 1858 - 1922 (~ 64 years)
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| Name |
Kasriel Markel |
| Nickname |
John |
| Born |
Feb 1858 |
Kovno, Lithuania  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
24 Nov 1922 |
Baltimore, Maryland |
- born in Rasein (now Raseiniai), Lithuania, son of Yankel Merkel and Irla Bloch. The surname was altered to MARKEL upon immigration to America. Some of his children, and his twin brother Newman, spelled the name MARKELL.
About 1886, John settled in Baltimore, MD, with his wife Anna Leah (Chana Leah) and two oldest children Dora (b. 1881) and Jennie (b. 1883). Additional children Elsie, Jacob, Fannie, and Eli were born in Baltimore and the youngest, Sarah (Selda) in Crisfield, MD, where the family lived briefly about 1895-1896 before returning to Baltimore.
John Markel was a coal merchant.
Hebrew name: Kasriel b. Yakov.
John's twin brother Newman and his half-sister Chaje Zippe Markel Eliason are also buried in this cemetery.
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| Person ID |
I1187 |
Markel |
| Last Modified |
5 Mar 2020 |
| Family |
Chana Leah Merkel, b. Mar 1858, Kovno, Lithuania , d. 30 Apr 1921, Baltimore, Maryland (Age ~ 63 years) |
| Married |
1880/1 |
Lithuania |
| Children |
| | 1. Girl died young Merkel |
| | 2. Twin Markel, b. Abt 1885, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Twin Markel, b. Abt 1885, d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 4. Dora Markel, b. 17 Jun 1882, Raseiniai, Raseiniai District Municipality, Kaunas, Lithuania , d. 3 Feb 1965, Maryland , USA (Age 82 years) |
| + | 5. Jennie Markel, b. 20 May 1883, Raiseniai, Lithuania , d. Feb 1972, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States (Age 88 years) |
| + | 6. Elsie Markel, b. Abt 1889, Baltimore, MD USA , d. 31 Jul 1945, Baltimore, MD USA (Age ~ 56 years) |
| + | 7. Eli Herman Markell, b. 4 Feb 1890, Maryland , USA , d. 31 Mar 1982, Bronx, New York, United States (Age 92 years) |
| + | 8. Jacob Markell, b. 24 Jul 1892, Baltimore, MD USA , d. 29 Jun 1928, Kenova, West Virginia USA (Age 35 years) |
| + | 9. Sarah Selda Sadie Markel, b. Dec 1895, Crisfield, Somerset, Maryland, United States , d. 13 Feb 1971, Dade, Florida, United States (Age ~ 75 years) |
| | 10. Boy Died Young Markel, b. 14 Jun 1900, Baltimore, MD USA |
| + | 11. Fannye Markel, b. Apr 1893, Baltimore, MD USA , d. 16 Feb 1959, Baltimore, Maryland (Age ~ 65 years) |
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| Last Modified |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Family ID |
F486 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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