Person:Beverly Apel (1)

Beverly Jean Apel was born on 11 May 1917 in Detroit, Michigan, to Albert Ignatius Apel and Helen Dean (Tamplin) Apel. She married Howard Harry Brummel on 10 January 1941. Her husband entered the U.S. Army on 13 May 1941, just a few months after their marriage. He was discharged 20 September 1945 and died thirty years later, on 31 December 1975 in Northville, Michigan. Beverly died on 11 June 2007 in Redford, Michigan. Beverly and Howard had three sons, all born in the 1940s, at least two of whom got married.

Beverly Jean Apel in 1935

1.   Ancestry.com.

   Brummel family tree.

2.   U.S. Census.

   U.S. Census Records for 1920 and 1930.

3.   Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
4.   Draft records.
5.   Oral history.

   The author interviewed Beverly's cousin, the daughter of John Apel, her father's brother.

6.   Letter and family tree by John Apel.

   These items are in the possession of the daughter of John Apel.