The son of Karl Heinrich Hölzel and Christina Knorb, "Emil" was born in Lunzenau, on the river Zwickauer Mulde, in Saxony, Germany.
Emil had 2 older brothers and 2 younger sisters. Oldest brother, Oskar, ran some apartment houses, while his other brother, Moritz, was the proprietor of a bakery.
Emil owned and operated the Hölzel Brick and Lumber Yard. He was the father of one son in Germany.
Emil came to the United States in late October of 1891 with encouragement from his uncle, Wilhelm F. Hoelzel, Sr., who had settled in the Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri area. Wilhelm was the brother of Emil's father, Karl Hölzel, and had become a wealthy real estate owner after moving to the United States.
Bound for New York, Emil left Germany from the port of Hamburg on board the Fürst Bismarck on 23 Oct 1891. Traveling with him was 67-year-old, Anton Hölzel. While the relationship of the two is not known, Anton would have been the right age to be Emil's uncle (older brother of Wilhelm Hoelzel).
Emil's brother, Moritz "Morris" Hoelzel, immigrated with his family in April of 1893. Both brothers settled near their uncle, Wilhelm, and his children in Kansas City.
Emil and Moritz both became naturalized United States citizens on 09 Mar 1899. Emil bought a farm near De Soto, Missouri. He and the family of his brother moved there around 1899. Emil and Moritz built a house using rocks they found on the property.
After the turn of the century, Emil returned to the Kansas City area where he worked as a laborer for a lumber company owned by Uncle Wilhelm's family. Emil sold the 80 acre farm in Melzo, Missouri to Moritz for $600 in February of 1907, and then moved back to Germany later that same year.
Despite the fact that Morris died of typhoid fever in 1912, Emil returned to the United States more than 10 years later. He asked Morris' widow, Selma, and his niece, Minnie, to loan him the money for his final trans-Atlantic trip.
He left Germany from the port of Bremen and was a passenger on board the Columbus. The ship arrived in New York on 09 May 1925.
Emil repaid the loan and helped one of Morris' sons, Elmer, to build a home for himself up the hill from the site of the one Emil had built with Morris a quarter of a century earlier.
Having never married, Emil then moved back to Kansas City, Missouri. He died there of acute appendicitis in 1940. At the time of his death, he was 69-years-old.
Emil was survived by 1 son; and several nieces and nephews.
He was buried in an unmarked grave on 17 Feb 1940.
Children: 1 son.
Emil's siblings:
Oskar Hölzel
Moritz Bernhardt "Morris" Hölzel (Hoelzel)
Olga Hölzel
Hulda Hölzel
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Obituary:
HOELZEL--Services for Max Emil Hoelzel, age 72, of 2736 Cherry, who passed away 15 Feb 1940, will be held Saturday, 10:30 a.m. in The Chapel, 5811 Troost.
BENTLEY GUARDIAN HOME. HI.7272
(Kansas City Star; 16 Feb 1940; p. 24)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Emil had 2 older brothers and 2 younger sisters. Oldest brother, Oskar, ran some apartment houses, while his other brother, Moritz, was the proprietor of a bakery.
Emil owned and operated the Hölzel Brick and Lumber Yard. He was the father of one son in Germany.
Emil came to the United States in late October of 1891 with encouragement from his uncle, Wilhelm F. Hoelzel, Sr., who had settled in the Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri area. Wilhelm was the brother of Emil's father, Karl Hölzel, and had become a wealthy real estate owner after moving to the United States.
Bound for New York, Emil left Germany from the port of Hamburg on board the Fürst Bismarck on 23 Oct 1891. Traveling with him was 67-year-old, Anton Hölzel. While the relationship of the two is not known, Anton would have been the right age to be Emil's uncle (older brother of Wilhelm Hoelzel).
Emil's brother, Moritz "Morris" Hoelzel, immigrated with his family in April of 1893. Both brothers settled near their uncle, Wilhelm, and his children in Kansas City.
Emil and Moritz both became naturalized United States citizens on 09 Mar 1899. Emil bought a farm near De Soto, Missouri. He and the family of his brother moved there around 1899. Emil and Moritz built a house using rocks they found on the property.
After the turn of the century, Emil returned to the Kansas City area where he worked as a laborer for a lumber company owned by Uncle Wilhelm's family. Emil sold the 80 acre farm in Melzo, Missouri to Moritz for $600 in February of 1907, and then moved back to Germany later that same year.
Despite the fact that Morris died of typhoid fever in 1912, Emil returned to the United States more than 10 years later. He asked Morris' widow, Selma, and his niece, Minnie, to loan him the money for his final trans-Atlantic trip.
He left Germany from the port of Bremen and was a passenger on board the Columbus. The ship arrived in New York on 09 May 1925.
Emil repaid the loan and helped one of Morris' sons, Elmer, to build a home for himself up the hill from the site of the one Emil had built with Morris a quarter of a century earlier.
Having never married, Emil then moved back to Kansas City, Missouri. He died there of acute appendicitis in 1940. At the time of his death, he was 69-years-old.
Emil was survived by 1 son; and several nieces and nephews.
He was buried in an unmarked grave on 17 Feb 1940.
Children: 1 son.
Emil's siblings:
Oskar Hölzel
Moritz Bernhardt "Morris" Hölzel (Hoelzel)
Olga Hölzel
Hulda Hölzel
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Obituary:
HOELZEL--Services for Max Emil Hoelzel, age 72, of 2736 Cherry, who passed away 15 Feb 1940, will be held Saturday, 10:30 a.m. in The Chapel, 5811 Troost.
BENTLEY GUARDIAN HOME. HI.7272
(Kansas City Star; 16 Feb 1940; p. 24)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
The son of Karl Heinrich Hölzel and Christina Knorb, "Emil" was born in Lunzenau, on the river Zwickauer Mulde, in Saxony, Germany.
Emil had 2 older brothers and 2 younger sisters. Oldest brother, Oskar, ran some apartment houses, while his other brother, Moritz, was the proprietor of a bakery.
Emil owned and operated the Hölzel Brick and Lumber Yard. He was the father of one son in Germany.
Emil came to the United States in late October of 1891 with encouragement from his uncle, Wilhelm F. Hoelzel, Sr., who had settled in the Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri area. Wilhelm was the brother of Emil's father, Karl Hölzel, and had become a wealthy real estate owner after moving to the United States.
Bound for New York, Emil left Germany from the port of Hamburg on board the Fürst Bismarck on 23 Oct 1891. Traveling with him was 67-year-old, Anton Hölzel. While the relationship of the two is not known, Anton would have been the right age to be Emil's uncle (older brother of Wilhelm Hoelzel).
Emil's brother, Moritz "Morris" Hoelzel, immigrated with his family in April of 1893. Both brothers settled near their uncle, Wilhelm, and his children in Kansas City.
Emil and Moritz both became naturalized United States citizens on 09 Mar 1899. Emil bought a farm near De Soto, Missouri. He and the family of his brother moved there around 1899. Emil and Moritz built a house using rocks they found on the property.
After the turn of the century, Emil returned to the Kansas City area where he worked as a laborer for a lumber company owned by Uncle Wilhelm's family. Emil sold the 80 acre farm in Melzo, Missouri to Moritz for $600 in February of 1907, and then moved back to Germany later that same year.
Despite the fact that Morris died of typhoid fever in 1912, Emil returned to the United States more than 10 years later. He asked Morris' widow, Selma, and his niece, Minnie, to loan him the money for his final trans-Atlantic trip.
He left Germany from the port of Bremen and was a passenger on board the Columbus. The ship arrived in New York on 09 May 1925.
Emil repaid the loan and helped one of Morris' sons, Elmer, to build a home for himself up the hill from the site of the one Emil had built with Morris a quarter of a century earlier.
Having never married, Emil then moved back to Kansas City, Missouri. He died there of acute appendicitis in 1940. At the time of his death, he was 69-years-old.
Emil was survived by 1 son; and several nieces and nephews.
He was buried in an unmarked grave on 17 Feb 1940.
Children: 1 son.
Emil's siblings:
Oskar Hölzel
Moritz Bernhardt "Morris" Hölzel (Hoelzel)
Olga Hölzel
Hulda Hölzel
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Obituary:
HOELZEL--Services for Max Emil Hoelzel, age 72, of 2736 Cherry, who passed away 15 Feb 1940, will be held Saturday, 10:30 a.m. in The Chapel, 5811 Troost.
BENTLEY GUARDIAN HOME. HI.7272
(Kansas City Star; 16 Feb 1940; p. 24)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Emil had 2 older brothers and 2 younger sisters. Oldest brother, Oskar, ran some apartment houses, while his other brother, Moritz, was the proprietor of a bakery.
Emil owned and operated the Hölzel Brick and Lumber Yard. He was the father of one son in Germany.
Emil came to the United States in late October of 1891 with encouragement from his uncle, Wilhelm F. Hoelzel, Sr., who had settled in the Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri area. Wilhelm was the brother of Emil's father, Karl Hölzel, and had become a wealthy real estate owner after moving to the United States.
Bound for New York, Emil left Germany from the port of Hamburg on board the Fürst Bismarck on 23 Oct 1891. Traveling with him was 67-year-old, Anton Hölzel. While the relationship of the two is not known, Anton would have been the right age to be Emil's uncle (older brother of Wilhelm Hoelzel).
Emil's brother, Moritz "Morris" Hoelzel, immigrated with his family in April of 1893. Both brothers settled near their uncle, Wilhelm, and his children in Kansas City.
Emil and Moritz both became naturalized United States citizens on 09 Mar 1899. Emil bought a farm near De Soto, Missouri. He and the family of his brother moved there around 1899. Emil and Moritz built a house using rocks they found on the property.
After the turn of the century, Emil returned to the Kansas City area where he worked as a laborer for a lumber company owned by Uncle Wilhelm's family. Emil sold the 80 acre farm in Melzo, Missouri to Moritz for $600 in February of 1907, and then moved back to Germany later that same year.
Despite the fact that Morris died of typhoid fever in 1912, Emil returned to the United States more than 10 years later. He asked Morris' widow, Selma, and his niece, Minnie, to loan him the money for his final trans-Atlantic trip.
He left Germany from the port of Bremen and was a passenger on board the Columbus. The ship arrived in New York on 09 May 1925.
Emil repaid the loan and helped one of Morris' sons, Elmer, to build a home for himself up the hill from the site of the one Emil had built with Morris a quarter of a century earlier.
Having never married, Emil then moved back to Kansas City, Missouri. He died there of acute appendicitis in 1940. At the time of his death, he was 69-years-old.
Emil was survived by 1 son; and several nieces and nephews.
He was buried in an unmarked grave on 17 Feb 1940.
Children: 1 son.
Emil's siblings:
Oskar Hölzel
Moritz Bernhardt "Morris" Hölzel (Hoelzel)
Olga Hölzel
Hulda Hölzel
----------
Obituary:
HOELZEL--Services for Max Emil Hoelzel, age 72, of 2736 Cherry, who passed away 15 Feb 1940, will be held Saturday, 10:30 a.m. in The Chapel, 5811 Troost.
BENTLEY GUARDIAN HOME. HI.7272
(Kansas City Star; 16 Feb 1940; p. 24)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
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