PHOTOS FROM GLASS NEGATIVES

WILLIAM AND WILHELMINA CHRISTEL FAMILY


William and Wilhelmina Christel and children

This photo shows the William F. Christel family in early 1896.
After this photo, three addition children were born - Joseph Henry (March 19, 1897), 
Albin Frederic (Sept. 25, 1898) and Ludwig Norbert (April 24, 1900).  The mother, 
Wilhelmina Lulloff Christel, was born in 1865 and died on Feb. 3, 1913.
Back row L-R:
Franziscus Xaverius Christel (born Nov. 5, 1887 - married Catherina Spurny on Nov. 9, 1909)
Herman Isidore Christel (born July 8, 1883 -married Ida Jorger on Oct. 11, 1904)
Mary Louisa Christel (born Dec. 11, 1885 -have no info on marriage)
 
Front row L-R:
Wilhelm Mathias Christel (born Dec. 20, 1890)
William Franz Christel (father -born Dec. 14, 1861 -died March 221, 1952 
     -married Wilhemina Lulloff on Nov. 14, 1882)
Ottilia Emma Christel Brennan (on father's lap -born April 16, 1894 
     -married John Brennan on Jan. 2, 1918)
Rosa Christel Glaser (born Oct. 12, 1892 -married Reinhold Glaser on June 17, 1913)
Wilhelmina Luffoff Christel (mother -born 1865 -died Feb. 3, 1913)
Rosa Emma Christel (baby on mother's lap -born Sept. 5, 1895 -died as a baby on Nov. 16, 1897)
Angeline Christel Pancratz (born March 31, 1889 -married Ludwig Pancratz on Aug. 25, 1908)

This is a photo of four Christel brothers. They all come from the Town of Schleswig.

W.F. CHRISTEL CHILDREN


W.F. Christel children


William F. Christel child


Wm. F. Christel children

These three photos feature the two eldest children of William and Wilhemina Christel.
They are:
Herman Isidore Christel (born July 8, 1883 -married Ida Jorger on Oct. 11, 1904
Mary Louisa Christel (born Dec. 11, 1885)
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W. F. Christel was the first person in Wisconsin to establish a Ford dealership. That 
dealership was also only the 6th in the nation. The year the Ford dealership was 
established in Valders was 1910.