Samuel Reinael Mengel and Clara A. Merkel

Samuel Reinzel Mengel or Mengle

Born: Jan 1,1880
in Hamburg, Tilden Township, Berks County, Pa

Died: Jun 30 1960 in Muhlenberg Township Berks County, Pa

Died at Age 80 Married at Age 20

Burial Unknown

Samuel Mengel
Samuel & Clara Mengel

Clara A. Merkel

Born: : Nov 1881
unknown birthdate using 1880

Died: Nov 19 1935

Died at Age 54
Married Age 18

Burial Unknown

married February 10,1900 in Berne,Berks,Pennsylvania Married 34 years

Description

Given Name
Samuel Reintsel Mengel

Nicknames
Sam
Height: 5" 3'
Weight 220
Hair Color:Black
Eye Color: Brown
Complexion Ruddy
Illness:unknown
Cause of Death : unknown

Description

Given Name
Clara A. Merkel

Nicknames

Height: unknown
Weight
Hair Color: unknown
Eye Color: unknown
Illness:cancer
Cause of Death cancer

Samuel Mengel & Clara Mengel
had two known children.

Samuel worked for the Reading Railroad as a Electrical Engineer. He was a very refined man. He spoke Pa Dutch or High German and English. He came from a small family at that time of only a brother and a sister. Samuel was the middle child.

Clara came from a large family. Her father had 14 children. Clara was an excellent sewer and wonderful cook. She died of cancer. She made all of her daughters clothes.

Note there was three deaths in little over a year in this family.

Clara Merkel was not on the Census in 1880 yet. So was born in 1880 or after. Clara was listed with her father in the 1900 Census.

Samuel was listed as 5 months on the 1880 Census. Samuel's birthday would have been Jan 1880. It also is listed in 1900 Census as Jan.

They lived in near Hamburg and moved down to Reading.

Samuel was a Republican. He was a Lutheran.

Samuel was widowed at age 55 and remarried Sarah L. Blatt. at age 56 or 57. Daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Reber ) Blatt, born in 1895 and died in 1983. .No record of the marriage has been found at this time

No children were born to this union. Sarah had a child that Samuel helped raise since age 4.

Read about Sarah and Samuel

Sarah's Mengel Obituary

Links to sources or related info listed on this site

Samuel and Clara Mengel's Marriage Application

Samuel and Clara Mengel's Marriage Date

1900 U.S. Census
James Mengle Tilden, Berks, Pennsylvania with Samuel
The image of this Census

1910 Census
1920 Census
1930 Census

James Mengel is mention in James K. Merkel Biography 1

James Mengel is mention in James K. Merkel Biography 2

James Mengel is mention in Merkle Biography

The Mengel Family Tree

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