Dance Hall, McHenry Illinois

This might by my August Wenkel, since the area is the same, McHenry Illinois.  I never knew that August and Grace Wenkel had a dance hall, and that they had a license to serve alcohol.   Wonder where this dance hall was?  What was it called?

The McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, Illinois) ·  Thu, Apr 26, 1934 ·  Page 11
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The McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, Illinois)
Apr 23, 1936 ·  Page 11
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I've done several searches for dance hall in McHenry Illinois with and without the name Wenkel in the search field.  I've found several German results, some in Texas, but none that I've been able to find.  If you know the whereabouts of this business, please let me know.  I'm sure I am not the only one curious.

August Ten Wenkel #Not My Wenkel

Death of Mrs August F. Wenkel, April 1914
Arlington Heights Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Thu, Apr 8, 1954 ·  Page 25
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I don't know who this might be.  My information from Ancestry.com is that Sophia Rohrsen Wenkel died in 1948 in Standish Michigan.  MyHeritage.com shows a death date of February or August 1948.  

If this is your August F. Wenkel whose wife died in Arlington Heights Illinois in April of 1914, this clipping's for you!

Arlington Heights Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Thu, Apr 8, 1954 ·  Page 25
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An unusual name, if this entry is correct.  August Ten Wenkel of Minneapolis Minnesota invented a concentrator of some kind.  Wonder what it concentrated?  Is there a way to find out?  Anyway, this is not a relative of my Wenkel Clan.

#NotMyWenkel

UPDATED to add --
my lawyer friend who looks at patents for a living searched this one for me.  She found the patent, and it looks like a separator for dirt or rocks.  His name is Ten Wenkel, and it sounds Dutch, similar to Corrie Ten Boom.  

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

Alvena Marie Wenkel Schnetzer 1889-1975 part 5

Alvena Marie Wenkel Schnetzer 1889-1975

Part 5, 1940s, age 50-59

Mini Pedigree from Ancestry.com

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