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| courtesy of Lowell Pankake - Find A Grave |
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| courtesy of Diane - Find A Grave |
He then married Katherine Wallis, the daughter of John T Wallis & Emma J Lake and they had one child, Wallace Alfred Widel who gave Harvey another 6 grandchildren!
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The next child for Alfred & Eliza was Haley A Widel who married Allen Edward Boyer, the son of William Boyer & Agnes Eldaid. Together they had 4 children - Nellie, Evelyn, Arthur & Virgil.
Odeboldt Chronicle,
Thurs, 26 Nov 1903
Mrs Allen Boyer died
November 15 at Alamosa, California, leaving a husband and three children. The
deceased was a daughter of A Widel, one of the first settlers of this township.
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| courtesy of Robert Viguers - Find A Grave |
After her death, Allen married 2 more times & died in Pennsylvania where he had relocated with his children.
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Daisy Delia Widel was next and she died a spinster.
Pocahonta Democrat, Thurs, 11 Oct 1906
Miss Daisy Widel died at the home of her parents in Palmer, last Wednesday morning after a lingering illness. Deceased was thirty years old and had been a resident of Palmer for the past 11 years, coming to this vicinity with her parents. Although an invalid all her life, she possessed a very cheerful disposition which made her a friend of all those who knew her. The direct cause of her death was consumption, having been a sufferer of the disease the last year. Funeral services were conducted in the Methodist church Sunday afternoon, Rev Kamphofner delivering an excellent sermon. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Gilmore city. Besides the sorrowing parents, four brothers and a sister, who all reside in this county are left to mourn her demise.
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| courtesy of laed - Find A Grave |
Miss Daisy Widel died at the home of her parents in Palmer, last Wednesday morning after a lingering illness. Deceased was thirty years old and had been a resident of Palmer for the past 11 years, coming to this vicinity with her parents. Although an invalid all her life, she possessed a very cheerful disposition which made her a friend of all those who knew her. The direct cause of her death was consumption, having been a sufferer of the disease the last year. Funeral services were conducted in the Methodist church Sunday afternoon, Rev Kamphofner delivering an excellent sermon. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Gilmore city. Besides the sorrowing parents, four brothers and a sister, who all reside in this county are left to mourn her demise.
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Edgar Ellsworth Widel, the next son in the clan, is a bit of a mystery. There are several different birth years out there, 1883, 1886 & 1888; however, he was on the 1885 census with the family and the WWI draft card has 1883 so that is the year I went with.
He was married Etta Gesina Christoffers, the daughter of F Otto Christoffers & Etha Johnson and they had 5 children together - Alfred, Elsworth, Lavern, Eldred & one girl, Zitella.
What is strange, is that it appears he abandoned his family all together according to this 1942 draft card found on Ancestry
Edgar died in 1945 in California.
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Lavern Gilbert Widel, Vern, married marion Janette Risdon, the daughter of Harrions L Risdon & Bonnie Heterington & had one son, Ronald Lee who was a bit of a Frisbee phe-nom.
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Eldred Otto Widel never married from the looks of it.
It appears he got caught with his brother Lavern for burglary - but then the silly guy escaped custody & had time added so he spent at least 5 years in jail in the 1930's.
However he turned his life around & enlisted in 1942, was honorably discharged in 1945 & died in 1946.
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And finally the only girl, Zitella Irene Widel, she married Bennie August Henry Neubarth, the son of William Neubarth & Ida Klabunda.
Zitella & Ben had 4 children - Donald, Lea, David & Dwight.
He was married Etta Gesina Christoffers, the daughter of F Otto Christoffers & Etha Johnson and they had 5 children together - Alfred, Elsworth, Lavern, Eldred & one girl, Zitella.
What is strange, is that it appears he abandoned his family all together according to this 1942 draft card found on Ancestry
Edgar died in 1945 in California.
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Lavern Gilbert Widel, Vern, married marion Janette Risdon, the daughter of Harrions L Risdon & Bonnie Heterington & had one son, Ronald Lee who was a bit of a Frisbee phe-nom.
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| courtesy of DaveVangsness - Find A Grave |
It appears he got caught with his brother Lavern for burglary - but then the silly guy escaped custody & had time added so he spent at least 5 years in jail in the 1930's.
However he turned his life around & enlisted in 1942, was honorably discharged in 1945 & died in 1946.
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| courtesy of Sibley County Historical Society and Museum/Henderson, MN |
Zitella & Ben had 4 children - Donald, Lea, David & Dwight.
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