SANDRETZKY FAMILY HISTORY

 

The first known Sandretzky (Sanderetzky) ancestor was actually an Englishman by the name of Sir Cirklah, a gentleman who was born in Portsmouth, England but migrated to the area of Baden, Germany. Sir Cirklah was a teacher of English at Heidelberg, Germany. He was married to Julia Dorothy Young who was born December 4, 1815 at Durlach, Baden, Germany and d: January 27, 1901 in St. Paul, MN, it is said that she was a "Lady in Waiting". Young was spelled Jung in Germany and the family changed it to the more familiar Young. Cirklah came to RI in 1848 where Emmanuel was born. When Emanuel was six months old, Sir Cirklah was recalled to Baden, Germany to fight in the Crimean Revolution between real Germany and Prussia. He was taken prisoner, and being a captain, was confined in the fortification in Rastatt (near Baden) and died there in 1849. Julia migrated to Stillwater, MN with her two sons. Julia became acquainted with Sir Cirklah while attending evening classes at the Heidelberg University in Germany. When Cirklah died she worked in Heidelburg 3 years and then again came to America. She left Julius and Emanuel behind with their grandmother for 6 years. Julia sent for the boys and they spent the winter of 1858 and spring of 1859 traveling to Stillwater.

So, it is obvious that most of the Sandretzky descendants are not Sandretzky at all, nor are they Russian/Prussian. Only Emma Sandretzky Resler's family are true Sandretzkys. Emel wrote later that he should have dropped the "z" in Sandretzky too. Also, it is doubtful that Sir Cirklah is an actual knight as there is no documentation to be found. Also, Cirklah is not an English name. This is a great mystery and hopefully one day will be solved by a Sandretzky/Cirklah descendant.

Julia and Sir Cirklah's marriage produced the following two children (each separated by bar):

Julius F. (Cirklah) Young (took his mother's maiden name at age 14) is shown below. Julius was b: February 28[3], 1844 in Heidelburg, Germany and d: September 4, 1920 in St. Paul, MN and is interned at Forest Hill Cemetery in Owatonna. He m: June 30, 1872 to Rosalie C. Dinnijes b: September 7, 1854. Julius came to the U.S. at age 14 and settled in Stillwater, MN. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A of the 20th Wisconsin Infantry and served more than three years taking part in a number of engagements as orderly for Union Generals. He learned the watchmaker trade in St. Paul and was a graduate of the Detroit Optical Institute. Julius moved to Owatonna in 1865 and was a pioneer and the proprietor of one of the finest jewelry stores in Owatonna, occupying the lower floor of the "Young Block" which he then owned. He was considered a "progressive and public spirited citizen". He retired in 1914 and moved to St. Paul. The Youngs home was named "Terrace Hill". Their children:

Eleanor Rosalie Young b: September 10, 1875 and d: July 19, 1966. She m: July 19, 1933 to Sanford Close who d: September 20, 1950. No children.

Camilla Amelia Young b: March 2, 1885, d: July 28, 1984 m: June 7, 1913 to Harry Dezell d: October 23, 1933. No children.

JULIUS YOUNG FAMILY

 

 

 

 

Emanuel (Emel/Emil) Cirklah Sandretzky (adopted at age 10). "Emel" was b: in RI on October 27, 1848 and d: April 20, 1937 and is buried at Waseca, MN. His given name was Emanuel but was changed by his step-father, Charles Sandretzky as it was too long to Emel. Charles Sandretzky then adopted Emel. (The spelling Emel, vs. Emil, was taken from a letter typed by Emel to Clifford's family in 1936 from Waseca, MN).

He m: Deloshia "Lola" Jane Hardy who was b: June 16, 1853 at Polo, IL and d: November 29, 1889 at age 36. She was one of six children, born to Valentine C. Hardy b: 1832 NY, d: June 5, 1897 at Staples, MN and Susie Kellogg, daughter of Merrill Kellogg , Susie had a sister, Charlotte Kellogg.

Valentine's parents moved to Illinois when he was 14. He and Susie were m: 1852 at Strawberry Pt., IA (or IL?). Susie Kellogg was a member of the famous Kellogg milling family. According to Emel he thought Susie Kellogg had been raised in New York and was a school teacher. She ran away from home and married Mr. Hardy and never saw her parents again which she deeply regretted. Emel considered his mother-in-law a fine woman. Emel didn't think there was any money to speak of as far as an inheritance from the Kelloggs. The Hardy's moved to Minnesota in 1852. It was said that Valentine Hardy was engaged by the government in several capacities at Fort Snelling at the beginning of the Civil War. He was enlisted in 1863 in Company I, Second Minnesota. [The MN AG Report, 1861-66 shows that Hardy was age 31, born in New York, mustered in 12 Feb 1864 and was from Carver. Most of the construction was done by the time he joined, andpossibly spent his brief Fort Snelling time inside the draft rendezvous. They would gather them up in groups and send them to the units in the field. It is said that he helped to build Fort Snelling, however the fort was around well before the civil war. He may have helped to make renovations or repair as a government employee.]

Emel was in the mercantile business and was very likeable. He carried lemon drops and peppermint candy to pass out to the local children. He never drank or smoked. A good, kind man who wrote poems to people and was religious. He opened a barber shop in 1887. According to Emel he was given 400 acres of land in Poland and Russia by his step-father. He also says that his mother inherited several thousand dollars from Germany. Click here for a letter written by Emel.

Emel and Lola had the following children:

Charles Oscar Sandretzky b: January 10, 1869 in Mpls, MN and d: December 15, 1938. He m: Julia Broaten . Charles was an engineer at Blandin Paper Company in Grand Rapids, MN.

His personality was very serious. Their children:

Emil Sandretzky b: April 12, 1896

Gladys Sandretzky b: June 15, 1901 m: Matthew Smith who d: June 15, 1940. (2nd marriage)

Charles possibly m: second to E.E. Greena and had two children:

Maurice Nordeau

Norma Nordeau m: Robert Mark Lanigan

William Julius Sandretzky b: May 20, 1872 in Waseca, MN and d: August 20, 1946 at Stone Lake, St. Louis Cty, MN. (He is shown in picture below.) He is buried at the Itasca Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Itasca Cty, MN. Will married Sarah Gladys Olin on November 19, 1894 at Staples, MN. In July 1900 they moved to Grand Rapids according to his obituary. (William is listed in the book Logging Town-The Story of Grand Rapids, Minnesota 1941, as being a resident as of 1894.) Will and Sadie moved to Nashwauk, MN in 1903 being among the earliest settlers there. Will was a carpenter by trade and did contract work and helped build the first buildings in Nashwauk. In 1908 they moved back to Grand Rapids, leaving there in 1918 and then traveling in the South until the fall of 1918 when they returned to MN and lived in Duluth until 1934 where they ran a laundry and a merry-go-round at Lester Park (Charlie Sandretzky helped him run it). Then they moved to Brimson, MN where Will lived out his remaining years. Will had a large sense of humor. Will and Sadie's descendants can by clicking Will's name above.

Beulah Clara Sandretzky b: November 4, 1875 Waseca, MN, d: May 11, 1999. She m: November 16, 1904 to Miller Williams who d: July 24, 1952. Their children:

Ronald Miller Williams b: June 10(4?), 1910 in Grand Rapids, MN m: August 1938 to Katherine Hill b: May 21, 1916

Margaret Ann Williams (Peggy) m: Alfred Olson

Arthur Merrill Sandretzky b: March 8, 1877 in Waseca, MN. He was a musician and played violin at dances. He m: December 28, 1904 to Ida Foels b: September 19, 1880, their children:

Melinda Sandretzky

Florence Sandretzky

Robert Remington

Betty Remington

Jack Remington

Nancy Remington

Richard Ray Remington

Leonard Sandretzky b: November 22 (28?), 1912

Julius Frederick Sandretzky b: August 1, 1881, d: August 23, 1953. Never married.

Susie Rose Sandretzky b: June 23, 1885 Alton Township, MN, m: December 10, 1919 to Otto L. Foels , their children:

Marjorie Foels

Lola Mae Foels m: November 12, 1947 to Don Buliard .

Lola Julia Sandretzky b: July 19, 1887 in Alton Township, MN d: January 6, 1963, buried in Grand Rapids, MN. She m: John H. Wilson (1879-1938) and had five children:

Lucille Annetta Wilson February 9, 1910, d: 1988 married 4 times to Levit Saunders, Dan Travica, William Holmes and Frank DeFoe. No children. Lucille babysat Judy Garland.

Dorothie Evelyn Wilson b: May 16, 1912 Grand Rapids, MN, d: November 5, 1988, m: Arvid Mjolsness b: April 11, 1913 Hendrum, MN. Their children:

Robert John Wilson b: July 2, 1914, d: July 20, 1951 m: Pat Schultz b: March 19, 1922. No children.

Beulah Louise Wilson b: October 21, 1916, d: May 11, 1955 m: Lyman Allen b: December 15, 1913.

Merrill Henry Wilson b: July 3, 1919, d: May 22, 2006. Never married.

Emil Sandretzky's second wife, Annette Brown Lawrence b: September 14, 1852 NY, d: February 18, 1918 Waseca, MN. Their children:

Baby Sandretzky b: May 2, 1898 d: 1 day old Woodville Cemetery, Waseca, MN

Cora Lawrence Sandretzky (adopted) m: Bill Bromaghn(5952). She was an ordained Methodist Wesleyan minister in Emily, MN. (She married Arvid Mjolsness and Dorothie Wilson)

Robert Sandretzky b: August 29, 1896 m: Florence Fowler in Waseca. Their children:

Rosalind Sandretzky b: February 13, 1919 m: Wallie Peterson October 4, 1938.

Annette Mae Sandretzky b: March 24, 1922 m: James Brown November, 1944 Waseca.

 

 

 

 Emil, Lola and Charles Sandretzky

 

 

Sadie Olin

 

After Sir Cirklah's death, Julia married Charles Frederick Von Sanderetzky . Charles was born in Riga, Prussia in 1822 and died December 21, 1870 and is buried in the Woodville Cemetery in Woodville, MN. They had met on the boat to the U.S. Charles was a civil war vet (Co E, MN 1st Fort Ripley). They had four daughters of which only one survived (Emma). Julia then sent for Julius and Emil and they arrived in Stillwater in late 1858 or Spring of 1859. Julius was 14 years old and Emil was 10 years old. After their arrival in Stillwater, Charles wanted all the children under one name so he adopted Emil. Julius retained the maiden name of his mother, Young. Charles was a barber in Stillwater and died of typhoid fever. His mother's name was Anna and they were from Prussia. Julia's obituary read that she was honorable, upright, paying her debt to the last penny, had strong resentment, quick temper, but with these faults--she had many virtues.

Julia Young and Charles Sandretzky had one surviving daughter:

Emma R. Sandretzky b: October 11, 1857 at Stillwater, MN and d: September 29, 1957 at St. Paul, MN (age 100 yrs). Emma was a church organist most of her life. She m: Charles Resler and they had two sons:

Clarence Resler m: Louise . Their children:

Charles Resler

John Resler

Ruth Resler

David Resler

George Resler m: Dorithy George was an artist.

Frederick Floyd Resler (son of George?)

One daughter was Anna Sandretzky born in NY and possibly one of the other daughters names was Julia Sandretzky b: September 29, 1851, d: 1865.

One unidentified Sandretzky: Raeni? Lynn Sandretzky

* Beulah's Godparents were Mr. and Mrs. Gumm, parents of Frances Gumm (Judy Garland).

It is important to note that many Sandretzky family members have been doing research on this line and that the cummulation of all their work is what you see presented on this page. In particular I would like to thank Janet Johnson for sharing her father, Hubert's information (and getting me interested when I'm not even related!) Margaret Sandretzky took a special interest in the Sandretzky line, through her special relationship with her father-in-law, Clifford Sandretzky, though she too is not a Sandretzky descendant. Thankfully, she did and was able to preserve history and photographs of which she has shared generously and at her own expense. I don't know if Beulah Louise Wilson Allen even knows what a tremendous contribution she has made, sharing with everybody so that they could continue her research and share it with each other. Fern Hughes and Linda Isaacson have shared lots of information and important pictures as well as encouraging me while lovingly correcting me so that this history could be as accurate as possible. Thanks also to LaRee Anderson and Merrill Wilson for their contributions which helped to fill in some gaps and straighten out family lines. I would say the biggest hurdle we encountered were identifying pictures. We hope we did all right and please forgive us if we didn't figure everything out.

 

SHOW LOVE NOW

Written by Cora Lawrence Sandretzky Bromaghn

I would rather have one little rose,
From the garden of my friend
then to have the choicest flowers
when my stay on earth does end.
I would rather have the kindly words
that may now be said of me,
then flattery when my heart is still
and life has ceased to be.
I would rather have a loving smile
from a friend I know is true,
than tears shed o'er my casket
when the earth I've bid adieu.
Bring me all your flowers today
whether pink or white or red.
I'd rather have one blossom now
than a truckload when I am dead.

This is Charles Von Sandretzky. His clothing is a mystery. Is this a Civil War uniform? Or was he a member of the Masonic Temple?

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