Showing posts with label Standish Michigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Standish Michigan. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

August and Sophia Wenkel family, photos and miscellany





August and Sophia Rohrsen Wenkel family, about 1910
permission granted from Christi Adams

August and Sophia Rohrsen Wenkel family
Standish Michigan, original photo

August and Sophia Rohrsen Wenkel Family about 1900
used with permission from Christi Adams

Original photo

August and Sophia Rohrsen Wenkel, about 1920?
used with permission from Christi Adams


1947 August and Sophia Wenkel family reunion


1929 Ship manifest including August Wenkel
I don't know if this August Wenkel is my August Wenkel.  Historically, German immigrants often made several trips back to the homeland, but this seems a bit late for my August.  so, #NotMyWenkel



Wednesday, June 7, 2017

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


Monday, May 29, 2017

Memorial Monday -- Wenkel Family on Facebook


Wenkel Family on Facebook
The Wenkel Family reunion will be August 2018 somewhere near Standish Michigan.  Contact the Facebook page to join and to ask questions.

You would not believe the quilt somebody made, it is a fantastic rainbow, with each child and descendants assigned a colour.

These quilt photos are used with permission of the owner, Kevin Smith, Grandson of Fred Wenkel.  Thank you, Kevin, for your generosity.

The lettering is difficult to see in the lighter-coloured outer segments, but two women put in a lot of hard work on this piece of historical art.  Bertha Wenkel Peppel (daughter of August and Sophia Wenkel) and Eileen Wenkel Partlo (daughter of Fred Wenkel) worked on this big boy.  It is, according to Kevin, 7 feet tall and 6 feet wide.

There will actually be a reunion in Standish Michigan in 2018.  If you are a cousin, plan to go!  You can contact them through the Facebook link above, or contact me using the form to the right.

Enjoy, and don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss any delicious posts in the future.

  • Karoline (Lena) Wenkel Peppel 1886-1975
    • Carolyn, 1911-1998
    • William 1912-1964
    • Herbert John 1915-1966
    • Elinor Peppel Welton 1917-2007
    • Geraldine Peppel Rhine 1920-1991
Lena, children, grandchildren
  • Fred Felix Wenkel 1887-1969
    • Velinda Wenkel Boetefuer 1918-2007
    • Hershal Wenkel 1920-1929
    • Doris Wenkel 1921-1983
    • Esther Wenkel Eland 1922-1978
    • Eileen Wenkel Partlo
    • Clarence Wenkel 1930-2013
    • Ernest Wenkel
    • Robert Wenkel

Fred, children and grandchildren
  • Alvena Wenkel Schnetzer 1889-1975
    • Norman Schnetzer 1928-1989
    • Arnold Schnetzer 1931-2008
  • Anna Wenkel Straub 1891-1972
Anna and Alvena, children and grandchildren


  • Dora Wenkel Hohlfelder 1893-1981
    • Ellen Hohlfelder 1921-2011
    • William Hohlfelder II 1923-2011
    • Ronald Hohlfelder 1926-2014
    • Marilyn Hohlfelder
Dora, children and grandchildren
  • Bertha Wenkel Peppel 1894-1990
    • Lucille Peppel 1920-1994
    • Otto Lee Peppel 1921-2003
    • Marshall O. Peppel 1923-2001
    • Elizabeth Peppel Marlow Butterfield 1924-1999
    • Priscilla Peppel LeMire 1926-2013
    • Barbara R. Peppel 1926-2013
    • Martha Lou Peppel

Bertha, children and Grandchildren

  • Frieda Wenkel Jost 1896-1978
    • Benjamin Jost 1920-1920
    • Esther Jost 1921-2013
    • Kenneth W. Jost 1922-2004
    • Wallace A. Jost 1924-2008
    • Edward Roy Jost 
    • Evelyn Elizabeth Jost 1928-1993
    • Gladys M. Jost

Frieda, children and grandchildren


  • Celia Wenkel Schinler Loesch 1897-1997
    • Rosemary Schinler 1922-1922
    • Helen Schinler Ehrler 1923-2007
    • Raymond Schinler 1926-2000




  • August Paul Wenkel 1898-1973
    • Laurence P. Wenkel I 1932-1999
    • Laura Grace Wenkel 1932-1991
    • Lester Wenkel
    • Ruth Wenkel
    • Nancy Irene Wenkel 1943-2005
  • Andrew Wenkel 1900-1979

August and part of Andrew, children and grandchildren

  • Sophia Wenkel Hoder 1901-1983
    • William J. Hoder 1921-1988


Sophia, children, grandchildren


General overview