Alvena Marie Wenkel Schnetzer 1889-1975 part 6

Alvena Marie Wenkel Schnetzer 1889-1975

Part 6, 1950s, age 60-69

Mini Pedigree from Ancestry.com

1949 age 60

Alvena Wenkel Schnetzer 1949 Directory, Montclair NJ

Alvena M. Schnetzer living with husband John.  Auto Repr(?) at  91 Greenwood Avenue, and living at 182 Wildwood Avenue, Montclair New Jersey

Source information:  Ancestry.com.  US City Directories, 1822-1995 [database online].  Provo, UT:  Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

1951 age 62

death of father August Frederich Andreas Wenkel, October, Standish MI

1951 age 62

Alvena Wenkel Schnetzer 1951 Directory Montclair NJ

Alvena M. Schnetzer, husband John's auto repr business address at 91 Greenwood Avenue, but their residence is Inq Do ????, Montclair New Jersey

Source information:  Ancestry.com.  US City Directories, 1822-1995 [database online].  Provo, UT:  Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

1953 age 64

Alvena Wenkel Schnetzer 1953 Directory Montclair NJ

Alvena M. Schnetzer with husband John at Asbury Township???, Montclair New Jersey.  I suspect they did not move, rather that the town boundaries moved around them.  Johns auto repr remains at 91 Greenwood Avenue.

Source information:  Ancestry.com.  US City Directories, 1822-1995 [database online].  Provo, UT:  Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

1957 age 68

Alvena Wenkel Schnetzer 1957 Directory Montclair NJ

Alvena M. Schnetzer living with John at Asbury Township, Montclair New Jersey, his auto repr business at 91 Greenwood Avenue

Source information:  Ancestry.com.  US City Directories, 1822-1995 [database online].  Provo, UT:  Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

Alvena Marie Wenkel Schnetzer 1889-1975 part 5

Alvena Marie Wenkel Schnetzer 1889-1975

Part 5, 1940s, age 50-59

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1939 age 50

John Schnetzer has his auto repr (repair? reposession?) address 91 Greenwood Avenue, their home is 35 Grenada Place in Montclair New Jersey.

1939 John and Alvena Wenkel Schnetzer residence
Montclair NJ directory

John Schnetzer Auto Business
91 Greenwood Avenue, Montclair NJ
Google Maps Image 2017

Source information:  Ancestry.com.  US City Directories, 1922-1995 [database online].  Provo, UT:  Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011

1940 age 50

L-R 1939-1940 Alvina, Celia, Frieda, Anna, Marilyn, Dora Wenkel
used with permission from Marianne McCarthy

This photo was uploaded to the Wenkel Family facebook group by Marianne McCarthy, with permission to use.  Marianne is Frieda's granddaughter.

1940 age 50

John and Alvina Wenkel Schnetzer 1940 Census
Montclair NJ
from Ancestry.com

In this 1940 census, Alvena Schnetzer looks like it's written as "Albena."  She's 51 years old, living with her 38 year old husband and her two boys, ages 11 and 8.  The live at 35 Grenda Place, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, she same place she lived in in 1935.  

Source Citation -- Ancestry.com.  1940 United States Federal Census [database online].  Provo, Utah.  Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2012.  Original data USA Bureau of the Census, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Washington DC.  National Archives and Records Administration 1940, T627, 4,653 rolls.

1941 age 52

John J. Schnetzer apparently has two auto businesses, one at 152 Valley Road and an auto repr (repair?) at 91 Greenwood Avenue.  He and Alvena M. live at 35 Grenada Place, Montclair NJ.

John and Alvena Wenkel Schnetzer 1941 Directory
Montclair New Jersey

Source information:  Ancestry.com.  US City Directories, 1922-1995 [database online].  Provo, UT:  Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011

Alvena Wenkel Schnetzer 1941
182 Wildwood Ave Montclair NJ
Google Maps Image November 2016

I love the way this house looks now.  It must have been a great move for this family

1947 age 58

Alvena Wenkel Schnetzer 1947 Directory, Montclair NJ

Alvena M. Schnetzer living with husband at 182 Wildwood Avenue, Montclair New Jersey.  John has his business still at 91 Greenwood Avenue.  He has an employee, Otto Schnetzer, who may be his brother or nephew?

Source information:  Ancestry.com.  US City Directories, 1822-1995 [database online].  Provo, UT:  Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

1948 age 59

death of mother Sophia Rohrsen Wenkel in Standish MI

Alvena Marie Wenkel Schnetzer 1889-1975 part 4

Alvena Marie Wenkel Schnetzer 1889-1975

Part 4, 1930s, age 40-49

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1930 age 41

Alvena Wenkel Schnetzer, 1930 Montclair NJ Census

Name is Alvena Schnetzer, born about 1890, married white female living in 35 Grenada Place, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey.  She was first married age 33, able to read and write, living with husband, 27 year old John Schnetzer ***I didn't realize the age difference*** and 1 year old son Norman.

Source Citation -- 1930 Montclair, Essex, New Jersey.  Roll 1332, Page 7B, ED 0541, FHL microfilm: 2341067

Ancestry.com.  1920 United States Federal Census [database online].  Provo, UT, USA.  Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010.  Images reproduced by Family Search

Alvena Wenkel Schnetzer 1930 Residence
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1931 age 42

 Alvena's second son is born, Arnold Paul Schnetzer, 22 August 1931 in NJ

1937 age 48

John Jacob Schnetzer Naturalization 1937

Okay, while this isn't Alvena Wenkel's naturalization record (since she is natural born citizen, she and her sons are mentioned in her husband's naturalization petition.  Again, they live at 35 Grenada Place, Montclair NJ.  It looks like John's actual signature.  John was Swiss.  It is possible that, since part of Switzerland spoke a dialect of German, they had something in common.  (Well, of COURSE they had something in common!  They were married for a very long time.)

Alvena Marie Wenkel Schnetzer 1889-1975 part 3

Alvena Marie Wenkel Schnetzer 1889-1975

Part 3, 1920s, age 30-39

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1920s age 31

Alvena Wenkel detail about 1910
about age 20 with sisters
from Christi Adams

1920 age 31

Alvena Wenkel 1920 census

Name listed as Alva Wenkel, age 29, born about 1891????    She lived on 5th street, Bay, Michigan.  She is working as a servant for the Smith family.  The age difference is about 3 years.  She may have fudged the birth date, but more likely, the Smith family guestimated her birth year by her age.

Source Citation -- 1920 Bay Ward 2, Bay, Michigan, Roll T625_755; Page 17A, ED 57

Ancestry.com.  1920 United States Federal Census [database online].  Provo, UT, USA.  Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010.  Images reproduced by Family Search

1924 age 35

14 September marries John Jacob Schnetzer in Montclair, Essex New Jersey.  Wonder how they met?  Was she a maid at their house?

1928 age 39

The birth of her first son, Norman John Schnetzer on Christmas Eve in Glen Ridge, Essex, NJ.  In today's times, she would have been considered an Elderly mother.