Mari (Winkler) Deitel (abt. 1860 - abt. 1952)

Born about 1860 in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Magyarország

Wife of Herman Deitel — married 30 Sep 1878 in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Magyarország

Descendants

Died about 30 Aug 1952 at about age 92 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary (Winkler) Deitel migrated from Hungary to United States.

Mari was probably born between 1858 and 1862 (see Research Notes) in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Hungary, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary (now Vásárosnamény, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary). Her father was Bernath Winkler.^[1]

Mari married Herman Deitel, a widower, September 30, 1878 in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Hungary and the marriage was registered in Beregszasz, Bereg, Hungary (now Ukraine).^[1]

It is believed that Mari and Zali (Winkler) Deitel (Herman's first wife) were sisters. Herman and Zali had at least six children, of whom only two are known to have survived past early infancy. Thus, by marrying her brother-in-law, Mari became stepmother to her young nieces, Fani and Roza. Mari and Herman subsequently had at least eight children together, of whom only six are known to have survived past early infancy (see Research Notes).

After children Fani, Roza, Ida, and Eszther had immigrated to the United States separately in the 1890's, Mari and Herman followed with Zoltan, Szerena, Heile, and Bernath in 1900. They traveled from their home in Vaines, Hungary to Hamburg, Germany, where they boarded the SS Pennsylvania. Herman's brother (Josef Deitel) provided the money to pay their passage, after which the family had $50 remaining. They planned to join Josef in the United States. The ship left Hamburg October 27, 1900 and arrived in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States November 10, 1900.^[2] In the United States, she was known as Mary, her stepchildren were known as Fanny and Rosi, and her children were known as Ida, Esther, Louis, Sara, Helen, and Benjamin.

In 1905, Herman (age 60) and Mary (shown as Marrie, age 46) lived in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States with children Louis (shown as Sonnie, age 19), Sara (shown as Sarah, age 17), Helen (shown as Hellen, age 10), and Benjamin (shown as Bennie, age 5). Boarders Jeo Sefkowitz (age 25), Morris Rich (age 22), and Meyer Fischer (age 25) also lived with the family.^[3]

In 1915, the family's last name was incorrectly shown as Dietel. Mary (age 53) was a widow living in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States with children Louis (age 29), Sara (shown as Sarah, age 24), Helen (age 19), and Benjamin (age 15).^[4]

In 1920, the family's last name was incorrectly shown as Dietel. Mary (age 59) lived in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States with children Sara (age 26), Helen (age 24), and Benjamin (age 19). Sara was head of the household.^[5]

In 1925, Mary (age 65) and her son Benjamin (age 25) lived in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, in the home of her daughter, Helen Udell (shown as Waill, age 39), son-in-law Michael Udell (shown as Waill, age 30), and their daughter Florence Udell (shown as Waill, age 4).^[6]

In 1930, Mary (age 72) lived in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, in the home of her daughter, Helen Udell (age 34), son-in-law Michael Udell (age 35), and their children Florence Udell (age 8), Mathew (shown as Mathews, age 4), and Estelle Udell (age 2).^[7]

Mary lived with her widowed daughter, Ida, in the Bensonhurst area of Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States from at least the mid-1940's until she died in 1952. Her great-granddaughter, Gaile Connolly, visited her there often during those years and vividly remembers these cherished opportunities to play with Mary's kitchen chair, which could convert into a step ladder (still fascinated by that chair, in 2013 Gaile learned that it was a Franklin library chair, named for Benjamin Franklin, the inventor of the concept).^[8]

Mary died, probably a day or two before she was buried August 31, 1952 in the Mount Judah Cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens, New York, United States.^[9] She was buried in the Rev L Flax section of the cemetery; Her son Louis is buried next to her.^[10]

Research Notes

Birth Date

• 1858 in marriage record,^[1] immigration record,^[2] and 1930 census^[7]
• 1859 in 1905 census^[3]
• 1860 in 1925 census^[6]
• 1861 in 1920 census^[5]
• 1862 in 1915 census^[4]

Children
Mari's known children were:

• Debura, born May 24, 1878 in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Hungary, believed to have died very soon after birth
• Ida (Deitel) Rosenbluth, born about 1883 in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Hungary, died May 14, 1958 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
• Eszther "Esther" (Deitel) Lichtman, born April 19, 1884 in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Hungary, died March 30, 1947 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
• Zoltan "Louis" Deitel, born April 26, 1886 in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Hungary, died about September 6, 1920 probably in New York, United States
• Ignatz Deitel, born August 4, 1889 in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Hungary, believed to have died very soon after birth
• Szerena "Sara" (Deitel) Schiff, born June 17, 1890 in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Hungary, died June, 1976 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
• Heile "Helen" (Deitel) Udell, born July 4, 1896 in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Hungary, died May 27, 1995 probably in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
• Bernath "Benjamin" Deitel, probably born April 28, 1900 in Vásárosnamény, Bereg, Hungary, died August 18, 1940 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

Deconflation
A different person named Marie Winkler was born May 15, 1859 in Kiskunfelegyhaza, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun, Hungary. Her parents were Rudolf Winkler and Betti (Unknown) Winkler.^[11] She died September 1, 1860 at age 1.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Marriage
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Immigration
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 1905 Census
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 1915 Census
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} 1920 Census
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} 1925 Census
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} 1930 Census
8. ↑ Personal Knowledge
9. ↑ Burial
10. ↑ Burial Detail
11. ↑ WRONG Birth
12. ↑ WRONG Death

• Marriage: Jewish Gen, Hungarian Marriages, Searching for Surname (phonetically like) : DEITEL, 7 matching records found, Run on Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:11:47 -0700, includes:

MarriageDate 30-Sep-1878

Marriage Town V.Nameny

Registration Town Beregszasz, Local Gov't., Bereg

Source LDS 2429478 Item 4

Record 235-01

Groom DEUTEL, Herman

Groom's Father / Mother Ignatz / - (-)

Groom Age 38

Groom Comments widower, b. Sinjava, Galicia

Bride WINKLER, Mari

Bride's Father / Mother Bernath / - (-)

Bride Age 20

Bride Comments b. V.Nameny

• Immigration: The Statue of Liberty―Ellis Island Foundation, Inc, record for Marie Deitel, includes:

SHIP NAME Pennsylvania

ARRIVAL DATE November 10th, 1900

PORT OF DEPARTURE Hamburg

Arrival Contact brother Josef Deitel

Name Residence Ethnicity Year of Birth

Deitel Herman Vaines Hungarian 1838 merchant

Deitel Marie Vaines Hungarian 1858

Deitel Sulten Vaines Hungarian 1888

Deitel Lersine Vaines Hungarian 1890

Deitel Heili Vaines Hungarian 1896

Deitel Berhard Vaines Hungarian 1900

• 1905 Census: "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPXY-HKY : 8 March 2021), Herman Deitel, Manhattan, A.D. 16, E.D. 15, New York, New York; citing p. 42, line 35, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,433,091, includes:

Name Herman Deitel

Sex Male

Age 60y

Race W

Relationship to Head of Household Head

Event Type CENSUS

Event Date 1905

Event Place Manhattan, A.D. 16, E.D. 15, New York, New York

Birth Year (Estimated) 1845

Birth Year (Estimated) 1845

Birthplace Hungary

Digital Folder Number 004518312

Image Number 737

Record Number 73275

Record Number 73275

Other People on This Record

Marrie Deitel Wife F 46y Hungary

Sonie Deitel Son M 19y Hungary

Sarah Deitel Daughter F 17y Hungary

Hellen Deitel Daughter F 10y Hungary

Bennie Deitel Son M 5y Hungary

Jeo Sefkowitz Boarder M 25y Hungary

Morris Rich Boarder M 22y Hungary

Meyer Fischer Boarder M 25y Russia

• 1915 Census: New York State Census, 1915, database, FamilySearch (8 November 2014), Mary Dietel, New York, Kings, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 20, line 9, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany, includes:

Name Mary Dietel

Event Type Census

Event Date 1915

Event Place New York, Kings, New York, United States

Gender Female

Age 53

Relationship to Head of Household Head

Birth Year (Estimated) 1862

Years in United States 14

House Number 196

Page 20

Name Age

Mary Dietel 53

Louis Dietel 29

Sarah Dietel 24

Helen Dietel 19

Benjamin Dietel 15

• 1920 Census: United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 9 January 2017), Helen Dietel in household of Sarah Dietel, Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York, United States; citing ED 1009, sheet 17A, line 7, family 334, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1170; FHL microfilm 1,821,170, includes:

Name Helen Dietel

Event Type Census

Event Date 1920

Event Place Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York, United States

Gender Female

Age 24

Marital Status Single

Race White

Race (Original) White

Relationship to Head of Household Sister

Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Sister

Birth Year (Estimated) 1896

Birthplace Hungary

Immigration Year 1900

Father's Birthplace Hungary

Mother's Birthplace Hungary

Sheet Letter A

Sheet Number 17

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Sarah Dietel Head F 26 Hungary

Mary Dietel Mother F 59 Hungary

Helen Dietel Sister F 24 Hungary

Benjamin Dietel Son M 19 Hungary

• 1925 Census: New York State Census, 1925, database, FamilySearch (8 November 2014), Benj Deitel, Brooklyn, A.D. 16, E.D. 29, Kings, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 46, line 08, New York State Archives, Albany, includes:

Name: Mary Deitel

Birth Date: abt 1860

Birth Place: Hungary

Age: 65

Gender: Female

Residence Place: Brooklyn, Kings

Relationship: Mother-in-law

Color or Race: White

Number of Years in US: 25

Assembly District: 16

House Number: 127

Line Number: 07

Page Number: 46

Name Age

Michael Waill 30

Helen Waill 29

Florence Waill 04

Mary Deitel 65

Benj Deitel 25

• 1930 Census: United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 6 January 2017), Helen Udell in household of Michael Udell, Brooklyn (Districts 1251-1500), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1468, sheet 23A, line 21, family 428, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1526; FHL microfilm 2,341,261, includes:

Name Helen Udell

Event Type Census

Event Date 1930

Event Place Brooklyn (Districts 1251-1500), Kings, New York, United States

Gender Female

Age 34

Marital Status Married

Race White

Race (Original) White

Relationship to Head of Household Wife

Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife

Birth Year (Estimated) 1896

Birthplace Hungary

Immigration Year 1900

Father's Birthplace Hungary

Mother's Birthplace Hungary

Sheet Letter A

Sheet Number 23

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Michael Udell Head M 35 Russia

Helen Udell Wife F 34 Hungary

Florence Udell Daughter F 8 New York

Mathews Udell Son M 4 New York

Estelle Udell Daughter F 2 New York

Mary Deitel Mother-in-law F 72 Hungary

• Personal Knowledge: Memory of Mary's great-granddaughter, Gaile Connolly (who was nine years old when Mary died) and/or as told to her by her parents.

• Burial: Find a Grave, memorial for Mary Dietel, (accessed January 11, 2017), includes:

Birth:  unknown

Death: Aug. 31, 1952

Note: Date is Interment

Burial: Mount Judah Cemetery

Ridgewood Queens County New York, USA

• Burial Detail: 10 Mar 2023 Search for surname Dietel, no other data added. Only result is Mary Dietel, Plot 2-8-1-R05-007, burial 31 Aug 1952. Name was misentered; should be spelled "Deitel". http://www.mountjudah.com/search.asp.

• WRONG Birth: JewishGen Hungarian Special Interest Group volunteers, comp. Hungary, Birth Records collected by Rabbis in Various Counties, 1789-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008, Original data: Database transcribed from original records located on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Specific microfilm information is provided with each record. This data is provided in partnership with JewishGen.org, includes:

Name: Marie Winkler

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 15 May 1859

Town Born: Kiskunfelegyhaza

Town Registered: Kiskunfelegyhaza

Jaras (District):

Local Gov't:

Megye (County): Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun

Father: Rudolf

Mother: Betti Winkler

Source: LDS 642860, Vol. 3

Page # - Item #: 4-38

• WRONG Death: JewishGen], Hungarian Deaths, includes:

Name WINKLER, Maria

Father

Mother

Record Number 128-07

Death Date 01-Sep-1860

Age at Death

Other Family

TownDied Felegyhaza

Registration Town Kiskunfelegyhaza

Jaras Local Gov't

Megye Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun

Comments 1 year old

Source LDS 642860, Vol. 3

See also:

• Personal Knowledge: Memory of Esther's granddaughter, Gaile Connolly (who was just short of four years old when Esther died) and/or as told to her by her parents.