Jesse LeRoy ENGEL

1885 - 1966  (81 years)

• Name	Jesse LeRoy ENGEL
  Birth	19 Apr 1885	Pepin County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Wisconsin Death Certificate	013558
  Death	29 May 1966	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
  	“at a Madison hospital after becoming ill at home”
  Burial	Resurrection Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
  Notes	In the 1910 census, he is Jesse L Engel, 25, married to C. Alma, also 25. The couple lives in North Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. Jesse is a house carpenter. The couple has been married for zero years and have no children. The Lawrenz-Schmeling-Meyer-Schneider-Toebe Family Tree on Ancestry identifies the marriage date for Jesse as 3 Jul 1909 in Multnomah County, Oregon. In the 1915 North Dakota state census, he is Jesse L. Engle, living in Marmath, Slope County. The household includes him, his wife Alma Engle, his sister Clara Engle, his brother-in-law William J. Radke, his sister Augusta Radke, William’s son Leonard Radke, and two other men, apparently farm laborers: Avery Gibson and Kerian Hoban, both males between 20 and 60. In March of 1915, articles of incorporation were filed with the North Dakota secretary of state for the Marmarth Mercantile Company of Marmarth, its capital stock $50,000. The directors were J L Engle, Augusta E Radke, and Clara Engle. In the probate records for his father’s estate, he is listed as Jesse Engel, son, Marmarth, North Dakota. Two family trees in Ancestry identify Alma as Alma Pflughoeft, b. Apr 1884 in Wisconsin, d. 1917. (In the 1909 Oregon marriage record, she is indexed as Alma Pflueghorft.) He registered for the draft as Jesse Le Roy Engel in Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, on September 12, 1918. Jesse’s card was serial #829, Order #A580. His brother-in-law Clarence Howard was behind him in line at serial # 856, Order #A743. He claimed to be 33 years old and born on April 19, 1885. (This registration did not require the registrant to give a birth location.) He gives his permanent home address as Wonder, Josephine, Oregon. He is a saw mill employee employed by the Spalding Brothers Lumber Company of Kirby, Josephine, Oregon. His nearest relative is Mrs. W. J. Radke of some place in North Dakota. He is described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and black hair. He is a widower and is living with his brother Oscar and family in the 1920 census. He is a clerk in a grocery store. In the 1930 census, he may be the “Jess Engell” living in Blooming Grove in Dane County. That man claimed to be 40 years old and to have been born in Montana. His occupation is house carpenter. He and his wife Katherine, to whom he has been married for ten years, have three children: James, 7 years and 1 month, Harland, 6 years and 2 or 3 months, and Connie Lou, 3. In the 1940 census, as the 54 year-old Jess Engel, he lived with his family in Monona in Dane County. He was a carpenter. In his World War II draft registration, he lived in the village of Monona, Dane County. He gave as the person who would always know his address “Mrs. M. Buck, Route 50, Madison, Wisconsin.” He was employed by Mason & Hanger of New York and worked at the Badger Ordnance Works in Merrimac, Wisconsin. In 1944, he and his family lived at 3245 Winnequah Road. At the time of his daughter Betty Jo’s graduation from Edgewood in 1957, he and his wife lived at 4540 Winnequah Road. He died en route to a Madison hospital after becoming ill at home. At death, his address was 4540 Winnequah Road. His obit said that he had lived in the village of Monona for 46 years. He was a retired carpenter and contractor. He was a charter member of Immaculate Heart of Mary catholic church. He had 12 grandchildren.
  Person ID	I8678	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	20 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	Alma PFLUGHOEFT,   b. Apr 1884, Wisconsin d. Aug 1917, Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1909	Multnomah County, Oregon
  Family ID	F13983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Kathryn HARLIN,   b. 20 Dec 1896, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan d. 2 Sep 1985, Dane County, Wisconsin (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	29 Sep 1920	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Children	1. James LeRoy ENGEL,   b. 28 Sep 1922, Dane County, Wisconsin d. 15 Apr 1984, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (Age 61 years)   2. William Harlin ENGEL,   b. 21 Mar 1924, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin d. 4 Feb 2012, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin (Age 87 years)   3. Constance Luella ENGEL,   b. 15 Nov 1926, Wisconsin d. 22 Aug 2024, Nebraska (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F6534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2013