Bio for HENDEL, Phillip (b.1842 d.1909), 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.) PHILLIP HENDEL (1842-1909) Phillip Hendel was the second son of Michel Hendel and Marie Sontag and was born in Dellen, Luxembourg, on the 28th of September 1842. He married Catherine Busch, daughter of Jacob Busch (1818-1895) and Maria Gaasch (1817-1867) in Landscheid, Luxembourg, the 22nd of May 1865. The first three of their children were born in Landscheid, Bastendorf, Luxembourg. The family left there in 1869 and arrived at the Port of New York on 12 June 1869 on the S.S. City of Linierick, which departed from Antwerp, Belgium. According to the Ship's Passenger List, others from Luxembourg accompanied them including Catherine's father, Jacob; her siblings: Margaretha, Nicolas, Catharine, Mathias, Anna Maria, Johann, and Eva; and Phillip's brother, Nicolas. Nick is listed on the Manifest as John. They all settled in Caledonia, Houston County, Minnesota, where others from Luxembourg had previously settled. Phillip bought 80 acres of land (the Wl/2 of the NW1/4 in Section 34 Twp. 102 North, Range 6 West) on 24 July 1869 and also the E l/2 (80 acres) of that section which he in turn sold the 23 Aug 1872 to his brother Nick. Phillip and Catherine next bought 240 acres of land for farming in Township 102 North, Range 6 West, Section 35 NW l/4 (160 acres) from Jacob Busch and Section 35 W l/2 NE 1/4 (80 acres) in Houston County. The rest of their eleven {11) children were born while they were in Caledonia. They had five sons and six daughters. Phillip sold his property and in 1888 moved to Alton, Iowa, where he operated a creamery for one year and farmed for two years. That was a town where Luxembourgers had also settled. In 1891 they moved to Adrian. Minnesota, again where several other Luxembourgers had moved; and operated the Commercial Hotel until 1896. Phillip became a naturalized citizen in 1897 along with his sons, Nicholas and Jacob. In those days the women did not have to file separately for naturalization but were included along with the men. Phillip f'armed until 1899, then moved to the town of Lismore in 1902. He owned different tracts of land, one being the NE 114, Section 35, in Lismore Township. The SW 114 was purchased by his son, Nick in 1902. Phillip died 3 April 1909 and Catherine Busch Hendel then lived with her son, Jake, and his wife, Mary, in Lismore, until she died on the 25 March 1914. St. Anthony's Church in Lismore, Minnesota, has recorded Catherine's death in the register book in 1914. Nobles County Death Register index has it listed as 1915 and the grave stone has 1915. Both Phillip and Catherine are buried in Lismore, Minnesota. Their children were: Nicholas (1866-1925), who married Jennie McLean (1873-1963), lived in Adrian, Minnesota, and had two children. Jacob (1868-1945), the second child of Phillip and Catherine, married Mary Koessler and lived for several years in Lismore. He was listed in the 1910 Census as having his mother living with him and his wife and Leo J. Bauer, his nephew, listed as an adopted son. By the 1920 Census he had moved to Van Nuys, California. The third child, Margaret, (1869~1900) married William j. Bauer 26 Nov 1891 in Adrian, Minnesota. She died of pneumonia at age 31 in 1900 in Nobles County, leaving six children, who were then raised by her brothers and sisters. The fourth child of Phillip and Catherine, who was also named Phillip, was born in 1870 and died after one month. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Caledonia, Minnesota. Michael (1871-1952), the fifth child, married Mary Conerty (1869-1929), lived in Wilmont, Minnesota, and had seven children. Anna (1873-1953), the sixth child. married Lorenz Neuhoff (1872-1948) and moved to S t. Louis, Missouri, where he owned and operated a meat market on Kennerly Ave. They had six children, the final two of whom were born and baptized in St. Louis, Missouri. Theresa (1875-1954), the seventh child of Phillip and Catherine was named Margaret on her birth and baptism records. She married Mathias Arens (1877-1966), lived in Wilmont, Minnesota, and had nine children. Lucy (1877-1953), the eighth child was named Margaret Elizabeth on her birth & baptism records. She married Frank Thompson (1880-1961) in 1906, lived for a while in North Dakota, then moved to Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, probably in 1920. They had one child who died very young. The ninth child of Phillip and Catherine, Mary (1879-1891), died of Typhoid fever in Adrian, Minnesota, when she was twelve years old. The tenth child Casper (1881-1946) moved to Donalda, Alberta, Canada, around 1906 and homeb1eaded there. Re was back in Lismore though for his sister Lucy's wedding in November 1906 so I am not certain as to the exact date when he originally left for Canada. Re returned to Lismore, Minnesota, to marry Elisabeth Homan (1885-1963) in 1907 and they returned to Donalda. She was a dressmaker and 00- owned a shop in Lismore. After several years in Donalda, they moved to Rosalind, Alberta, Canada. They had seven children who all remained in Canada. Rose (1883-1952), the eleventh child of Phillip and Catherine, married [John] Edward Koessler (1880-1941), a brother of Jake Renders wife, Mary. They had ten children, eight of whom were born in Minnesota. In 1920 they moved to Mt. Angel, Oregon, where some of Edward's Hoffer relatives lived. One of his Koessler sisters married a Hoffer. Rose's last two children were born in Mt. Angel. Catherine Busch Hendel had a brother, Michael, who became a priest in 1872 and celebrated his First Mass at St. John's Church in Caledonia. He was a pastor in the 1890s at Holy Ghost Church in St. Louis, Missouri. One of Catherine's sisters (also named Catherine) married John Molitor in Caledonia, Minnesota, and another (Margaret) married Otto Lang. They lived in St. Louis and owned a butcher shop at 4400 Kennerly Ave. which was near Holy Ghost Church. Catherine Busch had an aunt (Margaret) who was married to Nicolas Schwebach. This family had immigrated to Caledonia before Catherine and her family. Catherine's nephew, the son of Nicolas and Margaret Schwebach, was Bishop James Schwebach of La Crosse, Wisconsin, who was born in Platen, Luxembourg,-studied in Diekirch, emigrated and was ordained in 1870. He was consecrated bishop in 1892 and assigned to the La Crosse Diocese. Phillip and Catherine had eleven children. As of 1988 there were 48 grandchildren. 109 great -grandchildren, 247 gr.-gr.-grandchildren and several gr.-gr.-gr. grandchildren. I've not had time to recount everyone and keep up with the increasing family. According the an account by my father, Francis Arens (1909 - 1991), in his 1980s tape recorded memoirs, Philip Hendel died of a heat attack while feeding the hogs. By the time Katherine, his wife, found him, he had been partially eaten by the hogs. Katherine went insane. Katherine then lived with one of her children (Jacob) in Lismore. My father remembered that as a small boy he and his cousins (my father's mother, Theresa Hendel, was one of Philip's daughters.) would play in the Hendel back yard which was fenced to prevent Katherine from wandering. The kids were scared of her because she would come after them and try to touch them. On time when my father was in the outhouse in the back yard she tried to get in. He kept the door locked until he thought it was safe to come out. When he came out she grabbed him and petted this hair saying "shaena bube, shaena bube", which is Luxembourger for 'beautiful boy, beautiful boy". (Without any knowledge of this, our only daughter, Aarah, named our first granddaughter - Shaena ... Yitish for 'beautiful')! ======================================================================== Copyright Bob Arens 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================