Kiefer, Adelheid

Other Events:

• Immigration: Abt 1856, Scott County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
The family name also appears in records as Kieffer or Kuefer.

Immigration:
Adelheid would have been about 11 or 12 years old at the time. According to family tradition, one of her infant siblings died of cholera during the voyage of emigration. In order to avoid a burial at sea, the mother hid the child's body in a trunk until the family reached land. The Kiefers landed in New Orleans and traveled up the Mississippi River to Commerce, Missouri. Shortly thereafter, Adelheid's mother also died of cholera, and was buried in New Hamburg, Missouri. The family eventually settled on a farm between New Hamburg and Oran.

Adelheid married Kolde, Johann Heinrich 28 Oct 1865. Johann was born 12 Sep 1837, Germany; died 19 Mar 1916, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; was buried 21 Mar 1916, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Kolde, Henry F. was born 20 May 1866; died 25 Jan 1952.
2. Kolde, Katherine Barbara was born 15 Feb 1868; died 17 Apr 1958.
3. Kolde, William John was born 25 Feb 1870; died 24 Mar 1935.
4. Kolde, Margaret was born 16 Jul 1872; died 25 Jan 1967.
5. Kolde, John was born 28 Nov 1874; died Nov 1941.
6. Kolde, Barbara was born 22 Mar 1877; died 1883.
7. Kolde, Josephine was born 16 Jun 1879; died 1883; was buried 1883, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
8. Kolde, Elizabeth was born 16 Apr 1881; died 1 Aug 1942.
9. Kolde, Joseph was born 6 Nov 1883; died 1884; was buried , St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
10. Kolde, Adelheide was born 14 Feb 1888; died 26 Jun 1977.
11. Kolde, Edward Herman was born 4 Apr 1890; died 23 Aug 1967.

Other Events:

• Immigration: Abt 1856, Scott County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Immigration:
Family history recounts that one of Joseph and Barbara (Klaus) Kiefer's infant children died of cholera during the voyage of emigration. Barbara, desiring to bury her baby on land, hid the corpse in a trunk until the family arrived in the USA. The Kiefers landed in New Orleans and traveled up the Mississippi River to Commerce, Missouri. Shortly thereafter, Barbara also died of cholera, and was buried in New Hamburg, Missouri. The family eventually settled on a farm between New Hamburg and Oran.

Joseph married Klaus, Barbara Germany. Barbara was born Abt 1824, Germany; died Abt 1856, Scott County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: Abt 1856, Scott County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Immigration:
Family history recounts that one of Joseph and Barbara (Klaus) Kiefer's infant children died of cholera during the voyage of emigration. Barbara, desiring to bury her baby on land, hid the corpse in a trunk until the family arrived in the USA. The Kiefers landed in New Orleans and traveled up the Mississippi River to Commerce, Missouri. Shortly thereafter, Barbara also died of cholera, and was buried in New Hamburg, Missouri. The family eventually settled on a farm between New Hamburg and Oran.

Died:
Barbara died of cholera at the age of 32 in 1856, shortly after her family had completed their voyage from Germany and had traveled up the Mississippi River to Commerce, Missouri.