William F SADDLER

Notes:

From Find A Grave and Cynthia and the History of Chippewa County, published in 1891-1892.

William F. Saddler was born in Armstrong county, Pa. July 28, 1827, a son of Isaac P. Saddler, D.D., and Sarah C. (Philliber) Saddler, who were of German descent. When he was six years of age his parents removed to Oliver, Jefferson county, Pa., which was then a wilderness.

He received but little education, and at eighteen years of age began life as a laborer. December 21, 1848, he married Rachel S. Jones, who was born June 10, 1828, and died May 21, 1870. They had six children, as follows: Henry P.; Sarah A. (Mrs. A. Engel), born September 8, 1849; William I., October 5, 1851; John W., April 20, 1854 died November 2, 1886; Nancy E. (Mrs. G. Wartinby), December 4, 1856, died October 8, 1877; and Vinnie E., born February 18, 1870, died August 3, 1870. April 16, 1871, Mr. Saddler married Mrs. Eliza Fayerweather, and in April, 1855, the family removed to Pepin.

Mr. Saddler had just sufficient means to buy eighty acres of wild land on section nineteen, township twenty-three, range fourteen, and began working out to support his family. He helped to build the mill for Mills & Ingalls, and ground the first grain and sawed the first lumber there in in the spring of 1856.

[The Isaac Ingalls family was listed next to the Saddlers in the 1860 census. Isaac was born in Maine and was not, alas, related to Charles Ingalls, the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who lived in Pepin County in the second half of the 1860s.]

As soon as he was able he built a log house and began to improve his farm. His first team was a pair of calves reared by himself, and the vehicle was a sled hewed out by himself. The embryo oxen began to do duty as yearlings, drawing wood and water for the house, and soon after were set to plowing. By patient industry and perserverance the little farm was finally converted into a comfortable home.

August 30, 1862, Mr. Saddler enlisted in Company G, Sixteenth Wisconsin infantry, Chippewa guards. They took part in the battle of Corinth and the siege of Vicksburg, serving mostly in detached pioneer corps. He came home on furlough, with malarial fever, September 3, 1863, but returned in ninety days and was soon obliged to go to the hospital, where he remained until the close of the war, when he returned to the farm, where he lived till 1881, when he removed to the village.

Besides having considerable sickness in his family, Mr. Saddler met with several severe financial losses. He had about $1000 worth of horses killed by lightning and disease, which was very discouraging in those early days.

He takes an active interest in politics, taking the side of the Republicans. He has served as treasurer, assessor and supervisor of the town. He is also a notary public, and has declined nominations for assemblyman and county treasurer. He is a member of the American Protective association.

In the 1850 census, he and his family lived in Pine Creek Twp, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

He was part of the 16th Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. He was in the service between 30 August 1862 and 10 May 1865.

William married Rachel S JONES on 21 Dec 1848 in Pennsylvania. Rachel was born on 10 Jun 1828 in Pennsylvania; died on 21 May 1870 in Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Find A Grave and Cynthia and the History of Chippewa Valley published in 1891-1892:

Henry P. Saddler, Pepin, was born in Oliver, Jefferson, county, Pa., December 17, 1847. He removed with his parents to Pepin in 1855, and there took an active part in clearing up the farm.

When twenty-two years of age he began life for himself by working on a farm. In 1871 he worked in a chair factory at Durand. He married December 25, 1873, to Miss Hettie O., daughter of Levi and Jerusha Marble. She was born April 25, 1855, in Warterville, this county, and was the second white child to be born there. Their children are Vinnie L., born February 22, 1877; Alive R., December 29, 1878; Emery L, January 30, 1881; Mary E. September 27 1885; Goldie W., January 31, 1889.

For several years Mr. and Mrs. Saddler lived on a farm. In 1880 they removed to Esdail, Pierce county Wis., where he worked in a wagon supply factory until 1889, when re removed to Pepin and purchased a restaurant, for the carring on of which he and his estimable wife seem to be especially fitted.

On the night of April 27, 1891, Mrs. Saddler had the misfortune to fall under the wheels of a locomotive, which caued the loss of his right leg above the knee. He is a republican in politics and holds the office of police justice for the village. He is a member of the Masonic brotherhood. 

Family/Spouse: Hettie MARBLE. Hettie was born on 25 Apr 1857 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1870 census, neither she nor her husband could read or write. In that census she was indicated as having a father of foreign birth although the 1880 census indicates that both of her parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Birth:
date according to the story of her father in History of Chippewa County

Died:
from gravestone

Sarah married August ENGEL on 21 Jun 1865 in Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. August (son of Frederic ENGLE and Wilhelmina) was born in Jun 1842 in Germany (Prussia); died on 16 Mar 1916 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lena Marie HOGUE. Lena was born on 2 Nov 1859 in Ohio; died on 7 Mar 1887 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sherman Austin FLEMING. Sherman (son of John FLEMING and Mary Jane LITTEL) was born on 10 May 1886 in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; died on 18 Nov 1957 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Butcher

Notes:

In the 1900 census (June 2), Frank and his family were living in the village of Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. (Indexed as “Lean Engler!”) The family consisted of Frank Engles, 32, born in June 1868, Etta, 20, born in January of 1879 or 1880, Helen, 1, born in Aug of 1898, and “Baby,” born in September of 1899. Etta had had two children, both still living. Everyone was born in Wisconsin. Frank’s and Etta’s fathers were born in Germany and their mothers in Pennsylvania. Frank owns the farm that they live on without a mortgage. Frank’s occupation is illegible but it’s not farmer. It may be butcher.

Shown as Frank R. Engels in the 1910 census (April 18th). At that time, the family lived in Baden Township in Ward County, North Dakota. Frank was a farmer. He owned his farm with a mortgage. The family consisted of Frank R., 40, Etta J., 30, Helen B., 11, Gertrude, 10, August D., 6, and Viva, 4. August and Viva were born in North Dakota. Everyone else was born in Wisconsin. Frank and Etta had been married for 12 years. Etta had had 4 children, all still living. Frank’s and Etta’s fathers were born in Germany. Frank’s mother was born in Pennsylvania and Etta’s mother was born in the U.S.

In the probate records for his father’s estate, he is listed as Frank R. Engel, son, town of Garfield, Wisconsin.

Interestingly, Shirley James was born August D.

Died:
Influenza

Fredrick married Julietta (Etta) June YOUNG on 6 Oct 1897 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. Julietta (daughter of Frederick YOUNG and Eliza Ann FLEMING) was born on 30 Jun 1879 in Wisconsin; died on 18 Jan 1962 in Polk County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Still single and living at home in the 1900 census. Her occupation is shown as dressmaker.

In the 1910 census, she and William live at 2034 Rusk Street in Madison with William’s son Leonard and Augusta’s sister Clara. William is a retail coal dealer. Clara is a dressmaker for a private family.

In the 1915 North Dakota state census, Augusta and her husband William, her step-son Leonard, and her brother Jesse and his wife Alma and sister Clara, live in Marmarth Twp, Slope County.

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 her father, she is listed as Augusta Radke, daughter, Marmarth, N. Dakota.

In the 1920 census, she and her husband William J. live in Marmarth, Slope County, North Dakota, where William is a general contractor. Leonard W. Radke, 24, lives next door with his wife Angela.

Find A Grave claims that she, as Augusta Engel, b. 1868, is buried in Oakwood Cemetery. Death date unknown.

Died:
article in the Capital Times, 6 Nov 1920

Augusta married William J RADKE about 1901. William was born about 1865 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Butcher, Fisherman

Notes:

Married and living next door to his father in the 1900 census. William is a butcher.

In the 1905 state census, William is a miller.

In the 1910 census, William doesn’t live far from his father in Pepin County. William is a fisherman and his wife runs a boardinghouse.

He is the person who filed the probate of his father’s estate. In the records for that proceeding, he is listed as William H. Engel, son, Pepin, Wisconsin.

In the 1920 census, he is still William Engel and still living in Pepin County. He is the operator of some type of business that is illegible.

In the 1930 census, William and Amelia are living on Fourth Street in the village of Pepin in a house that he owns. William is a commercial fisherman.

In the 1940 census, as Engels, William and Amelia live on Fourth Street in Pepin, the same house in which they had lived five years earlier, next door to their son Lloyd and his family. Amelia is a public school teacher.

His obit said that he had been engaged in various businesses: “In the early years he operated a butcher shop and ice business. Then he was associated in the firm of Schruth Brothers and Engel in a shop and mill. Later he became a commercial fisherman and was in this business until 12 years ago.”

There is a Sarah 1914-1914 (died at 5 weeks) buried in Oakwood who could be a child of William or of John.

Birth:
Find A Grave says 1870. Obit says 16 Oct 1870.

Died:
heart attack

William married Amelia Augusta SCHRUTH on 5 May 1898 in Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. Amelia (daughter of John F SCHRUTH and Marie T MARKES) was born in Dec 1871 in Wisconsin; died on 14 Jun 1953 in Wabasha County, Minnesota; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Bertram in the 1880 census.

Called John B Engle in the 1900 census. At that time he was farming in Pepin County.

Not listed in the 1905 state census.

Called Bert Engel in the 1910 census.

Living on a farm he owns, with a mortgage, in Wheaton Twp, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, in the 1910 census. The household consists of Bert, 36, Francis, 33, Fern, 11, Mildred, 6, and Raymond, 1 and some months. Francis has had 5 children, 3 still living. The couple has been married 12 years.

In the probate records for his father’s estate, he is listed as Bert Engel, son, Town of Wheaton, Wisconsin.

He registered for the draft as John Bertram Engel in Chippewa Falls on September 12, 1918. He gave his age as 45 and his birthdate as January 9, 1873. His address was Rt. 6, Chippewa Falls and he gave his nearest relative as Frances Marcks Engle (sic) of the same address. He is described as tall, medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair.

He is still Bert and is still farming in Wheaton Twp in the 1920 census.

He was town chairman.

In the 1930 census, Bertrum Engel, his wife Frances, and their sons Raymond and Ford, are farming in Wheaton Twp.

There is a Sarah 1914-1914 (died at 5 weeks) buried in Oakwood who could be a child of William or of John. Dana Trager’s Philliber Family Tree ascribes Sarah to Bert and Frances.

Birth:
per draft reg., 1872 in the 1900 census

Died:
day and location per the Philliber Family Tree

John married Frances Rosalia MARCKS on 15 Dec 1897 in Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. Frances (daughter of William MARCKS and Catherine STOLTENBERG) was born in Jan 1876 in Wisconsin; died on 3 Feb 1962 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, the family is living in Table Rock Township, Siskiyou County, California. Clarence is a laborer in a saw mill. Lavina is shown as having had 3 children, 2 still living.

In the probate records for her father’s estate, she is listed as Vinnie Howard, daughter, Ashland, Oregon.

She is described as Mrs. C. H. Howard of Wonder in the article on her sister Clara’s marriage in 1918.

In the 1920 census, the family is living in Ashland, Oregon. Clarence is a machinist for a steam railroad.

In the 1930 census, Clarence and Lavina are living in the Jerome Prairie election district in Josephine County, Oregon. Clarence is a farmer.

In the 1940 census, the couple lives in Ophir Precinct, Curry County, Oregon. Clarence is the proprietor of a saw mill.

Her obit says that she was survived by one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Howard Baker of San Francisco, and three brothers back in Wisconsin: J.L. Engel of Madison, Bert Engel of Chippewa Falls, and William Engel of Pepin.

LaVina married Clarence Caleb HOWARD on 20 Jun 1900 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. Clarence (son of Oliver G HOWARD and Mary E LEVELLS) was born on 8 Oct 1874 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; died on 27 Sep 1946 in Lane County, Oregon; was buried on 30 Sep 1946 in Eastwood IOOF Cemetery, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Single and living at home in the 1900 census.

Single and living with her sister Augusta and family in Madison in the 1905 state census and the 1910 federal census. Clara is a dressmaker.

As Engle, she is living with Augusta and Jesse in Marmath Twp, Slope County, North Dakota, in that state’s 1915 census.

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 her father’s estate, she is listed as Clara Engel, daughter, Ashland, Oregon.

She and David lived in Portland in 1924.

ceit1248 erroneously has her as Clara Adella Engel, b. 7 Nov 1882, d. 25 Sep 1938 in Grant’s Pass, and her mother as Marie Engel, b. 1854. This error is repeated in Find A Grave. The source of the error may be Clara’s age being misstated in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

Clara married David DOBBIE on 20 Jun 1918 in Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. David was born on 14 Jan 1885 in Glasgow, Scotland; died on 6 Dec 1973 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; was buried in Hawthorne Memorial Gardens, Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Find A Grave claims that this person, birth date unknown, is the son of August and Sarah. He is not listed in the 1880 census.

Birth:
inferred

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.

Birth:
His entry in Find A Grave says 18 Nov 1883.

Buried:
Section 24, Lot 074, Vault casket

Oscar married Emma STELTER on 31 Mar 1903 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. Emma (daughter of Friedrich STELTER and Wilhelmine WOLF) was born about 1883 in Germany; died on 20 May 1918 in Dane County, Wisconsin; was buried on 23 May 1918 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ella Martha Minnie DREYER. Ella (daughter of Fred DREYER and Hulda) was born on 23 Oct 1892 in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin; died on 20 Sep 1921 in Winnebago County, Wisconsin; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oscar married Mayta Leola HERRING about 1921. Mayta was born on 22 Feb 1884 in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin; died on 27 Sep 1965 in Dane County, Wisconsin; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 013558

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.

Died:
“at a Madison hospital after becoming ill at home”

Jesse married Alma PFLUGHOEFT on 3 Jul 1909 in Multnomah County, Oregon. Alma was born in Apr 1884 in Wisconsin; died in Aug 1917 in Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Algoma, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Kathryn HARLIN on 29 Sep 1920 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Kathryn was born on 20 Dec 1896 in Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan; died on 2 Sep 1985 in Dane County, Wisconsin; was buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She may have died from complications of childbirth.

Maud married Truman FLEMING on 16 Mar 1898 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. Truman (son of John FLEMING and Mary Jane LITTEL) was born on 20 Feb 1875 in Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin; died on 13 Mar 1952 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Myrle Genevieve MILHAM. Myrle was born on 7 Aug 1906 in King County, Washington; died on 15 Jun 1983 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1926-MN-016040

Notes:

Her death certficate shows her cause of death as a streptococcus infection of the throat. Her husband, Charles Harder, was the informant.

The 7 Aug 1898 date is inferred from the Pepin County birth record of that date for “Frank F Engel.”

Died:
died at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Wabasha

Helen married Charlie William HARDER on 3 May 1923 in Chisago County, Minnesota. Charlie (son of Charles H HARDER and Anna Dorothy ARLT) was born on 10 Feb 1899 in Minnesota; died on 9 Nov 1971 in Winnebago County, Illinois; was buried in Willwood Burial Park, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 398-16-7300 issued in WI before 1951

Notes:

Born as Gertrude Elisabeth Engel.

Gertrude married Martin (Mike) AUSEN on 21 Apr 1917. Martin (son of Samuel AUSEN and Betsi OLSON) was born on 9 Sep 1894 in Naples Twp, Buffalo County, Wisconsin; died on 27 Sep 1985 in Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin; was buried in Balsam Lake Cemetery, Polk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 388-36-2391 issued in WI in 1955

Notes:

In the 1930 census, he and his wife and daughter lived with his mother Etta in Polk County, Wisconsin. He was a farm laborer, presumably on his mother’s farm.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and daughter live on a farm they own in Balsam Lake Twp on “south town line road near east end,” on the same census enumeration page as Jonas Johnson (#306). They had lived at a different location in Polk County in 1935. Shirley had two years of high school, “Leetha” was a high school graduate.



He died in Amery hospital according to Irene.

Died:
as Shirley J Engels

August married Letha R DAVIDSON about 1928. Letha was born on 10 Jan 1906 in Wisconsin; died on 1 Jun 1996 in Polk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 393-56-8224 Issued In WI In 1967

Notes:

“Veva” in the SSDI.

Died:
As Veva Elaine McKenzie in the Wisconsin death index

Veva married Fred MCKENZIE on 23 Sep 1931 in Polk County, Wisconsin. Fred was born on 5 Jan 1894 in St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin; died on 29 Nov 1986 in Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin; was buried in Balsam Lake Cemetery, Polk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 399-18-0209 Issued In Wisconsin Before 1951

Notes:

“Engel” on her children’s birth certificates.

In the 1940 census, she was single and lived at home with her mother and brother. She was a public school teacher. She had had one year of college.

Family/Spouse: Leonard Matthew HANSEN. Leonard (son of Elmer M HANSEN and Augusta WASSBERG) was born on 25 Jul 1913 in Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin; died on 30 May 1994 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1978-MN-008216
• Social Security Number: 399-01-0566 issued in Wisconsin before 1951

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he lived at home with his mother and sister. He was a high school graduate and was a soil conservation clerk at the county court house. He made $840 in 1939.

In the 1950 census, he and his family lived in Mendota Twp, Dakota County, on “Highway 88 going south of Highway 100.” This was a large farmhouse, divided into a upper-and-lower duplex, in a rural area of what later became Mendota Heights. Donald was a production accountant for a meat producing plant.

In the 1956 St. Paul city directory, he was a timekeeper for Armours. He and Irene lived at 1240 7th Avenue S. He was still at Armours in the 1960 St. Paul city directory. In that 1960 directory, his address is incorrectly shown as 1249 7th Avenue S.

In Connie’s engagement announcement, he and Irene live at Ambrosius Loop in South St. Paul.

Donald married Irene Elizabeth KARLSRUDE on 10 Jun 1942. Irene (daughter of Oskar Gudbrandsen KARLSRUD and Julie Pedersen SKAUGEN) was born on 12 Jul 1922 in Chisago County, Minnesota; died on 18 Jun 2014 in Inver Grove Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried on 13 Jul 2014 in Balsam Lake Cemetery, Polk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1898 birth date is on his WWI draft registration card. There was a William M. Engel born in Pepin County on 30 Dec 1898. Thus, either the baby was unnamed at the time his birth was registered and his father’s name was used instead or else the baby was renamed after the time his birth was registered with the county and state.

In the draft registration, dated September 11, 1918, in Pepin, Stanley claimed to be a laborer at a saw mill run by a J. P. Brootels. He lists his closest relative as his mother, Mrs. Amelia Engel. Stanley is described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and brown hair.

Living at home in the 1920 census. He was a commercial fisherman.

In the 1930 and 1940 censuses, Stanley and his family live in a house he owns on First Street in the village of Pepin. Stanley is a commercial fisherman. The 1940 census has Stanley as a high school graduate and his wife as having had 1 year of high school.

His gravestone, one separate from the larger stone that he shares with Ruby, shows his as Pvt Stanley D Engel, of the STU ARMY TNG CORPS in World War I.

Died:
His gravestone says 13 October. Wisconsin Death Index says 11 October.

Stanley married Ruby M HAWKINS about 1923. Ruby was born on 1 Dec 1902 in Wisconsin; died on 4 Dec 1967 in Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lloyd and Edna live in Pepin in the 1930 census. They have no children. Lloyd is a commercial fisherman.

In the 1940 census, as Engels, Lloyd, Edna, and Bruce live in Pepin. Lloyd is still a commercial fisherman. Living with the family is a boarder, Everett Waitz. Lloyd’s parents, William and Amelia, live next door.

Died:
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, last residence Pepin County, Wisconsin

Lloyd married Edna M WEITZ on 3 Jun 1926 in Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Edna was born on 9 Apr 1907 in Wisconsin; died on 18 Jan 1999 in Montgomery County, Texas; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Find A Grave attributes Roland to William and Amelia.

Notes:

Or Fern.

Her birth may be what’s recorded as John F Ingles, 25 September 1898.

Wisconsin Births and Christenings records a female born to John B. Ingles and Francis R. Marks in Pepin on 25 Sep 1898.

In the 1920 census, Fern “Angles” or “Angler” is a school teacher living in Stanley in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

In the 1940 census, Ferne and Herman and children live in Holcombe Twp, Chippewa County. Herman is a rural mail carrier. Ferne has had 1 year of college. The family lives in the same house in which they all lived in 1935.

The Philliber Family Tree has her as Ferne, marrying Herman Kellar Paulsen, and dying in Chippewa County in February of 1972.

Died:
Wisconsin Death Index. Her death is not in the SSDI.

Family/Spouse: Herman K PAULSEN. Herman was born about 1899 in Denmark; died in 1997 in Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His particulars per Dana Trager’s Philliber Family Tree.

Notes:

The WHS genealogical index (and Wisconsin Births and Christenings) shows a Florence Engel born on this date (9 Apr 1904) in Pepin County. The parents were Bert Engel and “Francies Marcks.”

Katherine married Fred Jules ROBERTS on 29 Jul 1929 in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. Fred was born on 15 Jul 1897 in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin; died on 16 Oct 1991 in Chippewa County, Wisconsin; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Inferred to be the son of Bert and Frances from the claim in the 1910 census that Frances had had 5 children. This child, who died at three months, is buried in Oakwood Cemetery but his parents are not identified. The Philliber Family Tree says that he is Douglas F, b. 20 May 1907, d. 17 Sep 1907.

An article in the September 19, 1907, edition of the Chippewa Herald-Telegram confirms that the this Douglas is “the three months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Engel of Wheaton.” The body was taken to Durand, Wisconsin, for burial.

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he (misindexed as Eugel) and Evelyn and their children live in Wheaton Twp, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. He is a farm laborer.

His obit said that he farmed in the town of Wheaton until retiring and moving to Anson.

Raymond married Evelyn M PETERSON on 10 Apr 1934 in Wisconsin. Evelyn was born on 10 Jan 1915 in Curtiss, Clark County, Wisconsin; died on 24 Feb 1992 in Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried in Rummery Cemetery, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
The Philliber Family Tree gives his birth location as Pepin County. The Philliber Family Tree has his and his wife’s birth dates confused.

Family/Spouse: Marjory Celia LANGWORTHY. Marjory was born on 25 Sep 1917; died in Feb 1979; was buried in Rummery Cemetery, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was not listed with her parents in the 1930 census.

She may be the Dorothy Ethel Howard who married somebody in Josephine County, Oregon, on 24 Sep 1933.

She was Mrs. Leon Tenney of San Francisco at the time of her brother Kenneth’s death in September of 1936.

As Mrs. Dorothy E Tenney, she was a housewife living at 1157 Geneva Avenue in San Francisco County in the 1936 and 1938 voter rolls.

Leon Tenney, of whom Dorothy was one of many wives, died in San Mateo County in July of 1938. His brief obit in the San Francisco Examiner does not name a widow.

She was Dorothy Howard Baker of San Francisco in her mother’s obit.

She was Dorothy Baker of Palo Alto, California, at the time of her father’s death.

In the 1950 census, she is Dorothy H Baker, age 46, a registered nurse, working for and living at the Veterans Hospital in Menlo Park, California. This census entry shows her as never having been married.

Notes:

He died in a single-vehicle car crash near Medford. The article in the Medford Mail, 14 Sep 1936:

Kenneth Howard, who makes his home in Ashland when not working at his father’s little sawmill 16 miles from the Pacific Highway on the Dead Indian road, was killed while returning Miss Beatrice Mansfield to her home at the Knox camp in Jacksonville. Howard was driving his light roadster toward Jacksonville on West Main street at what police believe must have been a fast pace. At the Columbus avenue intersection the right wheels of the roadster hit the two deep declevities mad by cars turning onto the dirt-surfaced Columbus street. The car evidently bounce into the air and came down skidding, slanting to the left across the highway. It skidded to the far side of the pavement, hit the gutter and leaped into the air according to reconstructed evidence. It landed on its radiator, leaving the radiator cap buried in the earth, leaped on over in a high arc to form a complete forward somersault, and landed on its side, rolling over four or five times before coming to rest about 75 feet from the start of the skid. Howard was killed instantly, the entire lower half of his skull crushed by some blow, and the left chest crushed and the ribs broken. His body was thrown clear on the last turn that the car made and was found 10 feet from the machine. Miss Mansfield was also thrown from the gyrating auto and was found unconscious a few feet from Howard’s body. The girl was rushed to a local hospital where her condition was pronounced not serious. She received a gash over both eyes and painful bruises but returned to her home in Jacksonville early Sunday morning. Police found two bottles of wine at the scene, one a fifth full in the torn wreckage of the car and one a fifth empty lying in the dirt near the scene. There were no witnesses to the crash.

Birth:
not in the California birth index

Notes:

Not mentioned in the article about his brother’s death. Not mentioned in either of his parents’ obits.

Listed with his family in the 1920 census as age 7. Not listed with his parents in the 1930 census.

Notes:

He is living in Madison with his father in the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, indexed as Eigel, he and Hazel live at 1530 Jenifer Street. He is a cabinet maker.

In the 1937 city directory for Madison, he was a student married to Hazel E. They lived at 2310 Winnebago.

In the 1940 census, misindexed as Bertrand Eugel, he and Hazel live in Janesville. Five years earlier they had lived in Madison. He is an instructor in a vocational school. They have no children. Bertrand has had five years of college, Hazel had two years of high school.

In the 1950 census, he teaches woodworking at a vocational school in Janesville.

In the 1952 city directory for Janesville, he was a teacher at the Vocational School. He and his wife Hazel E lived at 1226 Blaine Avenue.

Not mentioned in the obit of his half-sister.

Bertrand married Hazel Elizabeth HANSON on 19 Sep 1929 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. Hazel was born on 30 Nov 1907 in Wisconsin; died on 18 Feb 1987 in Clackamas County, Oregon; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is living with his father and brother in the 1920 census. He may have later been “adopted-out.” He was Richard L Johnson when he married Harriette. In the Wisconsin State Journal’s article on Harriette’s impending wedding, Richard is referred to as Richard Engel Johnson of Madison. One of the witnesses to his marriage was Bertrand E Engel. (The other witness was Esther Borstad.)

In the 1930 census, he is shown as the adopted son of Gehard Johnson, 44, and his wife Martha, also 44. The family lives in Madison. Gehard is a service man at a machine shop. Martha Johnson is a sister of Richard’s mother, Emma. She died in 1936. Gehard, whose parents were born in Norway, lived until 1969.

In the 1940 census, as Richard L Johnson, he and his new wife live in Madison. He has had 2 years of college, she is a high school graduate. In 1935, he had lived in Madison and she had lived in rural Jackson County, Wisconsin. Richard was employed as a butcher at a meat packing plant. Harriette was a beautician at a beauty shop.

They are still in Madison in the 1950 census, now with an 8 year-old daughter. He is a meat cutter at a meat packing plant, she is still a beautician at a beauty shop.

His obit called him Richard L Johnson, an employee of Oscar Mayer for over 30 years. He had lived in Madison all of his life. He was a member of Bethel Lutheran church, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union. Richard’s father, who survived him, was Gehard Johnson of Madison. Richard had a half-sister, Mrs. Arthur F. Swenson of Madison.

Not mentioned in the obit of his half-sister.

Richard married Harriette Anne WELLS on 24 Sep 1939 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. Harriette was born on 2 Nov 1916 in Jackson County, Wisconsin; died on 21 Feb 2011 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Evelyn Virginia (Engel) Swenson, age 87, went to her eternal home on Wednesday, July 16, 2008.

She was born Oct. 11, 1920, in Oshkosh, to Ella and Oscar Engel, orphaned at age two, and raised by her stepmother, Mayta Engel, who supported herself and Evelyn by working as a live-in housekeeper for various families in Madison. A child during the Depression, Evelyn told of how poor she and her mother were, once having only 34 cents to their name.

While serving as a U.S.O. hostess during World War II, she met her future husband, Arthur, at a dance at Truax Field, and they were married Aug. 18, 1943. They enjoyed 62 years together. Evelyn worked as secretary for the Kathryn Hubbard Dance Studio for many years, and at the University of Wisconsin in the Mass Communications and the Dairy Science departments.

She was an active member of Luther Memorial Church her entire life. She taught Sunday school, sang in the choir, played hand bells, directed the Sunday school Christmas pageant at a time when more than 500 children were involved, was queen of the kitchen, active in her women's circle, and served as secretary of the church council. Her strong faith was a witness to many.

Evelyn was a long-time volunteer at Meriter Hospital. She and Arthur loved dogs and operated a doggy day-care for many years. When they moved to Oakwood West she found ways to get involved there, including participating in a writers group. Evelyn was a caring and loving person, often opening her home to others who would otherwise be spending holidays alone. She made friends everywhere she went. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother.

Evelyn is survived by two daughters, Mary (Lee) Powell of Madison and the Rev. Marsha Swenson of Reedsburg; four grandchildren, Andrew (Anisa), Angela, Karen, and Kathryn (Scott); six great-grandchildren, Shamsa, Amani, Maryam, Nusaybah, Jeremy, and Teagan; her sister, Lorraine Brocks; and many wonderful friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur, in 2004.

Died:
SSDI last residence

Evelyn married Arthur F SWENSON on 18 Aug 1943. Arthur was born on 13 Jun 1918; died on 15 Oct 2004 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He graduated from Madison East High School in 1940 and enlisted in the U.S. Army in November of that year.

He was Corporal James L Engel of the U.S. Army air force in September of 1944 when he was home visiting his parents while on a 30-day furlough.

A James Engel, b. ca 1923, married a woman whose last name was Gleason (b. ca 1931) in Dane County on 1 Mar 1975.

According to James’s obit (Wisconsin Daily Journal, 17 Apr 1984), he had lived most of his life in Monona but had moved to Waukesha eight years previously. He was an ESS translator for the Wisconsin Telephone Company for 36 years and retired in October of 1982. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked on December 7, 1941. He married Betty Wilson in 1975 and she survived him. He had three children: Tom and Dave, both in Madison, and a daughter Ann who lived in Santa Fe, Texas.

James married Mary Theresa KLECKER on 2 Jun 1951 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Mary was born on 10 Feb 1927 in Wisconsin; died on 5 Mar 1973 in Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William H. "Bill" Engel, age 87, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Nazareth House in Stoughton.

He was born on March 21, 1924, in Madison, the son of Jesse and Kathryn (Harlin) Engel. He graduated from Madison East High School in 1941, and furthered his education at UW-Madison, majoring in engineering. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in February of 1943, at the age of 18. Bill served his country for two tours of duty in France, Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg in World War II. He served with General George Patton's First Army and was in the first replacement detachment in the Battle of the Bulge. He was on the front lines for 154 days without relief, as an artillery sergeant.

Bill was united in marriage to Genevieve "Gen" Catherine Hoffman of Westport, on Nov. 12, 1955. In 1957, Bill co-founded the UW Madison Orthotic Lab. As director and certified orthotist, he designed, built, and fitted orthosis for the severely disabled for 33 years, with many of his inventions written up in the Medical Archives. Bill shared his time and talents in Monona his entire adult life and was considered an icon of the community. He was a charter member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Monona Volunteer Fire Department serving as a training officer, and American Legion Post 429 serving as an officer for 50 years. Bill served on the Monona Village Council for four years, then for 24 years on the police and fire commission, 12 years as president. After retirement, his many activities included volunteering for Kiwanis, Meals on Wheels, highway clean up, Wilmar Soup Kitchen, St. Stephen's Food Pantry, Salvation Army, and presenting student scholarships among others.

Bill's interests included restoring classic cars and boats, and he played league softball until he was 75. He learned to play the piano, organ, violin and harmonica through classes at MATC and had a beautiful voice which he shared in the IHM choir. Bill's most recent big experience was the Badger Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12, 2011. He regarded this as one of the greatest honors of his life. Bill was truly a faithful servant of God, his family, and community. He was an inspiration and mentor to many and was loved and admired by all who had the opportunity to know him.

Bill is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Gen; his daughter, Kristi (Tim) Panthofer; his cherished granddaughters, Annalise, Olivia, Katie (Jon) Boone and Betsy; great-granddaughter, Isabelle; sisters, Connie Homan, Betty Jo (Ken) Kruska and Mary (Dick) Neuman; sisters-in-law, Cherie (John) Nuepert and Jerry Hoffman; brothers-in-law, Jerry Kessenich, Howard Hoffman and Ed Wronkowitz; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Jim (Mary) Engel; sisters-in-law, Jane Wronkowitz and Mary Kessenich; and brothers-in-law, Marv Homan and Joe Hoffman.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH, 5101 Schofield St., Monona, at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, with Father Bart Timmerman and Monsignor Gerard Healy concelebrating. Military Honors will follow immediately after Mass. Burial will be at Highland Memory Gardens, following a luncheon at the church. Visitation will be held at GUNDERSON EAST FUNERAL HOME, 5203 Monona Drive, Madison, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m., Pass and Review at 6:30 p.m. with Rosary to follow, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, and also at the church from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the Mass on Thursday.

William married Genevieve Catherine HOFFMAN on 12 Nov 1955 in Wisconsin. Genevieve was born on 23 Oct 1929 in Wisconsin; died on 15 Oct 2018 in Dane County, Wisconsin; was buried in Highland Memory Gardens, Cottage Grove, Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Connie Lu.

According to the article on her wedding (Wisconsin State Journal, 14 Nov 1950), she attended the U of Wisconsin and was a graduate of the Madison General hospital school of nursing. Her husband attended the U of Wisconsin for two years and was in the motel business in North Platte, Nebraska.

She and her husband lived in North Platte, Nebraska, at the time of her father’s death in 1966 and her brother James’s death in 1984.

As Constance L Homan, she lived in North Platte in 1992.

Constance Luella “Connie Lu” (Engel) Homan of North Platte, passed away on Thursday, August 22, 2024 at Elwood Care Center, in Elwood, Nebraska, surrounded by her family. She was born on November 15, 1926 at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, to Jess Leroy and Kathryn Evelyn (Harlin) Engel.

Some of her fondest memories of childhood included swimming and ice skating on Lake Monona, across the street from her childhood home. She graduated from Madison’s East High School in 1945 at the “top of the bottom third of her class”, which was one of her many “Momisms”.  Connie attended the University of Wisconsin for two years, before continuing her education at Madison General School of Nursing, from which she graduated in 1950.

While attending the University of WI she met the love of her life, Marvin “Marv” Paul Homan on a blind date to a fraternity dance. They were married in Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, aka “The Chicken Coop” in Monona, WI on November 11, 1950. After marriage, they moved to North Platte, where they built, owned and operated the Castle Motel with Marv’s family.  Shortly thereafter, they started their family and were blessed with six children. “Children are such a comfort.”  She was able to be a stay-at-home mom for more than 15 years.  In 1967 she took a nursing refresher course and became a part time nurse at Memorial Hospital in North Platte. Connie later became a nursing instructor at Mid-Plains Community College, for 20 years.  Connie attained her Bachelor of Science (1978) and Master of Science in Education (1986), both from Kearney State College.

Marv and Connie also owned and operated Old West Candies. They enjoyed golfing and snow skiing.  In her later years she enjoyed painting ceramics, making her own stamped cards, embroidery, playing solitaire, pitch, and bridge. She thoroughly enjoyed her month-long trips to several southeastern states with her sisters. She was a member of the Altar Society, Catholic Daughters, Altrusa, RSVP, and the Goodfellow Shoe Fund.

Connie was preceded in death by her husband, Marv; her parents; brothers, Jim (Mary) and Har (Gen); brother-in-law, Dick Neumann; son-in-law, Sandy Neal; daughter-in-law, Kate Talmage Homan.

She is survived by her daughters, Margaret “Peggy” Neal of Tryon, NE and Kathy (Gary) Stoddard of Cheyenne, WY; sons, Paul (Jeannie) of Lexington, NE, Tom (Patricia) of Rocky Mount, VA, Tim (Laurie) of Verona, WI, and John (Kimberly) of Mechanicsville, VA; sisters, Betty Jo (Ken) Kruska of Monona, WI, Mary Kathryn Neumann of Lodi, WI; 18 Grandchildren; 14 Great-Grandchildren and counting; and several nieces and nephews.

Constance married Marvin Paul HOMAN on 11 Nov 1950 in Dane County, Wisconsin. Marvin was born on 25 Feb 1927 in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming; died on 28 Jan 1991 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; was buried on 1 Feb 1991 in North Platte Cemetery, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Allison BUTTERS. George was born on 12 May 1904 in Renville County, Minnesota; died on 2 Nov 1991 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ferne COOK. Ferne was born on 10 Dec 1903 in Marathon County, Wisconsin; died on 23 Jan 1995 in St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He may have been institutionalized if he ended up in Clark County. The current Clark County campus was constructed in 1922 as an insane asylum. (It is considered one of the most haunted places in Wisconsin.) However, there may have been an insane asylum in Clark County before that. There is reference to a place called the “Withee house.”

Notes:

Died:
as Lucile M Biddick

Lucile married Burdette Orval BIDDICK on 22 Dec 1936 in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Burdette was born on 10 Oct 1911 in Grant County, Wisconsin; died on 11 May 2009 in Boone County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]