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Subject: [KSMIAMI-L] Kettler family
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 22:33:33 -0800
The following is pretty long for a list, but I am sending it for anyone
researching the Kettler family that settled in Block in 1870. Would
love to hear from anyone who is working on this family.
--Mary Ann
1 Christian Kettler 1
Occ: Rider In The Bodyguard, And Later Forest Overseer At Spiegelhütte
(Mirror Factory?)
Reli: Lutheran 1
Spouse: Johanne Dorothee Christine Sakel 1
Marr: 21 Nov 1773, Schönhagen, Hannover, GE 1
Children: Johann Friedrich (1775-)
1.1 Johann Friedrich Kettler 2
Birth: 4 Mar 1775, Schönhagen, Hannover, GE 1
Reli: Lutheran
A note in the margin of the marriage record of his son Johann Daniel in
1831, it is noted that he [Johann Friederich] is in America.1
Spouse: Wilhelmina Luebbecke 3,1
Birth: 5 Mar 1775, Schönhagen, Hannover, GE 1
Death: 28 Feb 1856, Schönhagen, Hannover, GE 1
Father: Johann Friederich Luebbecke
Mother: Catharina Elisabeth Merling
Marr: 10 Sep 1800, Schönhagen, Hannover, GE 3
Children: Johanne Caroline (1799-)
Johann Christian (1801-)
Heinrich Ernst (1802-)
Johann Friederich (1803-)
Johann Friederich (1804-)
Wilhelmina Luise (1806-)
Johann Daniel (1807-)
Friederich Carl (1808-1828)
Melousine Wilhelmina (1810-)
Johann Wilhelm Schorse (1811-)
Marie Louise (1813-)
Hanne Friederike (1815-)
Johannes Ludewig Wilhelm "Louis" (1821-1876)
1.1.1 Johanne Caroline Kettler 1
Birth: 26 Aug 1799, Schönhagen, Hannover, GE 1
Spouse: Johann Friederich Wilhelm Richter 1
Marr: Wiensen, Uslar, GE 1
Children: Henry W. (1836-1876)
1.1.1.1 Henry W. Richter
Birth: 22 May 1836, Germany 4,5
Death: 30 Jul 1876, LaHarpe, IL 6,7
Burial: Jul 1876, LaHarpe, Il Cemetery 4
(See Ludewig Kettler, below: the 4 August 1876 article from La Harper
[La Harpe, IL]
newspaper: "A terrible accident")
Spouse: Christina Walter
Birth: 15 Jul 1849, Richen Grosberg Hessen, GE 7
Death: 11 May 1923, Albia, IA At Home Of Son J. W. Richter 7
Father: John Walter (1812-1872)
Mother: Margaret (1822-1915)
Children: Margaret "Maggie" (1869-1875)
Lena P. (1873-1948)
John W. "J.W." (1876->1923)
1.1.2 Johann Christian Kettler 3
Birth: 23 Feb 1801 3
1.1.3 Heinrich Ernst Kettler 3
Birth: 9 Aug 1802 3
1.1.4 Johann Friederich Kettler 3
Birth: 3 Nov 1803 3
1.1.5 Johann Friederich Kettler 3
Birth: 28 Nov 1804 3
1.1.6 Wilhelmina Luise Kettler 3
Birth: 30 Mar 1806 3
Spouse: Johann Georg Ludwig Gercke 1
Marr: 1840 1
1.1.7 Johann Daniel Kettler 3,1
Birth: 28 Apr 1807 3
Spouse: Caroline Melusine Charlotte Schrader 1
Marr: 4 Dec 1831, Schönhagen, Hannover, GE 1
1.1.8 Friederich Carl Kettler 3
Birth: 29 Dec 1808 3
Death: 24 Jun 1828 3
1.1.9 Melousine Wilhelmina Kettler 3,1
Birth: 4 Jul 1810 3
Spouse: Heinrich Kopper 1
Marr: 23 Nov 1845, Schönhagen, Hannover, GE 1
1.1.10 Johann Wilhelm Schorse Kettler 3,1
Birth: 9 Dec 1811 3
Spouse: Louise Thurey 1
Marr: 25 Jun 1843, Schönhagen, Hannover, GE 1
1.1.11 Marie Louise Kettler 3
Birth: 16 Feb 1813 3
1.1.12 Hanne Friederike Kettler 3,1
Birth: 1 Apr 1815 3
Spouse: Heinrich Hildebrandt 1
Marr: 26 Jun 1842, Schönhagen, Hannover, GE 1
1.1.13a Johannes Ludewig Wilhelm "Louis" Kettler* 3
Birth: 1 Nov 1821, Schönhagen-Kammerborn, Hanover, GE 3
Death: 30 Jul 1876, La Harpe,IL 8,6
Burial: 30 Jul 1876, La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, IL 6
Reli: Lutheran
Occ: Fireman (1856-60 Wheeling & Vic. Directory); Farmer
Ludewig Kettler became a citizen of the United States on September 7,
1860, in the U. S. District Court of the Western District of Virginia.
His sponsor was William Goetze. 9
Louis and his [2nd] wife [Rosine] Helene purchased 70 acres on Boggs
Run, Marshall County, (West) Virginia in 1863 and sold it in Oct. of
1868. On January 19, 1869, in Marshall County, Louis gave power of
attorney to Helene. 10
By March of 1870, they were in Miami County, Kansas, having traveled by
way of LaHarpe, Illinois, per son Christians obituary. The family was
recorded as "Hattler (?)" in the transcription of the June, 1870 Census,
Osage Township, Miami Co., KS. None of the children had been in school
that year.11 A "Child of Louis", who died prematurely, was buried at
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Block, Miami Co., KS on March 10, 1870. 12
In July of 1876, Louis was killed by a train in Illinois as he attempted
to cross the tracks in his buggy while on a trip from Kansas to visit
his son William in LaHarpe, IL. An inquest was held on July 30, 1876 in
LaHarpe. William purchased his fathers coffin and digging of a grave on
July 30, 1876 in LaHarpe, and purchased his headstone in LaHarpe in
December,1877. Children listed as heirs: William Kettler, Louis
Kettler, Augusta Kettler (m. to W.H. Showalter), Henry Kettler (minor),
August Kettler (minor), Christian Kettler (minor), Louise Kettler
(minor), and Otto Kettler (minor). Probate records give Louiss death
date as 11 July 1876. 8 [This date seems unlikely given the date of the
inquest and digging of the grave. See below.]
The "Miami Republican", 4 August 1876: "Mr. Louis Kettler, who lived
some four miles southeast of Paola, went on a visit to some relatives in
Illinois. On Sunday morning last he was unfortunately killed by the
cars running over him as he attempted to drive across the railroad in a
buggy."8 [According to the World Almanac, perpetual calendar, August 4,
1876 was a Friday, so the preceding Sunday would have been July 30.]
According to the "Western Spirit", 4 August 1876: "Lewis Kettler,
whose wife had filed her petition for divorce in the District Clerks
office in this county, was run over by a train of cars in Illinois, a
few days ago, and killed. Some of our lawyers think the best laid
schemes o mice and men gang aft a gley " 8
See also the 4 August 1876 article from La Harper [La Harpe, IL]
newspaper: "A terrible accident, one of those hard to account for, and
for which nobody is to blame except perhaps one of the unfortunates,
whose life paid for his temerity - or heedlessness - ocurred at the
railroad crossing, at the east end of the depot grounds and opposite the
house of J. N. Bainter, on Sunday morning, at about ten minutes before
seven oclock. Mr. Henry Richter, his wife, a child aged 2 years and
his uncle Mr. Louis Kettler, and old man, in all four persons, were
crossing the above mentioned point in a wagon [when] the westbound
express train No. 3, running at a speed of some 20 miles an hour, struck
the wagon on the fore wheeel with the point of her pilot smashing it
into kindling and throwing its occupants into the air. Mr. Richter
clung to the spring seat, which clung to the pilot and remained there
until the train was stopped, receiving such severe injuries about the
head that he remained unconscious until death, which occured in about an
hour and a half.... Mr. Kettler was found dead near the woman and
child.... The dead and wounded were taken to the Central Hotel, from
whence at 10 oclock the same evening the remains of the two men were
buried, the heat and lack of ice making it necessary. ....Mr. Kettler
had just arrived from Kansas to visit his son, who lives on North
Prairie, and was on his way to his house when killed. ...When the
distressing accident at the railroad crossing occurred...the question
was asked...What shall we do with the bodies? and where shall the
maimed be carried for protection? Mr. William Barr of the Central House
was present and answered, carry them to my house, and it was done, the
dead and injured were transported to the Central where those past
other human sevices were prepared for burial - the last sad rites
performed, and from whence late in the night they were removed to the
Cemetery and buried."
The La Harpe Genealogical and Historical Society does not have a record
of his grave in their cemetery books.
Miami County Residents and Taxpayers List, 1878, p.34: "Kettler, Louis,
est., Valley Township".
Notice of sheriffs estate sale, in the matter of Louis Kettler,
deceased, was published in the "Republican Citizen", Paola, KS, 28 Nov
1878, p.3, c. 6.
Marie Elise "Mary" Englebert Kettler remarried a William Esmus in August
of 1878, per an announcement in the Paola, KS, Miami co., Republican
Citizen" (2 Jan 1879, p. 2, c4), and per her signature on probate
records and receipts. 8 William Esmus bought Louis Kettler (estate)s
farm at auction on 16 December 1878. 8
Spouse: Name Unknown
Death: Wheeling, WVa?
Marr: bef 1849
Children: Wilhelm (William) (1849-1929)
Louis (1855-1940)
Augusta "Gusta" (1857->1928)
Other spouses Rosine Helene Groska, Marie Elise "Mary" Englebert
1.1.13a.1 Wilhelm (William) Kettler
Birth: 16 Feb 1849, Hanover Prov., Germany? 13,14
Death: 29 Oct 1929, 415 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS Cerebral Hemorrhage;
Pneumonia. 15,16
Burial: 30 Oct 1929, Highland Park, Pittsburg, KS 15,17,16
Occ: Farmer; "Collector"1900 Census; 'ret. (Furniture)' Death Rec
Birth & death dates are from Chenoweth genealogy (ref. Carter Cousins,
vol. 1, by Mary Eberle) & from death cert.. Christian Kettler's
obituary
(1928) states that he was survived by a half-brother William of
Pittsburg, KS. Marshall County (W) Va. 1860 census: "William Kittler,
son of Louis & Salina, age 11, male, born Hanover."
Spouse: Amanda Priscilla Miller 15
Birth: 13 Sep 1851, Henderson Co.. Ill
Death: 19 May 1945, Daughter Mabel's 603 N Woodland, Pittsburg, KS 15
Father: Ira Miller
Mother: Priscilla Carter
Marr: 28 Jul 1871, Henderson Co, IL (LaHarpe Is 4 Mi So. Of H. Co Line)
15,18
Children: Son (1872-<1880)
Mabel (1873->1945)
Daughter (1875-<1880)
Ethel (ca1877-)
Otto R. (1879-1948)
Olive (1880-)
Myrtle (1883-)
Luta (1885-)
1.1.13a.2 Louis Kettler
Birth: 14 Dec 1855, Nr Wheeling, WVa 19
Death: 24 May 1940, Osage Township, Nw Of Fontana, Miami County, KS 19
Burial: 26 May 1940, Paola, KS Cemetery
Occ: Farmer
Reli: ? (Methodist Funeral)
Not in Marshall County, WV, record of births, per letter to Mary Ann
Mulford from Marshall County Clerk, 20 May 1999. Not in Ohio Co.
births, per Ohio Cty Clerk 6/17/99. Birth registration not required in
WVa until 1923.
Spouse: Katie Durst
Birth: 2 Apr 1862, Douglas County, Nr. Lawrence, KS 20
Death: 13 Jun 1937, 208 E. Shawnee St., Paola, KS 20
Father: Michael Durst
Marr: 25 Mar 1885, Miami County, KS
Children: Maude (1886-1954)
Elizabeth J. (1893-1988)
Anna C. (1895-1929)
Merle Catherine (Twin) (1903-1998)
Burl Louis (Twin) (1903-1987)
1.1.13a.3 Augusta "Gusta" Kettler
Birth: 11 Jul 1857, Wheeling, (West) Va. 21,22
Death: aft Jun 1928 23
Named as a survivor in brother Christian Kettlers obituary (6/27/1928).
Spouse: W. H. Showalter 8
1.1.13b Johannes Ludewig Wilhelm "Louis" Kettler* (See above)
Spouse: Rosine Helene Groska
Birth: ca 1834, Germany 11
Death: 16 Mar 1873, Block, KS
Marr: Bef 1860?
Children: Henry (1860-1933)
Frederick Louis August "Gus" (1862-1941)
Christian H. "Chris" (1864-1928)
Louise (1867-1934)
Child Of Louis (1870-1870)
Other spouses Name Unknown, Marie Elise "Mary" Englebert
1.1.13b.1a Henry Kettler*
Birth: 19 Dec 1860, Wheeling, Wv
Death: 13 Feb 1933, Pittsburg, Ks
Burial: 15 Feb 1933, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Pittsburg, Ks
Occ: Druggist
Educ: Grad Lincoln College, Greenwood, Mo
Reli: Episcopal Funeral
Spouse: Ella Ruddell
Birth: 1861
Death: 1910
Marr: 22 Oct 1890
Children: Harry H. (1891-1961)
Other spouses Mary E. Watson
1.1.13b.1b Henry Kettler* (See above)
Spouse: Mary E. Watson
Death: aft Feb 1933
Other spouses Ella Ruddell
1.1.13b.2 Frederick Louis August "Gus" Kettler
Birth: 4 Aug 1862, Boggs Run, Marshall Co., (W)Va 24
Burial: Oct 1941, Deerfield, KS Cemetery
Death: 13 Oct 1941, Deerfield, KS; Stroke 2
Occ: Farmer, Sheridan CO (1907); Deerfield, KS;Tiffany, CO (1920)
To Miami Co, KS 1870; To Sheridan, CO 1907 25,2
Reli: Lutheran
Boggs Run, near Benwood, Marshall County, West Virginia, is only a few
miles south of Wheeling.
Spouse: Gesche Adelheit Tinken 26
Birth: 13 Oct 1863, Nr. Cole Cam p, MO 2
Death: 5 Dec 1945, Deerfield, KS 2
Father: Friederich Wilhelm Tienken (1816-1870)
Mother: Gesche Gerken (1822-1875)
Marr: 3 Dec 1885, Trinity Lutheran Church, Block, KS 2
Children: Christian Louis "Chris" (1886-1956)
Frederick William "Willie" (1888-1904)
August Johann "Gus" (1890-1954)
Helen Gesche (1892-)
Emma Katherine (1894-1962)
Ida Marie (1897-1962)
Clara Caroline (1898-1899)
Bertha Eleanor (1899-1899)
Dorothy Elizabeth (1900-1946)
Olga Alma (1903-1982)
Irene Augusta (1907-1941)
1.1.13b.3 Christian H. "Chris" Kettler
Birth: 8 Jul 1864, Wheeling, WVa 27,23
Death: 25 Jun 1928, His Farm, 1 Mi. East Of Block, KS; Heart Affliction
28,27
Burial: 27 Jul 1928, Trinity Lutheran Cemetery In Block, KS 27
Occ: Farmer
Reli: Lutheran
Came To Miami Co. In 1870 W/ Parents & Lived in Miami Co. since 1870. 27
Spouse: Martha Bergman
Birth: 18 Mar 1867, Miami County, KS 28
Death: 27 Oct 1931, Former Farm 1 Mi. East Of Block, KS 28
Father: Louis Bergman (1832-1899)
Mother: Christina ___________ (1835-1903)
Marr: 18 Feb 1885, Block, KS 23,28
Children: Frederick Henry "Fred" (1886-1974)
Anna (1889-1969)
Margaret (1890-1954)
John Dietrich L."Johnny" (1893-1956)
Meta (1895-1924)
Marie Elisabeth (1898-1942)
Herman (1901-1964)
Lena (1903-1991)
Clara Elizabeth (1906-1958)
1.1.13b.4 Louise Kettler
Birth: 7 May 1867, Union Twp, Marshall Co., WV 29,30
Death: 1934, <Pittsburg, KS> 17
Burial: 1934, Highland Park Cemetery, Pittsburg, KS 17
Of Pittsburg, KS as of brother Chriss death in 1928. 27
On pages 110, 111(Highland Park Cemetery) before William and Amanda
Kettler's, pg. 112:
pg. 110, Row 27 from W, N to S
(h) Mother Louise K. Woodbury 1867-1934.
pg. 111, Row 28 from W, N to S
(dbl h) Woodbury Frances M. 1900-1974 Forrest G. 1899-1944 (it has a G
inside a Diamond shape) then Am. Leg.
(govt h) Lester L Woodbury Kansas Pvt. 120 Engrs. January 12 1897- April
18, 1938
(h) Dearly Beloved Addie E Woodbury Jan 25 1897 Mar 4 1969 17
Spouse: Mr. Woodbury
1.1.13b.5 Child Of Louis Kettler
Birth: 10 Mar 1870, Block, KS 12
Death: 10 Mar 1870, Block, KS; Premature 12
Burial: 10 Mar 1870, Trintity Lutheran Cemetery, Block, KS
Occ: Don't Know If This Was A Male Or A Female Child.
1.1.13c Johannes Ludewig Wilhelm "Louis" Kettler* (See above)
Spouse: Marie Elise "Mary" Englebert
Death: aft 1878
Father: F Englebert
Mother: Charlotte Lohn
Marr: 21 Feb 1875, Block, Kansas
Children: Jacob George Louis Heinrich 'Arthur' (1876-)
Other spouses Name Unknown, Rosine Helene Groska
1.1.13c.1 Jacob George Louis Heinrich 'Arthur' Kettler 31,22
Birth: 23 Nov 1876, Block, KS 32
No heir of this name listed in the probate records for Louis Kettler.
The last heir listed is "Otto Kettler". 8 Perhaps Arthur --> Artur -->
Otto.
Baptism record: Jacob George Heinrich Arthur Kettler, son of Louis and
Marie Kettler, born Nov. 23, 1876. Nothing noted that the father had
died. 22
Sources
1.Rolf Nowak, archivist for Martin Luther Kirche, Schönhagen, November,
1999.
2. Per Earl C. Kettler, great grandson of Louis (Ludewig) Kettler;
father of Mary Ann Mulford.
3. Per records of Schönhagen Evangelical Lutheran Church
(Martin-Luther-Kirche), Bornstrasse 4, 37170 Uslar-Schoenhagen,
Germany. Provided by Evelyn Kettler Renshaw, Secy & certified
genealogist, Wheeling Area Genealogical Society (May, 1999).
4. Cemetery records, LaHarpe Cemetery, provided by Jayne Eckhardt of the
LaHarpe Illinois Historical Society, September 28, 1999.
5. Per entry for J. W. Richter, 1910 Mantua Township (Monroe County,
Iowa) Federal Census, looked up and sent electronically by
.
6. "'A Terrible Accident'" La Harper, La Harpe, IL, 4 Aug 1876, 1,
Newspaper, La Harpe Genealogical Society. Mary Ann Mulford has copy.
7. Obituary of Mrs. Christina Richter Walter, in LaHarper newspaper,
May, 1923.
8. Per newspaper articles and probate records of Louis Kettler (Sr.)
researched and supplied by Lorene Fort, certified genealogist, Miami
County Genealogical and Historical Society, June, 1999.
9. Copy of Louiss citizenship papers, sent by Evelyn Kettler Renshaw,
Wheeling Area Genealogical Society; June, 1999.
10. Per Evelyn Kettler Renshaw, certified genealogist, Wheeling (WV)
Area Genealogical Society.
11. According to an electronic transcription of the 1870 US Census for
Osage Township, Miami County, KS, "Halana" "Hattler?" was 36 years old.
All the childrens' names and ages match Rosina's children's names and
ages (except "Hustin" presumed to be August, our ancestor). Husband
Louis's age matched, too.
12. Per Block cemetery records without an obituary, transcribed by Louis
Reed.
13. Birth & death dates are from Chenoweth genealogy (ref. Carter
Cousins, vol. 1, by Mary Eberle). Christian Kettler's obituary (1924)
states that he was survived by a half-brother William of Pittsburg, KS.
14. Per Marshall County, (W) Va. 1860 Census.
15. From "Carter Cousins", vol. 1, by Mary Eberle.
16. "Death certificate."
17. Per Crawford County Cemetery Inscription Book, via Kenneth Wood
18. Copy of marriage registration, Henderson County, IL, Clerk.
19. Obituary of Louis Kettler (1940).
20. Obituary of Katie Durst Kettler (1937).
21. See 1870 US census for Miami County, KS - Transcribed as "Hattler?"
22. Per Trinity Lutheran (Block, KS) church records looked up by Nina
Peterson Gerken, Sept. 1999, a member of the churchs Ladies Aid, and
her husband Leland.
23. Obituary of Christian Kettler (1928).
24. "Certified birth certificate (not a photocopy of the original)," 20
May 1999, Moundsville, Marshall County, WV, Book 1, p. 49.
25. Moved to Block w/ parents in 1870.
26. Tienken in cemetery records; Timken in Census 1870.
27. Per Louis Reeds transcription of Block Cemetery Records and
obituaries.
www.ukans.edu/~hisite.franklin/block/death.txt
28. Obituary of Martha Bergman Kettler (1931).
29. "Kansas State Census, 1875," Valley Twp., Miami County, KS, Per
Lorene Fort, cert. genealogist, Miami Co. Genealogical Society, Sept.
1998.
30. "Marshall County, WV Birth records.," 30 May 1999, Evelyn Kettler
Renshaw, Secy Wheeling Area Genealogical Society & retired professional
genealogist.
31. Per Alma Kuhlman Campas, 1998.
32. Letter from Adeline Oberheide Richards to Earl & Doris Kettler.
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