Obit Sunday -- Andrew F. Wenkel 1900-1979

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois)
Thu, Aug 30, 1979 ·  Page 48
Downloaded on Apr 7, 2017
from Newspapers.com

Andrew Charles Wenkel is how I have his name.  His obituary, as you can see, has him with the middle initial of F.  It has to be a typographical error, since everything else in the obituary is correct.

Since he is the brother of my grandfather August Wenkel, Andrew is my grand-uncle.

Andrew Charles Wenkel 3-gen Pedigree
from Ancestry.com

He married Emile M. Logan who was about 3 years older than he was.  He is found in 1910, 1920, 1930 censuses, and we'll get to those in another post.

You can find him in the Social Security Death Index on Ancestry.com.  He last lived in Glencoe Illinois, and his card was first issued between 1957-1959 in Illinois.

He is buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois, plot 12.  The FindaGrave.com Memorial# 25470133.

Andrew F. Wenkel gravestone

Sacred heart Cemetery
Northbrook, Cook IL
from FindaGrave.com

Does anybody know why he is Andrew Charles in some places and Andrew F. in others?  Comment below, or contact me using the form on the right.  
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Ancestry.com. (1957-1959). US Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA. Retrieved 2017, from Number 337-34-6190; Issued Illinois, 1957-1959.

Winslow, L. (2008, March 23). Andrew F. Wenkel Memorial# 25470133. Retrieved May 31, 2017, from Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25470133&ref=acom

Newspaper Wednesday -- Charles Wenkel 1867

Charles Wenkel, in a German Newspaper

Minnesota Staats-Zeitung (Saint Paul, Minnesota) ·  Sat, Jul 6, 1867 ·  Page 7Downloaded on Mar 2, 2017 from Newspapers.com

Charles Wenkel 1867.  
I found this as I spent several weeks data-mining for anything Wenkel-related.

Is this YOUR Wenkel?

Travel Tuesday -- August Wenkel 1861-1954

1887 Immigration Card for August, Sophie and Lina Wenkel

I found this really cool immigration document.  It is cool because of the information this document provides.  Yes, I have already posted about August, Sophia and Lena's immigration using the Ship's manifest for the proof.  That is cool, too, and you can see it here.  Images of those documents are found in these following links:

• 1887 Immigration Manifest Part 1
• 1887 Immigration Manifest Part 2
• 1887 Passenger Ship Donau from http://fdpiech.tripod.com/ships/ssdonau.htm

But now I include this 1887 Immigration card.   Some information I can glean from this card is that it was filled out much later, sometime after 1937.  How can I tell that?  Good question.  See the very tippy top left where it says "Stand, Paint. & Litho. Co. Balto.?  Right after that is the date.  About this time, as part of the Conservation Corps program during or after the Great Depression, people were hired to index and categorize historical documents.  Someone who was grateful for a paying job read all the ship manifests and put the names down on cards, which were then alphabetized.  This is the most efficient method when there are no computers.

So, what else can we find?  Not much more than we already know.  August Wenkel age 26, male, Farmer from Germany, destined for the United States.  He came with Sofie age 23 and Lina age 10 months.  How difficult would it be to have an infant in a crowded ship for a month?  Was the ship crowded?  Did they get enough food and sunlight?  Did they get sick?

They entered through Baltimore Maryland on 24 May 1887, disembarking the ship Donau.

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Wedding Wednesday -- William and Dora Wenkel Hohlfelder

3 generation pedigree Dora Wenkel Hohlfelder
from Ancestry.com

Dora Wenkel was the sixth child born to August and Sophia Rohrsen Wenkel.  Sixth child, fourth daughter.  She was born in February 1893 in Standish Michigan, and was 27 years old when she married William Hohlfelder.

William and Dora Wenkel Hohlfelder wedding
June 1920, Standish Michigan
photo used by permission of Christi Adams

Above is the clan gathered at their wedding.  I would love to be able to identify everyone else, because my grandfather must be included.  After all, he would have been a young man of 22.

June 1920 Marriage Record
William and Dora Wenkel Hohlfelder

Notice, if you will, William's occupation as Dairyman.  When August P. Wenkel was drafted in 1918 for World War I, he listed his occupation as a Milk Hauler for Bay Buttery.  Perhaps these two young men were friends, and August introduced William to his older sister?

1920 Marriage Record, Arenac County

William and Dora Wenkel Hohlfelder Wedding party
1920, Standish Michigan
photo used by permission of Christi Adams