The family emigrated from Germany in 1868. They first settled in Dane County, Wisconsin, but were living in Spink County, S.D. by 1894.
Fredrick and Maria were the parents of nine children; Michael Friedrich (1849), Charles or Karl (1851), Dorothea Louise (1854), Ernestine Wilhelmine (1857), August Ferdinand (1859), Augusta Mary (1862) and Christian Friedrich (1865) were born in Prussia. Henry Fredrick (1870) and William Fred (1871) were born at Waterloo, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Michael and Christian died in infancy in Prussia prior to the family coming to American. Three of the sons, Henry, William and Ferdinand, were farming in Tetonka Township, Spink County in 1900.
Fredrick Kaiser died in Mellette, Spink County on March 25, 1894. Maria died March 9, 1898 in Mellette, Spink County. Both are buried in the Clifton Township Cemetery, Spink County, South Dakota.
The headstone reads:
Fredrick C. Kaiser
Died March 25 1894
69 yrs, 2 mo, 28 days
Maria A. Kaiser
Died March 9, 1898
69 yrs, 1 mo, 9 days
The family emigrated from Germany in 1868. They first settled in Dane County, Wisconsin, but were living in Spink County, S.D. by 1894.
Fredrick and Maria were the parents of nine children; Michael Friedrich (1849), Charles or Karl (1851), Dorothea Louise (1854), Ernestine Wilhelmine (1857), August Ferdinand (1859), Augusta Mary (1862) and Christian Friedrich (1865) were born in Prussia. Henry Fredrick (1870) and William Fred (1871) were born at Waterloo, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Michael and Christian died in infancy in Prussia prior to the family coming to American. Three of the sons, Henry, William and Ferdinand, were farming in Tetonka Township, Spink County in 1900.
Fredrick Kaiser died in Mellette, Spink County on March 25, 1894. Maria died March 9, 1898 in Mellette, Spink County. Both are buried in the Clifton Township Cemetery, Spink County, South Dakota.
The headstone reads:
Fredrick C. Kaiser
Died March 25 1894
69 yrs, 2 mo, 28 days
Maria A. Kaiser
Died March 9, 1898
69 yrs, 1 mo, 9 days
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