Alvina Minnie (Schmidt) Godel (1872 - 1942)

Born 12 Mar 1872 in Shobonier, Fayette County, Illinois, United States

Wife of Wilhelm Gödel — married 25 Oct 1894 in Wilberton Township, Fayette County, Illinois, United States

Died 17 Nov 1942 at age 70 in Vernon, Marion County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Alvina Minnie Schmidt was born March 12, 1872 in Shobonier, Fayette County, Illinois.^[1][2][3]

Alvina married Wilhelm (now William) Gödel on October 25, 1894 in Wilberton Township, Fayette County, Illinois.^[1][4] Alvina and Willam had known children:^[5][6]

• Jacob Henry Godel (1895-1967)
• John Peter Godel (1899-1963)
• Harry William Goedel (1905-1957)
• Arthur Forrest Goedel (1908-1988)
• Lillian A. Goedel (1912-2004)

Residences: Alvina was recorded in the following US censuses:

• 1900 (Alvina Godal, head, Marion County, Illinois)^[7]
• 1910 (Mrs. A. M. Gerdel, head, Marion County, Illinois)^[5]
• 1920 (Alvena Gadel, head, Marion County, Illinois)^[6]
• 1930 (Alvina Godel, head, Marion County, Illinois)^[8]
• 1940 (Alwina Godel, head, Marion County, Illinois)^[9]

Alvina passed away on November 15, 1942 in Patoka Township, Marion County, Illinois.^[2][3] Alvina was buried in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery located in Augsburg, Fayette County, Illinois.^[3]

Research Notes

Sources needed:

• Primary birth record
• Primary death record

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Fayette County, Illinois, marriage license & return no. 996, pg. 309 marriage register (1894), William Gödel & Elvina Schmidt; Fayette County Clerk.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3W3-7TB : 9 March 2018), ... Goedel in entry for Al...Ina Minnie Goedel, 15 Nov 1942; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,851,992.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Referencing dates from headstone photo. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 March 2019), memorial page for Alwina Minnie Schmidt Godel (12 Mar 1872–15 Nov 1942), Find A Grave Memorial no. 103142180, citing Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Augsburg, Fayette County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Anna Schultz (contributor 47477104).
4. ↑ "Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900," database, no images, Ancestry, entry for William Goedel & Elvina Schmidt.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK6D-L2F : accessed 27 March 2019), William Gerdel, Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 148, sheet 19A, family 406, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 307; FHL microfilm 1,374,320.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJHN-X34 : accessed 28 March 2019), William Gadel, Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing ED 186, sheet 5B, line 53, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 391; FHL microfilm 1,820,391.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4V-RLY : accessed 27 March 2019), William Godal, Patoka Township Patoka village, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 28, sheet 17A, family 386, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,327.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS1C-QL7 : accessed 28 March 2019), Wm Godel, Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 3A, line 35, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 543; FHL microfilm 2,340,278.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWCN-56G : 14 March 2018), William Godel, Vernon, Patoka Township, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-30, sheet 4A, line 12, family 103, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 853.