Oscar Louis ENGEL

1882 - 1923  (40 years)

• Name	Oscar Louis ENGEL
  Birth	18 Nov 1882	Pepin County, Wisconsin
  	His entry in Find A Grave says 18 Nov 1883.
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Sep 1923	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
  Burial	5 Sep 1923	Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
  	Section 24, Lot 074, Vault casket
  Notes	In the 1905 state census, he and Emma and Bertram live in Blooming Grove Twp, Dane County, Wisconsin. He is a carpenter. Oscar owns his home, with a mortgage. In the 1910 census, he and his family are living in a house (not a farm) in Blooming Grove Twp, Dane County, Wisconsin. Oscar is a house carpenter. In the probate records for his father’s estate, he is listed as Oscar Engel, son, Madison, Wisconsin. He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Madison as Oscar Louis Engel. He lived at 613 Oakridge in Madison and he gave his nearest relative as his son, Bertrand Engel, of that same address. His occupation is carpenter and his employer is Fred Hanson. The address of his employer is Mifflin and (illegible) in Madison. He is described as tall, of medium build, with brown eyes and black hair. In the 1920 census, he is living in the city of Madison at 613 Oakridge Avenue. He is a widower with two sons. His brother Jesse also lives with him as well as a housekeeper, Ella Berger, and her daughter. (Ella will be the mother of Oscar’s daughter Evelyn nine months later in October of 1920.) Oscar is a house carpenter. Cemetery records via Find A Grave say that Oscar died of “dilation of the heart.” An article in the September 4, 1923, edition of the Capital Times: Less than one hour and a half after he returned from a baseball game at Kipp Field Sunday afternoon, Oscar L. Engel, 40, carpenter contractor, living at 1209 Lakeland Avenue, died from heart trouble. He had made his home in this city for the past 22 years. His wife, Mrs. Martha Engel, and three children, Evelyn, Bertrand, and Richard, all at home, the immediate survivors. Two sisters, Mrs. David Dobie and Mrs. Clarence Howard, both of Grand Pass, Oregon, will not be here to attend the funeral. Three brothers, William, living at Pepin, Bert, at Chippewa Falls, and Jess, Madison, also survive him. Pallbearers for Oscar at his burial were Ole Kopang, Knute Ellestad, Sever Sorenson, William Spratz, Lester Stark, and Mr. Watts.
  Person ID	I8677	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	August ENGEL,   b. Jun 1842, Germany (Prussia) d. 16 Mar 1916, Pepin County, Wisconsin (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Sarah A SADDLER,   b. 8 Sep 1849, Pennsylvania d. 6 Jan 1893, Pepin County, Wisconsin (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1865	Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F6131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emma STELTER,   b. Abt 1883, Germany d. 20 May 1918, Dane County, Wisconsin (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	31 Mar 1903	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
  Children	1. Bertrand Herrick ENGEL,   b. 25 Oct 1903, Dane County, Wisconsin d. Oct 1976, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin (Age 72 years)   2. Richard Louis JOHNSON,   b. 27 May 1917, Dane County, Wisconsin d. 3 Dec 1968, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F6533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2011

  
  

  Family 2	Ella Martha Minnie DREYER,   b. 23 Oct 1892, Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin d. 20 Sep 1921, Winnebago County, Wisconsin (Age 28 years)
  Children	1. Evelyn V ENGEL,   b. 11 Oct 1920, Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin d. 16 Jul 2008, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F13980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Mayta Leola HERRING,   b. 22 Feb 1884, Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin d. 27 Sep 1965, Dane County, Wisconsin (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1922	Winnebago County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F12296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2024