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Maria, Delia, Lilly, Alfred, & Harry Waibel
Authored by Jill Waibel Johnson Granddaughter of Alfred Waibel August 2001 |
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My great-grandmother, Maria Waibel and her oldest daughter, Delia, are
listed on page 90B, sheet 16, lines 51 and 52. They were evidently employed
at the orphanage, Maria as an assistant matron, and Delia as a seamstress.
My grandfather, Alfred Waibel, is found on page 90A, sheet 16, line 22,
below his sister, Lilly and brother, Harry.
Maria was born Maria Louise Dressler in Switzerland in 1852 and came to the US with her husband, Remigius Friedrich Waibel in 1880. They had three more children, the last one (my grandfather) born in 1892. Remigius received his US citizenship in 1893 but then died sometime before 1900 when we find his family here at this orphanage. In August of 1903, Maria, Delia, and Lilly are no longer at the orphanage. She lived with her children for the rest of her life in Columbus, Ohio, and died around 1934. Delia lived with her mother and siblings in Columbus until she married Louis F. Toennies in 1928 at the age of 53. She and her husband ran a boarding house in Jersey City, New Jersey, until they came back to Columbus around 1945. Her husband died in 1952 and she lived with her younger sister, Lil, and her sister-in-law in Columbus until she died around 1963. Lilly never married and lived with her mother, her brother, Alfred, and his wife. She was a very good cook and my family still enjoys her special salad dressing. She died around 1968. Harry married Elsie Arnold, who is also listed in this census. They lived in Columbus, Ohio where he had a small farm and also worked for the Columbus City Schools as a janitor. He was very good at building and fixing things and was always helping other people out. They had three children, two of whom are still living. Harry died in 1955. After leaving the orphanage, Alfred, my grandfather, worked for the Ohio Bell Telephone Company in Columbus, Ohio. He started out as a messenger boy and ended up being a supervisor and foreman. He raised chickens, grew strawberries and also hauled trash for people. He lived with his mother, and sister Lil, and when he married Claudine Bergenroth, he brought her to live with them at the house he had built in Columbus. They had two sons, who are still living. Alfred died in 1939, leaving his wife, and two sons aged seven and eight. Click here to view a transcription of the letters Alfred Waibel (and one letter from Harry) wrote home to family during his time at the German M.E. Orphan Asylum, Berea, Ohio; names of other orphans are mentioned. Click here to view the Cleveland Leader, June 29, 1902, article re the orphanage. |
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