Frank Kloepfer
1870-

From "Joys and Tears of Yesteryear":

Adelaide was very happy in her new home even though their earthly possessions were meager. She would often walk over the knoll that separated the two homes and help her mother with the chores since her father was now unable to do any work and Louisa and Mary were working away from home. It was soon spring and Elizabeth’s garden was her biggest concern. The older boys, Fred, Bernard and Louis would be working in the fields. There was ground clearing to be done, also plowing and then sowing of the ground with wheat and oats, building and repairing of sheds and barns and much other work to do. Much time was spent shoeing the horses and sharpening and repairing farm implements in the blacksmith shop that stood alongside of the stream of water up toward the garden. (In about 1908 Bruce McBeath, who was Mrs. Stronach’s (a neighbor) son, lived for a time in a cabin on the same spot.) Frank Kloepfer helped with the chores after school. George was only five and he needed watching, too. So there was a great deal to be done around the home and in the fields.

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