in Minnesota, who worked at a book binder shop. In 1920 Magdalena Kaufmann was 61 years old and a widow. She stated that she came to the United States in 1866 and was born in Canada. She still was running a boarding house (the old hotel of John Kaufmann). Living with her was her widowed mother, Lena Winson, age 92 widow, who immigrated with her to the United States in 1866. In 1930 Magdelena Kaufmann was 71 years old, a widow with a net worth of $6,000. She owned her own home. On July 11, 1941 Magdelena Kaufmann was declared incompetent and a man named Martin Nes was made guardian of her as she was living at St. Joseph's Home. Martin Nels requested pension payments through lawyer Joe Pattison up through April 1, 1950, which he stated was the date of Magdalena's death. She had enough money left to pay for a funeral. Magdalena was not well-liked by her stepchildren. She disposed of all the items that John Kaufmann wanted his children to have before her death. None of the children ever found out what the items were or where they went. |
| Ancestry: | The Stimmler/Stimler Line [through marriage] |
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