Wintherlich, Hans J. (1843-1920)

WINTHERLICH

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 1/27/2009 at 13:34:10

Hans Julius Wintherlich
(born 1843, Denmark, last residence, Omaha, NE, in 1920, age 78)

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.61, Council Bluffs)
H. J. Wintherlich, manufacturer of iron shot, Council Bluffs, is a native of Denmark, born in 1843. He emigrated to the United States; came to Chicago in 1873, and thence to Council Bluffs in 1880. He enlisted, in Denmark, in the Sixth Battery of Artillery, and held the rank of Lieutenant. He has always been in the foundry business. He and his brother have invented a process for making iron shot, and with several other gentlemen, principally of Council Bluffs, have entered into the manufacture of the same. He has also patented a process for securing complete ventilation for houses. He was married in Denmark in 1866, and has three children. Mr. Wintherlich is an accomplished linguist; speaking six different languages.