Damhead has since been renamed Glenfarg, Scotland [2873]. This is within the county of Perth, but the birth was registered in the parish of Arngask, which is based in the county of Fife.
Homesteaded on land near Ft. Qu’Appelle, NWT (present day Saskatchewan), 1890.

Was member of:
Assiniboine Lodge A.F. & A.M.;
Royal Arch Masons;
Portage Lodge No.3, I.O.O.F.
St. Andrew's Society [24]

On 29 June 1881, David Winton and his bride of only eight days, Catherine, boarded the Allan Line vessel, S.S. Manitoban, at the port of Glasgow, and sailed for Quebec, Canada, landing there 10 July 1881. From the passenger list it is noted that Catherine gave her name, not as Mrs. Winton, but as "Cath. JOHNSTON." And it appears that Catherine's brother, Richard, also travelled with them, and his name in the list appears as "JOHNSTONE" (the family's name in Scottish records appeared variously as Johnson or Johnston). The cost of passage is not known exactly, but an advertisement regarding the ship's departures from Londonderry, Ireland, indicates a steerage passenger rate of six pounds and six shillings, as of November of that same year. It may have been slightly higher from Glasgow. [2769], [2770], [2771]

I was fortunate to discover a published account of a voyage on that very same steamship, taken just two years prior, by a man named Hugh Bryce. He tells of the departure from Mavisbank Quay, on the River Clyde in Glasgow. Stormy weather at the start of his voyage resulted in seasickness amongst most of the passengers for the first few days. He described the other passengers as mostly "workers connected with the building trades -- masons, joiners, labourers ... bound for Canada on pure speculation, owing to the wretched state of trade at home." On the Wintons' voyage in 1881, Catherine's brother, Richard, was listed as a "Joiner," which was known from other records; and although David Winton was also a joiner (carpenter), for some reason he was recorded in the passenger list as a farmer.

Bryce described how the passengers occupied their time with such activities as dancing, curling, listening to music played on the concertina and violin, playing cards, or just watching other ships on the horizon. Thick fog was encountered as the ship approached Newfoundland and in spite of constant monitoring from the bow of the ship, they narrowly missed a large ship crossing in front of them. Arrival at Quebec was achieved on the eleventh day of sailing, only a day faster than the Wintons' voyage. Most passengers went straight from the ship to Point Levi Railway Station, to continue on to the interior of Canada. Given that Hugh Winton was born in Toronto in 1882, that is probably where the Wintons traveled from Quebec. Based on Mr. Bryce's account, the train tickets were most likely free to immigrants. [2772]

Last listing for David Winton in the Toronto City Directory was the 1885 edition. [2789] Sometime between then and 2 Aug 1886 (when son, David, was born), he moved to Fort Qu’Appelle, Qu’Appelle Valley, NWT [Saskatchewan], Canada.
As of 20 Jul 1897 David & Catherine lived at 21 Ninth Street, N.W., Portage la Prairie, MB, Canada. [140]
As of 12 Jul 1906 David & Catherine lived on Curtis Street, Portage la Prairie, MB, Canada. [146] (Curtis is now 10th St. NW)
Address at time of death was 60 Tupper Street South, Portage la Prairie, MB, Canada. [193]

David’s death certificate does not match the birth register for the date of birth. But the marriage record is consistent with birth in 1857. David’s daughter, Jessie, always believed that her father had died on his 75th birthday and both his death certificate and gravestone inscription repeat that mistaken notion. It would appear that the entire family was mistaken about David’s date of birth. The origin of this mistake has not been identified, though the earliest record of the error is in Source [137]. His age at the time of immigration is consistent with a birth year of 1857. [2769]

A search for any possible probate records of David Winton was done in July, 2009, but no such records were found. The search was performed by a research assistant at the Manitoba Archives in Winnipeg.