 combel family combel family ray wed 8242011 1031  joseph edgar combel  18531938 courtesy of donna maria wagner wallace scotia new york  combel family joseph edgar combel  18531938 a native of shieldsboro bay st louis mississippi was the progenitor of the combel family that resided at biloxi mississippi in the early 20 th century joseph e combel was the son of edgard antoine pierre combel  1831pre1877 and lucie angelique paganetto combel  18331857 both natives of louisiana after the demise of lucie paganetto combel edgard ap combel married marie alice robin  18371886 a native of new orleans louisiana he sired about ten combel children with these wives on january 23 1877 in hancock county mississippi joseph e combel married  mary elizabeth garnier  18571921 their children were  mary angelina combel  1878pre1956 m winton l springer 18761920 of clinton illinois  theodore combel  18801963 m clara belle word 18831968 of oxford mississippi  amelia mary combel  18821965 m reuben harris givens 18771948  maria georgiann combel   18841958 m walter c wagner 18821953  ralph j combel  18881956 m flavilla reynolds 18911966 and marie heinrich 19041970  isabel jeanne combel  18901983 m virgil b carlyle 18761952  margaret i combel  18911990 m robert e slay 18901975  earl joseph m combel  18941894 and inez combel 18971991 m shirley louis guilbeau 18971980  biloxi1902 in early april 1902  the bay st louis echo related to its citizens that joseph combel had planned to relocate his hardware business to biloxi mr combel reasoned that biloxi had a stronger potential for commercial growth than his natal city at biloxi joseph combel rented the hagan building on the sw c of west howard avenue and magnolia street he planned to open for business on may 1 st  the biloxi daily herald april 8 1902 p 8  a man of his word joseph combel opened combels s hardware store on may 1 1902 his family had not yet relocated from bay st louis to join him  the biloxi daily herald may 2 1902 p 8  by late august 1902 mr combel was advertising in the local biloxi journal as follows  joseph combel hardware stoves paints oils turpentine varnishes crockery glassware harness and window glass  the biloxi daily herald august 30 1902 p 7  joseph e combel family  lr theo j combel 18801963 joseph e combel 18531938 amelia c givens 18821965 angelina c springer 18781934 elizabeth garnier combel 18571921 and maria c wagner 18841958 courtesy of donna maria wagner wallace scotia new york  amelia combel marries at nola1902 at new orleans on april 30 1902 miss amelia combel married reuben harris givens 18771948 a native of kentucky at nola mr givens began working at the joseph combel hardware store in biloxi circa 1905 in october 1910 he secured a position as house salesman with the southern hardware company in mobile alabama   nola mrb 23 p 932 and the daily herald october 11 1910 p 8  by 1920 the reuben h givens family was settled at 1006 anthony street in mobile reuben was employed as sales manager with the mcgowinlyons hardware supply company situated on st louis and water street at this time he and amelia combel givens were the parents of five children ethel belle givens 19051982 grace givens reuben h givens jr 19071984 joseph combel givens 19081986 and george miller givens 19171988 1920 mobile co alabama federal census t62535 p 7a ed 111 reuben h givens expired at mobile alabama on september 23 1948 amelia combel givens died at mobile on november 28 1968 their corporal remains were interred in the pine crest cemetery at mobile alabama the biloxi herald advertiser1903 in october 1903  the biloxi daily herald made a note that joseph combel was one of its advertisers it described his business as follows combel s carries the most complete line of hardware stoves and fishing tackle in south mississippi it is the agent for the great wilson stove and also carries a full stock of house furnishings  the biloxi daily herald october 17 1903 p 1  theodore j combel marries at oxford mississippi1903 there is a high degree of certitude that theodore theo j combel 18801963 married clara belle word 18831968 called belle the daughter of lucious n word 18601900 and mattie tarver at oxford lafayette county mississippi in 1903 mr word was the assistant postmaster at oxford in 19001900 lafayette co mississippi federal census t623814 p 3b ed 44 in 1900 theo worked as a salesman in his father s hardware store at bay st louis mississippi after the combel family relocated to biloxi in 1902 he joined the l n railroad and worked in its machine shop at mobile alabama by november 1905 theo combel was commuting on weekends to visit his wife at biloxi by 1910 theo and belle w combel were domiciled on canal street in mobile alabama with claire combel 19051989 their first child he made his livelihood as a railroad fireman 1900 hancock co mississippi federal census t623 and 1910 mobile co alabama federal census t62427 p 1b ed 92 and the biloxi daily herald november 20 1905 p 4 as presently known by the author the theo j combel family consisted of two children clare combel 19051989 m mr niolon and lt colonel theo j combel ii 19112005 m frances ottone 19152004 theo j combel expired at mobile alabama on april 2 1963 while belle word combel died there on november 28 1968 the corporal remains of all known members of this family were interred in the pine crest cemetery in mobile alabama maria g combel marries at biloxi1905 on january 18 1905 maria g combel 18841958 married walter charles wagner  18821953 the son of charles azby wagner 18561930 an 1873 austrian immigrant and louisa vanderstraeten 1860 1896 the daughter of jeanbaptiste vanderstraeten and marieemelie hugonin of new orleans the wagnercombel nuptials occurred at biloxi mississippi in the church of the nbvm and the newlyweds left for their new home in new orleans  the biloxi daily herald january 18 1905 p 8  in the crescent city walter c wagner grew up at 619 custom house street in the vieux carre where his father was a saloon proprietor in january 1900 charles a wagner remarried bertha rathoff 18771945 who was only five years older than walter c wagner she gave birth to three sons clarence a wagner 19031972 louis f wagner 19051972 and william j wagner 19081930 1900 and 1930 orleans parish louisiana federal census t623571 p 6b ed 34 and r 803 p 23b ed 66  national brewery1911 in 1910 the walter c wagner family was domiciled at 432 reynoir street at biloxi mississippi at this time he made his livelihood as a sales clerk in the joseph e combel hardware store in march 1911 charles a wagner walter s father became a driving force in the organization and incorporation of the national brewery a new beer brewing company at new orleans the brewery a 400000 steel brick and stone structure was designed by keenan weiss architects and erected at 2600 gravier street by john henry general contractor the company utilized local labor and the construction was financed with local capital the national brewery plant was completed in late may 1912 and viewed by about 10000 friends of the corporate officers charles a wagner president albert werner vicepresident ac daubert secretary and hc osborne treasurer the national brewery had the capacity to produce 60000 barrels of beer annually   after the demise of charles a wagner in the early 1930s the national brewery was sold to the falstaff brewing corporation of st louis in december 1936  the daily picayune march 26 1911 p 9 july 9 1911 p 5 and may 31 1912 and the timespicayune december 15 1936 p 16  by 1920 maria g wagner and walter c wagner and children had returned to new orleans they were domiciled at 423 clark street and joseph e combel and angelina c springer maria s father and sister were living with them walter c wagner was employed with the national brewery at this time 1920 orleans parish louisiana federal census t625619 p 8b ed 57 the children of walter c wagner and maria combel were charles azby wagner 19051962 m mary rafferty marie louise wagner 19072002 m leo louis bouchey leach 19051965 walter charles wagner ii 19131969 m betty primett joseph earl wagner 19151970 m odette hymel 19171993 and isabel wagner 19232008 m harry h boylan jr 19202011 walter c wagner expired at nola on october 19 1953 maria combel wagner died november 12 1958 also in the crescent city their corporal remains were placed in the hope mausoleum at new orleans louisiana  the timespicayune october 20 1953 p 2 and november 13 1958 p 2  summer heat in late may 1905 many of biloxi s merchants cognizant of the coming summer heat and humidity agreed to close their establishments at 630 pm on weekdays in order to give their clerks a break joseph e combel with s joseph mary arguelles es balthrope charles redding edward glennan em mccrary l lopez company tp dulion company wachenfeld company gorenflo david levy lm coleman jp hagan moseley devitt sam picard maurice m levy john r young and cahn singer were among those to make this pact  the biloxi daily herald may 18 1905 p 5  angelina m combel marries in chicago1906 angelina gena m combel  1878pre 1956 married winton l springer 18761920 a native of wisconsin at chicago illinois on november 30 1906 mr springer is believed to have lived in clinton illinois before moving to chicago where he was the proprietor of a print shop in 1900 wl springer was domiciled in rock county wisconsin with his widowed mother and sister he made his living selling sheet music at this time  the biloxi daily herald december 3 1906 p 4 and 1900 rock co 1900 rock co wisconsin federal census t6231814 p 5b ed 168 in 1910 winton l springer was living alone in chicago and operating a printery by 1920 he had relocated to hillsdale new jersey and had married circa 1914 wanda springer 18891920 a 1907 swedish immigrant they had two children ralph springer b 1915 and wanda springer b 19171910 cook co illinois federal census t624263 p 16a ed 901 and 1920 bergen co new jersey federal census t6251017 p 4b ed 52 there is a high degree of certitude that angelina m combel either divorced or abandoned winton l springer or vice versa shortly after their nuptials she lived the remainder of her life in louisiana much of it with her father it appears that she may died between 1938 and 1956 no further information ralph j combel weds in new orleans1909 ralph j combel  18881956 sometimes called raoul married flavilla reynolds 18911966 the daughter of marshall albert reynolds 18461906 a native of bowling county ohio and magdalena seibert 18621946 at nola on june 7 1909 nola mrb 31 p 233 like his father joseph e combel ralph j combel made his livelihood as salesman he traveled often in his vocation selling hardware and paints ralph and flavilla settled in new orleans at 3126 palmyra street they were the parents of norma combel 19091991 m frank fairley d january 26 1968 and fay combel 19111989 married morris c gottesman 18911972 1920 orleans parish louisiana federal census t625619 p 12a ed 55 morris c gottesman was a romanian jew and came to new york in 1914 in the early 1930s he settled at nola and became a partner in higgins industries and later was associated with the levitan furniture company mr gottesman died on september 16 1972 at nola his corporal remains were interred in the chevra thilim cemetery in the crescent city   fay combel gottesman died at nola in july 1989  the timespicayune september 16 1972 p 20  ralph j combel and flavilla reynolds divorced and he married marie heinrichtravelbee 19041970 the daughter of robert heinrich and helen schmidt marie heinrich combel died at nola on may 10 1970 her corporal remains were interred at the greenwood cemetery in nola the timespicayune may 16 1970 p 16 ralph j combel passed on at nola april 27 1956 his remains were interred in the greenwood cemetery flavilla reynolds combel expired at nola on march 4 1966 her corporal remains were interred in the cypress grove cemetery the timespicayune april 28 1956 p 2 and march 8 1966 sec i p 2  isabel j combel1910 graduation and marriage in 1914 isabel jeanne combel  18901983 attended the sacred heart school at biloxi she was the only graduating senior of the 19091910 class on april 15 1914 in the church of the nbvm at biloxi isabel married virgil benson carlisle 18761952 a mississippian but at the time a traveling salesman based at st louis missouri  the daily herald june 9 1910 p 8 april 13 1914 p 2 and harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 25 p 589 by 1917 the carlisles had relocated to lafayette louisiana where virgil sold lightening rods for the st louis lightening rod company by 1930 he had become the proprietor of a furniture store and he and isabel were domiciled at 110 monroe street they never had children 1930 lafayette parish louisiana federal census r797 p 4b ed 10 later virgil and isabel c carlisle moved to new orleans and lived at 907 jackson avenue isabel combel carlisle died at nola on february 11 1983 she was preceded in death by virgil b carlisle her spouse who passed in the crescent city on may 1 1952 their corporal remains rest for eternity in the greenwood cemetery at new orleans louisiana  the timepicayune may 2 1952 p 2 and february 13 1983 section i p 16  marguerite combel marries in 1910 marguerite combel  18911991 was a student at sacred heart until the day before she wedded robert e slay 18901975 a native of bon secour baldwin county alabama on september 17 1910 their civil ceremony preceded their catholic nuptials both held at the home of peter yurgensen mr slay was an employee of the yurgensen bakery at biloxi  the daily herald september 19 1910 p 8  robert e slay and marguerite combel slay resided in biloxi at 204 east howard avenue here in biloxi mississippi seven children were born elizabeth t slay 19111917 m coney murello 18981984 robert e slay ii 19131996 joseph lawrence slay 19151998 m barbara boyd 19222003 elodie slay b 1918 m charles l tabor 19171991 and mr mccready rita june slay 19201991 m mr holden marjorie slay b 1923 m mr ernst and shirley slay 19252007 m lloyd triay 19212004 mr slay made his livelihood at biloxi as a merchant tailor 1920 harrison co mississippi federal census t625876 p 39b ed 39 circa 1927 the robert e slay family left biloxi and relocated to fort pierce florida in st lucie county florida mr slay was the proprietor of a successful dry cleaning establishment two children were born in florida lanette slay b 1928 married mr egers and dorothy evelyn slay 19311999 married mr mauck and mr swartz 1930 st lucie co florida federal census r332 p 5a ed 6 marguerite combel slay died in late may 1990 at fort pierce florida robert e slay had preceded her in death passing in october 1975 the palm beach post may 31 1990 p 3b  elizabeth garnier combel passes mrs joseph e combel met her demise on may 9 1921 at lafayette louisiana she had been a guest of inez combel her daughter   the corporal remains ofelizabeth garnier combel were taken from 3120 palmyra street in the crescent city the residence of ralph j combel to the greenwood cemetery for internment  the daily herald may 10 1921 p 4 and the timespicayune   may 10 1921 p 2   interior combel store  courtesy of donna maria wagner wallace scotia new york  us joachim takes over combels 1918  in march 1918 joseph e combel sold his business to uriah s joachim  18881977 leon f janin jr 19121957 and wo clark who incorporated as the combel hardware company at biloxi at this time by 1918 mr joachim had been promoted manager of the l lopez company operation in biloxi he resigned and joined the combel hardware company as manager david j venus replaced us joachim as the manager of the lopez store on west howard avenue the combel hardward company evolved by 1948 into joachim s wholly owned combel s merchandise mart in addition to his hardware interests us joachim was president of first federal savings and loan and the avelez hotel he was also a member of the biloxi chamber of commerce elks club and church of the nativity of the bvm mr joachim expired in late january 1977 stella gillen joachim his wife of over fifty years preceded him in death expiring on september 12 1963 they rest eternally in the southern memorial park cemetery in biloxi  the daily herald march 25 1918 p 3 april 22 1918 p 5 the jackson county times march 20 1918 p 7 and the daily herald january 31 1977 p a2  move to nola and mobile joseph e combel moved to new orleans after the sale of his biloxi business to the uriah s joachim group in 1920 he and angelina combel springer his daughter were domiciled with the walter c wagner family at 423 clark street by january 1922 joseph had relocated to mobile alabama where theo j combel his son lived 1920 orleans parish louisiana federal census t625619 p 8b ed 57  inez combel marries in 1922 on january 16 1922  inez combel  18971991 married shirley louis guilbeau at st john s cathedral in lafayette louisiana   maria c wagner her sister sang ave maria at the wedding  the daily herald january 10 1922 p 3 and the timespicayune january 23 1922 p 11   inez combel guilbeau died at houston texas in october 1991 no further information attempted robbery1928 nola in early december 1928 herman o baker d 1928 described as a society burglar entered combel s variety store at 3126 tulane avenue and lopez street the combel store was kept by joseph e combel 18531938 and angelina combel springer his daughter while resisting baker s attempt to rob his market mr combel was struck in the head with the burglar s pistol and then shot in his left hand as he wrestled with the perpetrator james reilly a nola fireman retrieved the pistol and shot and mortally wounded ho baker joseph e combel was taken to the hospital for his injuries  the timespicayune december 11 1928 p 1   joseph edgar combel   18531938 and brother courtesy of donna maria wagner wallace scotia new york  joseph e combel passes joseph e combel died on november 24 1938 at mobile alabama in 1930 he and angelina c springer his daughter were living at in the crescent city and operating a hardware store 1930 orleans parish louisiana federal census r 801 p 16a ed 29  references  jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume iii catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1995  journals the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 8 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   may 2 1902 the biloxi daily herald   joseph combel   august 30 1902 the biloxi daily herald   among herald advertisers   october 17 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 18 190 the biloxi daily herald   merchants will close   january 18 1905 the biloxi daily herald   personal   november 20 1905 the biloxi daily herald   city news   december 3 1906 the daily herald   city news   may 25 1909 the daily herald   sacred heart school exercises last night   june 16 1910 the daily herald   slaycombel   september 19 1910 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs of interest   october 11 1910 the daily herald   nephew of biloxian meets tragic death   june 9 1911 the daily herald   charged with rape hiding in woods   july 20 1911 the daily herald   wedding announcement   april 13 1914 the daily herald   hardware   may 31 1916 the daily herald   new hardware corporation   march 25 1918 the daily herald   dj venus in charge of lopez store   march 25 1918 the daily herald   the charter of incorporation of combel hardware company   april 22 1918 the daily herald   here from new orleans   march 2 1921 the daily herald   mrs combel dies at lafayette   may 10 1921 the daily herald   miss combel to wed   january 10 1922 the daily herald   making improvements to building   november 22 1922 the daily herald   new building  combel s merchandise mart  to be erected in downtown biloxi   april 5 1952 the daily herald   us joachim   january 31 1977 the huntsville times   frances combel   june 2004 the huntsville times   theo j combel jr   april 2 2005 the jackson county times   local news items   march 20 1918 florida journals the fort pierce news   joseph larry slaybeloved football coach administrator dies at 82   october 9 1998 the fort pierce news   evelyn slay mauck swartz   october 22 1999 the miami herald   coney murello   december 16 1984 the palm beach post    marguerite i combel slay   may 31 1990 the palm beach post    charles l tabor   june 27 1991 nola journals the new orleans states   society   january 23 1922 the palm beach post   marguerite i combel slay  may 31 1990 the daily picayune   waltercombel   january 22 1905 the daily picayune   died   february 19 1906 the daily picayune   another brewery organized here   march 26 1911 the daily picayune   new brewery building   july 9 1911 the daily picayune   national brewery   may 31 1912 the timespicayune    died   may 10 1921 the timespicayune    society   january 23 1922 the timespicayune   bandit shot dead with own pistol thugs on rampage   december 11 1928 the timespicayune    the crew of preprohibition days return to jobs at national brewery plant   august 13 1933 the timespicayune    national brewing plant purchased by falstaff firm   december 15 1937 the timespicayune    deaths   november 25 1938 the timespicayune    deaths   september 3 1945 the timespicayune    deaths   october 31 1946 the timespicayune    deaths   may 2 1952 the timespicayune    deaths   october 20 1953 the timespicayune    deaths   april 28 1956 the timespicayune    deaths   november 12 1958 the timespicayune      charles a  wagner rites planned today   september 26 1962 the timespicayune    deaths   september 27 1962 the timespicayune     leo b  leach funeral will be today   march 11 1965 the timespicayune    deaths   march 8 1966 the timespicayune   deaths   january 29 1968 the timespicayune    deaths   may 16 1970 the timespicayune    deaths   october 18 1970 the timespicayune   gottesman dies after illness   september 16 1972 the timespicayune    deaths   february 13 1983 the timespicayune    triay   march 14 2007  combel family records our lady of the gulf catholic church bay st louis mississippi joseph e combel family birth records  names per catholic church records mary angelica combel born march 16 1878 theophyle joseph combel born may 4 1880 mary emilia combel born march 16 1882 mary georgine combel born january 19 1884 joseph raoul combel born august 11 1888 mary isabella jane combel born july 3 1890 mary margaret ida combel born december 21 1891 earl joseph michel combel born june 26 1894 and died november 13 1894 mary ines combel born june 23 1897 chicago illinois marriages angelina combel married wl springer at chicago on november 30 1906 the biloxi daily herald december 3 1906  hancock county mississippi marriages mary elizabeth garnier married joseph edgard combel on january 24 1877 our lady of the gulf catholic churchbook 1 p 118  harrison county mississippi marriages maria combel married walter charles wagner of nola at biloxi mississippi on january 18 1905 mrb 16 p 274 isabel jeanne combel married vernon b carlisle on april 15 1914 at biloxi mississippi mrb 25 p 589  nola marriages charles a wagner married louisa vanderstraeten on june 23 1881 nola mrb 8 p 714  charles a wagner married bertha rathoff on january 11 1900 nola mrb 21 p 968  amelia mary combel married reuben harris givens on april 30 1902 nola mrb 23 p 932  raoul j combel married flavilla reynolds on june 7 1909 nola mrb 31 p 233  lafayette parish louisiana marriages inez combel married shirley l guilbeau at lafayette lafayette parish louisiana on january 23 1922 combel deaths lucie angelique paganetto combel  18331857 died june 9 1857 buried cedar rest cemeterybay st louis mississippi  marie alice robin combel  18371886 died on march 25 1886 olg book 2 p 7  dr henry i combel  18761904 died march 24 1904 buried cedar rest cemeterybay st louis mississippi elizabeth garnier combel  181921 died may 9 1921 at lafayette louisiana buried greenwood cemetery nola joseph e combel  18531938 died november 24 1938 at mobile alabama buried greenwood cemetery nola virgil b carlisle  18761952 died may 1 1952 at nola interred greenwood cemetery nola walter charles wagner  181953 died october 20 1953 at nola interred hope mausoleum nola ralph joseph combel  18881956 died april 27 1956 at nola interred greenwood cemetery nola maria combel wagner  18841958 died november 12 1958 interred hope mausoleum nola theodore j combel  18801963 died april 2 1963 at mobile alabama interred pine crest cemetery mobile alabama flavilla reynolds combel  18911966 daughter of marshall a reynolds and magdalena seibert died march 4 1966 at nola interred cypress grove cemetery nola belle word combel  18831968 died on november 28 1968 at mobile alabama interred pine crest cemetery mobile alabama isabel combel carlisle  18901983 died february 11 1983 at nola interred greenwood cemetery nola marguerite ida combel slay  18911990 died in may 1990 at fort pierce florida inez combel guilbeau  18971991 died in october 1991 at houston texas 507 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