| Family |
Catherina Sophia Hoefer, b. 5 Apr 1829, Lippe-Detmold, Germany  d. 2 Jul 1901, Freeport (Florence Station), Illinois (Age 72 years) |
| Marriage |
Nov 1850 |
Langenholzhausen, (principality of Lippe), Germany |
| Notes |
- According to notes compiled by Blythe V. V. Poage Kaiser, in 1966:
"The Christof Kaiser family came from Lippe-Detmold, Germany in the year 1855. They came to Galena, Illinois probably up the Mississippi River from New Orleans as their point of entry.
Lippe-Detmold is in Germany, north and west of center about 50 miles from the Belgian line. Now simply called Lippe with a good sized town in it called Detmold. This is a rather lower and smoother section of Germany."
According to the "Kaiser Chronicles, 1982" : Arrival to the U.S.A. is May, 1856. In Feb. 1856, as required by law, they filed an 'Intent to Emigrate,' which ws published in the local newspaper. In March, 1857, record of the baprism of their son, August (born Dec. 1856) at St. John's Church, Freeport, IL. Two of Christoph Kaiser's younger brothers had already settled in the early 1850's in Freeport, IL.
The 1860 Census lists both Christoph Kaiser and his brother, Fred, as teamsters, living in Freeport's Third Ward. About 1864, Christoph purchased farmland south of Freeport in Florence Township, Stephenson County, Illinois. The family prospered on the new farm. The 1870 Agricultural Census credits Christoph Kaiser with 230 acres of land, 12 horses, 10 milch cows, 14 sheep, 17 swine, and 20 "other cattle." They raised wheat, corn, oats, barely, hay, and potatoes.
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| Children |
| | 1. Friedrich August Christian Kaiser, b. 17 Dec 1851, Langenholzhausen, Lippe, Germany d. 15 Dec 1915, Freeport, Illinois (Age 63 years) |
| | 2. August Kaiser, b. 23 Dec 1856, Freeport (Florence Station), Illinois d. 12 Jan 1906, Freeport (Florence Station), Illinois (Age 49 years) |
| + | 3. William Frederick Kaiser, b. 19 Apr 1858, Freeport, Illinois d. Feb 1936, Sutherland, Iowa (Age 77 years) |
| + | 4. Henry (Heinrick) Ernest Kaiser, b. 4 Jun 1859, Florence Station (Freeport), Illinois d. 17 May 1947, San Francisco, California (Age 87 years) |
| | 5. Sophia Kaiser, b. 1 Dec 1861, Freeport, Illinois d. Jun 1896 (Age 34 years) |
| + | 6. Wilhelmina Kaiser, b. 14 Oct 1865, Florence, Illinois d. 1946, Forreston, Illinois (Age 80 years) |
| | 7. Helen Kaiser, b. 1 Apr 1867, Florence, Illinois d. 28 May 1892 (Age 25 years) |
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| Family ID |
F132 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1819 - 1893 (73 years)