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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. William Herman Joekel: Birth: 25 MAR 1891 in Giddings, Lee County, TX. The third of four Herman Joekel.. Death: 01 JUL 1960 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA

  2. Samuel Levinson Joekel: Birth: 01 JUL 1893 in Presbyterian Doctor of Divinity. He preached the. Death: 12 NOV 1954 in funeral services for both Ira Jones Fariss in Giddings

  3. Frederick Estill Joekel: Birth: 1896 in Was an observer with the Lafayette Escadrille in France.. Death: in He is not related to W. Estill Williams.

  4. Charles Louis Joekel: Birth: 14 DEC 1897 in Beverly Burton bbb@pdq.net Nov.1998 Query to Gene.Soc.of Lee County.. Death: 25 AUG 1981 in Buried in Gidddings.

  5. Albert Edward Joekel: Birth: 19 SEP 1899 in No children.. Death: 31 OCT 1974 in Buried in Giddings.

  6. Harriett Marie Joekel: Birth: 05 JAN 1905 in Lived in Houston. Not married.. Death: 26 FEB 1988 in Buried in Giddings.


Notes
a. Note:   Herman Charles Joekel 1865 - 1913
  Annie Fariss Ballard reports in 1994 that Uncle William A. Knox hadthe "first" General Store in Giddings. He kept his money in a safe; hekept other people's money in his safe; he had checks printed with thename of his store on them; soon he was in the banking business before heeven knew it. Thus was Citizen's State Bank born in 1906.
  The "second" General Store was "Joekel and Williams," meaning W.Estill Williams. The two men were business partners; had a successfulbusiness; lived near each other in Giddings; and the families visitedtogether as close friends. The Joekels named one of their sonsFrederick Estill Joekel. Estill Williams named one of his sons CharlesJoekel Williams. The son William Herman Joekel worked in this store.
  Then the two men had some kind of serious falling-out concerning thestore. The store failed, or maybe they sold it, but Annie FarissBallard says that it went out of business. The two men never spoke toeach other again. The families became estranged.
  After the two men died, one of the widows made the first approach tothe other to make amends. After that, the grown children of bothfamilies became half-way good friends again.

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