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Jennie Smith

F, b. 18 June 1890, d. 15 April 1956

Person Exhibits

Jennie Smith (1890-1956)

Parents

Family: Jerry Boelman (b. about 1889, d. 19 February 1930)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1
  • Birth: 18 June 1890, Muntendam, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. at 7 in the morning1
  • Population Register, 1890-1900: between between 4 April 1891 and 30 May 1892, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, household of father, Albert Smit.
    Jantje Smit, female, daughter, born 10 June 1890 in Muntendam, no occupation2
  • Population Register, 1880-1900: between between 30 May 1892 and 28 January 1895, Slochteren, Groningen, the NetherlandsO+, household of father, Albert Smit.
    Jantje Smit, female, daughter, born 18 June 1890 in Muntendam, no occupation3
  • Emigration Ship Departure: 7 April 1906, from the port of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the NetherlandsO, to the port or New York, aboard the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, in the company of her mother.
    She was also accompanied by her older sister, Antje.4
  • Emigration Ship Departure: 19 April 1906, from the port of to the port of New York, aboard the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam.4
  • Jennie Smith and Jerry Boelman were licensed to wed on 10 September 1909 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.5
  • Marriage: to Jerry Boelman, 11 September 1909, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 19. by H. Frieling, Minister of the Gospel5
  • Census: 30 April 1910, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, Jerry Boelman.6
  • Census: 9 May 1930, Woodward Avenue, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, head of household. At the time of the census, Jennie was said to be a resident alien. She owned her home, and was said to be occupied in farming.7
  • Death: 15 April 1956, age 65, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.8,9
  • The cause of her death was. a heart attack, after suffering from heart disease and hypertension for several years8
  • Burial: 18 April 1956, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Block II, Lot 68, Grave 11.
    Grave: Mother, Jennie Boelman, 1890-19569
    Jennie Boelman Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block II, Lot 68, Grave 11
  • Last Edited: 28 April 2025

Citations

  1. [S4356] Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten, 1883-1900," geboorte (birth), Jantje Smit, vol. 1890, no. 48 (19 June 1890); FHL microfilm 1300654.
  2. [S5523] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk A-D Namen S-Z 1890-1900, p. 874, line 1, population register, Albert Smit household entry, 30 Jun 1891, arranged roughly alphabetically; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100497 : accessed 27 Apr 2021) > DGS 8977174 > image 52 of 380; imaged from FHL digital film 8977174.
  3. [S5744] Slochteren, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk B, K, D 1880-1900, p. 156, line 1, population register, Albert Smit household entry, 11 Jun 1892, arranged by district; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/85502 : accessed 1 Mar 2022) > DGS 8976839 > image 446 of 541; imaged from FHL digital film 8976839.
  4. [S4457] Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, National Archives and Record Administration microfilm publication T715, roll 695, arranged chronologically by arrival date of vessel; SS Nieuw Amsterdam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 19 Apr 1906, entry for Marianna Smith family, group 63, list 10, lines 10-12.
  5. [S5286] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 7 : 91, no. 10702, 11 Sep 1909, entry for Jurjen Boelman and Jantje Smith; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  6. [S3644] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, 2nd ward, enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 19A, dwelling 428, family 433, Jerry Borlman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
  7. [S3569] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 34B-35A, dwelling 237, family 240, Jennie Boelman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 998.
  8. [S4492] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 3 : 297, 18 Apr 1956, Jennie Boelman entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  9. [S4078] "Jennie Boelman," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 16 Apr 1956, p. 23, col. 3.
 
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Jerry Boelman

M, b. about 1889, d. 19 February 1930

Person Exhibits

Jerry Boelman (c1889-1930)

Parents

Family: Jennie Smith (b. 18 June 1890, d. 15 April 1956)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1
  • Birth: about 1889, Oostwolde, Groningen, NetherlandsO.2
  • Jerry Boelman was described as 5'6", with a fair complexion, blond hair and grey eyes in February 1907.2
  • Emigration: 16 February 1907, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the NetherlandsO. S.S. Rijndam2
  • He planned to join in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. his brother, Stoffer,2
  • He had. $102
  • His passage had been paid by. his brother2
  • He and Jennie Smith were licensed to wed on 10 September 1909 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.3
  • Marriage: to Jennie Smith, 11 September 1909, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age ~20. by H. Frieling, Minister of the Gospel3
  • Census: 30 April 1910, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household.4
  • Death: 19 February 1930, age ~41, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
    Jerry Boelman, death certificate, 19 February 1930
  • The cause of his death was. industrial accident. He was decapitated by a machine where he worked.5,1
  • Burial: Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.6
    Jerry Boelman Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block II, Lot 68, Grave 12
  • Last Edited: 6 November 2021

Citations

  1. [S4481] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_355404-01268: accessed 5 Apr 2020), certificate image, Jerry Boelman, filed 21 Feb 1930, Certificates, 1921-1944, volume 233: Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo City), 1928-1932, no. 115 (state file no. 139 7516), image 1269 of 3251; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
  2. [S4460] Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, National Archives and Record Administration microfilm publication T715, roll 834, arranged chronologically by arrival date of vessel; SS Rijndam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 27 Feb 1907, entry for Jurjen Boelman, group 19, list 30, line 30.
  3. [S5286] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 7 : 91, no. 10702, 11 Sep 1909, entry for Jurjen Boelman and Jantje Smith; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  4. [S3644] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, 2nd ward, enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 19A, dwelling 428, family 433, Jerry Borlman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
  5. [S5913] "Conversations with Robert Earl Grant," Between 1971 and 2004 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
  6. [S3934] Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), Jerry Boelman marker, section II, lot 68; personally read by T. L. Cunningham and Robert E. Grant, 1995.
 
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Arthur Rivers

M, b. about 1882

Parents

Family: Delila May Klinger (b. 9 April 1886, d. 15 November 1948)

Biography

  • Parentage:1
  • Birth: about 1882, MichiganO.1
  • Occupation: 1902, clerk.1
  • Arthur Rivers and Delila May Klinger were licensed to wed on 1 July 1902 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • Marriage: to Delila May Klinger, 3 July 1902, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age ~20, "Arthur Rivers and May Klinger," by J. B. Pinckard, clergyman.
    The bride's brother, George L. Klinger, and his wife, Georgia, were witnesses to the marriage.1
  • Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Frank Benjamin Rivers.2,3
  • Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Pearl Lena Rivers.3
  • Arthur Rivers and Delila May Klinger
    Divorce:
    27 May 1905, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.4
  • Last Edited: 28 January 2023

Citations

  1. [S5314] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 489, no. 6285, 3 Jul 1902, entry for Arthur Rivers and May Klinger; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  2. [S4826] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60872&h=2762954: accessed 19 Sep 2020), certificate image, Frank Rivers, filed 19 Mar 1936, no. 011839, image 2341 of 3252; citing "Death Records (Certificates, 1921-1944, 234: Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo City), 1932-1937), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
  3. [S4639] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 11, no. 41, May Rivers v. Arthur Rivers, "petition regarding non-payment of alimony," 21 Mar 1905; digital images, "Chancery docket, ca. 1847-1932; Files, ca. 1847-1939; Index, ca. 1831-1944," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C372-N9KW-3 : accessed 27 Jun 2020), image 696 of 3142.
  4. [S4639] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 11, no. 41, Rivers v. Rivers, "."
 
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The material on this website is subject to copyright.
Facts -- names, dates, and places -- cannot be copyrighted, and you are free to copy them without any restriction. However any descriptive narratives are my creative work product and are copyrighted. You may copy them for your personal use, but please respect my copyright and do not republish them in any form, including copying them to your tree on Ancestry or elsewhere, without written permission from me. Many of the images are also copyrighted, and may not be copied without the consent of the copyright holders.

Frank Benjamin Rivers

M, b. 20 August 1902, d. 15 March 1936

Person Exhibits

Frank Benjamin Rivers (1902-1936)

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: 20 August 1902, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1,2
  • Parentage: Delila May Klinger and Arthur Rivers.2,3
  • Biography:. Frank was born with a cleft palate. While this congenital abnormality was repaired later in life, we have been told that his birth defect was at least one of the causes of his parents divorce as his father was unhappy with his son's "deformity." Whether or not this weighed upon young Frank as he grew up we will never know.4
  • His parents divorced on 27 May 1905 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.5
  • His mother, married on 3 July 1907 in Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.6,7
  • Census: 21 April 1910, 711 Rivers St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of mother, Delila May Klinger, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 7B, dwelling 172, family 177, home rented.
    Frank Rivers, son, male, white, age 9, single, born Michigan, father's birthplace unknown, mother born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation, able to read and write, attended school8
  • Correspondence: 29 February 1916. In this postcard Frank wrote to his mother from his hospital bed at St. Joseph's Hospital in Chicago, we have learned that Frank underwent a surgical repair of his cleft palate. He was 13 years old at the time. He reassured his mother that he had visitors every Sunday "and when they come they bring me something." He also informed his mother that they would take out his "sticks [stitches]" in eight days, after which he would be able to return home.9
  • Biography:. He apprenticed in the printing trade in or near Boston, Massachusetts, probably sometime between 1917 and 1919. His half-brother, Robert Grant, has some photographs of him on an East Coast beach.4
    Frank Benjamin Rivers (1902-1936)
  • Occupation: 1920, feeder at a paper mill.10
  • Census: 27 January 1920, 1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of stepfather, Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319.
    Frank Rivers, son, male, white, age 17, single, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, speaks English, feeder, paper company, wage worker10
    1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)
  • Frank was employed by Sutherland Paper Mill as a pressman between 1921 and 1936 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.2,4
  • Census: 7 April 1930, 1227 Riverview DriveO+, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of stepfather, Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, home rented for $10, family had radio.
    Frank B. Rivers, stepson, male, white, age 27, single, not at school, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, speaks English, pressman, paper mill, wage worker, employed, not a veteran11
  • Frank Benjamin Rivers died on 15 March 1936 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, at age 33. at 10:10 in the evening2
  • Burial: 19 March 1936, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.2
    Frank B. Rivers Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block V, Lot 153
  • Last Edited: 5 January 2024

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), 18.
  2. [S4826] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60872&h=2762954: accessed 19 Sep 2020), certificate image, Frank Rivers, filed 19 Mar 1936, no. 011839, image 2341 of 3252; citing "Death Records (Certificates, 1921-1944, 234: Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo City), 1932-1937), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
  3. [S4639] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 11, no. 41, May Rivers v. Arthur Rivers, "petition regarding non-payment of alimony," 21 Mar 1905; digital images, "Chancery docket, ca. 1847-1932; Files, ca. 1847-1939; Index, ca. 1831-1944," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C372-N9KW-3 : accessed 27 Jun 2020), image 696 of 3142.
  4. [S5913] "Conversations with Robert Earl Grant," Between 1971 and 2004 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
  5. [S4639] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 11, no. 41, Rivers v. Rivers, "."
  6. [S5318] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 79, no. 9307, 3 Jul 1907, entry for Daniel L. Grant and May Rivers; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  7. [S5872] "Double Wedding Performed," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 4 Jul 1907, p. 6, col. 5; image, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 21 Aug 2022.)
  8. [S3984] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 7B, dwelling 172, family 177, May Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
  9. [S5363] Frank Rivers, Chicago, Illinois, to May Grant, postcard, 29 Feb 1916, recovery from surgery; Cunningham Family History Archive; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington. Original postcard was in possession of Robert Grant, then inherited by his grandson, who is current holder.
  10. [S3601] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
  11. [S3574] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https//www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
 
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Pearl Lena Rivers

F, b. 7 October 1903, d. 6 November 1971

Person Exhibits

Pearl Lena Rivers (1903-1971)

Parents

Family: Francis LeRoy Hoare (b. 7 January 1903, d. 19 November 1974)

Biography

  • Birth: 7 October 1903, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • Parentage: Delila May Klinger and Arthur Rivers.2
  • His parents divorced on 27 May 1905 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.3
  • His mother, married on 3 July 1907 in Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.4,5
  • Census: 21 April 1910, 711 Rivers St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of mother, Delila May Klinger, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 7B, dwelling 172, family 177, home rented.
    Pearl Rivers, daughter, female, white, age 6, single, born Michigan, father's birthplace unknown, mother born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation, able to read and write, attended school6
  • Census: 27 January 1920, 1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of stepfather, Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319.
    Pearl Rivers, daughter, female, white, age 16, single, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, speaks English, feeder, paper company, wage worker7
    1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)


  • Francis LeRoy Hoare and Pearl Lena Rivers
    Marriage: 7 June 1922, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.8
  • Social Event - Guest: 27 July 1922, 408 Elm Street, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, birthday celebration for Charles Klinger. She sang a solo, "Loves Old Sweet Song," at this event for her uncle.9
  • Death: 6 November 1971, age 68, Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, FloridaO.10,11
  • Burial: West Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO.12
  • Last Edited: 5 January 2024

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), 19.
  2. [S4639] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 11, no. 41, May Rivers v. Arthur Rivers, "petition regarding non-payment of alimony," 21 Mar 1905; digital images, "Chancery docket, ca. 1847-1932; Files, ca. 1847-1939; Index, ca. 1831-1944," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C372-N9KW-3 : accessed 27 Jun 2020), image 696 of 3142.
  3. [S4639] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 11, no. 41, Rivers v. Rivers, "."
  4. [S5318] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 79, no. 9307, 3 Jul 1907, entry for Daniel L. Grant and May Rivers; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  5. [S5872] "Double Wedding Performed," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 4 Jul 1907, p. 6, col. 5; image, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 21 Aug 2022.)
  6. [S3984] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 7B, dwelling 172, family 177, May Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
  7. [S3601] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
  8. [S4624] Klinger, The Klinger Family.
  9. [S5495] "Two Kalamazoo Girls Will Enter Meet for Tennis Championship," society news, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 30 Jul 1922, p. 5, col. 2, Charles Klinger birthday party; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 27 Mar 2021.)
  10. [S2096] Franklin B. Buser, The Hans Conrad Kimmel Family, Roll: microfilm 2055149, item 6 (Franklin B. Buser, 613 Bryant St., Stroudsberg, PA 18360, 21 October 1992)
  11. [S2653] Florida Death Index, 1970-79, Url: http://www.ancestry.com (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah)
  12. [S3068] Tombstone Photographs, West Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Michigan USGenWeb Archives, http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/tsphoto/kalamazoo/westcooper.htm)
 
Copyright 2013-2025 by T. L. Cunningham
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Facts -- names, dates, and places -- cannot be copyrighted, and you are free to copy them without any restriction. However any descriptive narratives are my creative work product and are copyrighted. You may copy them for your personal use, but please respect my copyright and do not republish them in any form, including copying them to your tree on Ancestry or elsewhere, without written permission from me. Many of the images are also copyrighted, and may not be copied without the consent of the copyright holders.

Francis LeRoy Hoare

M, b. 7 January 1903, d. 19 November 1974

Person Exhibits

Francis Leroy Hoare (1903-1974)

Family: Pearl Lena Rivers (b. 7 October 1903, d. 6 November 1971)

Biography

  • Birth: 7 January 1903, Cooper, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1


  • Francis LeRoy Hoare and Pearl Lena Rivers
    Marriage: 7 June 1922, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • He witnessed the death of Pearl Lena Rivers on 6 November 1971 in Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, FloridaO.2,3
  • Death: 19 November 1974, age 71, Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, FloridaO.2,3
  • Burial: West Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO.4
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971.)
  2. [S2096] Franklin B. Buser, The Hans Conrad Kimmel Family, Roll: microfilm 2055149, item 6 (Franklin B. Buser, 613 Bryant St., Stroudsberg, PA 18360, 21 October 1992)
  3. [S2653] Florida Death Index, 1970-79, Url: http://www.ancestry.com (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah)
  4. [S3068] Tombstone Photographs, West Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Michigan USGenWeb Archives, http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/tsphoto/kalamazoo/westcooper.htm)
 
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Facts -- names, dates, and places -- cannot be copyrighted, and you are free to copy them without any restriction. However any descriptive narratives are my creative work product and are copyrighted. You may copy them for your personal use, but please respect my copyright and do not republish them in any form, including copying them to your tree on Ancestry or elsewhere, without written permission from me. Many of the images are also copyrighted, and may not be copied without the consent of the copyright holders.

Rosalind Mae Hoare

F, b. 25 May 1925

Person Exhibits

Rosalind Mae Hoare (1925- )

Parents

Family: Garrett Frederick Modderman (b. 9 July 1918, d. April 1976)

Biography

  • Birth: 25 May 1925, Cooper, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1


  • Garrett Frederick Modderman and Rosalind Mae Hoare
    Marriage: 25 November 1945, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971.)
 
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Harry Lawrence Hoare

M, b. 16 May 1927, d. 30 October 1985

Person Exhibits

Harry Lawrence Hoare (1927-1985)

Parents

Family: Joyce Arlene VanAntwerp (b. 18 March 1929)

Biography

  • Birth: 16 May 1927.1


  • Harry Lawrence Hoare and Joyce Arlene VanAntwerp
    Marriage: 17 August 1947, Plainwell, Allegan County, MichiganO.1
  • Death: 30 October 1985, age 58, Palm Beach County, FloridaO.2
  • Burial: West Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO.3
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971.)
  2. [S2651] Florida Death Index, 1980-89, Url: http://www.ancestry.com (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah)
  3. [S3068] Tombstone Photographs, West Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Michigan USGenWeb Archives, http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/tsphoto/kalamazoo/westcooper.htm)
 
Copyright 2013-2025 by T. L. Cunningham
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Facts -- names, dates, and places -- cannot be copyrighted, and you are free to copy them without any restriction. However any descriptive narratives are my creative work product and are copyrighted. You may copy them for your personal use, but please respect my copyright and do not republish them in any form, including copying them to your tree on Ancestry or elsewhere, without written permission from me. Many of the images are also copyrighted, and may not be copied without the consent of the copyright holders.

Joel Klinger

M, b. 13 March 1852, d. 20 June 1909

Person Exhibits

Joel Klinger (1852-1909)

Parents

Family: Susan Marie Young (b. 1 November 1851, d. 13 January 1920)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1
  • Birth: 13 March 1852, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO+.1
  • Census: 6 June 1860, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Benjamin Klinger, page 4, dwelling 23, family 24.
    Benjamin Klinger, age 36, male, sawyer, value of personal estate $300, born in Pennsylvania, unable to read or write
    Magdalena Klinger, age 35, female, value of real estate $4000, value of personal estate $150, born in Pennsylvania
    Lewis Klinger, age 14, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Joel Klinger, age 8, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Rosina Deal, age 17, female, servant, born in Pennsylvania2


  • Joel Klinger and Susan Marie Young
    Marriage: 1870, Palmyra, Lebanon County, PennsylvaniaO.3
  • Census: 19 July 1870, Shamokin Borough, Northumberland County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Benjamin Klinger, page 57, dwelling 395, family 403.
    Earlier census enumerations clearly identify Lewis as the older son, such that it is Lewis who would be 25 in this census and Joel who would be 18.

    Also notably Susan Young, who would later marry Joel, was living in the household, listed as a domestic servant, although it isn't clear if she worked for the Klinger family or worked for someone else in that role.

    Benjamin Klinger, age 46, male, white, driving team, value of personal estate $600, born Pennsylvania
    Magaline Klinger, age 40, female, white, keeping house, born Pennsylvania
    Joel Klinger, age 25, male, white, works by day, born Pennsylvania
    Lewis Klinger, age 18, male, white, works by day, born Pennsylvania
    Martha Klinger, age 3, female, white, born Pennsylvania
    Susan Young, age 18, female, white, domestic servant, born Pennsylvania4
  • Census: 1 June 1880, Lake Township, Berrien County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, head of household, page 2B, enumeration district 9, dwelling 14, family 15.
    Joel Klinger, male, white, age 28, married, works on farm, unemployed 6 months, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Susan Klinger, female, white, age 28, wife, married, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Blanche Klinger, female, white, age 8, daughter, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    George Klinger, male, white, age 6, son, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Robert Klinger, male, white, age 4, son, single, at home, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Henry Klinger, male, white, age 2/12, son, single, at home, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania
    Benjamin Klinger, male, white, age 58, father, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Magdalena Klinger, female, white, age 57, mother, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania5
  • On 31 May 1897, Susan Marie Youngand Magdalene Kimmel sold in Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.6
  • Census: 1 June 1900, 911 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, head of household, enumeration district 110, ward 1, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541.
    Klinger, Joel, head, white, male, born Mar 1852 Pennsylvania, age 48, single 30 years, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, laborer engineer, 3 months unemployed
    Klinger, Susan, wife, white, female, born Nov 1851 Pennsylvania, age 48, single 30 years, mother of 11 children, 9 living, father born Pennsylvania, mother born England
    Klinger, Delila May, daughter, white, female, born Apr 1886 Michigan, age 14, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, laundress ?, 10 months unemployed
    Klinger, Charles, son, white, male, born Jul 1889 Michigan, age 10, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, at school
    Klinger, Calvin Joel, son, white, male, born Nov 1890 Michigan, age 9, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania
    Klinger, Eva Myrtle, daughter, white, female, born Sep 1894 Michigan, age 5, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania
    Klinger, Benjamin, father, white, male, born Nov 1820 Pennsylvania, age 79, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, farmer laborer, 9 months unemployed7
  • Death: 20 June 1909, age 57, 1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
    He died at 10:00 in the evening from chronic nephritis, contributed by valvular heart disease. According to his obituary, he had died suddenly, although it also notes that he had been ill for the previous two years but had "been up and around" on the day he died.

    Name: Joel Klinger
    Date and time of death: 20 June 1909, 10 p.m.
    Place of death: 1129 Seminary St., Kalamazoo
    Sex: male
    Color: white
    Date of birth: 13 March 1852
    Birthplace: Pennsylvania
    Marital Status: married
    Number of children: 11, 9 living
    Father: Benjamin Klinger, born in Pennsylvania
    Mother: Magdalena Kimmel, born in Pennsylvania
    Occupation: laborer
    Burial: 22 June 1909, Riverside Cemetery
    Undertaker: G.P. Truesdale, Kalamazoo
    Informant: Mrs. Joel Klinger, Kalamazoo
    Certifier of death: Witt Scott, MD, Kalamazoo, cared for patient between September 1907 and 20 June 1909, last saw patient alive on 19 June 1909.3,8,9
  • Burial: 22 June 1909, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
    Grave Marker: Joel Klinger, Mar 13 1852 - June 20 19098,10,11
    Joel and Susan Klinger, grave monument, Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Michigan
    Joel Klinger, grave marker, Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • Obituary: 22 June 1909, Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
    Joel Klinger, 57 years old, died Suday evening at his home, 1129 Seminary street, after an illness lasting about two years. He had lived in this city about 10 years coming here from Allegan.

    The following children survive: Mrs. C. Burrows, Mrs. Daniel Grant, Miss Eva Klinger, Charles, Calvin and Robert Klinger, Kalamazoo; George Klinger, Allegan, Albert of Vicksburg, and Earle of Idaho.

    The funeral will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the late home. Interment will be made at Riverside cemetery.
  • Last Edited: 3 November 2024

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), 6.
  2. [S5675] 1860 U.S. census, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Barry Township, p. 4 (penned), p. 104 (stamped), dwelling 23, family 24, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXR9-4P8 : accessed 4 Dec 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1180.
  3. [S4624] Klinger, The Klinger Family.
  4. [S3715] 1870 U.S. census, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Shamokin Borough, p. 57 (penned), p. 120 (stamped), dwelling 395, family 403, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGT-JVY : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1384.
  5. [S4067] 1880 U.S. census, Berrien County, Michigan, population schedule, Lake Township, enumeration district (ED) 9, p. 2 (penned), p. 187B (stamped), dwelling 14, family 15, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9R-RS1 : accessed 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 572.
  6. [S5468] Allegan County, Michigan, Deed Records, vol. 77: 174, commissioner's deed by Benjamin Klinger et al by Joseph Thew, Circuit Court Commissioner to James W. Osborn, recorded 3 Jun 1897; FHL microfilm 1017921.
  7. [S3694] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMG-CRB : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
  8. [S4120] "Joel Klinger," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 22 Jun 1909, p. 7, col. 7.
  9. [S4597] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354728-02310: accessed 4 May 2020), certificate image, Joel Klinger, filed 22 Jun 1909, Certificates, 1897-1920, volume 131: Ionia-Kent, 1909, p. 582, no. 335, image 2311 of 3306; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
  10. [S3088] Scott W. Grinder, Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Kalamazoo County Cemetery Website, http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikccem/documents/transcriptions/riversidetranscription.pdf, 2006), Joel was buried in section V, lot 153, grave 1.
  11. [S5686] Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), Joel Klinger marker, section V, lot 153; personally read by T. L. Cunningham and Robert E. Grant, 1996.
 
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Susan Marie Young

F, b. 1 November 1851, d. 13 January 1920

Person Exhibits

Susan Marie Young (1850-1920)

Parents

Family: Joel Klinger (b. 13 March 1852, d. 20 June 1909)

Biography

  • Parentage:1
  • Susan Marie Young was born on 1 November 1851 near in Shamokin, Northumberland County, PennsylvaniaO.1,2
  • Census: 18 June 1860, Cressona Borough, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Robert R. Young, The census reports that Robert was 34 years old, and that he worked as a machinist. It also notes that his real estate was valued at $700, while his personal estate was worth $75.3


  • Joel Klinger and Susan Marie Young
    Marriage: 1870, Palmyra, Lebanon County, PennsylvaniaO.4
  • Census: 19 July 1870, Shamokin Borough, Northumberland County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Benjamin Klinger, page 57, dwelling 395, family 403. Susan worked as a domestic servant at the time of the enumeration. It is unclear if she worked as a servant for the Klinger family or some other family. Regardless, she and Joel Klinger, who also lived there at the time, were not yet married.

    Benjamin Klinger, age 46, male, white, driving team, value of personal estate $600, born Pennsylvania
    Magaline Klinger, age 40, female, white, keeping house, born Pennsylvania
    Joel Klinger, age 25, male, white, works by day, born Pennsylvania
    Lewis Klinger, age 18, male, white, works by day, born Pennsylvania
    Martha Klinger, age 3, female, white, born Pennsylvania
    Susan Young, age 18, female, white, domestic servant, born Pennsylvania5
  • Census: 1 June 1880, Lake Township, Berrien County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of spouse, Joel Klinger, page 2B, enumeration district 9, dwelling 14, family 15.
    Joel Klinger, male, white, age 28, married, works on farm, unemployed 6 months, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Susan Klinger, female, white, age 28, wife, married, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Blanche Klinger, female, white, age 8, daughter, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    George Klinger, male, white, age 6, son, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Robert Klinger, male, white, age 4, son, single, at home, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Henry Klinger, male, white, age 2/12, son, single, at home, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania
    Benjamin Klinger, male, white, age 58, father, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Magdalena Klinger, female, white, age 57, mother, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania6
  • On 31 May 1897, Joel Klingerand Magdalene Kimmel sold in Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.7
  • Census: 1 June 1900, 911 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of spouse, Joel Klinger, enumeration district 110, ward 1, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541.
    Klinger, Susan, wife, white, female, born Nov 1851 Pennsylvania, age 48, single 30 years, mother of 11 children, 9 living, father born Pennsylvania, mother born England8
  • Census: 19 April 1910, 1129 Seminary StreetO+, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household. Susan owned their home on a mortgage at the time of the census. Joseph Buckelle[?], a fireman at a paper mill like her son, Robert, also boarded at the house according to this recording.9
  • Death: 13 January 1920, age 68, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.4,2
    Susan Klinger, death certificate, 13 January 1920
  • Burial: 15 January 1920, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.10,4
    Joel and Susan Klinger, grave monument, Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Michigan
    Joel Klinger, grave marker, Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • Census: 27 January 1920, 1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of son-in-law, Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319.
    Susan Klinger, mother, female, white, age 68, white, able to read and write, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania, speaks English

    She was the owner of the home, although the head of household was her son-in-law, Daniel, who was noted to be renting the house. Remarkably Susan was enumerated in the census despite the fact that she had died two weeks before the census enumerator visited the home. Nevertheless, she was alive on January 1, which is the official date of the enumeration.11
    1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)


  • Last Edited: 1 June 2020

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), p. 6.
  2. [S4469] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354956-00416: accessed 12 Apr 2015), certificate image, Susan Klinger, filed 13 Jan 1920, volume 291: Jackson-Grand Rapids, 1920, no. 39, image 417 of 3407; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
  3. [S3743] 1860 U.S. census, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Schuylkill Haven Borough, p. 84 (penned), p. 328 (stamped), dwelling 560, family 560, Robt Young household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1180.
  4. [S4624] Klinger, The Klinger Family.
  5. [S3715] 1870 U.S. census, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Shamokin Borough, p. 57 (penned), p. 120 (stamped), dwelling 395, family 403, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGT-JVY : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1384.
  6. [S4067] 1880 U.S. census, Berrien County, Michigan, population schedule, Lake Township, enumeration district (ED) 9, p. 2 (penned), p. 187B (stamped), dwelling 14, family 15, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9R-RS1 : accessed 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 572.
  7. [S5468] Allegan County, Michigan, Deed Records, vol. 77: 174, commissioner's deed by Benjamin Klinger et al by Joseph Thew, Circuit Court Commissioner to James W. Osborn, recorded 3 Jun 1897; FHL microfilm 1017921.
  8. [S3694] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMG-CRB : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
  9. [S3992] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 5B, dwelling 128, family 131, Susan Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org; citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
  10. [S3088] Scott W. Grinder, Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Kalamazoo County Cemetery Website, http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikccem/documents/transcriptions/riversidetranscription.pdf, 2006), Susan was buried in section V, lot 153, grave 2.
  11. [S3601] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
 
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Blanche Elizabeth Klinger

F, b. 28 December 1871, d. 24 February 1912

Person Exhibits

Blanche Elizabeth Klinger (1871-1912)

Parents

Family: Courtland Sylvester Burrows (b. 28 October 1865, d. 31 December 1939)

Biography

  • Parentage:1
  • Birth: 28 December 1871, PennsylvaniaO.2
  • Census: 1 June 1880, Lake Township, Berrien County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of parents, page 2B, enumeration district 9, dwelling 14, family 15.
    Joel Klinger, male, white, age 28, married, works on farm, unemployed 6 months, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Susan Klinger, female, white, age 28, wife, married, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Blanche Klinger, female, white, age 8, daughter, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    George Klinger, male, white, age 6, son, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Robert Klinger, male, white, age 4, son, single, at home, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Henry Klinger, male, white, age 2/12, son, single, at home, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania
    Benjamin Klinger, male, white, age 58, father, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Magdalena Klinger, female, white, age 57, mother, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania3
  • Marriage: to Courtland Sylvester Burrows, 4 July 1888, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO, age 16. by Fayette S. Day, Justice of the Peace, and witnessed by Jane L. Curtis and Charles Livingston, both of Kalamazoo1
  • Census: 21 April 1910, 904 Bridge St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, Courtland Sylvester Burrows.4
  • Death: 24 February 1912, age 40, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.5
  • Burial: 25 February 1912, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.6,7
    Blanch E. Burrows Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block V, Lot 176, Grave 6
  • The cause of her death was. degenerative myocarditis. She died only 20 days after having given birth to her youngest daughter, Henrietta. According to her nephew, M. Robert B. Klinger, this daughter was adopted and her name was changed to Marjorie May Beal.5,8
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S5078] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 17, no. 254, 4 Jul 1888, entry for Courtland S. Burrows and Blanche E. Klinger; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
  2. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971.)
  3. [S4067] 1880 U.S. census, Berrien County, Michigan, population schedule, Lake Township, enumeration district (ED) 9, p. 2 (penned), p. 187B (stamped), dwelling 14, family 15, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9R-RS1 : accessed 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 572.
  4. [S3976] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 7B, dwelling 175, family 180, Courtland S. Burrows household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
  5. [S4485] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354826-02271: accessed 25 Nov 2019), certificate image, Blanch E. Burrows, filed 24 Feb 1912, Certificates, 1921-1944, volume 169: Ingham-Grand Rapids, 1912, no. 4, image 2272 of 3587; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
  6. [S3942] Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), Blanch E. Burrows marker, section V, lot 176; personally read by T. L. Cunningham, 2003.
  7. [S3088] Scott W. Grinder, Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Kalamazoo County Cemetery Website, http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikccem/documents/transcriptions/riversidetranscription.pdf, 2006)
  8. [S4624] Klinger, The Klinger Family, p. 11.
 
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George Lewis Klinger

M, b. 4 February 1874, d. 8 December 1930

Person Exhibits

George Lewis Klinger (1874-1930)

Parents

Family 1: Georgia Wetherbee (b. 25 August 1884, d. 7 August 1911)

Family 2: Lulu Colvin (b. about 1885)

Biography

  • Parentage:1
  • Birth: 4 February 1874, Riverside, Northumberland County, PennsylvaniaO.2,1
  • Census: 1 June 1880, Lake Township, Berrien County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of parents, page 2B, enumeration district 9, dwelling 14, family 15.
    Joel Klinger, male, white, age 28, married, works on farm, unemployed 6 months, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Susan Klinger, female, white, age 28, wife, married, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Blanche Klinger, female, white, age 8, daughter, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    George Klinger, male, white, age 6, son, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Robert Klinger, male, white, age 4, son, single, at home, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Henry Klinger, male, white, age 2/12, son, single, at home, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania
    Benjamin Klinger, male, white, age 58, father, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Magdalena Klinger, female, white, age 57, mother, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania3
  • Residence: 1901, Bravo, Allegan County, MichiganO.1
  • Occupation: 1901, railroad worker.1


  • George Lewis Klinger and Georgia Wetherbee
    Marriage: 4 February 1901, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO. by A. M. Griffith, Minister of the Gospel2,1
  • Family Event - marriage of sister: 3 July 1902, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, Arthur Rivers and Delila May Klinger, "Arthur Rivers and May Klinger," by J. B. Pinckard, clergyman.
    He, along with his wife, was a witness at the marriage of his sister. He and his wife lived in Allegan County at the time.4
  • George Lewis Klinger and Georgia Wetherbee resided at 1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)O in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, between 1906 and 1907.5,6
  • Residence: 1909, Allegan County, MichiganO+.7
  • Census: 19 April 1910, 140 Brady Street, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household. At the time of the census, George rented the family's home and owned and operated a music store. We are uncertain in exactly what way George may have been musically inclined, but it is well known that other members of the family were musically gifted, notably his brothers, Charles and Calvin, as well as his sister, May.8
  • Family Event - named as survivor: 11 August 1911, obituary of Georgia Wetherbee, Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.) His wife's obituary notes that he is the proprietor of a "leading music store" in Allegan.9
    Mrs. George Klinger, obituary, 11 August 1911
  • Residence: between 1916 and 1919, 1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.10,11,12
  • Census: 7 January 1920, 511 Sprague Ave., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household. George was a molder in the iron business at the time of the census, and he owned his home on a mortgage. He is noted to be a widower, while Lulu Rogers is a married housekeeper living in the home. Given the information recorded, it appears that George and Lulu had not yet married at that time.13


  • George Lewis Klinger and Lulu Colvin
    Marriage: 4 February 1920, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by G. A. Buell, Minister||The groom's brother, Charles, and his wife, Josephine, stood as witnesses for the marriage. At the time of the marriage, George worked as a moulder and Lulu did laundry work.14,15
  • He and Lulu Colvin resided at 511 Sprague Ave. in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, between 1921 and 1924.16,17,18
  • Residence: 1926, 1011 Albert Ave.O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.19
  • Death: 8 December 1930, age 56, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.2
  • Obituary: 8 December 1930, Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
    Geo. L. Klinger, Ill Since August, Dies

    George L. Klinger, 55, of 1011 Albert avenue, died at about 7 Monday morning at Borgess hospital after a long illness. He went to the hospital in August for an operation, and had been there ever since. Mr. Klinger was a carpenter for the Michigan Central railroad. He is survived by his widow; one daughter, Mrs. Letha Martin, and one son, Louis Klinger all of Kalamazoo; five brothers, Robert, Albert, Charles, and Calvin Klinger all of Kalamazoo, and Earl Klinger of Arlington, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. Daniel Grant and Mrs. Louis J. Stevens, both of Kalamazoo; and several grandchildren.

    Mrs. Klinger had been affiliated with the Odd Fellows lodge of Fennville since he was 21 years old. He had resided in Kalamazoo about 15 years, coming here from Bravo, near Fennville.20
    George L. Klinger, obituary, 8 December 1930
  • Burial: 10 December 1930, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Block V, Lot 153.21
    George Klinger Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block V, Lot 153
  • There is some discontinuity here. According to M. Robert B. Klinger's book, George died in 1933, however the burial book for Riverside cemetery states he was buried in 1930.
  • Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

  1. [S5079] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 303, no. 4478, 4 Feb 1901, entry for George L. Klinger and Georgia A. Wetherbee; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
  2. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), p. 11.
  3. [S4067] 1880 U.S. census, Berrien County, Michigan, population schedule, Lake Township, enumeration district (ED) 9, p. 2 (penned), p. 187B (stamped), dwelling 14, family 15, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9R-RS1 : accessed 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 572.
  4. [S5314] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 489, no. 6285, 3 Jul 1902, entry for Arthur Rivers and May Klinger; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  5. [S4659] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=436148110 : accessed 13 Jan 2022), George L. (Georgiana) Klinger entry, image 183 of 391; citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1906 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1906), p. 356."
  6. [S4906] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1907 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1907), p."
  7. [S4120] "Joel Klinger," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 22 Jun 1909, p. 7, col. 7.
  8. [S3991] 1910 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Allegan, ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 5B, dwelling 138, family 144, George L. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 634.
  9. [S6029] "Dies of Blood Poisoning," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 11 Aug 1911, p. 2, col. 4; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 20 Feb 2023.)
  10. [S4915] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Battle Creek City Directory, 1899-1900 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1899), p."
  11. [S4916] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1917 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1917), p."
  12. [S4917] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1919 Kalamazoo City and County Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1919), p."
  13. [S3608] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 160, sheet 7B, dwelling 153, family 192, George Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
  14. [S4625] M. Robert B. Klinger, The Klinger Family: with notes on the ancestral families in Germany and the United States, 8th ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1986), page 42.
  15. [S5061] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 9 : 68, no. 19201, 31 Jan 1920, entry for George L. Klinger and Lulu Rogers; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  16. [S4918] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s Kalamazoo Directory 1921 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1921), p."
  17. [S4660] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1922 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1922), p."
  18. [S4661] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1924 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1924), p."
  19. [S4662] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1926 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1926), p."
  20. [S6028] "Geo. L. Klinger, Ill Since August, Dies," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 8 Dec 1930, p. 2, col. 7; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 20 Feb 2023.)
  21. [S3933] Riverside Cemetery Office (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), plat record.
 
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Robert John Klinger

M, b. 9 June 1876, d. 26 July 1942

Parents

Family 1: Aretta Heall (b. about 1874)

Family 2: Nellie Ames (b. about 1880, d. 1933)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1,2
  • Birth: 9 June 1876, PennsylvaniaO.3,1,4,2
  • Baptism: 2 October 1876, PennsylvaniaO, by Fred L. Hiller, minister of Central United Methodist Church of Wilkes-Barre. sprinkling baptism at home5
    Robert John Klinger, baptism, 2 October 1876
  • Census: 1 June 1880, Lake Township, Berrien County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of parents, page 2B, enumeration district 9, dwelling 14, family 15.
    Joel Klinger, male, white, age 28, married, works on farm, unemployed 6 months, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Susan Klinger, female, white, age 28, wife, married, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Blanche Klinger, female, white, age 8, daughter, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    George Klinger, male, white, age 6, son, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Robert Klinger, male, white, age 4, son, single, at home, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Henry Klinger, male, white, age 2/12, son, single, at home, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania
    Benjamin Klinger, male, white, age 58, father, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Magdalena Klinger, female, white, age 57, mother, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania6
  • Residence: 1900, Bravo, Allegan County, MichiganO.2
  • Occupation: 1900, railroad worker.2


  • Robert John Klinger and Aretta Heall
    Marriage: 20 June 1900, Bravo, Allegan County, MichiganO, "Robt. Jno. Klinger and Rosetta Martin," by Joseph C. Heall, Justice of the Peace.2
  • Census: 19 April 1910, 1129 Seminary StreetO+, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of mother, Susan Marie Young. Robert was said to have been married for 2 years at the time of the enumeration, although, if so, his wife was not living in the household at the time. He worked as a fireman at a paper mill.7
  • Residence: between 1912 and 1942, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1


  • Robert John Klinger and Nellie Ames
    Marriage: 11 March 1913, Elmira, Chemung County, New YorkO, "Robert J. Klinger and Nellie Paulder," by Harry A. Depfer, clergyman.4,8
  • Census: 5 January 1920, 1744 Lincoln Avenue, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household.9
  • He witnessed the death of Nellie Ames in 1933.4
  • Number of Children: , no known.3
  • Occupation: 1942, the Riverside Foundry, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, molder.1
  • Death: 26 July 1942, age 66, 226 Burr Oak St.O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. at 6:55 in the evening3,1
  • The cause of his death was. arthritis deformans, from which he had suffered for five years1
  • Burial: 29 July 1942, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

  1. [S4599] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_355407-00473: accessed 28 May 2018), certificate image, Robert John Klinger, filed 30 Jul 1942, Certificates, 1921-1944, volume 236: Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo City), 1941-1943, no. 444, state file no. 13916622, image 474 of 1452; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
  2. [S5080] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 289, no. 4266, 12 Jun 1900, entry for Robt. Jno. Klinger and Rosetta Martin; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
  3. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), p. 12.
  4. [S4121] "Robert J. Klinger, Moulder, Expires," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 27 Jul 1942, p. 2, col. 4.
  5. [S5869] Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, baptism, Robert John Klinger entry, 2 Oct 1876, arranged arranged chronologically; imaged in "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2451/ : accessed 7 Aug 2022) > PA - Luzerne > Wilkes-Barre > Methodist > Central United Methodist Church > image 176 of 564; from original records housed at "Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."
  6. [S4067] 1880 U.S. census, Berrien County, Michigan, population schedule, Lake Township, enumeration district (ED) 9, p. 2 (penned), p. 187B (stamped), dwelling 14, family 15, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9R-RS1 : accessed 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 572.
  7. [S3992] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 5B, dwelling 128, family 131, Susan Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org; citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
  8. [S5498] "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVP3-CB7: accessed 29 Mar 2021), record image, Robert J. Klinger and Nellie Paulder, filed 11 Mar 1913, volume 1, p. 561, no. 2801, image 311 of 544; citing "Marriage Records, 1908-1935, Chemung County Courthouse, Elmira, New York."
  9. [S3609] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 146, sheet 4B, dwelling 83, family 99, Robert J. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
 
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Earl Henry Klinger

M, b. 16 March 1880, d. 24 May 1948

Person Exhibits

Earl Henry Klinger (1880-1948)

Parents

Family: Sarah A. Kelley (b. 4 April 1886, d. 4 June 1967)

Biography

  • Birth: 16 March 1880, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.1
  • Census: 1 June 1880, Lake Township, Berrien County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of parents, page 2B, enumeration district 9, dwelling 14, family 15.
    Joel Klinger, male, white, age 28, married, works on farm, unemployed 6 months, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Susan Klinger, female, white, age 28, wife, married, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Blanche Klinger, female, white, age 8, daughter, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    George Klinger, male, white, age 6, son, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Robert Klinger, male, white, age 4, son, single, at home, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Henry Klinger, male, white, age 2/12, son, single, at home, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania
    Benjamin Klinger, male, white, age 58, father, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Magdalena Klinger, female, white, age 57, mother, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania2
  • Residence: 1900, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.3
  • Occupation: 1900, farmer.3
  • Earl Henry Klinger and Sarah A. Kelley were married on 16 November 1900 in Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO, "Earl Klinger and Anna Kelley," by Elizus Andrews, Minister of the Gospel and Chandler R. Kelley.
    Groom: Earl Klinger, age 21, white, residence Lee, born Stevensville, farmer, parents Joe Klinger and Susan Youngs, never married
    Bride: Anna Kelley, age 16, white, residence Lee, born Clyde Township, no occupation, parents Chandler R. Kelley and Sarah E. Payne, never married
    Witnesses: Emily C. Andrews of Allegan and Chandler R. Kelley of Lee Township3
  • Occupation: , the Kalamazoo Tank and Silo Company when he resided in Kalamazoo.4
  • Residence: 1909, IdahoO.5
  • Census: 21 April 1910, Boise County, IdahoO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household. Earl rented and worked a farm at the time of this enumeration.6
  • His son, Benjamin, died on 18 June 1913 in Boise County, IdahoO.7,8
  • Census: 10 January 1920, McMurray, Skagit County, WashingtonO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household. He worked the farm that the family rented at the time of the census enumeration.9
  • Family Event - marriage of daughter: 11 April 1923, Mount Vernon, Skagit County, WashingtonO, Jesse Edward Davis and Rosalie Klinger.10
  • Eponym for: Robert Earl Grant.11
  • Family Event - marriage of daughter: 4 March 1924, Everett, Snohomish County, WashingtonO, Thomas Hazel Manion and Neva Bell Klinger.12
  • Family Event - marriage of son: 18 March 1926, Mount Vernon, Skagit County, WashingtonO, Alton Parker Klinger and Ellen Louise Mattson.12
  • Census:, Heaton Street, east of Arlington, *Jim Creek Precinct, Snohomish County, Washington, federal census of 1 April 1930, head of household. According to the enumeration, Earl owned their home, which was valued at $1000, and he was employed as a farm laborer. The family did not own a radio.13
  • Death: 24 May 1948, age 68, WashingtonO.4
  • According to his obituary in the Kalamazoo Gazette, he died suddenly. Moreover, floods in the Northwest at the time prevented word of his death from reaching his family in Michigan for some time.4
  • Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), p. 12.
  2. [S4067] 1880 U.S. census, Berrien County, Michigan, population schedule, Lake Township, enumeration district (ED) 9, p. 2 (penned), p. 187B (stamped), dwelling 14, family 15, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9R-RS1 : accessed 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 572.
  3. [S5081] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 298, no. 4408, 16 Nov 1900, entry for Earl Klinger and Anna Kelley; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
  4. [S4119] "Earl Klinger," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 3 Jun 1948, p. 2, col. 5.
  5. [S4120] "Joel Klinger," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 22 Jun 1909, p. 7, col. 7.
  6. [S3990] 1910 U.S. census, Boise County, Idaho, population schedule, Lower Squaw Creek Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 73, sheet 3B, dwelling 65, family 67, Earl H. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T654, roll 222.
  7. [S4625] M. Robert B. Klinger, The Klinger Family: with notes on the ancestral families in Germany and the United States, 8th ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1986), p. 45.
  8. [S3131] Idaho State Death Index 1911-1956, Url: http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/famhist/Death/searchForm.cfm
  9. [S4014] 1920 U.S. census, Skagit County, Washington, population schedule, McMurray Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 6B, dwelling 61, family 62, Earl H. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1935.
  10. [S4625] Klinger, The Klinger Family, p. 43.
  11. [S5917] "Conversation with Robert Earl Grant," Sep 2002 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
  12. [S4625] Klinger, The Klinger Family, p. 44.
  13. [S4038] 1930 U.S. census, Snohomish County, Washington, population schedule, Jim Creek Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 79, sheet 3A, dwelling 52, family 52, E. H. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2519.
 
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Harry Milton Klinger

M, b. 12 February 1879

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: 12 February 1879.
  • Harry died on 11 May 1879 in Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.1
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), p. 6.
 
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Albert Davet Klinger1

M, b. 12 August 1883, d. 8 October 1945

Person Exhibits

Albert Klinger (1883-1945)

Parents

Family: Ada Pearl Seaver (b. about 1878)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,2
  • Birth: 12 August 1883, Allegan County, MichiganO+.1,3
  • Residence: between 1902 and 1945, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • Marriage: to Ada Pearl Seaver, 12 September 1905, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 22, by Fred A. Mills, Justice of the Peace.
    Witnesses: Floyd Seaver and Susie Stickel, both of Kalamazoo2
  • Albert Davet Klinger and Ada Pearl Seaver resided at 1418 Washington Ave. in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1906.4
  • He and Ada Pearl Seaver resided at 1027 Portage St.O in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1907.5
  • Albert and Ada Pearl Seaver moved to in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1908.6
  • Residence: 1909, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.7
  • Census: 18 April 1910, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household. He rented the family's home at the time and worked as an engineer in a paper mill.8
  • He and Ada Pearl Seaver resided at 1604 Hays Park Ct. in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, between 1914 and 1919.9,10,11,12,13
  • Military Draft Registration: 12 September 1918, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Albert David Klinger," age 35.
    He was described as short with a medium build, blue eyes, and brown hair.

    Residence: 1604 Hays Pk. Ct., Kalamazoo
    Birth: 12 August 1883
    Race: white
    Citizenship: native born
    Occupation: engineer
    Employer: Kalamazoo Paper Co., Lincoln Ave., Kalamazoo
    Nearest Relative: Ada Pearl Klinger (wife), 1604 Hays Pk. Ct., Kalamazoo14
  • Union Membership:. Engineers and Oilers Union3
  • Occupation: 1945, the Kalamazoo Paper Company, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, stationery engineer.1
  • Death: 8 October 1945, age 62, 226 Burr Oak St.O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. at 2:00 in the morning1
  • The cause of his death was. myocarditis1
  • Burial: 12 October 1945, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

  1. [S4591] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, volume 2 : 577, 10 Oct 1945, Albert Davet Klinger entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  2. [S5319] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 88, no. 8123, 12 Sep 1905, entry for Albert D. Klinger and Ada Pearl Seaver; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  3. [S4115] "Albert Klinger, Aged 62, Expires," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 8 Oct 1945, p. 2, col. 6.
  4. [S4659] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=436148110 : accessed 13 Jan 2022), Albert D. (Ada P.) Klinger entry, image 183 of 391; citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1906 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1906), p. 356."
  5. [S4906] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1907 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1907), p."
  6. [S4907] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1908 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1908), p."
  7. [S4120] "Joel Klinger," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 22 Jun 1909, p. 7, col. 7.
  8. [S3652] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Brady, enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 4B, dwelling 108, family 110, Albert D. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
  9. [S4913] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's 1914 Kalamazoo City and County Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1914), p."
  10. [S4914] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's 1915 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1915), p."
  11. [S4915] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Battle Creek City Directory, 1899-1900 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1899), p."
  12. [S4916] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1917 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1917), p."
  13. [S4917] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1919 Kalamazoo City and County Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1919), p."
  14. [S5457] "WWI Draft Registration Cards," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/563484106 : accessed 15 Feb 2021), card for Albert David Klinger, order no. 1132, serial no. 2216, Local Draft Board No. 21-7-6, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives microfilm publication M1509, record group 163.
 
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Charles Monroe Klinger

M, b. 30 July 1889, d. 10 May 1949

Person Exhibits

Charles Monroe Klinger (1889-1949)

Parents

Family: Josephine Woldendorf (b. about 1891)

Biography

  • Birth: 30 July 1889, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.1
  • Census: 1 June 1900, 911 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of parents, enumeration district 110, ward 1, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541.
    Klinger, Charles, son, white, male, born Jul 1889 Michigan, age 10, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, at school2
  • Family Event - witness to marriage of sister: 3 July 1907, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant and Delila May Klinger, by E. V. Armstrong, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church.3,4
  • Occupation: between 1908 and 1924, tailor.5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15


  • Charles Monroe Klinger and Josephine Woldendorf
    Marriage: 3 April 1909, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by Joseph William Lawrence, Minister of the Gospel,16
  • He and Josephine Woldendorf resided at 1128 1st in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1910.6
  • Census: 26 April 1910, 1128 First St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household. Charley owned their home on a mortgage, while he worked as a "machine man" in a factory.17
  • He and Josephine Woldendorf resided at 1006 Hotop Ave.O in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, between 1911 and 1917.7,8,9,10,11,12,13
  • Occupation: 1912, Sam Rosenbaum & Sons Co.8
  • Occupation: 1917, C. D. Hanger Co.13
  • Census: 6 January 1920, 408 Elm Street, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household.18
  • Family Event - witness to marriage of brother: 4 February 1920, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, George Lewis Klinger and Lulu Colvin.19,20
  • Charles Monroe Klinger and Josephine Woldendorf resided at 428 S. Burdick St. in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1921.14
  • Social Event - Honoree: 27 July 1922, 408 Elm Street, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, birthday celebration for Charles Klinger. His wife hosted the party and several others were in attendance, including siblings and niece who performed.

    The newspaper article on his actual birthday 3 days later described the event as follows:

    An enjoyable birthday party was given by Mrs. Charles Klinger, at her home on Elm street, Thursday evening, in honor of the birthday anniversary of her husband. The color scheme was prettily carried out in white and yellow clusters of garden flowers being used.

    The evening was spent in music and games, after which a dainty luncheon was served. A recitation, "Years That Roll By," was given by Mrs. Klinger, as a toast to her husband. A solo, "Loves Old Sweet Song," was sung by Mrs. Roy Hoare, a niece of the host, and solos were rendered by Eva Stevens and Calvin Klinger.

    The guests at the party included Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klinger, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Klinger, Mr. and Mrs. George Klinger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klinger, Mrs. Eva Klinger Stevens, Mrs. May Klinger Grant, Charles Klinger, Jr., Theodore Klinger, John Klinger, the MIsses Gladys, Susan and May Klinger, Frank Rivers, Mrs. William Grant, Mrs. Nellie Grant. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hoare, of Elmo, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. John Woldendorff, and the Misses Elleta, Razza, and Helen Woldendorff, of Portage Center.21
  • He and Josephine Woldendorf resided at the north side of Whites Road in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, between 1924 and 1926.15,22
  • Occupation: 1926, carpenter.22
  • He was. active in the Rose Street Church of God, being a member of the church council23
  • Occupation: 1949, buiding contractor.24
  • Death: 10 May 1949, age 59, 515 Grand Pre, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. at five o'clock in the afternoon24
  • The cause of his death was. sudden coronary occlusion24
  • Burial: 13 May 1949, Mt. Ever Rest Memorial Park SouthO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.24
  • Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

  1. [S3920] Allegan County, Michigan, Birth Records, Liber 4: 231, no. 1076, 19 May 1890, Charles M. Klinger entry; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
  2. [S3694] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMG-CRB : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
  3. [S5318] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 79, no. 9307, 3 Jul 1907, entry for Daniel L. Grant and May Rivers; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  4. [S5872] "Double Wedding Performed," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 4 Jul 1907, p. 6, col. 5; image, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 21 Aug 2022.)
  5. [S4907] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1908 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1908), p."
  6. [S4909] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1910 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1910), p."
  7. [S4910] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1911 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1911), p."
  8. [S4911] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's 1912 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1912), p."
  9. [S4912] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's 1913 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1913), p."
  10. [S4913] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's 1914 Kalamazoo City and County Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1914), p."
  11. [S4914] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's 1915 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1915), p."
  12. [S4915] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Battle Creek City Directory, 1899-1900 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1899), p."
  13. [S4916] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1917 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1917), p."
  14. [S4918] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s Kalamazoo Directory 1921 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1921), p."
  15. [S4661] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1924 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1924), p."
  16. [S5287] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 7 : 71, no. 10345, no. 10395, 3 Apr 1909, entry for Charles M. Klinger and Josephine Woldendorf; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  17. [S3989] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 5, enumeration district (ED) 151, sheet 13A, dwelling 268, family 287, Charles M. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T524, roll 654.
  18. [S4013] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 156, sheet 5B, dwelling 112, family 125, Charles C. M. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
  19. [S4625] M. Robert B. Klinger, The Klinger Family: with notes on the ancestral families in Germany and the United States, 8th ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1986), page 42.
  20. [S5061] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 9 : 68, no. 19201, 31 Jan 1920, entry for George L. Klinger and Lulu Rogers; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  21. [S5495] "Two Kalamazoo Girls Will Enter Meet for Tennis Championship," society news, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 30 Jul 1922, p. 5, col. 2, Charles Klinger birthday party; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 27 Mar 2021.)
  22. [S4662] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1926 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1926), p."
  23. [S4116] "C. M. Klinger, Builder, Dies," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 11 May 1949, p. 2, col. 5.
  24. [S4594] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, vol. 1 : 40, 13 May 1949, Charles Monroe Klinger entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
 
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Calvin Joel Klinger

M, b. 6 November 1891, d. 13 March 1957

Person Exhibits

Calvin Joel Klinger (1891-1957)

Parents

Family: Ruth Alena Boekeloo (b. 11 August 1894)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1
  • Birth: 6 November 1891, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.2
  • Census: 1 June 1900, 911 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of parents, enumeration district 110, ward 1, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541.
    Klinger, Calvin Joel, son, white, male, born Nov 1890 Michigan, age 9, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania3
  • Residence: between 1904 and 1957, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • Family Event - witness to marriage of brother: 3 April 1909, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, Charles Monroe Klinger and Josephine Woldendorf.4
  • Census: 19 April 1910, 1129 Seminary StreetO+, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of mother, Susan Marie Young. He worked at a paper mill at the time.5


  • Calvin Joel Klinger and Ruth Alena Boekeloo
    Marriage: 14 August 1912, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.6
  • Census: 8 January 1920, 431 Walnut, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household.7
  • Social Event - Guest: 27 July 1922, 408 Elm Street, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, birthday celebration for Charles Klinger. He performed a solo at his brother's birthday celebration.8
  • Union Membership:. Oiler & Firemen's Union6
  • He was a member of. the Eagles Aerie No. 526, as well as the Loyal Order of Moose No. 886
  • Occupation: , the Kalamazoo Paper Company.6
  • Residence: 1957, 1019 Sheridan Dr.O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • Occupation: 1957, pipefitter at a paper manufacturing company.1
  • Death: 13 March 1957, age 65, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. at six o'clock in the morning1
  • The cause of his death was. pulmonary infarcts, which he suffered from for two weeks, as a result of a ventricular aneurysm and coronary infarction1
  • Burial: 16 March 1957, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

  1. [S4593] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, vol. 2 : 196, 15 Mar 1957, Calvin J. Klinger entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  2. [S3919] Allegan County, Michigan, Birth Records, Liber 4: 332, no. 356, 18 May 1892, Calvin J. Klinger entry; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
  3. [S3694] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMG-CRB : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
  4. [S5287] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 7 : 71, no. 10345, no. 10395, 3 Apr 1909, entry for Charles M. Klinger and Josephine Woldendorf; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  5. [S3992] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 5B, dwelling 128, family 131, Susan Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org; citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
  6. [S4117] "Calvin J. Klinger," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 13 Mar 1957, p. 36, col. 2.
  7. [S4012] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 171, sheet 6B, dwelling 139, family 144, Calvin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
  8. [S5495] "Two Kalamazoo Girls Will Enter Meet for Tennis Championship," society news, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 30 Jul 1922, p. 5, col. 2, Charles Klinger birthday party; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 27 Mar 2021.)
 
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Eva Klinger

F, b. 5 September 1894, d. 1 November 1969

Person Exhibits

Eva Klinger (1894-1969)

Parents

Family: Louis James Stevens (b. 12 August 1892)

Biography

  • Birth: 5 September 1894, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.1,2,3
  • Census: 1 June 1900, 911 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of parents, enumeration district 110, ward 1, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541.
    Klinger, Eva Myrtle, daughter, white, female, born Sep 1894 Michigan, age 5, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania4
  • Family Event - witness to marriage of sister: 3 July 1907, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant and Delila May Klinger, by E. V. Armstrong, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church.5,6


  • Louis James Stevens and Eva Klinger
    Marriage: 24 May 1909.2
  • Census: 19 April 1910, 1129 Seminary StreetO+, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of mother, Susan Marie Young. The recorder referred to her as Susie in the census.7
  • Census: 9 January 1920, 903 Walter, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Louis James Stevens.8
  • Social Event - Guest: 27 July 1922, 408 Elm Street, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, birthday celebration for Charles Klinger. She performed a solo at her brother's birthday celebration.9
  • Residence: 1948, Doughertys Corners, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.10
  • Residence: between 1954 and 1969, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FloridaO.3
  • Residence: 1957, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.11
  • Death: 1 November 1969, age 75.3
  • Burial: Mt. Ever Rest Memorial Park SouthO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.3
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S3922] Allegan County, Michigan, Birth Records, Liber 5: 139, no. 1114, 1 Jun 1895, Eva Klinger entry; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
  2. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), p. 22.
  3. [S4175] "Eva Stevens," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 3 Nov 1969, p. 30, col. 8.
  4. [S3694] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMG-CRB : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
  5. [S5318] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 79, no. 9307, 3 Jul 1907, entry for Daniel L. Grant and May Rivers; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  6. [S5872] "Double Wedding Performed," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 4 Jul 1907, p. 6, col. 5; image, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 21 Aug 2022.)
  7. [S3992] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 5B, dwelling 128, family 131, Susan Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org; citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
  8. [S4019] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 170, sheet 7A-7B, dwelling 146, family 160, Lewis J. Stevens household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
  9. [S5495] "Two Kalamazoo Girls Will Enter Meet for Tennis Championship," society news, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 30 Jul 1922, p. 5, col. 2, Charles Klinger birthday party; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 27 Mar 2021.)
  10. [S4096] "Delila Mae Grant," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 16 Nov 1948, p. 12, col. 4.
  11. [S4117] "Calvin J. Klinger," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 13 Mar 1957, p. 36, col. 2.
 
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Benjamin Klinger

M, b. 16 September 1898, d. 30 January 1899

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: 16 September 1898.
  • Death: 30 January 1899, age 0, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.1
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), p. 6.
 
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Benjamin Klinger

M, b. 27 November 1820, d. 26 October 1904

Person Exhibits

Benjamin Klinger (1820-1904)

Parents

Family: Magdalene Kimmel (b. 19 January 1822, d. 4 June 1898)

Biography

  • Birth: 27 November 1820, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO+.1,2


  • Benjamin Klinger and Magdalene Kimmel
    Marriage: about 1845.3
  • He and Magdalene Kimmel probably had known children. at least three||Joel, born 13 March 1852; Lewis; and Mary, who may have been adopted
  • Census: 22 August 1850, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1850, head of household, p. 36A (stamped), dwelling 431, family 431.
    Benjamin Klinger, age 27, male, landlord, real estate valued at $1000, born in Pennsylvania
    Magdalena Klinger, age 26, female, born in Pennsylvania, unable to read or write
    Lewis Klinger, age 5, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Catherine Deal, age 20, female, born in Pennsylvania4
  • Census: 6 June 1860, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1860, head of household, page 4, dwelling 23, family 24.
    Benjamin Klinger, age 36, male, sawyer, value of personal estate $300, born in Pennsylvania, unable to read or write
    Magdalena Klinger, age 35, female, value of real estate $4000, value of personal estate $150, born in Pennsylvania
    Lewis Klinger, age 14, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Joel Klinger, age 8, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Rosina Deal, age 17, female, servant, born in Pennsylvania

    Also living in the household was another family, probably that of Benjamin's cousin:
    Daniel Klinger, age 36, male, farmer, value of personal estate $700. born in Pennsylvania
    Catherine Klinger, age 28, female, born in Pennsylvania, unable to read or write
    Catherine Klinger, age 16, female, born in Pennsylvania
    Abigail Klinger, age 14, female, born in Pennsylvania, attended school during the year
    Priscilla Klinger, age 11, female, born in Pennsylvania, attended the school during the year
    Mary Klinger, age 6, female, born in Pennsylvania
    Daniel Klinger, age 4, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Caroline Klinger, age 1, female, born in Pennsylvania5
  • He and Magdalene Kimmel resided in Berrien County, MichiganO, between 1865 and 1878.3
  • Census: 19 July 1870, Shamokin Borough, Northumberland County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1870, head of household, page 57, dwelling 395, family 403.
    Benjamin Klinger, age 46, male, white, driving team, value of personal estate $600, born Pennsylvania
    Magaline Klinger, age 40, female, white, keeping house, born Pennsylvania
    Joel Klinger, age 25, male, white, works by day, born Pennsylvania
    Lewis Klinger, age 18, male, white, works by day, born Pennsylvania
    Martha Klinger, age 3, female, white, born Pennsylvania
    Susan Young, age 18, female, white, domestic servant, born Pennsylvania6
  • He and Magdalene Kimmel resided in Allegan County, MichiganO+, between 1878 and 1899.1
  • Census: 1 June 1880, Lake Township, Berrien County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of son, Joel Klinger, page 2B, enumeration district 9, dwelling 14, family 15.
    Joel Klinger, male, white, age 28, married, works on farm, unemployed 6 months, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Susan Klinger, female, white, age 28, wife, married, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Blanche Klinger, female, white, age 8, daughter, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    George Klinger, male, white, age 6, son, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Robert Klinger, male, white, age 4, son, single, at home, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Henry Klinger, male, white, age 2/12, son, single, at home, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania
    Benjamin Klinger, male, white, age 58, father, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Magdalena Klinger, female, white, age 57, mother, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania7
  • Tax Paid: 26 January 1891, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, 40 acres of land in the NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of section 20. The land was assessed at a value of $200, and he paid a total tax of $4.39, which included $0.29 for state tax, $0.80 for county tax, $1.14 for township tax, $1.16 for school tax, and $1 for dog tax.8
    Benjamin Klinger, property tax record, 1891
  • Correspondence: March 1893, letter from Robert R. Young to Benjamin Klinger.
    The letter was apparently written in response to a letter from Benjamin, Robert's daughter's father-in-law, who had written to Robert inquiring about work or houses that might be available in Wilkes-Barre. One should remember that during 1893, the United States was in the midst of a full blown economic depression, and certainly both families must have been affected by it to one degree or another. As M. Robert B. Klinger noted in his family history, one should also remember that both men were either near or over the age of 70 at the time of the letter, and unlike many of their descendants could not rely on federal Social Security to support them and their families. Nevertheless, despite the ongoing effects of the depression and their exchange of letters, Benjamin and his family apparently remained in Allegan County, Michigan. Text of the letter is below (spelling preserved):
    -----
    Mr. Benjamin Klinger

    Dear friend,

    We received your letter on friday requesting us to get you a job and House. I was trying at our place for a job But did not succide. Work is a little scarce at the present bit I have no dought But there will be Plenty of work after a little when a frost comes out of the ground. There is a house to be go Close by us just on the other side of the Ralerode the one at the loer end of that rough on the other side of the ralerode for twelve dollars a month. Raht there is a Large Lot to it and wash water on the Lot. You can pic all yore cole and wood of the railrode.

    I will try further for work but I think if you have not got work at present you had better take a trip up heare and See for yourself I have no dought you can get something you can do until you do better. They are going to Bild a new foundrey and other Shops Close By us soon as the wether will admit. Thare will be plenty of work to be got at then if I can find out anything I will let you know. I do not think you can get a house to sute you better neare here for less rent. The Lot is in good order thar is a pig pen and Chickenhouse. We got a letter from gussie sostman the day susan went home. She sed that Mrs John Slauterbach is dead and bureed. They took her to Pottsville. No more at present.

    from your friend
    Robert Young9
  • Land Sale: 31 May 1897, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO. 40 acres of land||Benjamin and the others had executed a mortgage on the property in 1889, but then apparently were unable to keep up with the payments. The property was seized and sold by Circuit Court Commissioner at public auction to James W. Osborn of Kalamazoo for the sum of $480.10
  • Residence: between 1899 and 1904, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • Census: 1 June 1900, 911 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of son, Joel Klinger, enumeration district 110, ward 1, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541.
    Klinger, Benjamin, father, white, male, born Nov 1820 Pennsylvania, age 79, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, farmer laborer, 9 months unemployed11
  • Death: 26 October 1904, age 83, 911 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.3,2
  • Burial: 28 October 1904, Pullman, Allegan County, MichiganO.3,12
  • Last Edited: 30 April 2022

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), 6.
  2. [S4592] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_355307-00199: accessed 12 Apr 2015), certificate image, Benjamin Klinger, filed 27 Oct 1904, Certifcates, 1897-1920, volume 070: Kalamazoo-Lapeer, 1904, no. 450, image 200 of 3045; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
  3. [S4624] Klinger, The Klinger Family.
  4. [S3751] 1850 U.S. census, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Barry Township, p. 36A (stamped), dwelling 431, family 431, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CY-W79 : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 827.
  5. [S5675] 1860 U.S. census, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Barry Township, p. 4 (penned), p. 104 (stamped), dwelling 23, family 24, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXR9-4P8 : accessed 4 Dec 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1180.
  6. [S3715] 1870 U.S. census, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Shamokin Borough, p. 57 (penned), p. 120 (stamped), dwelling 395, family 403, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGT-JVY : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1384.
  7. [S4067] 1880 U.S. census, Berrien County, Michigan, population schedule, Lake Township, enumeration district (ED) 9, p. 2 (penned), p. 187B (stamped), dwelling 14, family 15, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9R-RS1 : accessed 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 572.
  8. [S3957] Allegan County, Michigan, Assessment rolls, 1843-1895, Assessment Rolls, 1891, Lee Township, page 8, "Benjamin Klinger" entry; FHL microfilm 2209101, item(s) 1, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRG-17FR-L) : accessed 21 Oct 2019, image 12 of 840.
  9. [S4625] M. Robert B. Klinger, The Klinger Family: with notes on the ancestral families in Germany and the United States, 8th ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1986), p. 37.
  10. [S5468] Allegan County, Michigan, Deed Records, vol. 77: 174, commissioner's deed by Benjamin Klinger et al by Joseph Thew, Circuit Court Commissioner to James W. Osborn, recorded 3 Jun 1897; FHL microfilm 1017921.
  11. [S3694] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMG-CRB : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
  12. [S4592] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", Ancestry, certificate image, Benjamin Klinger, 27 Oct 1904, Certifcates, 1897-1920, vol. 070: Kalamazoo-Lapeer, 1904, p. 750, no. 450, image 200 of 3045.
 
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Magdalene Kimmel

F, b. 19 January 1822, d. 4 June 1898

Parents

Family: Benjamin Klinger (b. 27 November 1820, d. 26 October 1904)

Biography

  • Birth: 19 January 1822, Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO.1


  • Benjamin Klinger and Magdalene Kimmel
    Marriage: about 1845.2
  • She and Benjamin Klinger probably had known children. at least three||Joel, born 13 March 1852; Lewis; and Mary, who may have been adopted
  • Census: 22 August 1850, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Benjamin Klinger, p. 36A (stamped), dwelling 431, family 431.

    Benjamin Klinger, age 27, male, landlord, real estate valued at $1000, born in Pennsylvania
    Magdalena Klinger, age 26, female, born in Pennsylvania, unable to read or write
    Lewis Klinger, age 5, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Catherine Deal, age 20, female, born in Pennsylvania3
  • Census: 6 June 1860, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Benjamin Klinger, page 4, dwelling 23, family 24.
    Benjamin Klinger, age 36, male, sawyer, value of personal estate $300, born in Pennsylvania, unable to read or write
    Magdalena Klinger, age 35, female, value of real estate $4000, value of personal estate $150, born in Pennsylvania
    Lewis Klinger, age 14, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Joel Klinger, age 8, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Rosina Deal, age 17, female, servant, born in Pennsylvania4
  • She and Benjamin Klinger resided in Berrien County, MichiganO, between 1865 and 1878.2
  • Census: 19 July 1870, Shamokin Borough, Northumberland County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Benjamin Klinger, page 57, dwelling 395, family 403.
    Benjamin Klinger, age 46, male, white, driving team, value of personal estate $600, born Pennsylvania
    Magaline Klinger, age 40, female, white, keeping house, born Pennsylvania
    Joel Klinger, age 25, male, white, works by day, born Pennsylvania
    Lewis Klinger, age 18, male, white, works by day, born Pennsylvania
    Martha Klinger, age 3, female, white, born Pennsylvania
    Susan Young, age 18, female, white, domestic servant, born Pennsylvania5
  • She and Benjamin Klinger resided in Allegan County, MichiganO+, between 1878 and 1899.1
  • Census: 1 June 1880, Lake Township, Berrien County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of son, Joel Klinger, page 2B, enumeration district 9, dwelling 14, family 15.
    Joel Klinger, male, white, age 28, married, works on farm, unemployed 6 months, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Susan Klinger, female, white, age 28, wife, married, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Blanche Klinger, female, white, age 8, daughter, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    George Klinger, male, white, age 6, son, single, at home, attended school, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Robert Klinger, male, white, age 4, son, single, at home, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Henry Klinger, male, white, age 2/12, son, single, at home, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania
    Benjamin Klinger, male, white, age 58, father, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania
    Magdalena Klinger, female, white, age 57, mother, married, boarding, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania6
  • On 31 May 1897, sold in Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.7
  • Death: 4 June 1898, age 76, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.8,9
  • Burial: 6 June 1899, Lee Cemetery, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.9
  • Last Edited: 4 December 2021

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), 6.
  2. [S4624] Klinger, The Klinger Family.
  3. [S3751] 1850 U.S. census, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Barry Township, p. 36A (stamped), dwelling 431, family 431, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CY-W79 : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 827.
  4. [S5675] 1860 U.S. census, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Barry Township, p. 4 (penned), p. 104 (stamped), dwelling 23, family 24, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXR9-4P8 : accessed 4 Dec 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1180.
  5. [S3715] 1870 U.S. census, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Shamokin Borough, p. 57 (penned), p. 120 (stamped), dwelling 395, family 403, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGT-JVY : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1384.
  6. [S4067] 1880 U.S. census, Berrien County, Michigan, population schedule, Lake Township, enumeration district (ED) 9, p. 2 (penned), p. 187B (stamped), dwelling 14, family 15, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9R-RS1 : accessed 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 572.
  7. [S5468] Allegan County, Michigan, Deed Records, vol. 77: 174, commissioner's deed by Benjamin Klinger et al by Joseph Thew, Circuit Court Commissioner to James W. Osborn, recorded 3 Jun 1897; FHL microfilm 1017921.
  8. [S4624] Klinger, The Klinger Family, 9.
  9. [S4598] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_355241-00000: accessed 12 Aug 2011), certificate image, Magdelana Klinger, filed 6 Jun 1898, Certificates, 1897-1920, volume 004: Wayne (Detroit), Alcona-Bay, 1897-1898, p. 246, no. 14, image 1695 of 3222; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
 
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Lewis Klinger

M, b. 5 February 1845

Parents

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1
  • Birth: about 1845, PennsylvaniaO.2,3
  • Birth: 5 February 1845.4
  • Baptism: 1 June 1845, St. John's Church, Kimmel's Congregation, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO. Lutheran Church4
  • Census: 22 August 1850, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Benjamin Klinger, p. 36A (stamped), dwelling 431, family 431.
    Benjamin Klinger, age 27, male, landlord, real estate valued at $1000, born in Pennsylvania
    Magdalena Klinger, age 26, female, born in Pennsylvania, unable to read or write
    Lewis Klinger, age 5, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Catherine Deal, age 20, female, born in Pennsylvania3
  • Census: 6 June 1860, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Benjamin Klinger, page 4, dwelling 23, family 24.
    Benjamin Klinger, age 36, male, sawyer, value of personal estate $300, born in Pennsylvania, unable to read or write
    Magdalena Klinger, age 35, female, value of real estate $4000, value of personal estate $150, born in Pennsylvania
    Lewis Klinger, age 14, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Joel Klinger, age 8, male, born in Pennsylvania
    Rosina Deal, age 17, female, servant, born in Pennsylvania5
  • Census: 19 July 1870, Shamokin Borough, Northumberland County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Benjamin Klinger, page 57, dwelling 395, family 403.
    Earlier census enumerations clearly identify Lewis as the older son, such that it is Lewis who would be 25 in this census and Joel who would be 18.

    Benjamin Klinger, age 46, male, white, driving team, value of personal estate $600, born Pennsylvania
    Magaline Klinger, age 40, female, white, keeping house, born Pennsylvania
    Joel Klinger, age 25, male, white, works by day, born Pennsylvania
    Lewis Klinger, age 18, male, white, works by day, born Pennsylvania
    Martha Klinger, age 3, female, white, born Pennsylvania
    Susan Young, age 18, female, white, domestic servant, born Pennsylvania6
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), 6.
  2. [S4624] Klinger, The Klinger Family.
  3. [S3751] 1850 U.S. census, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Barry Township, p. 36A (stamped), dwelling 431, family 431, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CY-W79 : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 827.
  4. [S5333] St. John's Church, Kimmel's Congregation (Barry Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania), "Church Records of Christ's United Lutheran Church, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania," numbered pages, unnumbered entries in chronological order, p. 50, "Louis Klinger" baptism, 1 Jun 1845; accessed as "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013," database, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2451&h=2816917 : 28 May 2018), image 914 of 991; citing Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, microfilm 503, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  5. [S5675] 1860 U.S. census, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Barry Township, p. 4 (penned), p. 104 (stamped), dwelling 23, family 24, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXR9-4P8 : accessed 4 Dec 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1180.
  6. [S3715] 1870 U.S. census, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Shamokin Borough, p. 57 (penned), p. 120 (stamped), dwelling 395, family 403, Benjamin Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGT-JVY : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1384.
 
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Mary Klinger

F, b. 10 May 1865, d. 15 July 1908

Parents

Family 1: Albert Hartline (b. about 1863)

Family 2: Fautty Troutfetter (b. about 1858)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1
  • Birth: 10 May 1865, PennsylvaniaO.2
  • Birth: after 1852. birth order of children is questionable, and there is some question as to whether Mary was adopted3


  • Albert Hartline and Mary Klinger
    Marriage: 21 December 1892, Berrien Springs, Berrien County, MichiganO.4
  • Residence: between 1900 and 1909, Bridgman, Berrien County, MichiganO.3


  • Fautty Troutfetter and Mary Klinger
    Marriage: 29 September 1906, Bridgman, Berrien County, MichiganO.5
  • Death: 15 July 1908, age 43, Lake Township, Berrien County, MichiganO.2
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), 6.
  2. [S4854] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60872&h=3315166: accessed 24 Jun 2018), certificate image, Mary Troutfetter, filed 17 Jul 1908, no. 368, local file no. 27, image 3152 of 3365; citing "Death Records (Certificates, 1897-1920, 114: Alcona-Berrien, 1908), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
  3. [S4624] Klinger, The Klinger Family.
  4. [S5547] Berrien County, Michigan, Marriage Records, vol. 1, p. 240, no. 1171, Albert Hartline and Mary Klinger entry, 21 Dec 1892, recorded 21 Dec 1892, arranged chronologically by license; imaged in "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1452395 : accessed 24 Jun 2018) > 004208243 > image 133 of 648; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 4208243.
  5. [S5560] Berrien County, Michigan, Marriage Records, vol. 1, p. 235, no. 1430, Fautty Troutfetter and Mary Klinger Hartline entry, 29 Sep 1906, recorded 29 Sep 1906, arranged chronologically by license; imaged in "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1452395 : accessed 24 Jun 2018) > 004208688 > image 346 of 613; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 4208688.
 
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Johannes Kimmel

M, b. 31 October 1792, d. 28 December 1861

Parents

Family: Magdalene Faust (b. 22 August 1797, d. 5 January 1865)

Biography

  • Birth: 31 October 1792, Braunschweig Township, Berks County, PennsylvaniaO.1
  • Baptism: 17 November 1792, Zion "Red" Lutheran Church, between Deer Lake and OrwigsburgO, Brunswick Township, Berks County, PennsylvaniaO+. ||Balthaser and Susana Bock stood as godparents. It should also be noted that a genealogy of the Hans Conrad Kimmel family put the baptism date 3 days earlier.2,3
  • Johannes Kimmel was confirmed in May 1807 at Zion "Red" Lutheran Church, between Deer Lake and OrwigsburgO, in Brunswick Township, Berks County, PennsylvaniaO+.2


  • Johannes Kimmel and Magdalene Faust
    Marriage: 13 April 1817.1,2
  • He and Magdalene Faust had children. probably nine||Catherine, born 12 April 1818; Maria, born 3 July 1820; Magdalene, born 19 Jan 1822; Johannes, born 12 September 1824; Christine, born 26 January 1827; Susanna, date of birth unknown; Sara, born 19 July 1832; George, born 2 October 1834; and Louis, born 20 August 1837
  • Magdalene Faust sponsored the baptism of on 1 June 1845 in Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO.4
  • Census: 7 June 1860, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1860, head of household. At the time of the census, Johannes was a farmer who had apparently quite large holdings, as the value of his real estate was estimated as $23,100. The value of his personal estate was said to be $800. In addition to his wife, Hetty Scholler, a 13-year old girl, lived with him at the time. Given her age, it is possible that she is a granddaughter. In the same dwelling, also resided his son, Lewis, and his family.5
  • Death: 28 December 1861, age 69.1,2
  • Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

  1. [S2037] Magdalene Kimmel Family Bible, Family Info: Family data, Present Owner: in possession of Eva Klinger as of 1967, Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, Cited in 'The Klinger Family' by M. Robert B. Klinger and Ruth A. Klinger (c. 1970) as in the possession of Magdalene Kimmel's granddaughter, Eva Klinger (Stevens).
  2. [S2096] Franklin B. Buser, The Hans Conrad Kimmel Family, Roll: microfilm 2055149, item 6 (Franklin B. Buser, 613 Bryant St., Stroudsberg, PA 18360, 21 October 1992)
  3. [S5330] Richard Turnbach, compiler, "Annotated Records of Births/Baptisms 1755-1800: Zion Red Church and Vicinity, Brunswick Twp., then Berks, Schuylkill Co. PA" (typescript, 1997, US GenWeb Archives, http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/schuylkill/church/bruns001.txt : accessed 1998), Johannes Kimmel entry, baptism, 17 Nov 1792.
  4. [S5333] St. John's Church, Kimmel's Congregation (Barry Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania), "Church Records of Christ's United Lutheran Church, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania," numbered pages, unnumbered entries in chronological order, p. 50, "Louis Klinger" baptism, 1 Jun 1845; accessed as "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013," database, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2451&h=2816917 : 28 May 2018), image 914 of 991; citing Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, microfilm 503, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  5. [S3736] 1860 U.S. census, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Barry Township, p. 5 (penned), dwelling 31, family 33, John Kimmel household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1180.
 
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