Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Complications of Leukemia
• Occupation: Fire fighter (Los Angeles County), business owner
• Military Notes: U.S. Marine.
• Census: 1930, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Oct 1945, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Dec 1945, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Jan 1951, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
• Residence: Jan 1960, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Notes:

Birth:
2344 Lyon

Christened:
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Residence:
1625 Capitol Avenue

Residence:
430 W. Harriet Street

Robert married L.J. Patrick [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. J.H. Schroppel
2. Ray Allen Schroppel was born on 5 Oct 1953 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA; died on 23 Oct 2008 in Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska, USA.
3. J.E. Schroppel
4. J.L. Schroppel

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Electrician
• Research Notes: Grave marker of second wife Lois includes a space for Charles, with his birth year but no death year. He is probably buried elsewhere. Mother’s obituary gives name as “E. Edward Schroppel.”
• Confirmation: 21 Apr 1912, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Jun 1920, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Jan 1922, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Census: 1925, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Oct 1927, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Census: 1930, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Feb 1942, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Dec 1947, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
• Residence: Jun 1949, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
• Residence: Jun 1960, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
• Residence: Mar 1968, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
• Residence: Dec 1979, Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA

Notes:

Served in the Navy in World War I. Discharged 25 February 1919.

Confirmation:
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Residence:
2344 Lyon

Residence:
2344 Lyon

Residence:
2448 East Grand Avenue

Residence:
2432 East 68th

Charles married Martha Ruth Spiering on 9 Jun 1920 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, and was divorced. Martha (daughter of Ernst Henry Spiering and Emma Emilie Schoelzel) was born on 1 Jun 1900 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 13 Apr 1953 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried on 18 Apr 1953 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Clerk
• Research Notes: Martha is listed in the 1900 census as “Virginia” with a birthdate of May 1900. She was only 11 days old on the day the census was enumerated (and was born on the official record date, June 1st), so it’s possible she hadn’t been named yet. California Death Index gives birth year as 1901.
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Jan 1922, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Census: 1925, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Oct 1927, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Census: 1930, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Aug 1940, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Jun 1942, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Dec 1945, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Jun 1949, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
• Residence: Apr 1953, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Notes:

Residence:
2344 Lyon

Residence:
2344 Lyon

Residence:
1625 Capitol Avenue

Residence:
1625 Capitol Avenue

Residence:
430 West Harriet Street

Residence:
430 West Harriet Street

Died:
St. Luke Hospital, 2632 East Washington Street

Notes:

Family lived at 2344 Lyon St., Des Moines, Iowa, in 1925 and 1930.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Sep 1918, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Confirmation: 25 Feb 1923, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Residence:
830 E. 23rd Court

Confirmation:
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Charles married May Anacker on 18 Dec 1895 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA. May (daughter of Fred Anacker and Margret Balch) was born on 14 May 1877 in Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA; was christened on 2 Nov 1909 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA; died on 29 Mar 1968 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA; was buried on 1 Apr 1968 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: May Anacher
• Research Notes: 1925 Iowa Census entry for son Charles E. lists name as Catherine and age as 84. This is contradicted by other sources. Also, it would have meant she had Charles at the age of 58. It seems more likely that Catherine was Charles’s grandmother. Birthplace given as Minn. in delayed birth certificate of son Charles.
• Residence: Sep 1918, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Survived by a sister, Mrs. Muriel Willis, of Des Moines.

Christened:
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Residence:
830 E. 23rd Court

Died:
908 23rd Court

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Cirrhosis of Liver
• Occupation: Bookkeeper
• Occupation: Saloon keeper
• Research Notes: Elaine Schoelzel gives birth year as 1868 and death date as 6 May 1906. Death certificate gives birth date of 20 February 1879. Age given as 24 in birth record of son Edward, which would put his birth in about 1868. Birthplace given as Hamburg, Germany in birth record of son Edward.
• Emigration: 1881
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Died:
1617 W North Ave, 27th Ward

Buried:
In lot with parents

Ernst married Emma Emilie Schoelzel on 10 Nov 1894 in Cook County, Illinois, USA. Emma (daughter of Ernst Wilhelm Schoelzel and Emilie Marie Peitscher) was born on 29 Oct 1874 in Grünberg, Posen, Prussia; died on 1 Nov 1954 in Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried on 4 Nov 1954 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Acute coronary thrombosis
• Occupation: Janitoress
• Research Notes: Wendell Mohr lists birth year as 1873. Birth place given as Bromberg in birth record of son Edward. Grünberg is now Zielonczyn, Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomerianian Voivoidship, Poland. Living with the family of daughter Myrtle at the time of the 1950 census.
• Emigration: 1887
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1921, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1947, California, USA
• Census: 1950, El Monte, Los Angeles County, California, USA
• Residence: Nov 1954, El Monte, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Notes:

Emigrated to US with parents in 1887.

Residence:
2217 N Sawyer Ave

Census:
11744

Residence:
11744 Roseglen Street

Died:
Garfield Hospital, 503 North Garfield Avenue

Notes:

Emma & son Edward lived at 1918 Spaulding Ave., Chicago, in 1930.

Peter + Katherine Riendel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fred + Margret Balch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1881
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Section G

Henry married Johanna Hanrath about 1879. Johanna (daughter of _____ Hanrath) was born on 24 Jun 1837 in Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, Germany; died on 30 Oct 1921 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 1 Nov 1921 in Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Emigrated in 1879 or 1881.

Died:
Lutheran Deaconess Hospital, 1138 N. Leavitt.

Buried:
Section G

Notes:

Family lived at 864 N. Francisco Ave, Chicago in 1900.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: William
• Occupation: Soldier (Berliner Garde), laborer, newspaper carrier
• Medical Notes: Suffered ill health for 22 years before his death. Death certificate indicates he died with interstitial nephritis and asthma.
• Research Notes: Wendell Mohr list birth year as 1841 and date of death as February 20, 1909. These appear to be based on information in a letter to him from Emma Schoelzel. Peilau, Schlesien is now Piława, Walbrzyskie, Poland. Name appears on Certificate of Death as “William Ernst Schoelzel.” Name appears on his son Robert’s death certificate as “Wilhelm”. 1920 census record for his son August gives birthplace as Schleswig. Informant on Certificate of Death was Robert Rheinhold Schoelzel; undertaker was Frank Kummerow. Colby Memorial Cemetery Index entry for his son August gives his name as “Tom”
• Immigration: 1887
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Served in the Berliner Garde in Prussia for 11 years. Served in the signal corps as a bugler during the Oestreich-German War in 1868, and in France in the Franco-Prussian war during 1870-71. Worked as a switchman on the railroad after leaving the military. Emigrated to America in 1887 with Emilie and three youngest children (August and Rudolph had emigrated earlier with their grandmother Susanna).

Worked as a paper carrier for a short time. Unemployed after about 1888. Lived at 1632 N. Leavitt St. for 2 months prior to death. Usual residence was 5007 Bertran Ave.

Buried:
Lot 53, block G

Ernst married Emilie Marie Peitscher on 8 Jan 1865. Emilie (daughter of _____ Peitscher) was born on 5 Nov 1845 in Campani, Westpreußen, Prussia; died on 29 Aug 1896 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in 1896 in Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Medical Notes: Death certificate lists cause of death as “general dropsy” (likely heart failure).
• Research Notes: Wendell Mohr lists surname as “Peitcher” and birthdate as February 1843. I have been unable to find a “Campani.” There was a Kampenau (Campenau), Marienburg, Westpreußen (now Kępniewo, Elbląg, Warmian-Masurian, Poland) 19°21’E, 54°01’N. This is about 110km from Laskowitz, where she gave birth to her first two children. Elaine Schoelzel has a birthdate of 11 May 1845 in her more recent information.

Notes:

Orphaned by age of two and raised by older brothers and sisters. Father was a school teacher in Germany. Emigrated to America in 1887.

Buried:
Lot 53, block G

Died:
12:50 AM; 176 Potomac Ave

Notes:

Also had twins who died in infancy.