| Born: | 10/23/1865 - Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana [1][2][3][4][5] |
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| Died: | 07/01/1903 - Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana [4][5] |
| Buried: | Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana [5] |
| Father: | Johann Heinrich Wefel |
| Mother: | Sophia Louise Wilhelmina Kleinsorge |
| Marriage: | 04/25/1889 - Allen County, Indiana [4] |
| 1. | He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1870 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana with his parents. [1] |
| 2. | He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1880 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana with his mother and siblings. [2] |
| 3. | He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1900 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana with his family. [3] |
| 4. | He worked as a druggist on 06/01/1900 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana . [3] |
| 5. | He resided at 575 Hanna St on 06/01/1900 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana . [3] |
| 6. | He was a member of the Socialist Party on 07/01/1903 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana . [4] |
| 7. | His obituary was published in The Fort Wayne News And Sentinel on 07/01/1903 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana. [4] Born in Fort Wayne Mr. Wefel was not yet thirty-eight years of age. He was a native of Fort Wayne, born October 23, 1865, and was educated in Lutheran schools of this city. After his confirmation he entered a drug store on Main street to learn the profession of a pharmacist, and later was employed as a prescriptionist at both the Wagner and the Dreier drug stores. Mr. Wefel next accpted a position as traveling salesman for Meyer Bros. & Co., in which he remained for nearly ten years. Shortly after his marriage, about thirteen years ago, Mr. Wefel embarked in the drug business upon his own account, purchasing Burger drug store, at Hanna and Lasselle streets. Here he remained in business until his death. The business was but a very small one when Mr. Wefel became its owner, and he has gradually enlarged it until it is now one of the well known drug stores of the city. A few years ago he erected the building which the store now occupies. Mr. Wefel was united in marriage to miss ella weller, of this city, who, with three bright, lovable children, survives. The are Esther, Mabel and Howard. Mr. Wefel's parents are dead, but there are three brothers and three sisters living. They are William Wefel, of this city; Henry Wefel, living in Nebraska, and Rev. John Wefel, a Lutheran minister at Cleveland. The sisters are Mrs. William Fritze, of Kansas, and Mrs. Christ. Cook and Mrs. A. C. Penningroth, of this city. PROMINENT IN POLITICS While Mr. Wefel's business career had made him widely known in Fort Wayne, it was in political circles that he, as a leader os the socialist party, became prominent. Hewas a man of much intelligence, vigorous an forceful, and had pronounced ideas upon governmental affairs as they affect laboring man. He believed the hope of the laboring man lay in the socialist policies and was a strong adherent of that political faith. He had frequently been the nominee of his party for city and county offices and during the last campaign was the socialist nominee for congress in this district. He made addresses at numerous points during the campaign and was already at work for future political struggles, having delivered a political address at Auburn but two weeks ago. He was district chairman of the socialist party, and was also a candidate for national committeeman of the party from Indiana. But for his sudden death today, his election to the latter position would undoubtedly have occurred within the next few days. His efforts in behalf of his party and the laboring portion of the population were indefatigable; he was an undaunted champion of the interests of the poor man as he saw them, and his death removes a young business man of much ability and forceful power.Personally Mr. Wefel was a most companionable man; he was wholly honorable, genial and kindly, and his death will be sincerely mourned by a very wide circle of very warm friends. The news of the lamentable affair produced a profound shock throughout the city, and particularly in the section where he had resided for so many years. The funeral arrangments have not been concluded and annoucement will be made later. |
| 8. | He worked as a druggist on 07/01/1903 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana . [4] |
| Born: | 02/1864 - Indiana [6][7] |
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| Died: | 05/15/1916 - Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana [7] |
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| 1. | She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1900 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana with her family. [6] |
| 2. | She reported having 3 children with 3 surviving surviving on 06/01/1900 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana . [6] |
| 3. | She resided at 575 Hanna St on 06/01/1900 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana . [6] |
| 1. | Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1870 United States Census, Ward 9, Fort Wayne, Allen, IN, page 21, dwelling 144, family 166, line 4, Wufele, Martin; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 11/15/2011); citing Ninth Census of the United States, 1870 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication M593 (1761 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 297, image 619 [Surety: 3]. |
| 2. | Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1880 United States Federal Census, ED 121, Fort Wayne, Allen, IN, page 27, dwelling 221, family 248, line 39, Wefel, Herman M; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 11/15/2011); citing Tenth Census of the United States, 1880 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T9 (1454 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 265, image 196 [Surety: 3]. |
| 3. | Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1900 United States Federal Census, ED 50, 10th Ward, Fort Wayne, Allen, IN, sheet 13A, dwelling 239, family 243, line 40, Wefel, Martin; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 02/22/2026); citing Twelth Census of the United States, 1900 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T623 (1854 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 359, image 484 [Surety: 3]. |
| 4. | Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-Current, Mrs William Fritze; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2019 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/28/2025); citing /Newspapers.com/, The Fort Wayne Evening Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN, 07/01/1903, page 7, col 4, "Martin H. Wefel Fies Suddenly" [Surety: 3]. |
| 5. | User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Martin Herman Wefel (#61132753); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 09/23/2025) [Surety: 3]. |
| 6. | Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1900 United States Federal Census, ED 50, 10th Ward, Fort Wayne, Allen, IN, sheet 13A, dwelling 239, family 243, line 41, Wefel, Ella; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 02/22/2026); citing Twelth Census of the United States, 1900 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T623 (1854 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 359, image 484 [Surety: 3]. |
| 7. | Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Indiana WPA Deaths 1882-1920, book CH-8, page 35, Ella Wefel; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2004 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 09/08/2024); citing Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Project Administration, Indiana, 1938-1941 [Surety: 3]. |