Bio for HENDEL, Michael (b.1871 d.1952), Nobles Co., MN ======================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Bob Arens Submitted: August 2005 ======================================================================== (From The Hendel Family History and Genealogy by Julie R. Okenfuss dated May 8, 2000.) MICHAEL HENDEL (1871-1952) Michael Hendel, son of Phillip and Catherine, was born in Caledonia, Minnesota, on 16 September 1871. In 1895 he married Mary Conerty who was born 30 May 1869 in EIkport, Iowa. [Two censuses state that she was born in Minnesota while two others state that she was born in Iowa. Her grandson, Gilbert Metz, claimed that she was born in Elkport, Iowa.] She apparently lived in Nobles County when she married, as stated on her marriage license. Mike and Mary lived in Wilmont, Minnesota, where they had seven children: Catherine (1896-1919) who married Emit Metz and had five children; Anna (1898-1898) who died a few days afterbirth; Alphonse (1900-1914) who married Ella Haverkamp and had five children; Phillip (1901-1969) who married Cecelia Krell and had one child; Martin (1903-1912) who remained single; Victor (1906-1915) who married Marcella Driessen and had five children; and Lucy (1909-1911) who married James Rufener and bad three children. Mary died 4 October 1929 and Michael died 21 May 1952. Michael and Mary had 19 grandchildren and 46 great- grandchildren. (From The Hendel Family History and Genealogy by Julie R. Okenfuss dated May 8, 2000.) ANNA HENDEL NEUHOFF (1873-1953) Anna Hendel, daughter of Phillip and Catherine, was born in Caledonia, Minnesota, on 15 July 1873. This was the date recorded in the Houston County Courthouse records and also in the baptismal records of St. Peter's Church in Caledonia. She was baptized on 20 July 1873. The family records and her death card had the 24 July 1873 as her birthdate. She married Lorenz Neuhoff on 25 September 1900 in Adrian, Minnesota. He was born the 1st of September 1872 in Oberasbach, Germany, and emigrated in 1895 to the U. S. Anna and Lorenz lived for several years in St. Louis, Missouri, where Lorenz owned a grocery and meat market. Lorenz had been a clerk in the same store which was owned by Otto Lang, the brother-in-law of Catherine Busch Hendel. In 1905/6 he sold his business to the Hendel Brothers (first cousins of Anna ' s) and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he started another grocery and meat market. He later went into the meat packing business with his brother Henry. The first two children of Anna and Lorenz were born in St. Louis and baptized at Holy Ghost Church. The rest of their six children were born in Nashville. Their children were: Hazel (1901-1997) who married William Carlton (1881- 1968) and had two children. Their second child was Arthur (1903-1982) who married Marjorie Nunn and had one child; Lorenz (1906-1988) married Catherine Holliday and had six children; Margaret (1909-1981) married Dr. George Holloway and had three children; Genevieve (1911-1976) married Robin Thurmond and had two children; and Clare (1916-1994) married Harry Morris and had two children. Lorenz died 8 May 1948 and Anna died 14 November 1953 in Clearwater, Florida. As of 1988 they had sixteen grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, and 7 great-great- grandchildren. (From The Hendel Family History and Genealogy by Julie R. Okenfuss dated May 8, 2000.) LUCY HENDEL THOMPSON (1877-1953) Lucy Hendel, daughter of Phillip and Catherine, was born 4 August 1877 in Caledonia, Minnesota. On 27 November 1906 she married Frank Thompson in Lismore, Minnesota. He was born 25 November 1880 in Lismore, Minnesota. They had a son, Orall (1908-1909), and also raised Amelia Bauer, a daughter of Lucy's sister, Margaret. Family information holds that Frank went to Idaho to help out his uncle who owned a silver mine. Sometime before that he lived in Rosalind, Alberta, near Caspar . Lucy died 16 Feb 1953 in Emmet, Gem County, Idaho, and Frank died 18 May 1961 in Horseshoe Bend, Boise County, Idaho. They are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho. (From The Hendel Family History and Genealogy by Julie R. Okenfuss dated May 8, 2000.) MARY HENDEL (1879-1891) Mary Hendel, daughter of Phillip and Catherine, was born 24 February 1879 and died on 28 December 1891 in Adrian, Minnesota. According to her death certificate she died of typhoid fever. (From The Hendel Family History and Genealogy by Julie R. Okenfuss dated May 8, 2000.) CASPER HENDEL (1881-1946) Casper Hendel, son of Phillip and Catherine, was born 4 June 1881 in Caledonia, Minnesota. He moved with his family to Alton, Iowa, then to Adrian, Minnesota and then to Lismore. He left Lismore in April 1906 to homestead four miles north of the present site of Donalda, Alberta, Canada. He lived there for a year and then returned to Lismore to n1a1TY Elisabeth B. Homan 0119 April 1907 .She was born on 15 May 1885 in Wellington, South Dakota. Elisabeth joined him il1 Donalda where their first two children, Angelyne and Marie were born. After several years there in 1911 they moved to Rosalind, Alberta, Canada, where they had five more children. A n get y n e ( 1908-1999) married Norman McMillan (1899-1975) and had fo1.1fchildren; Marie (1910-1999) married Charles Rendleman (1910-1994) and had one child; Beatrice (1914-1989) married Herbert Reinhardt (1913-1973) and had one child; Raphael (1917-1973) married Joan Proctor (1920) and had two children; Robinette (1921-1925); Patricia, (1925) married Elroy Brosz (1921-1999) and has ten children; and Adrian (1928- 1930). Casper died near Airdrie, Alberta, on 23 September 1946 of a heart attack while on a train while he was returning from a trip to Calgary .He was originally buried in Rosalind but after Elisabeth moved to Camrose, she had his remains and those of the two children moved there. Elisabeth died on 22 February 1963. She is also buried in Camrose, Alberta, Canada. They had eighteen grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great- grandchildren. (From The Hendel Family History and Genealogy by Julie R. Okenfuss dated May 8, 2000.) ROSE CATHERINE HENDEL KOESSLER (1883-1952) Rose Hendel was the eleventh and last child of Phillip Hendel and Catherine Busch. She was born on 28 February 1883 in Caledonia, Minnesota. She lived with her family until her marriage to Edward E. Koessler on 10 February 1904 in Lismore, Minnesota. He was born the 22 September 1880 in Ackley, Iowa and is listed as John Edward on his baptismal record in the St. Mary, s Church record in Ackley, Iowa. Rose and Edward had ten children, eight of whom were born i11 Lismore, where Edward was engaged in farming. For several years Edward operated a grocery and meat market with Casper Hendel, Rose's older brother. In September 1920 the family moved to Mt. Angel, Oregon, because of the climate, productive land, and good Catholic schools. Mt. Angel is located in the beautiful Willamette Valley, seventeen miles from Salem, Oregon, with a population in 1987 of about 2900. Edward's sister and her large Hoffer family had moved there in 1918 and encouraged the Koesslers to make the move. The Koesslers then had two more children who were born in Mt. Angel. They farmed there lmtil1934 when they moved to Woodburn, Oregon, where they lived until their deaths. A Benedictine convent and a monastery are located in Mt. Angel and that is the order that three of the children joined: Marcella (Sr. Imelda, O.S.B.) (1905-1981), Edward (Fr. James, O.S.B.) (1907-1968), and Eva (Sr. Rose, O.S.B.) (1921). Two children of Rose and Edward died young: Vivien (1910-1910) and John (1915-1917). The other children are: Fides (1909-1945), Raphael (1912-1969) who married Gladys Ferschweiler (1916-1977) in 1940, lived in Portland, Oregon, and had two children; Rosamond (1916-1987) married Clarence Hendricks (1913) in 1938, lived in Stayton, Oregon, and had twelve children; Rita (1919) married Milo Schneider (1914) in 1939, lives in St. Paul, Oregon, and hasten children; and Grace (1922-1993) married James Steffen (1919) in 1947, lived in Portland, Oregon, and had two children. Rose died 19 Jan 1952 and Edward died 6 June 1941. There area total of twenty-six grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren of Rose and Edward Koessler as of 1989. Philip Arens 1902-1934 On July 4, 1999 our whole family visited the Matt Arens Farm 4.5 miles south of Wilmont. While there, Don Ramberg invited his Mom and Dad (Johnny Ramberg and Phillys Elsing) over. Phillys told an interesting story about Phillip Arens; after breaking up with a girl friend he drove to the Worthington Lake, laid his clothes on the bank and disappeared. He faked this death. The lake was dragged, but no body was found. Days latter the Elsings (the Arens' didn't have a phone) got a phone call from Phillip in Sioux City, Iowa; he was still alive. He asked if they thought it would be OK for him to come home; he did. Created by Bob Arens Created on 8/21/2005 6:32 AM Page 1 of 29