Family Tree of Jerry Perkins

Events

Birth	Birth of Wentzel, Rudoff, 1844-07-14 at Germany ^{2b 8 2 4b 5b 7}Also has a date of 7-1854??
Marriage	Marriage of Wentzel, Rudolph &, 1872-12-13 at Canada, Ontario, Waterloo Co., Berlin (Obsolete) ⁷
Immigration	Immigration of Wentzel, Rudolph, 1885 ⁷
Residence	Residence of Wentzel, Rudolph, 1890 at USA, Michigan, Wayne Co., Detroit ⁹
Census	Census Wentzel, Ferdinand family 1910, 1910-04-22 at USA, Michigan, Wayne Co., Detroit ¹⁰
Death	Death of Wentzel, Rudoff, 1918-11-18 at USA, Michigan, Wayne Co., Detroit ^{2c 4c 6b 11a}
Burial	Burial of Wentzel, Rudoff, 1918-11-22 at USA, Michigan, Wayne Co., Detroit, Woodmere Cemetery ^{6 11}
Occupation	Occupation Railroad, Street Cleaner (White Wing), about 1910 at USA, Michigan ⁴

Attributes

Relationship

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Parents

Father	Wentzel, Ferdinand [I1683] (Birth)
Mother	Wentzel(MN), Willhelmina [I1684] (Birth)

Families

Married	Wife	Adloff, Augustine [I0021]
	Marriage	Marriage of Wentzel, Rudoff and Adloff, Augustine, 1872-12-13 at Canada, Ontario, Waterloo Co., Berlin (Obsolete) ^{4 7 12a}Married by Rev. Herman Sagehorn.
	Census	Census Wentzel, Ferdinand family 1910, 1910-04-22 at USA, Michigan, Wayne Co., Detroit ¹⁰
	Narrative	They were married 1872 by Rev. Herman Sagehorn in Berlin Ontario. The spelling of her name was Adeloff. Father(?) Michael Adeloff was listed as a witness. Both were Lutherans. He was working as a Laborer. They had an estimated total of 9 to 13 children. 4 children that died in infincy. 6 children died of scarlet fever within a few weeks, probably before moving to the United States. These may be the same. Son Charles (Carl) was born in 1882. Between 1882-1889 they moved to Detroit from Kitchener after Carl was born, but before Anna was born. Anna was born in 1889, then Florentine in 1892. In Detroit they were members of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church on McKinstry Avenue. He could speak English, but couldn't read it, so his wife would read him the newspapers. 1900 - Was a car repairman. He worked for the Michigan Central Railroad until he retired. Then he worked for the city of Detroit as a "White Wing" (street sweeper). In 1927 Augustine died.
	Children	Wentzel, Charles O. [I0353] Wentzel, Anna Katherine [I0015] Wentzel, Florentine C. [I0250]

Addresses

	Germany, Kitchener Ont., Detroit, Mich. ⁴
1900	353 Clark Avenue, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States ⁷

Gallery

Marriage Index, Canada, Waterloo p470

Census USA, Michigan, Wayne, Detroit 1910, 204 p. 17b

Narrative

Rudolph Wentzel was born in Germany, 1844 to Ferdinand and Willhelmina Wentzel. His German name spelling of "Rudoff".
On Dec. 13 1872 he married Augustine Adloff in Berlin Ontario.
He worked for the Michigan Central Railroad until he retired. Then he worked for the city of Detroit as a "White Wing" (street sweeper).
He died when Flora, his daughter & William Seiss where in Rhode Island and on Flora's birthday. His burial was on Nov. 22, 1918. At time of his death, he may have lived in Prairie in Detroit.