Robert P. Machalleck

Notes:

His final benefit payments, according to the SSDI were in Vero Beach, Florida. However, the Obituary Daily Times shows that he died in St. Joseph, Michigan, referencing both the Treasure Coast Palm news in Florida, and the PJ paper in Florida.

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Obituary

JOSEPH MACHALLECK

Joseph Machalleck, 67, of 105 North 15th Street, retired New York Central Railraod engineer, died at 6:45 p.m. Saturday in the Sunnybrook Nursing Home at Roseland, Ind., following an illness of about 23v3n months.

Machalleck was born Oct. 25, 1888, in Cassville, Wis., and moved to Niles in 1921 from Michigan City, Ind. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers.

Survivors are his wife, Ella; two sons, John and Robert Machalleck, both of Niles; six grandchildren; a brother George Machalleck, of Michigan City, Ind., and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Schultz, of Michigan City, and Mrs. Barbara Everett, of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral home here with the Rev. Theodore Laesch, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

(Niles Daily Star, Monday, 16 January 1956: Courtesy of Sandra Sauceda)

World War I Draft Registration

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ21-W4Z
Name: Joseph Machalleck
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: La Porte County no 1, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1888
Birthplace: Cassville, Wisconsin, United States
Nationality: United States
Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
Affiliate Publication Number: M1509
GS Film number: 1653558
Digital Folder Number: 005250680
Image Number: 04007
Collection: Joseph Machalleck, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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Census Listings:

At the time of the 1920 La Porte County, Indiana census, his family was listed as follows:

1920 Census
Indiana, La Porte, Michigan City
ED 157
624-67-79
Machallack, Joseph 34 Wisc Germany Germany
" , Ella 35 Indiana Germany Germany
" , John 3 5/12 Indiana Wisconsin Indiana They appeared be sharing a home with Joseph's sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and Clyde Everett.

1930 Census
Michigan, Berrien County, Niles City, Second Ward
Enumerated 8 Apr 1930
ED 16-37 SD 12 Sheet 6B
214-147-161
Machalleck, Joseph Head Rent $35 age 41, married at 27, Born in Wisc Parents both born in Germany Engineer Railroad
Machalleck, Ella M age 41 Born in Indiana, both parents born in Germany
Machalleck, John F. age 13 Born in Indiana Father born in Wisconsin Mother born in Indiana
Machalleck, Robert P age 9 Born in Indiana Father born in Wisconsin Mother born in Indiana

Joseph married Ella M. Ruetz about 1916. Ella was born in Jul 1884 in Indiana; died in Nov 1969 in Michigan; was buried in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter MACHALLECK, formerly a resident of Cassville, died at the Grant county asylum August 21, after a week's illness. Deceased's wife and daughters Mary, Ann and Barbara, and sons Joe and George live at Michigan City, Ind. One daughter, Mrs. Claude Dietrich lives in Cassville; she and her husband and Mrs. Alfred Dietrich and Miss Millie Bossert went to Lancaster Thursday to attend the funeral held that afternoon. Interment was in the asylum cemetery. (Cassville Index, 8-21-1907: Obituary and Index information courtesy of Mrs. LaVon Hall).

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Wisconsin, Grant County, Cassville Town
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 2 ED 26 Sheet 12A
245-247
Machalleck, Belin Head W M May 1854 46 M 20 Germany Germany Germany 1885 15 Wood Chopper
Machalleck, Mildred Wf W F Jun 1852 48 M 20 7/6 Germany Germany Germany 1885 15
Machalleck, Agusta Dtr W F Nov 1884 15 S Germany Germany Germany 1885 15
Machalleck, Anna Dtr W F Jan 1887 13 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, Joseph Son W M Oct 1889 10 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, Barbara Dtr W F Nov 1890 9 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, George Son W M Sept 1893 6 S Wisc Germany Germany At School

Peter married Mildred Amelia Jesse about 1880 in Germany. Mildred (daughter of Andrew Jesse and Mary Bajrovik) was born on 10 Jun 1852 in Strelitz, Kreis Kolmar, Posen, Prussia; died on 18 Jan 1930 in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana; was buried on 21 Jan 1930 in Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, Laporte County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Augusta Jesse Buchholz, Amelia married a Macholic (sic). Jo Peck indicates that they lived in Cassville, Wisconsin. Sandra Everett Sauceda, Amelia's great granddaughter, writes that "every MACHALLECK in this country is desended from them . The only member of my immediate family left that I could ask questions of married into the family and doesn't have any answers either. She did remember visiting the Bossert's in Wisconsin however." [Email from: sandrasauceda@yahoo.com to Melinda Strong, August, 2003]

At the time of the 1920 census, Amelia was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Augusta and Claude Dietrich.

Sandra also provided the following obituary that was published in the Michigan City (Indiana) News-Dispatch on January 17, 1930:

Mrs. Amelia Machalleck, 1121 Cedar Street, passed away at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, following a few hours illness. Death was due to apoplexy. She was born in Wisconsin (sic) on June 10, 1852, and had lived in Michigan City for many years. Her husband died several years ago. She is survived by two sons, Joseph Machalleck, Niles, Mich., and George of this city and four daughters, Mrs. Joseph Kamm, Buena Vista, Ia., Mrs. Claude Dietrich and Mrs. Harry Schultz, this city and Mrs. Barbara Everett, Niles, Mich., and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dietrich, 119 East Ninth street with the Rev. Lawrence Weber officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may view the body any time up to the hour of the service.

Additionally, the following cemetery records was found online:

M - Surnames at Greenwood Michigan Township 153 Tilden Avenue Phone (219) 873-1521 La Porte County, Indiana

MACHALLECK Amelia Jesse 76 01/18/1930 01/21/1930 O 2 16 1

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
INDIANA LA PORTE MICHIGAN CITY
ED#151 818-36-45
Dietrich, Claude Head of Househould 33 M Wisc PA Wisc Decor
ating Contractor
Dietrich, Augusta Wife 36 M 1884 (year of emigration) Nov 1904 (year of naturalization) Po-G (Posen) German Germany German Germany German
Dietrich, Bernice Daughter 9 S Indiana Wisconsin Germany
Machalleck, Amelia Mother in Law 67 Widowed 1884 (year of emigration) Nov 1904 (year of naturalization) Po-G (Posen) German Germany German Germany German

Notes:

AKA Andrew GESSE.

Andrew married Mary Bajrovik in Prussia. Mary was born before 1815 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara LaChance [lachance@ccis.com] notes that "in a lot of the slavic names many of the letters are either not pronounced or are pronounced like an entirely different letter. I tried looking up your name "BAJROVIK" and the closest I could get in my books was: BAJOREK (Pol.) Dweller by the slough or muddy place. (Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by E.C. Smith).

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Married:
The names of the children Mary and Andrew JESSE, are based on list prepared by their granddaughter, Augusta Jesse Buchholz. Augusta's granddaughter, Fern Falkenstein Bengelsdorf, has the original list, and gave a copy of it to Dorothy Ball Williams. It APPEARS that George and Anna were the oldest children, and Amelia the youngest. This seems logical since George and Anna appear to have been the first to emigrate. The birthdates of the other children are ESTIMATED based on this assumption. If they were not listed in birth order, this is likely incorrect.