Paul C. Winkelmann, conducting business at 354 Dixwell avenue, under the name of the Garden Drug Company, was born April 14, 1872, at Holyoke, Massachusetts. His father, Charles Winkelmann, now deceased, came to America in boyhood and in 1860 went direct to Massachusetts, settling at Holyoke, where, during the greater period of his life he was engaged in the drug business, remaining active in that field to the time of his death in 1896, when he was fifty-two years of age, his birth having occurred in 1844. He was quite successful in his business undertakings and thus provided a comfortable living for his family of nine children, six sons and three daughters, five of whom are yet living. The sons have all followed in their father's business footsteps, becoming chemists.
     Paul C. Winkelmann attended the public schools of his native city and also a private German school. He was first connected with the Young Men's Christian Association star course of western Massachusetts in musical lines and gave five concerts in the Holyoke City Hall, which netted him over one thousand two hundred dollars. He was also, during this period, with his father in the drug store until he attained his majority, and there learned the drug business. He possessed, however, marked musical talent, which thorough study has developed, and he is proficient in the use of ten musical instruments. He lived next door to the parents of Eva Tanguay and gave a testimonial benefit in the Holyoke Opera House for her, she being then a child actress. This was before she joined the Redding-Stanton Company, and she belonged to the musical company of which Mr. Winkelmann was the head. On attaining his majority he discontinued his musical career and since then has confined his efforts to the drug business. In 1909 he came to New Haven and was first employed by William H. Hull, at the corner of State and Chapel streets, there remaining for four years. In October, 1914, his present drug store was established by a corporation, but in 1915 Mr. Winkelmann purchased the entire interest of the company and has since conducted the business as an individual concern, having today the largest suburban drug store in New England. It is modern in every detail. It is supplied with fine fixtures and all the latest equipment, and his patronage is now very extensive.
     In Springfield, Massachusetts. .June 28, 1893, Mr. Winkelmann was united in marriage to Miss Lena Dubuque, a native of Detroit. Michigan, and a descendant of one of the first settlers of Dubuque, Iowa, for whom the city was named. Mr. and Mrs. Winkelmann have become parents of four children: Charles Paul, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, January 30, 1895; Ethel P., born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, February 21, 1897; Lester Edward, born in Meriden, Connecticut, November 30, 1903; and Ruth Eleanor, born in New Haven, May 12, 1916. The eldest son married Hazel Tolles, a native of New Haven, and they have one child, Roy Edward.
     Mr. Winkelmann casts an independent ballot. He is a member of the New Haven Druggists' Association and also of the Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to the local organization of the Modern Woodmen of America and to the Royal Arcanum, and he is a member of the Calvary Baptist church. He was one of the organizers and became a charter member of Company L, of the Second Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard. He is interested in all that pertains to the welfare of his community, his commonwealth and his country. and he stands for progressiveness in all that has to do with business life.