Wendel Ancestry

Wendel Ancestry

Isaac WENDEL, Sr Born: 1756 Died: about 1859

Married: Mary WAGNER Born: ? Died: ?

1. Catherine WENDEL Born8/28/1805 Died: 03/26/1872

2. Isaac WENDEL, Jr. Born: 9/11/1808 Died: 3/1/1884 Buried: Frieden’s Lutheran Church Cem

Married: Sarah MOSTOLLER Born: 4/10/1811 Died: 12/17/1889

1. Mary WENDEL Born: 1833

2. Jonathan L. WENDEL 6/12/1836 – 6/18/1864 *Fought and died in the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg*

3. Josiah F. WENDEL 11/15/1838 – 5/15/1864 *Fought and died in the Civil War Battle of Lynchburg, VA*

4. Elizabeth WENDEL 2/22/1841 – 1926 Buried: Frieden’s Lutheran Church Cem

5. Belinda WENDEL 3/18/1843 – ?

6. Sarah WENDEL 8/17/1847 – ?

7. Lavenia WENDEL 12/6/1847 – ?

8. Samuel E WENDEL Born: 10/20/1851 Somerset, PA Died: 11/3/1923

Married: Tillie J. SIPE Born: July 11, 1856 Died: 16 Dec 1937 Burried: Grandview Cemetery *Married on 12/28/1875*

1. Florence Ivy WENDEL Born: 29 Dec 1876

2. Bertha May WENDEL Born: 24 Nov 1878

3. Darlie Belle WENDEL Born: 19 Dec 1882 Died: 24 Feb 1968 Buried: Grandview Cemetery Married: Alex Heslop

4. Walter Sipe WENDEL Born: 23 Jan 1886 Died: 15 Mar 1887 Buried: Frieden’s Lutheran

5. Daniel Hall (D. Hall) WENDEL Born: 13 Nov 1888 Died: 15 Dec 1955 Married: Edna Pearl Buried: Grandview Cemetery

6. Winters Otto WENDEL Born: 29 Aug 1893 Died: Jun 1964

Married In 1914: Rachael May DeARMEY Born: 29 Sept 1891 Died: Jan 12 1981 In 1914

1. David C. WENDEL Born: 20 May 1915 Died: Jul 1984

2. Tod R. WENDEL Born: 31 Jul 1916 Died: 19 Nov 1992

3. Wilbur O. WENDEL Born: 10 Dec 1917 Died: Jun 1971 Buried: Berkey Brethren Cem

4. Dorothy WENDEL Born: 27 Jan 1919 Died: 17 Jan 1999

5. Donald P. WENDEL Born: 9 Jun 1922 Died: 17 Dec 1992

6. Betty WENDEL Married: Mr. Fox

7. Lois WENDEL Kaufman Born: 8 Jun 1929 Died: 30 Apr 2015

9. Amanda WENDEL Born: 1853

3. Michael WENDEL, Sr. 3/6/1813 – 6/18/1885 Married: Leana Wendel Buried: New Paris Public Cemetery, PA

4. Jonathan WENDEL Born: 10/22/1815 Baptised: 9/18/1816 at Zimmerman Church Witnessed by: John Lampert

Census Data

According to the 1930 Census

  • Winters Wendel was 20 and Rachel DeArmey was 22 when they were wed.
  • They rented a home for $40.
  • He was a automobile salesman

 

Tracking Isaac Wendel

1810: Isaac Wendel, Sr. lives in Somerset County PA with 3 boys, 3 girls, and 1 woman (not named)
1820:  Isaac Wendel, Sr. lives in Somerset County PA with 1 woman, 4 boys and 1 girl (not named).
1830: Isaac Wendel, Sr. lives in Somerset County PA with 2 woman and 5 boys (not named).
1840: Isaac Wendel, Sr. lives in Somerset County PA with 1 woman and 3 men (not named). Isaac Wendel, Jr. lives in Somerset with 1 woman and 3 children under 5 years old.
1850: Isaac Sr. (94) lives with wife Mary (64), son Michael (37), daughter in law Leana (29), and grandchildren Susanna (6), Margaret (4), Mary (3), and John (1). Isaac is a Millwright & Michael is a Farmer.
Isaac Jr. (41) lives with wife Sarah (39), and children Mary (17), Jonathan (14), Josiah (11), Elisabeth (9), Belinda (7), Sarah (5), and Lavenia (3). Isaac is listed as a Laborer.
1860: ?
1870: Isaac Jr. (61) lives with wife Sarah (60), and daughters Mary (29), Elizabeth (24), Belinda (23), Lavinia (20), and Amanda (16) and son Samuel (18).
1880: Isaac Jr. (71) lives with wife Sarah (69), and daughters Elizabeth (39), Levina (31), and Amanda (27). Samuel (28) lives with wife Tillie J (25), and daughters Ivy F (3) and Bertha M (1).

Misc Research Notes

Some interesting documents I found online:

352. An act to incorporate the Madison manufacturing company, in the county
of Philadelphia.
That JOHNSON M’LANAHAN, HENRY C. CORBIT, ROBERT PATTERSON, MORDECAI D. LEWIS,
GIDEON SCULL, JAMES C. HAND, ISAAC WENDELL and PAUL K. HUBBS, are hereby
appointed commissioners of a manufactory for making cotton or woollen
goods. 30 Apr 1844.

 

Excerpt: He married Elizabeth Bell, daughter of David and Sarah (Mickey) Bell, by whom were born seven children: Tilla J., born July 11, 1856, married S. M. Wendel;

 

Winters’ Registration Card

 

D.H.’s Registration Card