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Mackel - connection with Luxembourgian shoemakers in USA 1880s
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I found here on a page of industrie.lu the history of FALUX shoe manufacturers. In it is a hand-drawn map of Rue Mackel in Hollerich and after looking at it realized that Nicolas Mackel, noted on the map was the son of Pierre Mackel, a shoemaker. (Nicolas was a veterinarian) Pierre had five sons, two of which (Jean Baptiste and Pierre) were also shoemakers who emigrated to the United States about 1864 and 1867 respectively.
This has become quite a fascinating story that includes, the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, fortunes made, fortunes lost, fortunes remade, gold mines, a wild west gun fight, ghost towns, saloons, cigars, court battles and even an insane asylum. All surrounding two (staid?) shoemakers from Luxembourg.
Are all Luxembourgers like this?
I have been researching this family. From the tidbits I can gather, one went to Iowa and one went to Chicago but eventually they both ended up in New Mexico Territory about 1881. From what I can piece together, it looks like they took turns traveling back to Luxembourg or had family members in Luxembourg travel to them every 1-2 years.
I started in Chicago where Jean Baptiste Mackel (anglicized name to John B. Mackel) had a very successful shoe business from about 1869 to 1881. He is married to a Sophia Neumann of Diekirch. They have one son, Ernst Peter Mackel, born about 1870 in Chicago. He had a few bumps in his road but eventually takes his small family to the New Mexico Territory where he settles.
In New Mexico Territory I ran across a Peter (Pierre) Mackel in a town about 250 kilometers away. I wondered how likely TWO shoemakers from Luxembourg would end up in New Mexico Territory with the same surname and not be related?
Then an extremely kind angel sent me a link to Memorial des Großherzogthums Luxemburg, Volume 2, 1868, noting two sons of a Pierre Mackel and Marie Olimar who have left Hollerich for the United States by the names of Pierre and Jean Baptiste. Both were shoemakers.
Now I just have to prove these are the same people. They were both very savvy businessmen and although John eventually sold his shoe business, bought a saloon and settle down to the business of beer making and cigars among other pursuits, but not before he filed a shoe patent with the patent office in Washington DC.
Would anyone know anything of this family of shoemakers? I can see that FALUX settles on the same street. It seemed a successful business from what I could see of the article, although I must admit to having to rely on Google translate and both my French and German dictionaries.
Peter Mackel married Catherine _____________ before 1866. Jean B. Mackel married Sophia Neumann in Dec 1869. I have no idea where either marriage took place although I suspect it was in Luxembourg. I also have no records of how they got to the United States. I have searched and searched in every passenger list I could find for the time frame of 1863-1870. Any assistance is appreciated and I am always willing to share what I have already found.
Well, I think it's past time to go feed my family. I think I hear a beef burrito calling my name. Have a wonderful day all!
This has become quite a fascinating story that includes, the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, fortunes made, fortunes lost, fortunes remade, gold mines, a wild west gun fight, ghost towns, saloons, cigars, court battles and even an insane asylum. All surrounding two (staid?) shoemakers from Luxembourg.
Are all Luxembourgers like this?I have been researching this family. From the tidbits I can gather, one went to Iowa and one went to Chicago but eventually they both ended up in New Mexico Territory about 1881. From what I can piece together, it looks like they took turns traveling back to Luxembourg or had family members in Luxembourg travel to them every 1-2 years.
I started in Chicago where Jean Baptiste Mackel (anglicized name to John B. Mackel) had a very successful shoe business from about 1869 to 1881. He is married to a Sophia Neumann of Diekirch. They have one son, Ernst Peter Mackel, born about 1870 in Chicago. He had a few bumps in his road but eventually takes his small family to the New Mexico Territory where he settles.
In New Mexico Territory I ran across a Peter (Pierre) Mackel in a town about 250 kilometers away. I wondered how likely TWO shoemakers from Luxembourg would end up in New Mexico Territory with the same surname and not be related?
Then an extremely kind angel sent me a link to Memorial des Großherzogthums Luxemburg, Volume 2, 1868, noting two sons of a Pierre Mackel and Marie Olimar who have left Hollerich for the United States by the names of Pierre and Jean Baptiste. Both were shoemakers.
Now I just have to prove these are the same people. They were both very savvy businessmen and although John eventually sold his shoe business, bought a saloon and settle down to the business of beer making and cigars among other pursuits, but not before he filed a shoe patent with the patent office in Washington DC.
Would anyone know anything of this family of shoemakers? I can see that FALUX settles on the same street. It seemed a successful business from what I could see of the article, although I must admit to having to rely on Google translate and both my French and German dictionaries.
Peter Mackel married Catherine _____________ before 1866. Jean B. Mackel married Sophia Neumann in Dec 1869. I have no idea where either marriage took place although I suspect it was in Luxembourg. I also have no records of how they got to the United States. I have searched and searched in every passenger list I could find for the time frame of 1863-1870. Any assistance is appreciated and I am always willing to share what I have already found.
Well, I think it's past time to go feed my family. I think I hear a beef burrito calling my name. Have a wonderful day all!
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