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REV. FRANZ WINTER, pastor of St. Agatha’s Church, Meadville, was born October 11, 1840, in Haste, near Osnabruck, kingdom of Hanover. He attended the parish school from seven to fourteen years of age, and the Gymnasium Carolinum at Osnabruck. In 1872 Mr. Winter came to America. For four years he attended St. Vincent College, near Latrobe, Westmoreland Co., Penn. He was ordained priest August 24, 1876, and served for a short time at Meadville, Penn. On September 24, 1876, he took charge of the newly erected St. Elizabeth Church at Corry, Penn., which was dedicated for divine worship that day. Since the end of October, 1883, our subject has been transferred from Corry to St. Agatha’s Church, Meadville. History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 775 .
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