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Andrew and Mary Engel had six children - Herman was the oldest and Magdalena was the youngest. Aunt Doggie never worked but stayed home and took care of the house and family. She was such a great cook and fixed lots of good German food including what was called cinnamon Kouckin (?) or coffee cake. When I spent the night at that house, we'd often have the coffeecake and coffee for breakfast. My Mother anguished over me going there because she knew that they'd allow me to have coffee ....I was maybe seven or eight yrs. old. The funny thing was that altho they used HUGE old-fashioned china mugs, Aunt Doggie filled the cup over half full of milk (with an abundance of sugar) and the amount of coffee that I actually got was probably less than afourth of a cup!! One of the best games that Ginny and I got to play was hide and seek because there were lots of places to hide in that old big house. Another really fun thing was that the house had a very large walk-in pantry and sometimes, we could play house in that pantry...that pantry was a treasure. In the summer time, Ginny and I could take empty milk bottles back to Mattern's Grocery and redeem them for cash when we then got to spend on candy. I clearly remember the big room called the summer-kitchen. It served as another place to cook, can, wash and visit when the rest of the house was pretty warm in the summer and in the winter, it was always toasty warm and the family spent a lot of time there. Ginny and I knew that we weren't to go into the garage - I don't remember why. The upstairs of the house always intregued us and especially the large walk-in closet. It held so many treasures and Ginny and I loved to snoop. In later years, that was where the old music box was kept. At some point, maybe about 1985 or 1986, my son John Clark was in Huntington on a visit, asked to see the upstairs of the house on Poplar Street and Aunt Doggie showed him the big closet. When John saw the music box, he commented on it and Aunt Doggie gave it to him. I remember so well that Ginny and I always thought that Aunt Doggie was so pretty and always dressed to well...she always wore really high-heeled black patent-leather shoes to Church, and to us, that meant she was stylish! The last time that I saw her was in 1987. On that day, my husband, Les and I went up to the Engel house to visit. We tried to take her to lunch but she said that she wasn't dressed and she wouldn't go so we begged her to get ready and we'd be back to take her to dinner but she refused. I did question her about dates of births and deaths of her sisters and brothers and she gave those dates to me...also she gave me their middle names. I asked if she had any pictures of the family that she's share with me and she said, "oh, Honey, I'll dig them out and will have them ready for you the next time you're in Huntington." Of course, I never did get them. Aunt Doggie always called me JoAnnie. The two things I asked for that Aunt Doggie gave me were a picture of me with my Grandmother taken in the side yard of the Poplar Street house. Also, a pale green pitcher that looks like it might have been part of a chocolate set. Her brothers and sisters all called her Honey.
CENSUS:
1900:
Name: Magdalena Engle Home in 1900: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana Age: 1 Estimated birth year: 1899 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Image source: Year: 1900; Census Place: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana; Roll: T623 378; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 78.
CENSUS: 1930:
Name: T Magdelen Engel Age: 31 years Estimated birth year: 1898 Relation to Head-of-house: Daughter Home in 1930: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana Image Source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana; Roll: T626_593; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 0640.
BURIAL:
http://www.interment.net/data/us/in/huntington/mtcalvary/calvary_e.htm
Engel, Magdalena T., b. 1898, d. 1989, Sect D Lot 27E-10
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1898 - 1989 (90 years)
