Magdalena Binger Wetzel of Australia

Magdalena Binger Wetzel of Australia

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The Story of Magdalena Binger Wetzel (*1838, +1905)

Magdalena Binger was born 26 June 1838 in Laubenheim, Germany. She was baptised the next day in the Catholic Church in Laubenheim. She was the daughter of Anton and Sophia Schembs Binger. Magdalena and Jacob Wetzel (*1836 Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, +25.01.1911 QLD) were married 18 September 1863 in Laubenheim. Two months later on 7 November 1863 Magdalena and Jacob sailed on the ship "Johan Cesar" from Hamburg for Moreton-Bay, Australia, arriving in 1864. Moreton-Bay is in present day Brisbane. Their hometown (Residence) is entered as Pleitersheim, Hessen-Darmstadt. This is believed to be in error and the correct hometown should be Laubenheim, also in Hessen-Darmstadt but about 25 Km to the northeast of Pleitersheim. The reason we know the Magdalena Wetzel in the passenger list is Magdalena Binger Wetzel is that the subsequent records of the births of their children list her maiden name of Magdalena Binger. Also her death record identifies her mother and father. Magdalena Binger Wetzel died 12 March 1905 in Brisbane. It is interesting to look at the death certificate for Jacob Wetzel from 1911. It is in two parts -- first and second. It is helpful if you are able to open them in separate windows and then put them side by side.

The Election Rolls of Queensland during the first half of the Twentieth Century list a number of Mengels and undoubtedly Wetzels. All of them are towns in the general Brisbane area. Here are Mengel listings from 1925, 1928, 1943, 1954 and 1958. Most, if not all, of these Mengels are descended from Elizabeth Wetzel and Johann Konrad Mengel. Some of the information from the Rolls has been extracted and put into the presentation below. There are, however, numerous others who probably fit into the family but exactly where is not clear at this time. Establishing contact with the descendants of Magdalena Binger and Jacob Wetzel will fill in the holes.

Descendants of Magdalena Binger Wetzel

Children: (4)

4.1.....Elizabetha Wetzel (*4.08.1864 Brisbane QLD, +24.10.1937 Brisbane QLD)

Elizabetha Wetzel married Johann Konrad Mengel (*1863 Lohra, Hessen, +23.06.1951 Toowoomba QLD). In 1925 Elizabeth and John Conrad are living at the corner of Melbourne and Boundary Streets in Oxley on the southwestern side of Brisbane. In 1928 John Conrad continued working as a baker. They lived at Ferneydell and Ashgove Avenue in Ashgrove.

Children: (6)

6.1.....Maria Magdalena Mengel (*28.11.1888 Queensland, +1935)

Maria and Thomas Tracey married.

6.2.....Friederich Edward Mengel (*13.10.1890 Queensland)

Friederich Edward is living with his parents in 1925. He is a news agent by profession. Also in the home is Alice Lillian Webb, his wife.

6.3.....Friederich Wilhelm Mengel (*20.08.1892 Beenleigh QLD, +6.07.1950 Brisbane QLD)

On 10 December 1910 Fred and Emily Elizabeth Green (*10.09.1893 Milton, Brisbane QLD, +06.06.1989 Brisbane QLD) were married in Brisbane. Emily was the daughter of Boaz and Florence Annie Rhymes Green who arrived in Australia on 15 June 1888 aboard the "Duke of Sutherland".

In 1928 Fred and Emily were living in the home on Ferneydell and Ashgrove Avenue in Ashgrove with his parents. Fred was a tailor by profession. Whether the home was the home of Fred or of John Conrad is not known at this time.

7.1.....Leslie Edward Mengel (*24.02.1911 Rosewood, +10.04.1983)

7.2.....Conrad William Ernst Mengel (*1912, +25.12.1984 New Zealand)

Conrad and Irene Isobel Enoch were married.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Barbara Mengel

2.2.....Raymond Mengel

7.3.....Edna Eileen Mengel (*07.11.1914 Rosewood QLD, +30.01.1995)

Edna married Kennedy Christmas Paul Daly (*28.11.1897 Maryborough QLD, +31.05.1947 Townsville QLD). The wedding was on 1 September 1934. Ken was a train engineer ("driver") by profession and a widower. His father had also been a locomotive engineer. Edna's occupation was as a "Tailoress".

Les Daly meets Jacky Binger Cramb, 2015
Jacky descends from Peter Binger, brother of Magdalena

Children: (3)

3.1.....Dorothy Elaine Daly

3.2.....Veronica Merle Daly

3.3.....Leslie Kenneth Daly (*~1940)

7.4.....Lionel Frederick Charles Mengel (*8.08.1916 Rosewood Qld, 14.11.2003)

Lionel and Margaret Gilchrist married.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Kevin Mengel

7.5.....Alma Mengel (*)

Alma married Michael Stewart.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Denise Stewart

7.6.....Frederick "Digger" Mengel (*01.02.1924 Rosewood Qld, +16.02.2010 Brisbane Qld)

7.7.....Enid May Mengel (*)

Enid married Douglas Carloss.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Narelle Carloss

6.4.....Conrad Julius Mengel (*25.03.1894 Queensland, +1967 Toowoomba QLD)

Conrad and Irene Mary Symington were married 04 September 1915. In 1928 they are living on Primrose Street in Wilston. Conrad is a pastry cook. By 1943 they have moved to New Lindum Road in Wynnum West where they are still living in 1954.

6.5.....Charles Frederick Mengel (*16.12.1895 Beenleigh QLD, +1984)

We first know of Charles Frederick Mengel from his enlistment papers into the Austrian Imperial Force. Charles enlisted on 29 September 1916 into the 5th Unit of the 42nd Battalion. His place of birth is listed as Beenleigh, a town about 30 Km to the south of Brisbane. Prior to enlisting Charles was an upholsterer by trade. He had apprenticed for five years. During this period he had been a member of the Citizen Forces of the A.M.C for three years.

Charles and Lilian May Whitlock married. Later in life Charles Frederick appears in some of the Election Rolls. Specifically in 1954 (he would have been 58 years old) Charles lives in Manly on Gordon Parade. His profession is still upholsterer. It is from the 1954 Election Rolls that we can speculate on their family. They have at least two daughters who are living at or near home.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Elva May Mengel

In 1954 Elva May works as a typist.

2.2.....Merle Elma Mengel

In 1954 Merle is a clerk.

6.6.....Emma Isabella Mengel (*06.08.1897 Queensland)

Emma Isabella and Edward H. Rice married.

4.2.....Emma Wetzel (*16.02.1866 Queensland, +29.09.1866 Queensland)

Emma died as an infant at seven months of age.

4.3.....Louisa Wetzel (*Australia, +26.06.1875 Queensland)

While we do not have a record of the birth of Louisa, we do have her death record in 1875. She therefore was born prior to Edward (*1876) and probably after 1866.

4.4.....Edward Wetzel (*07.07.1876 Queensland, +29.03.1949)

Edward Wetzel married Alice Francis. This we know from the birth record of their son Francis Edward Jacob. At this time we are not aware of other children.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Francis Edward Jacob Wetzel (*04.03.1906 Queensland)

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