James' mother died shortly after
he was born. his father remarried and she died before he was even two
years old. His father married his second wife sister and was raised by her and they
had 14 children, only 4 surived by 1900, whom were James' half sisters.
Emma came from a family of three children. She had two brothers. She was the middle child.
James and Emma Mengel had five known children.
1 .Anna Louisa Mengel b: Dec 19 1870 . d:
Apr 4 1877
2 Charles Jacob Mengel b: Sep 13 1873
Hamburg, Tilden Township, Berks County, Pa
d: Mar 17 1877 3 Died Age 3 See his Obituary
3. David
Reinsel Mengel b. Apr 2
1876 Hamburg, Tilden Township, Berks County, Pa d May 20 1969
4. Samuel
Reinsel Mengel b Jan 1 1880
Hamburg, Tilden Township, Berks County, Pa d Jun 30 1960 Muhlenberg Township Berks County,
Pa
5. Katie Reinsel Mengel b. Jan 1883 d.
unknown was married to Elmer M Zimmerman
Emma parents were Catholic.
James were Lutheran.
It is interesting to note there marriage was a year and half after there first child was
born. Perhaps this is a marriage in a Lutheran Church. They may have been two marriages
and were married before by the state or another church.
Emma is almost five years
older then James.
Anna Louisa was named after her mother and his mother (Anna a version of Hannah ), Charles
Jacob was named after his father and grandfather, ( James is another version of Jacob )
David was named after his brother that died.
They lost Charles Jacob when
he was 3 years old to scarlet fever, in Mar 1877, a month later their older daugther died,
it is not known at this time, what the cause, of her death was. David would have
been a year old at this time, Samuel and Katie were not born yet. Truly a major hardship
for any family.
James is listed as a Labor on the Census. in 1880 only Emma his wife and David and
Samuel are listed at this time. .They are living in Upper Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania
In the 1900 Census they are living in Tilden, Berks, Pennsylvania he is working as a
farmer. Samuel is working as a farm help and Katie is still at home.In the 1910 Census
James is listed as a carpenter doing odd jobs. His initials on this census is James S.
Mengle.
James name is shown as James
L. Mengel or James S. Mengel. His middle initial would have been L. , but he
sometimes used his mothers maiden name of S. perhaps since their was more then one
James at the time, it was used for less confusion.
James was raised on a farm or
grillmill. He must not have shown interest in farming but became a carpenter. Many
building and bridges were built by him in the area. He became the roadmaster of Tilden
Township before working for the Railroad as a carpenter. The farm he was raised on past
down to his half sister.
They were members of St. Michael's church.
Check out Baptism Records for three of their children. James middle initial is L.
and S. and thiese children, Anna, Charles, and David are listed. David's child as well is
on this list.
Baptism's
at St. Michael's Church
Emma E. Mengel is bury at
Saint Michael's Cemetery, Tilden Township
Berks County
Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: new cemetery
Her tombstone reads
Emma E Reintzel Mengel
Birth: Sep. 8, 1845
Death: Jul. 31, 1914
James then remarried a Malinda R Graul
in Mar. Application date of Mar 13, 1917. He is living in a rented house in the City at
the time. He was 66 years old and she was 58 years old.
From Mabel Mengel's
recollection all her grandparents were very sweet loving grandparents. She remember her
stepgrandmom and the family as very sweet and loving .
He and his wife show up in the 1930 Census
living with his wife's daughter and her husband. |
