Louis Kloepfer (1827 - 1880)

Louis Kloepfer is the subject of the book, "Joys and Tears of Yesteryears", which was written by his granddaughter, Anna Luneman Baldwin in 1975. Louis and Elizabeth had 13 children, 9 of which survived into the twentieth century. Based on census records Louis was born about 1828 and is four years younger than Jacob. Louis Kloepfer died in California in 1879 at the age of 51. He and his wife and several family members are buried  at the Pioneer Cemetery in Coloma, California.  The cemetery has been a part of the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park since 1981. 

Also see News Article on Kloepfer Family #1.

1 Louis Joseph Kloepfer Born: 1827 in Alsace-Lorraine, Germany Died: 1880 in El Dorado County, California

+Elizabeth Leusbrock Born: June 1828 in Saar Valley, Germany m: 1849 in St. Louis, MO Died: April 25, 1903 in El Dorado County, California

2 Agnes Kloepfer  Born: Abt. 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri Died: Abt. 1853 in St. Louis, Missouri  (left with grandparents when parents went to California)

2 Louis Kloepfer, Jr. Born: 1852 in Nevada Died: 1852 in Nevada

2 Louis Kloepfer, Jr Born: 1854 in El Dorado County, California Died: 1855 in El Dorado County, California

2 Adelaide Kloepfer  Born: November 20, 1856 in El Dorado County, California Died: April 22, 1948 in San Francisco, CA (married her grandmother’s stepson)

+Francis Xavier Luneman Born: March 22, 1844 in St. Louis, Missouri m: February 23, 1879 in El Dorado County, California Died: January 20, 1932 in San Francisco, CA

2 Frederick Adam Kloepfer  Born: March 08, 1857 in El Dorado County, California Died: January 16, 1932 in El Dorado County, California (never married, lived in El Dorado County)

2 Bernard A. Kloepfer Born: April 10, 1860 in El Dorado County, California Died: February 08, 1944 in Sacramento, California (had two children, Walter and Elizabeth)

+Alice E. Friedman Born: 1866 in El Dorado County, California m: January 01, 1890 in El Dorado County, California Died: July 11, 1899 in El Dorado County, California

2 Mary Josephine Kloepfer  Born: 1862 in El Dorado County, California Died: March 09, 1936 in San Francisco, CA (they had 11 children)

+Fred W. Rahmer Born: in Germany m: March 08, 1886 in Placerville, El Dorado County, California

2 Louisa Josephine Kloepfer Born: 1863 in El Dorado County, California Died: February 20, 1933 in San Francisco, California (they had had 6 children)

+Arnold Heidtmann Born: in Germany m: February 20, 1884 in El Dorado County, California

2 Louis Kloepfer, Jr.  Born: July 09, 1864 in El dorado County, California Died: July 01, 1936 in San Francisco, CA (they had two daughters)

+Emily Johnson

2 Christopher Kloepfer  Born: December 1868 in El Dorado County, California Died: August 17, 1939 in San Francisco, CA  (he lived out his last days in San Francisco)

2 Frank Kloepfer  Born: June 1870 in El Dorado County, California Died: December 29, 1935 in Santa Clara County, California (he lived in El Dorado County)

2 Elizabeth Kloepfer  Born: 1872 in El Dorado County, California Died: 1872 in El Dorado County, California  (died in infancy and was buried on the Kloepfer ranch)

2 George Henry Kloepfer   Born: March 09, 1875 in El Dorado County, California Died: July 08, 1951 in Coloma, California

Also see
El Dorado County Biographies
1872 Foreign-Born Voters of California - Letter K (Part 2)
The Great Register of 1892, El Dorado County
The Iowa Connection
Free look-ups from "Joys and Tears of Yesteryears"