Résumé

Cabinet maker, San Francisco, CA. c. 1900.

Principal, H.H. Winner, Company, Architect, San Francisco, CA, c. 1918-1925. In 09/1918, Winner had an office in the Humboldt Bank Building in San Francisco. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Marin County Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 04/08/2025.)

Relocation

Although numerous sources listed his place of birth as the State of IL, the bank architect Herman Henry Winner was likely born in Badbergen, Bersenbrück, Hannover, Germany on 04/03/1874. Records indicated his baptism on 05/05/1874 in that city, the son of Hermann Heinrich Winner and Anna Catharina Margaretha Winner. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Custodian: Evangelische Kirche Badbergen (Kr. Bersenbrück); Film Number: 1272915 Source Information Ancestry.com. Kingdom of Hannover and Province of Hannover, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1684-1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016, accessed 04/08/2025.)

The 1900 US Census located Herman Winner living with his wife Lily at 22 Norfolk Street in San Francisco, CA. This census listed his occupation as "cabinet maker." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 102; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0095, accessed 04/08/2025.)

Some sources indicated that his first name was "Henry," reflecting, perhaps, his emphasis of this more English-sounding name during a period of anti-German sentiment in the 1910s.

By 1910, after his first wife Lily's death, Winner lodged with Max and Gertrude Lichtenstein at 1318 Haight Street in San Francisco. His wife Lily was not listed by the census as living with him at the time. Max worked as a bookkeeper at a woodworking company in San Francisco. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 37, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_99; Page: 5a; Enumeration District: 0173; FHL microfilm: 1374112, accessed 04/08/2025.)

Although he lived and worked in San Francisco for his early years in CA, Winner changed his place of residence to Ross in Marin County during the 1910s. He resided on the same street in that town for about forty years, before moving to Kentfield at the end of his life.

In 09/1918, he resided in Ross, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Marin County Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 04/08/2025.) The 1920 US Census found Winner residing on Shady Lane in Ross with his wife and two daughters.

He lived on Shady Lane near Bolinas Avenue in 1930. The Winner house had an approximate value of $10,000 in that year, more than most surrounding dwellings. A nearby resident was James A. Magee (born c. 1874 in CA), also an architect, who lived at 9 Bolinas Avenue. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Ross, Marin, California; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2339911, accessed 04/08/2025.)

In 1953, he and Alma resided on Shady Lane in Ross. CA. (See San Rafael, California, City Directory, 1952-1953, p. 278.)

Winner diedat the Norman Rest Home in Kentfield, CA, at the age of 88.(See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 04/08/2025.)

Parents

The architect's father was also named Herman H. Winner.

Anna M. Mueller was his mother. The 1900 US Census indicated that both of his parents had immigrated to the US from Germany. The 1930 US Census listed his father being from Holland, and his mother, Germany.

Spouse

Winner married twice during his lifetime.

He wed Lily Markley (born 09/04/1875 in OH-d. 09/25/1903 in San Francisco, CA) c. 1897. She died about six years later of chronic kidney disease in San Francisco's Taylor Sanatorium. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images, accessed 04/08/2025.)

He later married Mary Alma McPhun (born 12/13/1883 in CA-d. 12/02/1962 in Marin County, CA) by about 1910. According to the 1920 US Census, Alma's father had been Chilean (whose native language was English), and her mother, English. Herman was about ten years older than Alma.

Children

He and Alma had two daughters, Margarethe Winner Anderson (born 08/11/1911 in CA-d. 10/21/1984 in Marin County, CA) and Elizabeth Helen Winner Murray (born 01/09/1913 in Los Angeles County, CA-d. 01/21/2010 in CA)

Margarethe married Harry C. Anderson on 08/16/1958 in Marin County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013, accessed 04/08/2025.)

Elizabeth married Jack Arthur Murray (born 05/01/1912 in Echo, UT).

Biographical Notes

In 1886, a "Herman Winner," aged 11, sailed from Bremen, Germany to New York, NY, arriving in the latter city on 09/01/1886. His destination was listed on the passenger ship Elbe’s manifest as "IL." It indicated that this Herman had been born in Germany. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; Microfilm Serial or NAID: M237; RG Title: Records of the U.S. Customs Service; RG: 36, accessed 04/08/2025.)

His World War I draft registration card described Winner as Caucasian, with blue eyes and medium brown hair. It noted he was tall with a medium build. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Marin County Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 04/08/2025.) SSN: 565-56-6167.