John Joseph Wendell

Brief Life History of John Joseph

When John Joseph Wendell was born on 4 July 1879, in Washington, Oregon, United States, his father, Josef Windle, was 45 and his mother, Antonia Shute, was 37. He married Adelheit Beier on 2 December 1903, in Saint Joseph, Yamhill, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years and Glendale Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. In 1909, at the age of 30, his occupation is listed as clerk in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States. He died on 8 October 1948, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Joseph Wendell
1879–1948
May Amelia Beier
1884–1958
Marriage: 24 July 1907
Raymond John Wendell
1908–1976
Wesley Adolf Wendell
1909–1988
Edna Marie Wendell
1911–1993
Joseph Chester William Wendell
1913–1943
Lester Edward Clarence Wendell
1917–1999
Juanita Lorraine Wendell
1918–1999
Jack Junior Wendell
1922–2016
Donna Mae Wendell
1924–2007

Sources (36)

  • Johann Wintle in household of Jos Wintle, "United States Census, 1880"
  • John Joseph Wendell, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • John J Wendell, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1888

In 1858, the Portland Archdiocese established its first cemetery, St. Mary's Cemetery, in Southeast Portland adjacent to Lone Fir Cemetery. By the late 1800s, that site was becoming full and a new site was needed. In 1888, the Archdiocese purchased 100 acres (400,000 m2) in the West Hills and established Mount Calvary Cemetery.[1]

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

German, Swedish, and Danish: variant of Wendel and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this (which can be also of Dutch origin). The surname Wendell is (very) rare in Germany, Sweden, and Denmark.

History: A prominent New Netherland (now NY) merchant family of this name descended from a colonist from Emden, Germany, which was part of the Netherlands in the 17th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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