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Other individuals have collected information and reported about the Vinge (Winge) families in Laq qui Parle County, Minnesota. My information is much less complete but I'll try to provide information they did not include or provide different insights using their and my information.
PREVIOUS RESEARCH
Otto G. Winge
1880 U. S. Census:
Otto G. Winge is listed in Wanamingo Township, Goodhue County, as a "farmer", with his wife Anne who was "keeping house". Also listed with them were a daughter, Matilda age 3 and a daughter, Gita, age 1. Ole Olaug, a farm laborer age 21 was also listed.
During our August 2005 trip following we found many gravestones at Hegre cemetery including many from the family named Olaug. On one of the gravestones was "Ole Olaug, 1859-1936". The ages match and this could easily be the Ole Olaug who was working for Ole G. Winge in Wanamingo in 1880.
AUGUST 2005 GENEALOGY TRIP
Following is a collection of information as a result of a genealogy research trip in August of 2005 to Madison, Minnesota , the county seat of Laq qui Parle county where we visited the historical society, the court house and Hegre cemetery.
The Winge families were considered "Pioneer Settlers" in Lac qui Parle county. When Mathias' son Henry O. Winge died, the newspaper article about the funeral was titled "Old Settler is called by death". When Mathias' brother Ole G. Winge (Ola Grieson) died, the article about the funeral included the following: "Ole G. Winge, one of the early settlers of Lac qui Parle county, died . . . . "
Mathias' and Johanna's graves are in the very southwest corner of the Hegre cemetery. There is a large standing monument with just the name Winge and then 3 gravestones laid even with the ground in front of the larger monument. The graves are Mathias, his wife Johanna and John P. Winge (a son) who died at the age of 19. The church is no longer there, but a small scale replica church is in its place. There are 6 pews (3 on each side) and a baptismal font inside.
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