Brief Life History of Johann H
When Johann H Wedel was born on 29 March 1857, in Volyn, Russian Empire, his father, John P Wedel, was 23 and his mother, Maria Preheim, was 19. He married Maria Goering on 21 February 1879, in McPherson, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Alta Township, Harvey, Kansas, United States in 1910 and Mound Township, McPherson, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 29 March 1932, in Moundridge, McPherson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in First Mennonite Cemetery, Moundridge, McPherson, Kansas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- John Weddle in household of John Weddle, "United States Census, 1880"
- John Wedal, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- John H. Wedel, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1858
Treaty of Aigun signed with China. Northern bank of Amur River ceded to Russia.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1877
War with Ottoman Empire ends with Treaty of San Stefano. independent Bulgaria proclaimed. Russia forced to accept less advantageous terms of Congress of Berlin.
Name Meaning
German:
habitational name from any of various places called Wedel or Wedell, all in northern Germany.
in northwestern Germany a topographic name for someone who lived in a forest, from Middle Low German wede ‘wood, forest’ + lo ‘brush’, ‘wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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