Kleopfer Biographies and Obituaries

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Family #1
Jacob Kleopfer of Indiana/Louis Kloepfer of California

Generation 1

Jacob Kleopfer (1824 - 1896) - emigrated to America in 1842, settled in Indiana.
Maria Schambach (1828-1922) - married Jacob Kleopfer in St. Louis in 1846.
Louis Kloepfer(1827 -1880) - this brother stayed in California and raised a family.
Adam Kloepfer (1827 - 1907) - never married.
John Kloepfer (1838 - 1852) - was lost to the Indians during the trip to California.

Generation 2

Children of Jacob Kleopfer

George Kleopfer  (1850 - 1921) - was born in Indiana
Sophrania Kleopfer (1853 - 1937) - born in California, married Robert Eppley.
Mary (Mollie) Ann Kleopfer  (1855 - 1939) - born in California, married George Trinkle.
Elizabeth Kleopfer (1857 - 1943) - born in California, married Jacob Lincoln Clever.
Jacob L. Kleopfer (1859 - 1943) - last to be born in California, farmed in Indiana.
Philip Kleopfer (1862 - 1935) - born in Indiana, lived for a while in Illinois.
Louis Kleopfer (1864 - 1948) - born in Indiana where he farmed.
William Kleopfer (1866 - 1950) - born in Indiana where he farmed.
Charles Kleopfer (1869 - 1950) - farmer and businessman in Indiana.
Margaret (Maggie) Kleopfer (1875 - 1958) - born in Indiana, married Charles Schulte.

Children of Louis Kloepfer

Agnes Kloepfer (1850 - 1853) left with grandparents when parents went to California.
Adelaide Kloepfer  (1856 - 1948) she married her grandmother’s stepson, Frank Lunemann.
Frederick Adam Kloepfer (1857-1932) never married, lived in California.
Bernard Kloepfer (1860-1944) had two children, Walter and Elizabeth.
Mary Josephine Kloepfer (1862-1936) she married Fred Rahmer and had 11 children.
Louisa Kloepfer (1863-   ) she married Arnold Heidtmann and had 6 children.
Louis Kloepfer, Jr. (1864-1936) married Emily Johnson and had two daughters.
Christopher Kloepfer (1868-   ) lived out his last days in San Francisco.
Frank Kloepfer (1870-   ) lived in El Dorado County, California.
Elizabeth Kloepfer (1872-1872) died in infancy and was buried on the Kloepfer ranch.
George Henry Kloepfer (1875-1951) youngest child in the Kloepfer family of 12 children.

Generation 3

Charles Gabriel Kleopfer (1884 - 1962) - born in Indiana, lived in Florida several years.
Barton Edward Kleopfer (1886 - 1935) - was a mechanic in Indiana.
Byron F. Kleopfer (1886 - 1974) - farmer from Indiana.
Harry Everitt Kloepfer (1889 - 1970) - born in Indiana, lived in Tennessee.
Joseph Stanley Kleopfer (1892 - 1970) - veteran of World War I from Indiana and California.
Jacob Clarence Kleopfer (1895 - 1936) - died in industrial accident in Alabama.
Esther Elizabeth Kleopfer (1897 - 1977) - married Garnett Lowe.
Mary Margaret Kleopfer  (1902 - 1992) - married Armenius Benson Tevis.
Agnes Kleopfer (1893 - 1996) - hotel cashier in Cincinnati lived to almost 103.
Elmer Kleopfer (1898 - 1996) - farmer from Lexington, Indiana.
George William Kleopfer (1892-1969) - served in World War I.
Ethel Craigmyle (1899 - 1994) - wife of Elmer Kleopfer.
Anna Kleopfer Nighbert (1903-1978) - married Lloyd Nighbert.
Frieda Kleopfer Ingram (1895-1976) - married Wallace Ingram in 1923.
Bessie M. Trinkle ( - 1963) - wife of Louis C. Trinkle.

Generation 4

Peggy Eileen Kleopfer Roberts (1923-1999) daughter of Barton and Mary Kleopfer.

Family #2
George Kleopfer of Kansas

Generation 1

George Kleopfer  (1834 - 1914) emigrated to America in 1852.  He married Mary Ann Eldridge.  

Generation 2

George Henry Kleopfer (1874 - 1947) - veterinarian in Dickinson County, Kansas.
Emma Kleopfer (1870 - 1946) - married Walter Hatfield and lived in Dickinson County, Kansas.
Louise Kleopfer  (1868 - 1938) - married James Covert and lived in Dickinson County, Kansas.

Generation 3

Berneda Leota Kleopfer (1915 -      ) lives in Paola, Kansas.  She married Francis Harold Moore.
Mary Koch Kleopfer (1913-1999) wife of Harold Kleopfer, lived in Hillsboro, Kansas.

Generation 4

Francis LeRoy Moore (1937 -    ) lives in Paola, Kansas.

Generation 1

Jacob J. Kleopfer (1859 - 1931) - came to America in 1888 and settled in Kansas.

Generation 2

Freda Kloepfer (1884 - 1954) - born in Germany, lived in Kansas, never married.
Herman Kloepfer  (1893 - 1961) - farmed near Sabetha, Kansas, married Frieda Meyer.
Karl J. Kleopfer (1891 - 1986) - farmed near Fairview, Kansas, married Ella Fortmeyer.
John Frederick Kloepfer (1904 - 1985) -  farmed near Fairview, Kansas.

Generation 3

John "Ted" Kloepfer - son of Herman and Frieda Meyer Kloepfer.

Family #5
Descendants of Jorg Klöpfer

Arthur M. Kloepfer -(1883-1961) son of Dennis, owned Kloepfer's Confectionery in Winnetka, Illinois.
Bernhardt Kloepfer -(1824-1908) son of Dionys, lived in Gross Point, Illinois.
Clarence Victor Kloepfer - oil company executive from Calgary, Canada.
Dennis Kloepfer -(1852-1944) son of Bernhardt, helped rebuild Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871.
Dionys Klöpfer - (1794-1861) emigrated to America in 1840, settled in New Tier Township, Illinois.
John A. Kloepfer (1873-1927) banker from New York.
John and Rose Schwanz Kloepfer - parents of John A. Kloepfer, ran hotel in Hamburg, New York.  
Carl J. Buck Kloepfer - (1921-1996) postal worker from Ohio.

Christian Kloepfer (1847-1913) member of Canadian Parliment 1896.

Family #6
Descendants of Johann Klöpfer

Frank Philip Kloepfer (1887-1969) - ordained bishop from Idaho, first cousin of Bishop Henry Philip Kloepfer.
Henry Philip Kloepfer (1880-1967) - ordained bishop from Idaho, first cousin of Bishop Frank Philip Kloepfer.
Viola Kloepfer (1911-1998) - daughter of Frank Phillip Kloepfer, married Kenneth Eardley.

Family #7
Gottlieb Kleopfer of Iowa

Generation 2

Charles Kleopfer (1860 - 1897) - farmed in Washington County, Iowa.

Generation 3

Ralph Kleopfer (1897 - 1978) - farmed in Washington County, Iowa.
Rose Muller (1897 - 1985) - wife of Ralph Kleopfer.

Generation 4

Robert Kleopfer (1920 - 1994) - farmer and veteran of World War II.

Family #9
Charles Kloepfer of Michigan

Generation 2

Fred C. Kloepfer (1867-1961) - a pioneer farmer from Michigan.
Elizabeth Widmeyer Kloepfer (1839-1921) - mother of Fred Kloepfer.

Family #18
John Alfonso Kloepfer of Ohio

Henry Warner Kloepfer - (1913-1982) geneticist from Ohio.

August Kloepfer - died in Cleveland, 1853-1950
Mary Klopfer - modern-day artist from New York.
Edith M. Kloepfer - (1915-1991) from North Bergen, New Jersey.
Bertram J. Robbins - (1919-1996) son of Katherine Kloepfer Robbins from Colorado Springs.
Phillip Kloepfer - (1915-1996) born in Brooklyn, New York worked for Bell Helicopter in Texas.
John P. Paris - (1967-1996) son of Nancy L. Kloepfer McGarrity of New Providence, Pennsylvania.
Henrietta Kloepfer Pilgard, 1911-1998, resident of Barrington, Illinois.
Emma Ruediger Kloepfer (1855-1902) was married to Jacob Kloepfer, buried in St. Louis.
Rudolph Carl Robert Kloepfer (1849-  ) came to America in 1858, owned a Dry Goods store in Plymouth, Indiana.
Cathy Ann Kloepfer Dimick (1958-2000) lived in Carbon County, Utah.
Harold E. Kloepfer (1921-1998) died in Winter park, Florida.
Ronald Phillip Kloepfer (1961-2001) - rescuer dies at World Trade Towers.

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