Fredericka W. Kleist

Brief Life History of Fredericka W.

When Fredericka W. Kleist was born on 14 February 1859, in Berlin, Germany, her father, Carl F W Kleist, was 26 and her mother, Caroline Wilhelmina Bauschke, was 27. She married William A. H. Klein on 26 December 1879, in Clinton, Macomb, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Detroit Ward 13, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1910 and Detroit Ward 21, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 22 November 1932, in Grosse Pointe, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

William A. H. Klein
1853–1918
Fredericka W. Kleist
1859–1932
Marriage: 26 December 1879
Rose Klein
1878–1881
George Charles Klein
1880–1954
Augusta Klein
1882–1892
Otto Charles Klein
1884–1957
Carl August Klein
1885–1964
Martha P Klein
1886–1906
Elda Mary Klein
1887–1975
William Otto Klein
1890–1945
Richard Klein
1895–1896

Sources (52)

  • Frederica Klein in household of Edward Rugenstein, "United States Census, 1920"
  • F...Da Kleist, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Friederike Klein, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1864

War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

German: probably a habitational name from a place near Köslin in Pomerania, of Slavic origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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