Bio for HENDEL, Nicholas (b.1866/7 d.1925), 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: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE ... NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 NICHOLAS HENDEL, proprietor of a saloon in Lismore, has resided in the county seventeen years, the greater part of which time was spent in farming. He is the son of Philip and Katherine (Busch) Hendel, who also reside in Lismore. Philip Hendel, the father, was born in Germany in 1840 and came to the United States in 1870. He settled in Houston county, Minn., where he owned 240 acres of land and where he engaged in farming until 1888. Then he moved to Alton, Iowa, where he ran a creamery one year, and near which place he farmed two years. Going to Adrian in 1891, he conducted a hotel and engaged in the real estate business two years, and then moved onto his farm - the east half of section 35, Lismore township - and farmed until 1899. He left the farm at that time and took up his residence in Lismore, where has since lived a retired life. His wife is 68 years of age. Our subject was born in Luxemburg, Sept. 24, 1867, and at the age of three years came to America with his parents. His boyhood days were spent in Houston county, Minn. He was educated in the public schools of Caledonia and in Christian Brothers college at St. Louis, where he took a commercial course. After completing his education Mr. Hendel began working at the butter makers trade, which he followed in Caledonia five years. In 1888 he moved to Alton, Iowa where for three years he was the manager of a creamery. Mr. Hendel came to Adrian in 1891, and has since been a resident of the county. He tended bar for John Wolf at Adrian for ten months and then moved onto his farm, the southwest quarter of section 35, Lismore township, which he had purchased the year before he came to the county and which he still owns. He engaged in farming until the fall of 1905 when he moved to Lismore and bought the saloon of Joseph Budde. He conducted that business two years, then sold out, and started the saloon which he has since conducted. At Adrian on Jan, 22, 1895, Mr. Hendel was married to Miss Jennie McLean, who was born in Columbia county, Wis., in 1876 and who is the daughter of Thomas and Eliza McLean, early settlers of Lismore township. To Mr. and Mrs. Hendel have been born two children: Louis, born Nov. 6, 1896; Loretta, born Feb. 22, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Hendel are members of the Catholic church and he belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters. During his residence in Lismore township Mr. Hendel served a number of terms as a member of the township board and for several years was the chairman. (From The Hendel Family History and Genealogy by Julie R. Okenfuss dated May 8, 2000.) NICHOLAS HENDEL (1866-1925) Nicholas Hendel, son of Phillip and Catherine, was born in Landscheid, Luxembourg, on 17 September 1866. He came to Caledonia, Minnesota, with his parents in 1869. He was raised on a farm there and received his early education in Caledonia. He took a commercial course at Christian Brothers College in St. Louis, Missouri, then returned to Caledonia and began working at the butter maker's trade for five years. He then moved with his parents and family to Alton, Iowa, for three years. In 1891 he went to Adrian, Minnesota, where he tended bar for John Wolf for ten months and then moved onto his farm in Lismore Township. He farmed until the fall of 1905 when he moved to the Village of Lismore and bought the saloon of Joseph Budde. He conducted that business for two years, then sold it and started another saloon which he conducted up to 1909. This information was written in The History of Nobles County, (1908-1909). He married Jane (Jennie) McLean on 23 January 1895 in Adrian, Minnesota. Jennie was born in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, in 1873, the daughter of Thomas and Eliza Mclean, early settlers of Lismore Township. The Mclean's farm is designated as a Century Farm. Nicholas died on 15 June 1925 and Jennie died on 5 June 1963. They are buried in Adrian, Minnesota. They had two children: Louis and Loretta. Louis (1895-1974) married Ida Ruffing (1899-1988) in 1930 and had six children. Loretto (1898-1967) married Joseph Balster (1894-1978) and had two children. As of 1988 Nicholas and Jennie had eight grandchildren, 39 great - grandchildren, 22 gr .-gr .-grandchildren, and 1 gr .-gr .-gr . grandchild. ======================================================================== Copyright Bob Arens 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================