George Woodruff Winans

1873 - 1964  (90 years)

• Name	George Woodruff Winans  [1]
  Birth	25 Aug 1873	Brooklyn, Kings, NY   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Mar 1964	Jamaica, Queens, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I6665	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	James Woodruff Winans,   b. 25 Jun 1846, Hillside, Union, New Jersey, United States d. 4 Sep 1875 (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Joanna Elizabeth Ludlam,   b. 21 Sep 1840, New York, United States d. 23 Mar 1942, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 101 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1870	Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States
  Family ID	F3150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jessie Rose Hawkins, <,   b. 23 Sep 1880, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	8 Sep 1904	Port Jefferson, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Children	1. Ruth Lee Winans, <,   b. 25 Apr 1906, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Ca d. Mar 1989 (Age 82 years)   2. David Woodruff Winans, <,   b. 27 Feb 1910, Los Angeles, CA d. 10 Jul 1995 (Age 85 years)   3. Paul Ludlam Winans, <,   b. 1 Jan 1915, New York, United States d. 19 Jun 1996, Yolo, California, United States (Age 81 years)   4. Virginia Ross Winans, <,   b. 22 Nov 1917   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Robert Foster Winans, Sr.,   b. 23 Nov 1917, Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States d. 1 Apr 1987, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F3149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  George Woodruff Winans was a graduate of Pratt Institute, and after some building and mercantile experience he entered the U.S. Postal Service as a letter carrier in Jamaica, Queens, NY, 1 Apr 1896, the date free delivery was established there. He held the same position in Los Angeles, CA from 1904 to 1913. He returned to Jamaica in 1913 and resumed his former position, which he held until his retirement, 28 Feb 1934. He was president of the Jamaica Branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers and member from 1918 to 1931 of the Local Federal Service Board. He wrote the history of the First Presbyterian Church of Jamaica of which he and his wife were members. He was a member of the Long Island, New Jersey, Suffolk county and Nassau county Historical societies. They were active in the church and Sunday School in Jamaica.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Susan H. Carmiencke and Bayard C. Carmiencke, compiled by., A Hawkins genealogy supplement; volume II. Record of the descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (Baltimore : Published for The Hawkins Association by Gateway Press, c2, p. 192. [S44] Various, WorldConnect Multiple Databases (RootsWeb.Com. The individual databases at this internet site regularly change, and therefore a reference to a specific database may not be valid at a future date. This general reference to Rootsweb Worldc, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=winans&id=I2128.