Engel, David, undated

David Engel was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, in 1811. He migrated to the United States in 1845 or 1849. He became involved in the Masonic St. John's Lodge, the Arafat Lodge of the B'nai B'rith, the German Aid Society and the Jersey City Lodge Knights of Pythias. He worked as a trader, nurse, bill poster and supernumerary police constable. He had a daughter named Rosalie. Engel died in 1887.