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Johannes “John” Klein

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Johannes “John” Klein

Birth
Germany
Death
1869 (aged 64–65)
Gillespie County, Texas, USA
Burial
Tivydale, Gillespie County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.2453202, Longitude: -99.1009422
Memorial ID
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John (Johannes) Klein was born in Germany, where he married Anna Maria Spritzhorn. The family sailed from Germany to America in 1845 as evidenced from the below:

Brig Herschel, Captain Gambke
Sailed from Bremen, Aug 15, 1845
Arrived at Galveston, Oct 22, 1845
Source: Pioneers in God's Hills Vol 1 pg 240 Copyright@1960 Library of Congress Card No. 83-082580

Klein, Johannes
, Anna Maria nee Spritzhorn
, Christian
, Johann
, Adam
, Maria Gertrude

John and his family settled on the Pedernales River in Gillespie County. The 1850 US Federal census lists family members John, "Mary Ann", Christian and twins John and Adam. In the next household on the census, the Klein family continues with John Adam, Helene (Helen) Ellen, (Maria) Gertrude, and Mary Ann living with the Gottfried Heimann family, who would later become in-laws through Helene's marriage with Gottfried's son August Heimann.

In the 1860 census, the family consists of John, Mary, twins John and Adam, Nicholas, Gertrude and Jacob.

John died in 1869 and was buried on the land he had farmed for over twenty years. His descendants still live in Gillespie County.
John (Johannes) Klein was born in Germany, where he married Anna Maria Spritzhorn. The family sailed from Germany to America in 1845 as evidenced from the below:

Brig Herschel, Captain Gambke
Sailed from Bremen, Aug 15, 1845
Arrived at Galveston, Oct 22, 1845
Source: Pioneers in God's Hills Vol 1 pg 240 Copyright@1960 Library of Congress Card No. 83-082580

Klein, Johannes
, Anna Maria nee Spritzhorn
, Christian
, Johann
, Adam
, Maria Gertrude

John and his family settled on the Pedernales River in Gillespie County. The 1850 US Federal census lists family members John, "Mary Ann", Christian and twins John and Adam. In the next household on the census, the Klein family continues with John Adam, Helene (Helen) Ellen, (Maria) Gertrude, and Mary Ann living with the Gottfried Heimann family, who would later become in-laws through Helene's marriage with Gottfried's son August Heimann.

In the 1860 census, the family consists of John, Mary, twins John and Adam, Nicholas, Gertrude and Jacob.

John died in 1869 and was buried on the land he had farmed for over twenty years. His descendants still live in Gillespie County.


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