Elizabeth "Beth" WEHOFER

Family/Spouse: Michael ELI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alexandria ELI

Arnold married Kathryn "Kay" Lanae PETERSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Education: High School
• FamilySearch ID: GCZV-GJX
• Occupation: Baker
• Religion: Lutheran
• _UID: 7A8BFF14DD2645FE874826C60D46FDC52E10
• Residence: 1930, Chicago (Districts 0501-0750), Cook, Illinois
• Residence: 1940, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
• MilitaryService: 5 Sep 1946, Dearborn, Michigan
• Obituary: 6 Apr 2004, Arizona

Notes:

Born in Chicago and moved to Alpena when 16, where he worked in family business - Bakery. Lived in Alpena, Mi after marriage 1953 - 1959. Moved to Aneheim, CA for 6 months in 1959, then to Tucson, AZ from 1959 - 1962, where they had a bakery. Moved to Santa Ana, CA from 1962-1964 , and then to Phoenix, AZ in 1964-1969, in Maryvale area. Then moved back to Alpena from 1969-1971 to help Paul and Clara with their bakery. Moved back to Phoenix in 1971 and subsequently moved to Mesa, AZ area since, where Joyce and Bill had a bakery (Yum-Yum Tree Bakery) for several years. Sold bakery, retired and worked as security guard for a time, until caring for wife Joyce, who had advanced Parkinson's became a full time task. Died of heart attack 3 days prior to 76th birthday.

William married Joyce Marilyn KEMNITZ on 4 Jul 1953 in Herron, Michigan. Joyce (daughter of Albert William KEMNITZ and Edna Geneva HASSE) was born on 26 Dec 1932 in Herron, Michigan; died on 16 Jul 2008 in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Education: High School
• FamilySearch ID: LT9L-Q3B
• Occupation: Baker Assistant, Technical Assembly Worker
• Religion: Lutheran
• _UID: 486B383F416C4E09BF4A2A91429B355E6285

Notes:

Grew up on farm and was oldest of 12 children. Left to work in town at 16. Lived in Alpena, Mi after marriage 1953 - 1959. Moved to Aneheim, CA for 6 months in 1959, then to Tucson, AZ from 1959 - 1962, where they had a bakery. Moved to Santa Ana, CA from 1962-1964 , and then to Phoenix, AZ in 1964-1969, in Maryvale area. Then moved back to Alpena from 1969-1971 to help Paul and Clara with their bakery. Moved back to Phoenix in 1971 and subsequently moved to Mesa, AZ area since, where Joyce and Bill had a bakery (Yum-Yum Tree Bakery) for several years. Diagnosed in approx 1972 with Parkinsons Disease.

Kenneth married Lucille Marie SWENSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LR46-23M
• Immigration: ; Arrival Date: 28 Apr 1913 - Port of Arrival: New York, New York, USA
• Name: Pal WEHOFER
• Name: Paul WEHOFFER
• Occupation: Bakery Owner
• Religion: ; Geburt: r?m. kath. - USA: evang.
• Religion: Lutheran
• Residence: ; Geburt: Mischendorf Nr. 107
• _UID: E604EFDD68B047719BC0F43CCE03073C259D
• Military Draft Registration: Between 1917 and 1918, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
• Residence: 1930, Chicago (Districts 0501-0750), Cook, Illinois
• Residence: 1935, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
• Residence: 27 Oct 1993, Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan

Notes:

2nd Born.
Came to America when 15 years old (March 1913) and went to live with cousins near Chicago sometime after his mother died in 1904. Living in 1917 at 7018 Justine, Chicago, Illinois.
Came from Pinkamiske, Vas, Hungary that was later known as Mischendorf, Burgenland, Austria after World War I (1917). Area comprises Germanic, Croatian and Hungarian heritages in area commonly known as Burgenland, Austria. Past Wehofers were known prior to 1850's as Vehhofers, but common spelling uniformly changed to Wehofer over 20-30 years, in nearly all families. Generations of Wehofers have spread over a relatively small area, with the highest concentrations in descending order: Wien (Vienna) Austria (30%), Mischendorf (6%), Rust (5%), Yspertac (3%), Tadten (3%), and so forth to lesser concentrations.

Paul is an Americanised name spelling (originally Pal in Hungarian), upon coming to the USA. Paul married Clara and they operated a small limited bakery in the Chicago area for a few years during the wartime 40's. When they moved the family to Alpena, they started a larger bakery, bought lake front property at Hubbard Lake, bought a house and set up their oldest sons in the family business. Differences of opinion and relationship issues separated most of the older children from close ties to their parents, Paul and Clara and full reconciliation was never fully realized. SS# 375-34-0880

Entry to Ellis Island, New York: Paul Wehoffer (SP!) arrived April 28, 1913 at age 16 from Pinkamilka Ungary (all their spelling not mine), ethnicity: Ungarn (Hungarian) German. Port of Departure Le Havre, Seine-Inferior, France on the ship Rochambeau. Going to brother Adolf (Step brother) in Chicago, 141 W. 45th St., Chicago, Ill.. Relative still in Hungary father Franz.
Brother Adolf was Adolf Radakovits, step brother whose mother Theresia was Franz Wehofer third wife.

1918: Draft Registration; Residence 7018 S. Justine, Chicago. Nearest Relative: Adolf Radohowitz (Radowicz)? 5127 S. Wells, Chicago, Ill

Found in 1930 Census in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois - Paul Wehofer, age 32, born in Austria with wife Clara.
Wehofer, Paul; Head, age 32, born Austria; Father born Germany; Mother born Austria; Speaks German; Immigration 1907; Occupation - Baker
Clara, Wife, age 21, Born Michigan; Father & Mother born Germany
William, Son age 2, Born Illinois

Also in Cook County, on same census, different area, at seperate residence was a John Wehofer, age 28; a "Lodger" in a household, from Hungary and was a "Blacksmith". Unknown if relative of Paul.

Also in Cook County on same 1930 census, different area was Frank Wehofer, age 39, born 1891 in Austria, married to Theresa age 35 with sons Rudolph age 16 and Frank aged 8. Unknown if relative of Paul.

I have copy of Pal Wehofer Hungarian Birth Registration from where registered on 12 May 1897 in Pinka-Miske. Details match recollections of William and Joyce Wehofer which leads to further varification of details through the Catholic Church records of his father Franz and his mother Aloisia.

Meanwhile, back in Hungary the year after Pal emigrated to the US, World War I happened.

Main articles: Austro-Hungarian entry into World War I and Hungary in World War I

After the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, a series of crises escalated quickly. A general war began on 28 July with a declaration of war on Serbia by Austria-Hungary.[45]

Austria-Hungary drafted 9 million soldiers in World War I, of which 4 million were from the kingdom of Hungary. During the First World War, Austria-Hungary fought on the side of Germany, Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire? the so-called Central Powers. They conquered Serbia easily, and Romania declared war. The Central Powers then conquered Southern Romania and the Romanian capital of Bucharest. In November 1916, Emperor Franz Joseph died; the new monarch, Emperor Charles I of Austria (IV. K?roly), sympathized with the pacifists in his realm.

Birth:
Was Pinkamiske, Vas, Hungary when came to U.S.

Pal married Clara Elsie STARK on 3 Apr 1926 in Cook County, Illinois. Clara (daughter of Rudolph Julius William STARK and Marie "Mary" Fredericka GRESCHKE) was born on 19 Aug 1908 in Tawas City, Iosco, Michigan; died on 17 Oct 1990 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan; was buried in Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery Tawas City, Iosco County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KZFQ-26G
• LifeSketch: ; Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 115053345
• Occupation: Bakery Owner
• Religion: Lutheran
• _UID: 7B4FF165B6404ECE82C7B68DAFDA924C2572
• Residence: 1910, Tawas City, Iosco, Michigan
• Residence: 1920, Tawas, Iosco, Michigan
• Residence: 1930, Chicago (Districts 0501-0750), Cook, Illinois
• Residence: 1935, Chicago, Cook, Illinois

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• FamilySearch ID: K2VL-WWB
• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Lutheran
• _UID: 32311462DE8240CB95EF5D14FA180AE93EA2
• Residence: 1910, Wilson Township, Alpena, Michigan
• Residence: 1940, Wilson Township, Alpena, Michigan
• Residence: 31 May 1987, Wilson, Alpena, Michigan

Notes:

Found in 1920 US Census in Flint City, Genssee, Michigan

Albert Kemnitz, Roomer, age 17, born in Germany, farmer
Residence of Raymond Miller

Name: Albert Kemnitz
SSN: 380-38-8271
Last Residence: 49744 Herron, Alpena, Michigan, United States of America
Born: 17 Sep 1902
Died: May 1987 State (Year)
SSN issued: Michigan (1955-1956 )

Died:
Died at home

Albert married Edna Geneva HASSE on 30 Jun 1930 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan. Edna (daughter of Frederick William HASSE and Augusta Adeline SCHUELKE) was born on 23 Jul 1908 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan; died on 12 May 1997 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Alpena, Alpena, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: K2VL-CCJ
• Name: Edna G. HASSE
• Occupation: Homemaker/Farmer
• Religion: Lutheran
• _UID: 96D6BD1DD8CB41BC8E1345D0259691F1D9C4
• Residence: 1910, Alpena Ward 5, Alpena, Michigan
• Residence: 1930, Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan
• Residence: 1940, Wilson Township, Alpena, Michigan

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• FamilySearch ID: LD1X-KXW
• _UID: 338D7054F30B4F07AD49CAA9128DE61DE351
• Military Draft Registration: Between 1917 and 1918, Polk, Wisconsin
• Residence: 1940, Bone Lake, Polk, Wisconsin

Harold married Vivian Lolita NELSON on 15 Mar 1926 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. Vivian (daughter of John Alfred NELSON and Emma MUNSON) was born on 23 Nov 1904 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; died on 19 Mar 1979 in Saint Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LD1X-KLX
• _UID: F3E2A977B8004AF5BA9458FCAE61E912986F
• Residence: 1910, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota; Census
• Residence: 1920, Polk, Wisconsin; Census
• Residence: 1940, Bone Lake, Polk, Wisconsin
• Residence: 19 Mar 1979, , Wisconsin

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• FamilySearch ID: G932-KRR
• _UID: F2B3045441954D27B8C04AC89FBA0FED2646
• Residence: 1910, Westbrook, Cottonwood, Minnesota
• Residence: 1920, Westbrook, Cottonwood, Minnesota
• Residence: 1940, Westbrook Township, Cottonwood, Minnesota

Neal married Lillian Berntine LARSON. Lillian was born on 12 Mar 1908 in Minnesota; died on 10 Jun 1994 in Westbrook, Cottonwood County, Minnesota; was buried in Westbrook, Cottonwood County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: G93L-V4X
• _UID: 139767ADB74F4E92A58AC206B361A1E03044