Ida Anna Emelia, known as Amelia/Emelia, born on January 19, 1897, was the youngest daughter of Henry and Catherine (Floke) Spoering. As a child, Amelia lived first in Monroe Township and then Richfield Township, Henry County.
In the 1920 census, she lived with her widowed mother, 64, and her younger brother, George, 20, a farmer. Mela, as the family called Amelia, was 22 and single.
In a previous post, her relationship with Theodore Drewes was discussed and the birth of her son, Alvin, in 1921.
https://attheriverbend.blogspot.com/2016/09/amelia-spoering-strong-woman-for-her-day.html
Her mother died in 1925, so it may have been that Amelia and her son, Alvin, stayed with her younger brother, George, on the farm until May 28, 1929, when she married Henry Jacob Schlagel, son of Jacob and Marie Elisabeth (Mueller/Miller) Schlagel. The Schlagels were immigrants from Gololobowka, Russia, and German was their language. Gololobowka (Doendorf) was a German settlement created when the Russians opened up land in Russia for settlement by Germans. (Read about the Volga Germans here.)
Their marriage certificate indicated that Henry had been married once before, but in truth, it may have been twice before. A marriage record from September 15, 1919, proved a marriage between Henry and Hulda Kaiser in Wauseon, Ohio.
his was a short-lived marriage that ended in divorce on April 19, 1921. Hulda filed on November 5, 1920, accusing Henry of extreme cruelty. In the 1920 census, Henry Schlagel, married, was living with a couple in their apartment in Detroit. He worked as a finisher in an auto tire place. So they were separated at that time; they had no children.
On January 11, 1923, in Napoleon, Ohio, Henry J. Schlagel, 26, married the 18 year old Christine Hogrefe, daughter of Henry and Minnie (Marks/Marksch) Hogrefe.
Christine and Henry had two sons, Julian Henry, born October 15, 1923, and Jerry Jacob, born November 21, 1925. Sometime between Jerry's birth and 1930, the couple divorced. Christine went on to marry Clifford W. Onyon on October 18, 1930. Earlier that year, the 1930 census showed Christine Schlagel living in Napoleon on Leonard Street, in a rented house, with her two sons, and Clifford Onyon, 34, a lodger who was a hoop cutter in the hoop factory.
In 1930, Henry and Amelia (married in 1929) lived at 403 East Main Street, Napoleon. He worked at a furniture store. They had only Amelia's son, Alvin Spoering, 9, at home with them.
(Cousins, do you recognize the 403 East Main address? That was where Grandparents Albert and Ida Elling lived when I was very small. Did Amelia sell the home to them when they moved to Michigan?)
Henry and Amelia moved to 518 Fifth Street, Traverse City, Michigan, after 1935. Henry Schlagel, Head, 44, was enumerated there in the 1940 census. He worked in a hardware store for a salary of $1080 yearly.
Amelia and Henry had a son, Leroy David on Sepember 12, 1934, so he was counted there along with his step-brothers, Julian, 16, and Jerry, 14. Alvin could not be found on a search of the census. He would have been about 19 at the time and probably had moved out.
Henry Schlagel died in Traverse City on January 12, 1985, at the age of 88. His son, Jerry Jacob, preceded him in death when 39 on May 29, 1965.
Both were buried at
Memorial Gardens Cemetery
in Traverse City, Michigan, along with other members of the family.
AAAA AAA Amelia lived just two years more, until December 4, 1987, dying at 90 years old. Her obituary from a Traverse City newspaper:
"Amelia Schlagel, 90, a homemaker, died Friday at Grand Traverse Medical Care Facility. She had lived in Traverse City since 1939. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and of the church's Altar Guild and Ladies Aid.
Born in Henry County, Ohio, on January 19, 1897, she was the daughter of Henry and Maria (Flocke) Spoering. On April 18, 1929, in Napoleon, Ohio, she married Henry J. Schlagel, who died in 1985.
Also preceding her in death were a son, Jerry, two grandchildren, a great grandchild, seven sisters and three brothers.
Surviving are three sons, Alvin H. Schlagel of Perrysburg, Ohio; Julian H. Schlagel of Williamsburg, and Leroy D. Schlagel of Traverse City, 13 grandchilren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran church, the Rev. Charles Gieschen will officiate. Burial will be in Grand Traverse Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the Traverse City Chapel of Covell Funeral Homes from 7-9 tonight and from 2-4 and 7-9 Sunday. Memorials made to the Trinity Lutheran Church Altar Guild."
On January 11, 1923, in Napoleon, Ohio, Henry J. Schlagel, 26, married the 18 year old Christine Hogrefe, daughter of Henry and Minnie (Marks/Marksch) Hogrefe.
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| Julian Schlagel |
Christine and Henry had two sons, Julian Henry, born October 15, 1923, and Jerry Jacob, born November 21, 1925. Sometime between Jerry's birth and 1930, the couple divorced. Christine went on to marry Clifford W. Onyon on October 18, 1930. Earlier that year, the 1930 census showed Christine Schlagel living in Napoleon on Leonard Street, in a rented house, with her two sons, and Clifford Onyon, 34, a lodger who was a hoop cutter in the hoop factory.
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| Jerry Schlagel |
(Cousins, do you recognize the 403 East Main address? That was where Grandparents Albert and Ida Elling lived when I was very small. Did Amelia sell the home to them when they moved to Michigan?)
Henry and Amelia moved to 518 Fifth Street, Traverse City, Michigan, after 1935. Henry Schlagel, Head, 44, was enumerated there in the 1940 census. He worked in a hardware store for a salary of $1080 yearly.
Amelia and Henry had a son, Leroy David on Sepember 12, 1934, so he was counted there along with his step-brothers, Julian, 16, and Jerry, 14. Alvin could not be found on a search of the census. He would have been about 19 at the time and probably had moved out.
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| Amelia (L) and Lydia Spoering Loudon (photo in Jason Snow collection) |
Both were buried at
Memorial Gardens Cemetery
in Traverse City, Michigan, along with other members of the family.
AAAA AAA Amelia lived just two years more, until December 4, 1987, dying at 90 years old. Her obituary from a Traverse City newspaper:
"Amelia Schlagel, 90, a homemaker, died Friday at Grand Traverse Medical Care Facility. She had lived in Traverse City since 1939. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and of the church's Altar Guild and Ladies Aid.
Born in Henry County, Ohio, on January 19, 1897, she was the daughter of Henry and Maria (Flocke) Spoering. On April 18, 1929, in Napoleon, Ohio, she married Henry J. Schlagel, who died in 1985.
Also preceding her in death were a son, Jerry, two grandchildren, a great grandchild, seven sisters and three brothers.
Surviving are three sons, Alvin H. Schlagel of Perrysburg, Ohio; Julian H. Schlagel of Williamsburg, and Leroy D. Schlagel of Traverse City, 13 grandchilren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran church, the Rev. Charles Gieschen will officiate. Burial will be in Grand Traverse Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the Traverse City Chapel of Covell Funeral Homes from 7-9 tonight and from 2-4 and 7-9 Sunday. Memorials made to the Trinity Lutheran Church Altar Guild."
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