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Donald W or R Kluth

Male 1919 - 1994  (75 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Donald W or R Kluth was born on 1 Aug 1919 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of William Willie Kluth and Louella); died on 1 Nov 1994 in Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3513 Mozart Street (Mary's sister Katherine Staack is at 3527); age 5/12; born Chicago
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 420 West 79th Place; age 10; at school
    • Residence: 9 Apr 1941, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWII Enlistment -- Grade Code: Private, Enlistment for the Philippine Department, Selectees, Education: 4 years of high school, Civil Occupation: Clerks, general office, Single, Height 69, Weight: 153
    • Departure: 26 Mar 1955, Frankfurt, Germany
    • Arrival: 27 Mar 1955, New York, New York, USA; S/Sgt, age 36, married (Rosalie Kluth is next passenger), Armed Forces Passport 14162786

    Notes:

    Birth:
    1955 arrival flight list gives middle initial as definite W. Social Security index has it as R.

    Family/Spouse: Rosalie F.. Rosalie was born on 27 Feb 1924; died on 8 Jun 1977 in Trenton, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Willie Kluth was born in Jan 1898 in Illinois (son of Otto Kluth and Maria C. Mary Schaumburg).

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois, USA; 273 Hastings Street; age 2
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3419 West 13th Place; age 11; attending school
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3513 Mozart Street (Mary's sister Katherine Staack is at 3527); age 21; Conductor for Express Company
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 420 West 79th Place; Rents for $55 per month; age 31; married at age 20; Driver for Laundry

    William married Louella. Louella was born in 1902 in Freeport, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Louella was born in 1902 in Freeport, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3513 Mozart Street (Mary's sister Katherine Staack is at 3527); age 18
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 420 West 79th Place; age 29; married at age 18; Cashier in Public School Cafe

    Children:
    1. 1. Donald W or R Kluth was born on 1 Aug 1919 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 1 Nov 1994 in Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Otto KluthOtto Kluth was born in Mar 1875 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 24 Feb 1957.

    Other Events:

    • Baptismal Sponsor: 4 Apr 1896, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Immanuel Lutheran Church - sponsor of wife's sister Katherine Schaumburg Sttack's child Wilhelmine Ottolie Staack
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois, USA; 273 Hastings Street; age 25; married 6 years; occupation "L. Carpenter"; Rents House
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3419 West 13th Place; age 36; married once; married for 15 years; Millwright for Corn Products Company
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3513 Mozart Street (Mary's sister Katherine Staack is at 3527); age 43; born Chicago; Mill Wright at N. W. Malt & Grain; has radio set in home
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3515 63rd Place (dau Ella Peterson family renting from Otto & Mary); Owns home valued at $16,000; has radio set; age 53; age at first marriage 19; Mill Wright in Building Trade

    Otto married Maria C. Mary Schaumburg on 16 Mar 1895 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Maria (daughter of Adam Schaumburg and Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis) was born on 28 Dec 1874 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 15 Aug 1973 in Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Maria C. Mary Schaumburg was born on 28 Dec 1874 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA (daughter of Adam Schaumburg and Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis); died on 15 Aug 1973 in Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois, USA; 273 Hastings Street; age 24; married 6 years; mother of 3 children, 2 of whom are living
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3419 West 13th Place; age 34; married once; married for 15 years; mother of 3 children, all of whom are now living
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3513 Mozart Street (Mary's sister Katherine Staack is at 3527); age 44
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3515 63rd Place (dau Ella Peterson family renting from Otto & Mary); age 53; age at first marriage 19; occupation: none

    Notes:

    Married:
    by Paul Foerster, pastor of the German Zion Evangelical Church [1317 South Ashland] -- see image in Media Gallery

    Children:
    1. Louise Wilhelmine Kluth was born on 1 Mar 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 24 Oct 1918 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. 2. William Willie Kluth was born in Jan 1898 in Illinois.
    3. Ella Kluth was born about 1903 in Illinois; died on 13 Apr 1949.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Adam SchaumburgAdam Schaumburg was born on 6 Jun 1846 in Großenenglis, Hessen, Germany (son of Johannes Schaumburg and Anna Gertrude Theis); died on 19 Feb 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Feb 1898 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 18 Jun 1846, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
    • Departure: Bef 5 Jun 1866, Bremen, Germany
    • _ORIG: Bef 5 Jun 1866, Hesse
    • Arrival: 5 Jun 1866, New York, New York, USA; Adam (19 y 1 m, shoemaker) & Catherine (17 y 3 m) Schaumburg arrive in New York on the Europa, which sailed from Bremen -- see images in Media Gallery
    • _DEST: 5 Jun 1866, Illinois
    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 24; shoemaker
    • Residence: 1871, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1871 Merchants Chicago Census Report: Shoemaker, residing at 177 Sampson, in Ward 8; 2 males, 2 females, total of 4; born Germany (see images in Media Gallery)
    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA; next family is his half-brother John Schaumburg
    • Residence: 1882, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1892 voter registration shows him residing in county and state 10 years [after returning from living in Minnesota]
    • Residence: 1885, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1885 City Directory: Plasterer, house 711 West 14th Street (see images in Media Gallery)
    • Residence: 1892, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Chicago City Directory: plasterer, house at 708 West 14th Street (lathers August & John at same address) [see images in Media Gallery]

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "den sechsten Junnies Mittag zwelf Uhr" == [archion,de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Großenenglis > Taufen 1830-1878, Bild 676

    Baptism:
    born Grossenenglis 6 Jun 1846 Noon, bap 18 Jun - son of Johannes Schaumburg, Forstlaufer und Ehefrau Anna Gertrude geb. Theis aus Niederurf -- Gevatter: Adam Scheidemann, Ackermann

    Buried:
    Waldheim Cemetery; 863 Des Plaines-- Section G Lot 9 -- Interment 24213 -- relative Mr HUNSCHE of Chicago [husband of half-sis Catharina Becker] -- J. Wolf undertaker

    Died:
    624 Paulina Street - cause Phthisis - age 51 y 8 m 15 d

    Adam married Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis on 20 Oct 1867 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Wilhelmina (daughter of Friedrich Carl August Gelis and Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann) was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Jul 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried about 6 Jul 1912 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Wilhelmina Minnie GelisWilhelmina Minnie Gelis was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Friedrich Carl August Gelis and Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann); died on 6 Jul 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried about 6 Jul 1912 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1850, South Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 13; attended school within the year
    • Confirmation: 1861, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; First Immanuel Lutheran Church -- see image in image gallery and also see http://www.karensgen.com/buch/illinois/chicago/firstimmanuel/conf1855-1865.php
    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Baptismal Sponsor: 4 Apr 1896, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Immanuel Lutheran Church - double baptism sponsor of daughter Maria Schaumburg Kluth s child Louise Wilhelmine Kluth and daughter Katherine Schaumburg Sttack's child Wilhelmine Ottolie Staack
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; listed as Minnie Doerr; 3527 South Mozart; living with daughter Katherine Schaumburg's Staack family; son Henry Schaumuburg also living there

    Notes:

    Buried:
    age 65 years, 0 months, 0 days -- Waldheim Cemetery; 863 Des Plaines -- she was buried in lime in a sealed coffin, due to the smallpox that had killed her -- Section G Lot 9 -- Interment 40089 -- Rohn & Grahl undertaker

    Died:
    at the "Pest House" (the Chicago Isolation Hospital), due to contagious smallpox

    Notes:

    Married:
    First Immanuel Lutheran Church

    Children:
    1. Katherine Schaumburg was born on 22 Jul 1868 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Feb 1934 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 8 Feb 1934 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Fredrick Wilhelm August August Schaumburg was born on 9 Apr 1870 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 3 Aug 1944 in Brookfield, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. John C. Schaumburg was born in Apr 1873 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    4. 5. Maria C. Mary Schaumburg was born on 28 Dec 1874 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 15 Aug 1973 in Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. Adam Schaumburg was born on 13 Apr 1876 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 31 Oct 1877 in Brown County, Minnesota, USA.
    6. William Frederick Schaumburg was born on 3 May 1878 in Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    7. Henry Fred Schaumburg was born on 24 Jun 1882 in Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 12 Sep 1954 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 14 Sep 1954 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.