Wenzel, William

1854 - 1917  (63 years)

• Name	Wenzel, William
  Birth	31 Jan 1854	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1880 Census	1880	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  William Wenzel26 Sophia Wenzel20 Reinhart Wenzel1m Adolhart Wenzel1m Mary Schultz13
  1900 Census	1900	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  William Wenzel46 Sophia Wenzel40 Reinhart A Wenzel20 Richard A Wenzel18 Laura J Wenzel14 Agnes W Wenzel12 Antoinette E Wenzel9 Julia A Wenzel8 William M Wenzel5
  1905 State Census	1905	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Wm Wenzel50 Sophia M Wenzel44 Richard Wenzel22 Laura W Wenzel19 Agness Wenzel17 Antania Wenzel14 Julia Wenzel13 Wm Wenzel10
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0732
  WILLIAM WENZEL, whose enterprising methods and progressive ideas have, stamped him as one of the up-to-date business men of Appleton, is engaged in plumbing, and in the manufacture of plumbing supplies and various articles of his own invention. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 31, 1854, and is a son of Anton and Agnes Wenzel, natives of Germany, who came to Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, in 1852, where Mr. Wenzel was engaged in farming all of his life. Two children were born to Anton and Agnes Wenzel, namely: William, and Mrs. Fred Lais, a resident of Chicago. William Wenzel received his education in the public and mechanical drawing schools of Milwaukee, where as a young man he learned the trades of locksmith, sheet iron worker, coppersmith, steam fitter, plumber and machinist, spending eight years in fitting himself for the business in which he was to become so successful in after life. In 1876 he came to Appleton, and during eight years was connected with the Kimberly-Clark Company, after which he opened a small plumbing establishment, which has since grown to generous proportions. Mr. Wenzel is now engaged in manufacturing filtering materials for breweries and glue factories, pumps, beer filters, water filters, filter mass washing machines, self-registering gasoline tanks, condensers and hydraulic vacuum systems for sulphide mills. Mr. Wenzel has the only testing machine for testing steam gauges in this part of the state, and he has protected all of his inventions by patents. His business operations now cover a wide area, and his trade includes some of the large business houses in Wisconsin. In 1878 Mr. Wenzel was united in marriage with Sophia Schultz, a daughter of Fred. Schultz, of Appleton, and they have had eleven children, of whom four are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wenzel and their children are members of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
  	Wenzel, William Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Death	27 Apr 1917	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I36452	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Wenzel, Anton,   b. Abt 1815, , , , Germany d. Bef 1915, , Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 99 years)
  Mother	Strach, Agnes,   b. Abt 1827, , , , Germany d. Bef 1927, , Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 99 years)
  Family ID	F17499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Schulz, Sophia,   b. 7 Jan 1860, , , , Germany d. 4 Jan 1937, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1878	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	+ 1. Wenzel, Reinhard,   b. 4 May 1880, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 18 May 1966, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 86 years) + 2. Wenzel, Laura,   b. 11 Dec 1885, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 5 Feb 1969, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 83 years) + 3. Wenzel, Agnes,   b. 16 Apr 1888, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 15 Apr 1931, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Age 42 years) + 4. Wenzel, Antonia E.,   b. 16 Jul 1890, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 24 Nov 1978, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Age 88 years)   5. Wenzel, Julia,   b. 28 Jan 1892, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 3 Mar 1995, Bensenville, Dupage, Illinois, USA (Age 103 years)   6. Wenzel, William Matthew,   b. 25 Oct 1894, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 14 Nov 1957 (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F11726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2014