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Note: Christian emmigrated from Germany in 1883 (approximately 27 years old). Karen (Johns) Hinz has his discharge papers from King Karl 5's 9th Grenadier Regiment in 1878 from Wuerttemburg. Mayerle in Czechoslavakian or Polish is MAJERLE. German would be MAYERLE. Majerle was seen on some paperes. He lived at 308 Burling Street, Chicago. He was a night watchman for a shoe company. There were rumors in the family that he had escaped Germany after killing a man. Another rumor was that he was in the Kaiser's Guard and fled to the USA. His wife, Elizabeth, died on November 5, 1903, at the age of 39. The Chicago Department of Health Report of Death states that she died of perforating intestinal ulcer and shock. It should be noted that her name on the Death Report is written: Elisabeth Meierle (Meyerle). Her death certificate spells her last name "Meirle." Her death notice in the newspaper spelled it "Neierle."
Christian married Julia Cook Hogan on June 22, 1904. He had six children to care for. Family rumor is that he divorced his second wife. In the Divorce Proceedings it stated that Julia left him in March1905 and he filed for divorce. Neighbors, a boarder and his son, August (19 years old), testified that she would give him a nickel to "watch the little ones" while she went out after his father went to work. Other testimony stated that she would return between midnight and 2 p.m. drunk and loud. After the divorce, according to the divorce testimony, Willie (13) and Christian (9) were put in the Catholic Half Orphan Asylum in Chicago. Numerous inquiries to the Chicago Dioceses about this orphanage were made, and there is no such known orphanage. There was a Guardian Angel Home in Joliet that opened in 1897 that has all their records and found none of his children listed. It is common knowledge in the Mayerle family that all the sons hated their father.
At the time of his death, he lived at 2145 Burling Street. In his probate papers, he died owning 2 properties with incumbrances on them. The only other property he owned was a life insurance policy from Prudential for $145 and an insurance policy from Deutsche Wacht for $187.80. His funeral bill was $247. The casket cost $150. His attorney for the estate charged $410. In the obituary in The Daily News of February 10, 1910, the funeral was held at his son, August's, home at 1930 Irving Park Road, Chicago. According to his Death Record, he died of pneumonia. He is buried in Montrose Cemetery but there is no headstone indicating he is there. Elizabeth has a headstone.
There is no information as to the burial locations for Anna and August.
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