The Charles Winter family moved to Barnes County in 1945 from Sioux County. Charles Winter was of German extraction; his family having come to Iowa from Germany.

His wife, Hazel Hony, had come to North Dakota with her parents in 1906 settling in Emmons County. At that time there were six children in the family and five more were born in North Dakota.

Seven children were born to Charles and Hazel Winter: James, Helen (Mrs. Ralph Noeske), Richard, William, Charlotte (Mrs. Russell McKay), Delores and Joseph, who died in infancy.

Charles Winter passed away in 1962.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 271