From "The Family Tree of Peter Jacob Wendel" Presented by John and Nancy Wendel Routh 1988
Page with VIII. C. ANDREW AND VIOLA (FRELS) WENDEL

    Andrew's name was shown on his birth certificate as "Andrew Joseph" but · he was known by family and friends as "Andrew Jacob". (Source: A.J. Wendel, 1986.)

    Andrew  developed· a business consisting of farming, hardware and implement dealership, highway construction, and cotton ginning in Wharton County.  He enjoyed hunting and fishing.

    The road construction business was started in the 1930's.   Andrew's son A. J. worked the construction business when he finished at Texas A & M University.  His grandson Andy started in the business when he finished at T.S.T.I. in 1973.

    Because of his Catholicism, Andrew was once run out of town {Choate, Karnes, Texas, USA} by the Ku Klux Klan.  At the time, school children were taunted by other children because of religion and heritage.  (Source· Virgie {Rioux} Johnson, 1986, and Susan {Wendel} Waters, 1986)

From "The Frels Family From Germany to Texas" Compiled by Willie Ann Frels McColloch 1991
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    Viola {Wilhelmena} Wilhemine Frels was born on Jun 11, 1898 in Nada, Tx., to William Henry {Weigel} and Annie Weigel Frels. <46, 68>  Viola married Andrew {Joseph} Jacob Wendel on No. 22, 1916, at Nixon, Tx. <15, 53>  Andrew, son of Adolph {Wendel} and Emma Marie {Mary} Engbrock Wendel, was born on Fe. 19, 1893 at Mentz, Tx.  Two children were born to this marriage.  Andrew was in the gin business at Choate, Tx., until 1925 when he returned to El Campo.  Andrew began Wendel Properties that was engaged in the hardware and implement business, oil business, ginning, construction, farming, and ranching. <15>  Andrew died on No. 22, 1953, in El Campo. <26, 31, 52, 62, 69>  Viola died on Oc. 2, 1957, in El Campo. <26, 31, 52, 68>