Named in 1905 for Winona County, MN. The street’s subdivider, William Clague (1864-1931), had resided in Winona for seven years and was feeling nostalgic. Clague, originally from the Isle of Man, came to Minnesota in 1891 and was ordained a Methodist minister that October; he would represent the townships of Pleasant Hill in Winona and Money Creek in nearby Houston County. Just one week after his ordination, Rev. Clague married fellow Isle of Man immigrant Alice Gelling (1862-1941). I couldn’t discern whether they had known each other in their homeland but they would live in Winona’s Hillsdale township and beget four kids (see Mona Boulevard). In October 1898, Clague was reassigned to a Methodist church in Mower County, MN, some 70 miles away. He served there for almost exactly one year and then brought his family to California.
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