Josephine Mencl

There were four Sedlacek siblings who came to the United States.

This information and photos are of Josephine (Josefa) Sedlacek Mencl and some of her family. Josephine is the sister of Joseph (Chicago) and Jacob (Jakub) Sedlacek (Wisconsin) and Marie Sedlacek Vondra (Hyde County, South Dakota).

Josephine Sedlacek Mencl

Marriage record for Albert and Josephine (Josefa)  Josephine Sedlacek married Albert Mencl on January 27, 1873, at Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Chicago.

Josephine and Albert Mencl

1880 City directory information tells that Albert Mencl was a shoemaker who lived at 820 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

The following information is from the 1885 Chicago City Directory and tells of Albert Mencl, boots and shoes, 158 West 19th, Chicago, Illinois.

Vojtech Albert Mencl

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Boarding house that was run by Josephine Mencl in Chicago. Josephine is standing in the entrance way to the building.

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Bessie Mencl, daughter of Josephine and Albert Mencl.

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Emma Vondra, Olga Mencl, Agnes Vondra (Thurston) and Will Vondra (Vondra cousins of Olga Mencl)

 

Julia Mencl



Julia Mencl's wedding

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=176646714 Birth: Jul. 15, 1891
Death: April 8, 1983
Julia Winkle, nee Mencel, age 91 of Ashland, Ore., formerly of Evanston, April 9, beloved wife of the late Edward; loving mother of Mrs. Eleanor Maldaner of Columbus, N.C., Miss Grace Winkle of Walworth, Wisc., Mrs. Marjorie (Carroll) Elkier of Ashland, Ore., Mrs. Lorraine (Charles) Hallock of Forest Park, Ill., Robert (Leila) Winkle of Wauwatosa, Wisc. and Leonard (Bonnie) Winkle of Huntley, Ill.; grandmother of 13; great-grandmother of seven; preceded by three brothers and six sisters. Former secretary for 20 years at Marshall Field & Co., Evanston. Noted artist Clearwater, Fla. and San Jose, Calif. Resting at Querhammer Funeral Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake, 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, where services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday. Interment Memorial Park, Skokie. Memorials may be made in her name to The Christian League for the Handicapped, PO Box 98, Walworth, Wisc.

 

3 photos of Laura Mencl

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1900 Christmas photo from the Mencl family. The second image shows the writing on the back of the photo. When looking at the photo, 3 of the girls resemble each other, and the other 2 closely resemble each other.

Sons of Albert and Josephine (Sedlacek) Mencl. Ladimer, born in 1884, Otoker (Otto) born December 4, 1889.

 Mencl girls

No names were on the back, so who they are individually is unknown.

Mencl girl, first name unknown

Otto Mencl

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Known Children:

Bessie Mencl - died 1950, buried in same family grave site.
Mildred Mencl Jones - married Charles Jones - died in 1950
Jaroslav Mencl - died in infancy - buried in same family grave site
Elizabeth Mencl Breen - married Patrick Breen on 1-25-1901 - died in 1960
Lillian Mencl Boorman - married Fred Charles Boorman
Ladimer Albert Mencl - married Ruth H. Carlson on 1-20-1920 - died in 1969
Olga Louise Mencl - died 1945, buried in same family grave site.
Otto Mencl - married W. Caroline Bartell on 4-20-1915 - died in Pinellas Florida in 1961
(Otto Mencel late of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Chicago, beloved husband of W. Caroline, nee Bartell; loving father of Marshall and Grace C. Bray; seven grandchildren; fond brother of Latimer, Julia, Winkle, and Laura Mencel. Services Friday, 1:30 p.m., at Oehler Funeral Home, Lee and Perry streets, Des Plaines, Ill. Interment Ridgewood.)
Julia Mencl Winkle - married Elijah (Edward Winkle) on 6.12-1916 - died in Oregon in 1983
Laura Mencl - died in 1965 - buried in same family grave site

Census Records
1880 Illinois Cook Chicago D055 Page 23 153 19th St.
Albert 38, Josephine 28, Bozina 6, Mlada 4, Vlasta 1
1900 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 10 D0267 Page 21 794 W 19th
Albert 58, Josephine 48, Bessie 24, Millie 22, Elsie 19, Lily 16, Ladiner 16, Olga 14, Otto 10, Julia 8, Laura 7
1910 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 11 D0560 Page 4 1748 W 20th St
Albert 68, Josephine 57, Bessie 30, Millie 28, Lillian 26, Laddie 25, Olga 20, Julia 18, Laura 17
1920 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 34 D2161 Page 17 4242 21st Place
Widow Josephine 67, Bessie 35, Lillian 30, Ladimer 28, Olga 26, Laura 24