Winans families in Petaluma, CA

Petaluma is a small town in Sonoma county, California, about 40 miles north of San Francisco, with a history of European settlement dating back to Spanish times. American pioneers flocked to the area soon after the 1849 Gold Rush. Petaluma is in the midst of a rich agricultural area and was once known as the "Egg Capital of the World". As we read in his biography, the husband of one of the Winans women was principally responsible for starting Petaluma's poultry industry. Petaluma changed its house numbering system around 1906, so some of the places whose addresses you see in this page may now be at different addresses. The entire surrounding area is a part of California's "Wine Country". Among other cities in Sonoma county whose names you'll see in these pages are Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Sonoma and Sebastopol.

While studying Alice Winans Egy Woolley's Winans Genealogy, I became fascinated by the number of Winans who migrated to this small town, mostly from Miami county, Ohio, but it wasn't until I was contacted by Fran Kimball, who had already gathered considerable data on these Winans settlers, that I began to put together their stories. Fran is responsible for most of the information on the families you'll see in this page. I've included Mrs. Egy's identifying numbers, with links to pages in her book, after many of the people's names. Fran sent me so many newspaper articles dealing with these Winans families that I found it necessary to start a separate "Petaluma clippings page", with links to appropriate articles which look like this:

During the second half of the 19th century, several Winans families came to Petaluma. The first to arrive were the four children of James Winans (1-7-1-6-5-2) and his second wife, Martha Ashby. James was born 28 May 1810 in NJ and died 4 Sept 1878 in San Rafael, Marin county. Martha was born about 1820 in Ohio and died before 1856, probably in Indiana. After Martha's death, the widowed James brought their four children to California from New York via Panama, arriving in San Francisco on the Golden Gate¹ in 1856, and settling in neighboring Marin county. James' third wife, Emeline F. Olds, was born 10 May 1809 in New York and died 25 Oct 1894. She is buried in Petaluma's Cypress Hills Cemetery. Although James seems to have remained in Marin the rest of his life, three of his children moved to Sonoma county during the 1860s:

David Madison Winans (1-7-1-6-5-2-2) is James and Martha Winans' oldest child and came to Petaluma before 1870 from Marin county. He was born 11 Sept 1838 in Elkhart county, IN, and died 1 Apr 1918 at his farm in Petaluma. His biographical sketch appeared in the History of Sonoma County, California, by J. P. Munro-Fraser, Alley, Bowen & Co., San Francisco, California (1880), page 605:

Winans, David M. A native of Elkhart county, Indiana, was born September 11, 1838, where he received his education and resided upon a farm until 1856, when he emigrated to California via Panama, arriving at San Francisco the latter part of November that year. After spending about three weeks in Alameda county, he proceeded to Marin county, and after spending three years as a common laborer, he engaged in dairying, which business he pursued seven years; he came to this county, remaining only a short time when he went East, remained about two months, when he returned to this county and purchased his present estate, about two miles north of Petaluma. During his residence in Marin county he filled the office of road master one term. He married April 7, 1870, Miss Mariah E. Newell, a native of Elkhart county, Indiana, born December 19, 1848. By this union they have two children, Annie M. and William J.

A more complete biography of David, which has a great deal of information about the circumstances of his father's coming to California, is from An Illustrated History of Sonoma County, published 1889, reprinted 1997, pp. 692-693:

DAVID M. WINANS was born in Elkhart County, Indiana, September 11, 1838, the place of his birth being about three miles from the Michigan State line. His father, James Winans, was born in New Jersey, in 1810, and when he was a small child his parents moved to Ohio, and settled in Miami County. He grew to manhood there, married, and afterward lost his wife, and also their only child.
From Ohio he moved into Indiana, and there married again on the 28th of September 1837, his wife being Martha Ashby. The country was new and the land thickly covered with timber, which was being chopped down by the settlers in clearing places for homes, and carrying on agricultural pursuits. Mr. Winans bought a farm in Elkhart County, and erected a log cabin, in which the family made themselves very comfortable, considering the disadvantages of those early days.
In 1854 he came across the plains with a party bound for California, being about six months from the time they left the Missouri River until they arrived in the valley of San Jose. In the fall of 1855 he returned to Indiana, and one year from that time disposed of his property there, and again embarked for the Golden State, this time bringing with him his children, his wife in the meantime having died. They sailed from New York, via Panama, and arrived in San Francisco, on board the Golden Gate, about the last of November, 1856.
He located in Marin County, and bought, what he supposed at that time to have been, government land, upon which he lived a number of years, before he found that the title was not good, and was compelled to give it up. He afterward leased the place for two or three years, then changed his residence to a place near San Rafael, and finally moved into that city, where he died September 4, 1878. In the family there are four children, three daughters and one son.
David M. Winans, the subject of this sketch, lived with his father until he became of age, when he hired out to William and Sam Nay, a greater portion of the time employed in the dairy business. During the first year he was thus employed he purchased 400 acres of land near San Rafael, for a part of which he went in debt. He continued on in the employ of the Nay brothers for another year, chopping wood, and doing various other kinds of work, and all the time saving his earnings, in order to pay for his land, which he did by the close of the second year. After a time he bought twenty cows, and established a dairy on the place, remaining there two years.
He then, with Sam Nay, leased the Saise ranch, and began dairying with a hundred cows, increasing the stock from time to time, and carried on a successful business for five years, after which the stock, numbering 150 head, was sold at $55 a head. In 1870 Mr. Winans returned to Indiana, and was married, April 7, of that year, to Maria E. Newell, who was born and reared in the same neighborhood that he was, in Elkhart County. He returned to California the following year, and bought his present place in this county, about three miles from Petaluma. Mr. Winans is paying considerable attention to the raising of fruit, having about twelve acres in orchard, devoted mostly to winter apples and Bartlett pears, together with a variety of other kinds of fruit.
He has been an Odd Fellow since 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Winans have one son, William James, born January 29, 1872. Misfortune came to them in the death of their eldest child, Anna May, who was born April 8, 1871, and died March 20, 1888.

The D. N. Winan or Wiman who was enumerated as a laborer on S. A. Nay's dairy farm in Marin county in 1860 is undoubtedly David. His wife Maria Eliza Newell, was born 19 Dec 1848 in Elkhart county, the daughter of William and Harriet (Evans) Newell and died 26 Mar 1935 in Petaluma. In 1870, David and Maria were living with the Nays on their farm near Petaluma. David M. Winans bought about 23 acres of Allotment #5 of the former 16,000 acre Rancho Roblar de la Miseria (Oak of Misery Ranch) for $4000 in 1872.² By 1897 he had about 37 acres adjacent to his brother-in-law, Samuel Nay. The farm, located on Petaluma Blvd. North just north of Corona Road, had about 12 acres of apple and pear orchard in addition to other fruits. The 1880, 1900, and 1910 censuses listed them on a farm adjacent to the Nays. Maria Winans was living with her son William on a fruit farm on Main Street Road in 1920 and 1930. They had two children:
1. Anna May Winans, (1-7-1-6-5-2-2-1) born 8 Jan 1871 in CA, died 20 Mar 1888 in Petaluma.
2. William James Winans, (1-7-1-6-5-2-2-2) born 29 Jan 1872 in Petaluma, died 29 Dec 1952 in Petaluma and married 16 June 1903 in San Francisco³ Effie Mabel Cator, born 11 Nov 1881 in Oakland, the daughter of James H. and Mary A. Cator, both of New Hampshire. She died 8 Jan 1962 in Petaluma. They were general farmers. Read William's obituary. In 1930 both daughters were living with William and Effie:
  1. Effie Helen Winans, born 20 Jul 1904 in Petaluma and died 20 Jul 1972 in Petaluma. She married Orrin R. Buell about 1926. He was born 8 Apr 1902 in CA and died 3 Dec 1979 in Petaluma, the son of Ross I. Buell and Lillian Wentworth and living in Sebastopol in 1910 and 1920; works in a feed store in 1930. Orrin must have lived a very interesting life, judging by his obituary. Read Orrin's obituary. Effie and Orrin's children were:
    1. Walter Henry Buell, born 5 Sep 1927 in Sonoma county, living in Healdsburg 2008.
    2. Avis Lorene Buell, born 20 May 1929 in Sonoma county, married (1) _____ Borges, (2) _____ Loewke. Living?
    3. George Leo Buell, born 22 Feb 1937 in Petaluma, died 3 Mar 1956 in a motorcycle-truck accident at Penngrove, near Petaluma. Read George's obituary.
  2. Edith Lillian Winans, born 24 Jan 1907 in Petaluma and died 14 Jul 1988 in Sonoma county. The 1930 census indicates she married _____ Gibbs about 1926, but was living with parents in 1930. Her father's obituary implies she later married _____ Twombley.
Sarah Elizabeth Winans (1-7-1-6-5-2-3) is James and Martha Winans' second child and came to Petaluma in 1869 from Marin county. She was born 31 July 1840 in Elkhart county,⁴ and died 7 Aug 1919 in Pleasant Hill (Sebastopol). Sarah married, about 1858⁵ in California, Samuel Alfred Nay, who was born 18 Feb 1830 in Hancock, Hillsborough county, NH, and died 20 Feb 1912 in Petaluma⁶ Read Samuel's biography.
Read Samuel's obituary.
Read Sarah's obituary. Sarah and Samuel were living near San Rafael, Marin county, in 1860 on a dairy farm; 1870-1880-1900 living in Petaluma on a fruit farm;⁶ in 1910 they lived at 711 Main St. with their son Charles. Samuel Nay had extensive holdings in Sonoma County including the portion of the Rancho Roblar de la Miseria next to his brother-in-law and what became the 13-lot Nay Tract fronting on Skillman Rd. His estate was in probate for over 8 years while disputes were litigated between potential executors⁶

Sarah and Samuel had the following children:
1. Charles J. Nay, born 14 Mar 1860 in Olema, Marin county, died 1 Oct 1915 in Petaluma of a heart attack. Read Charles' obituary.
2. Heber L. Nay born 9 May 1861 in CA, died 10 Nov 1939 Santa Cruz county, married 5 Jun 1884 in Sonoma county, Mary Elpha Crippen, who was born 20 Aug 1861⁷ in MI, and died 25 Sep 1943⁷ in Del Norte county, no children. In 1920 Heber and his brother Frank and nephew Robert were living on a fruit farm on English Hill Road, west of Sebastopol.
3. Isabella Nay, born 1866 in CA, died 1870 in Petaluma.
4. Frank Gardner Nay born 25 Oct 1871 in Petaluma, died 8 Apr 1945 San Francisco, was married 15 Nov 1895 in Santa Rosa to Eda F. Cole of Glen Ellen. He married Mary Smith 27 Nov 1901 in San Francisco. She was born in CA 1 May 1873 and died in San Francisco 7 Apr 1944. The couple was separated by 1920 and divorced before 1930, living in San Francisco. Read Frank & Mary's wedding story. Frank and Mary Nay had:
  1. Alfred Nay, born 16 Sep 1902 in CA, died 30 Oct 1906, buried in Petaluma.
  2. Robert G. Nay, born 23 Jul 1906 in CA, died Sonoma county 6 Sep 1971, was living in San Francisco in 1930 with his mother, who was remarried to Paul Barkmeyer.
5. A son, Otta R. Nay, who died 2 Oct 1873 in Petaluma at 7 months of age.
Nancy Jane Winans (1-7-1-6-5-2-4) is James and Martha Winans' third child and came to Petaluma before 1870 from Marin county. She was born 28 Feb 1844 in Elkhart county, and died 21 Dec 1875 in Petaluma. Nancy married William J. Nay, a brother of Samuel, about 1863. He was born Dec 1827 in NH, and died 1 Aug 1900 in Petaluma. In 1870, Nancy Jane and William are living in Petaluma near Sarah and Samuel. He is working as a carpenter and his mother is living with them. In 1880 William is a widower living with daughter Martha. Read William's obituary. Nancy and William had the following children:
1. Martha "Mattie" A. (or E.) Nay, born 1 Aug 1863⁸ in CA, died 13 Jun 1941⁷ in Santa Clara county, married Francis "Frank" Jackson 1 Nov 1887 in Sonoma county. He was the son of Lorenzo Jackson and Eunice Clawson, was born 14 Jan 1862 in Petaluma and died after 1920. Martha and Frank had one child who died in childhood. In 1900 they were living in Petaluma with Martha's father; in 1910 and 1920 they were living in Mountain View.
2. Lillie J. Nay, died 27 Jul 1879, age 13, in Petaluma.
Hannah M. Winans (1-7-1-6-5-2-5) is James and Martha Winans' fourth child. Although there's no evidence she ever lived in Petaluma, her information is included here for the sake of completing our listing of James' descendants. Hannah was born 19 Jan 1847 in Elkhart county, and died 24 Apr 1913 in Mendocino county. She married Uriah Beerbower 29 May 1864. He was born 28 Nov 1831⁹ in Ohio, the son of Peter Beerbower and Mary Markley, and died 15 Feb 1899¹⁰ in Humboldt county. In 1870 and 1880, they are living in Humboldt county, about 250 miles north of Petaluma. In 1900 the widowed Hannah is living in Rohnerville, Humboldt county, with her two youngest sons. Rohnerville, near Fortuna, was a staging and supply area for miners, then logging.

Hannah and Uriah had the following children:
1. Nelson Horatio Beerbower, born 25 Apr 1865⁷ in CA, died 27 Feb 1949⁷ in Trinity county.
2. James Clark Beerbower, born 12 Mar 1867⁷ in CA, died 12 Feb 1957⁷ in Humboldt county. In 1910, was single and working as a woodsman at the Eel River Valley Lumber Company.
3. Mallie Emmeline Beerbower, born 27 Jan 1869⁹ in CA, died 2 Oct 1924. In 1894, Mallie married Maxwell P. Alexander, who was born 1 Apr 1853, and died 30 Jan 1930. He was the son of Robert Alexander and McKinley _____. In 1900, Mallie and Maxwell were living in South Fork, Humboldt county, with the following children:
  1. Ivan R. Alexander, born 17 Nov 1894.
  2. Neska Alexander, born 16 Jan 1896, died 29 Aug 1979 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz county. She married Andrew Basil Clark 6 Apr 1925 in Eureka, Humboldt county. He was the son of Andrew Jackson Clark and Jennie Louise Baxter. He was born 18 May 1894 in Madison Station, Madison county, MS, and died 22 Feb 1985 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz county.
  3. Eula A. Alexander was born 16 Nov 1898, died 1 Oct 1987 in Santa Cruz county. She married (1) James Carroll Doyle, who was born about 1898, and died 3 Aug 1932. She married (2) _____ Dado.
4. Markley Ashley Beerbower, born 4 Jun 1870⁹ in CA. May have died in childhood.
5. Carlin Uriah Beerbower, born 25 May 1878⁷ in CA, died 29 Jul 1949⁷ in Trinity county.
6. Orley R. Beerbower, born 8 Feb 1881⁹ in CA, died 29 Jul 1914.
This family's surname appears with a variety of spellings, but I'm going to use Beerbower, since the death certificates for Nelson, James and Carlin all spell it that way.

During the next twenty years, several other Winans families moved into Petaluma. I'm not sure whether there was any connection between their arrivals and the earlier arrival there of all four of James Winans' children, or between each other's arrival, but could it be a coincidence that, when James Edwin Winans arrived in 1882, he purchased a fruit orchard next door to David M. Winans' property?

James Lewis Winans (1-7-1-6-5-1-4) came to Petaluma before 1880 from Michigan. He is the first cousin of James Winans' children. He was born 19 June 1838¹¹ near Elkhart, IN, the son of David Clark Winans (1-7-1-6-5-1) and Amy Rollins Winans (1-5-5-1-1-5), who were fourth cousins. He died 12 June 1918 in Petaluma. On 1 Jan 1861 at Constantine, St. Joseph county, MI, he married Mary Arletta Johnson who was born 15 Feb 1843 in St. Joseph county, the daughter of Daniel H. and Magdaline (Putnam) Johnson, and died 1 Feb 1926 near Petaluma.

James was a veteran of the Civil War,¹² serving in Company D, 100th Indiana Infantry, which saw extensive service including action at Vicksburg, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Savannah. James and Arletta were living in Benton Harbor, MI in 1870, and moved to Petaluma some time before 1880. The couple was active in Petaluma's Antietam Corps, GAR and Women's Relief Corps. In the 1900 census, James is a grocer living with his wife at 656 Prospect Street, in Petaluma, where he owned JL Winans and Son, Grocers, on Main Street. By 1910, they had moved to 110 Prospect, and their divorced son Lewis was now living with the couple. Arletta Winans is living at the same address in 1920 as a widow. Read James' obituary.
Read Arletta's obituary. James and Arletta had one child:¹³
1. Lewis Johnson Winans (1-7-1-6-5-1-4-1), born 10 May 1863 in Constantine, died 7 Apr 1916 in Santa Rosa of a strangulated hernia, and is buried in Petaluma. He married Myrtle Lee Lawrence 19 Nov 1891 at her family's "elegant residence". She was born 13 Apr 1866 in Marin county, the daughter of Henry E. Lawrence and Keziah Hicklin, died 27 Sep 1957 in Sonoma county, and is buried in Petaluma. Read about Lewis and Myrtle's wedding. The Lawrence residence, whose address is now 6 Sixth Street, is a Petaluma landmark and was written up in a 7 Aug 2008 article in the Petaluma Argus-Courier. In 1900, Lewis and Myrtle were living at 865 Sixth Street, Petaluma, with their two sons. They divorced between 1900 and 1910, when Myrtle was living at 18 6th Street in Petaluma with their two sons. After working with his father as a grocer Lewis served as Chief Deputy Sonoma County Clerk for many years prior to his death. He became captain in the California Militia 5th Regiment, Company C. He attained the rank of Colonel in the 2nd Regiment of IOOF's semi-military, uniformed degree order Patriarchs Militant. Read about Lewis' election as Colonel.
  Read Lewis' obituary. Myrtle was living at the same location with son Raymond in 1920. In 1930 she lived at 16 6th Street in Petaluma. Read Myrtle's obituary. Lewis and Myrtle had the following children:
  1. Henry Lawrence Winans (1-7-1-6-5-1-4-1-1), born 16 Apr 1893 in Petaluma, died 21 Mar 1963 in Santa Rosa, unmarried. He was living in Marshalls, Marin county, in 1920 working as a railroad agent. In 1930 he was living in San Francisco, working as an engineer for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. Read Henry's obituary.
  2. Raymond Johnson "Ray" Winans (1-7-1-6-5-1-4-1-2), born 11 Mar 1898 in Petaluma, died 8 Jun 1973 in Sonoma county. He married Lulu Marian Kennedy 18 Apr 1926. She was born 10 Apr 1902 in San Francisco and died 17 Mar 1987 in Sonoma county. He was a drug store salesman in 1920. He co-owned the Butler-Winans Pharmacy on 4th Street in Santa Rosa. His California Pharmacist license was issued 20 March 1905 and Sonoma County license issued 14 December 1921. At the time Mrs. Egy was compiling her book, Ray and Lulu were living in Jenner by the Sea, California. Read Lulu's obituary. Ray and Lulu had one child:
    1. Nancy Lee Winans was born 11 Feb 1931 in Santa Rosa, died 2 May 1988 in Sonoma county, unmarried. Lived in Santa Rosa and worked as a dental hygienist. Read Nancy's obituary.
James Edwin Winans (1-7-1-6-2-7-6) came to Petaluma about 1882 from Nevada county, having come to California from Ohio during the 1860s. He is the second cousin of James' children and of James L. Winans. James was born in Ohio about 1845. After marrying Mary Virginia (Davis) Spooner in Nevada county in 1880, they moved to Petaluma. James lived there until his death in 1890 in nearby Novato; Mary and their children remained in Petaluma until moving to Oakland between 1900 and 1910. Further information on James and his descendants is available in his parents' page.
Abner Ross Winans (1-7-1-5-8-4) came to Petaluma about 1884 from Ohio. He is the second cousin of James Winans. He was born 12 Jan 1833 in Rahway, Union county, NJ and died 13 Sep 1912 in Petaluma. He was the son of Abner Ross Winans (1-7-1-5-8), born 21 Sep 1794 in Rahway, died 12 Jan 1873 in Miami county, OH, and Mary Brant. He married Mary Ann Holliday 22 Jul 1858 in IL. She was born 8 May 1836 in IL and died 25 Feb 1926 in Willows, Glenn county, CA, at the home of her daughter Gertrude. A brief biographical sketch for Abner and Mary Ann appeared on page 723 of the Concord township pages of The History of Miami County, Ohio, by G. Volney Dorsey, published 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co., of Chicago:

ABNER R. WINANS, carriage manufacturer, Troy. Abner R. Winans is a manufacturer of carriages and spring wagons, and is otherwise known by his political and religious influence in the city; he was born at Rahway, N. J., and his parents emigrated thence to Miami Co. in 1849. His marriage to Miss Mary Holliday was celebrated July 22, 1859, and their children are named respectively Nellie V., Charles A., Lulu M., Gertie and Warren. Mr. Winans' parents, Abner and Mary (Brant) Winans, were both born in Essex Co., N. J. The wife of the subject of this sketch is an Illinois lady; her mother was born in South Carolina, and her father in Virginia. Both Mr. and Mrs. Abner Winans are members of the Presbyterian Church; their home is a model of neatness, taste and skill being everywhere displayed.

Since Abner and Mary Ann celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in 1898 and since their first child was born in 1859, their marriage date must be off by one year in the biosketch.

Abner served as private in Company C, 147th Ohio Infantry Regiment (my great-grandfather served in the same regiment in Company E) as one of the Ohio "Hundred Days Men" in the Civil War and was a charter member of Petaluma's Antietam Post, GAR. In 1870 Abner and Mary Ann were living in Troy, Miami county, OH, with their four children and Abner Ross Winans, senior, where both men were wagon makers.

The couple was living in Troy in 1880 with five children. They moved to Petaluma about 1884 and were living at 738 Keokuk Street in Petaluma in 1900 with their daughters Nellie and Estelle when Abner was listed as a commercial traveler. In 1920 Mary was living alone at 210 Keokuk Street, a widow; she was also recorded in Sacramento living with her daughter Luella. Read about Abner and Mary Ann's 40th anniversary.
Read Abner's obituary.
Read Mary Ann's obituary. Abner and Mary Ann's children were:
1. Nellie Virginia Winans (1-7-1-5-8-4-1), born 2 Jul 1859 in IL, died 5 Jun 1935 in Los Angeles county. She married Henry Ross Coate, as his second wife, about 1882. He was born 18 Feb 1851 in Ludlow Falls, Miami county, OH, and died 9 Feb 1920 in Los Angeles county. In 1900 he was a commercial traveler, in 1910 and 1920 he ran a wholesale dry goods business in Los Angeles. In 1930 Virginia Coate was a widow living in Los Angeles.
  
  Nellie and Henry had one child:
  1. Maybelle Gertrude Coate, born 18 Mar 1883 in CA, died 10 Sept 1948 in Los Angeles county. Gertrude married Frank Winnifred Huddel about 1904. He was a dentist, born about 1873 in VA, died 18 Jun 1906 in Los Angeles county. Maybelle and Frank had one child:
    1. Harry Coate Huddel, born 12 Jan 1908 [this date and that of his dad's death can't both be right!] in Los Angeles county, died 19 Jun 1953 in Los Angeles county. About 1929, he married Virginia W. _____, born about 1908 in CA. In 1930 this couple was living in Beverly Hills and Harry was working as a stockbroker. They weren't living in one of the wealthier hilly neighborhoods though, but in an apartment in the flat area south of Santa Monica Blvd. Their census page lists their neighbors as actors, actresses and cameramen in the motion picture industry, as well as office workers and engineers. Since the stock market had just taken its historic dive six months earlier and the Great Depression was already underway, we must wonder how long this young man was able to keep working as a broker.
2. Charles Albert Winans (1-7-1-5-8-4-2), born 31 Aug 1862 in Miami county and died 2 Jan 1943 in Santa Clara county, CA. He married Gertrude E. Morse about 1893. Gertrude was born about 1866 in IL and died after 1930. She was living in St. Joseph, Berrien county, MI, in 1880, the daughter of William M. and Mary A. Morse. They were in San Jose in 1910 and Gilroy in 1920 and 1930 where he owned a dry goods store.
3. Luella May Winans (1-7-1-5-8-4-3), born 31 Mar 1864 in Miami county and died 22 Apr 1931 in Alameda county. She married Frank Barnes Dickson 1 Jan 1890 in Petaluma. He was a salesman, born 9 Mar 1866 in CA and died 3 Jan 1944 in Alameda county. He was the son of David Symes Dickson and Sarah Frances Barnes. Luella and Frank were living in San Francisco in 1900, in Oakland in 1910 and Sacramento in 1920 and 1930.
  
  Luella and Frank had one child:
  1. Nella G. Dickson, born 30 Sept 1890 in CA, died 10 May 1981 in Alameda county. She married Lester Baxter about 1923. He was born 1889 in CA and died after 1930, when they were living in Oakland where he was a Post Office supervisor.
4. Estelle Gertrude Winans (1-7-1-5-8-4-4), born 13 Jan 1868 in Miami county and died 10 Sep 1947 in Glenn county. She was enumerated twice in the 1900 census, first as a "millinery saleswoman" in San Francisco with her sister Luella Dickson, then again a few days later with her parents in Petaluma as a "milliner". About 1910, she married David C. Tucker, who was born Mar 1857 in Tennessee and died 27 May 1934 in Glenn county. He was the son of Coleman Tucker and Emily C_____. David was an undertaker living in Fresno in 1900 and they were living in Willows in 1910 and 1930. He was the Glenn County Coroner as of 1926.
5. Warren Clifford Winans (1-7-1-5-8-4-5), born 16 Dec 1872 Miami county, died 29 Dec 1908 in Santa Clara county. He married Ellen (or Ella) Elberg 30 Apr 1906. She was born Oct 1882 in CA, was living in San Luis Obispo county in 1900, and died 10 Mar 1916 in Santa Clara county. He was living in Nevada City, NV, a dry goods salesman in 1900. His widow Ellen was living in San Jose with brother-in-law Charles A. Winans in 1910.
  
  Warren and Ellen had one child:
  1. Marion Clifford Winans, born about 1908 in CA, died 19 Dec 1939 in Alameda county. Marion was living with maternal grandparents Martin and Philena Elberg, both born in Denmark, in San Jose in 1920. She was living with her grandfather in San Jose in 1930.

Winans Families in Petaluma