Welcome to The KLEIN Family Centre, created so people interested in the history and genealogy of the Klein surname (and variant spellings such as Cline and Kline) can share information, ask questions, or contribute information to the master database of Klein ancestors.

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Researcher	The part of the Klein family they are researching
Bernie Cline      The Klein  Family Centre	Johann Friedrich KLEIN b. Germany .Gottlob KLEIN b. 1807 Rohracker WUE d. 1850 Rohracker WUE ..Gottlob Friedrich KLEIN b. 1837 Rohracker WUE arrived in Australia 1861 ...Ernest KLEIN/CLINE b. 1881 Echuca VIC Surname changed 1917 ....James Ernest KLEIN/CLINE b. 1915 Echuca VIC Surname changed 1917   I am also researching the following surnames:  Klein,  Funck,  Kaiser,  Steinle,  Studi,  Sandoz,  Phyland,  Hanlon,  McCoy,  Mullane,  Arnold,  Roidian,  Liddy,  Halley,  Foster,  Scott,  Adams,  Tyndall,  Shore,  Mulcahy,  Byrns,  Mulholland,  Whitehead,  Callanan,  Ryan,  Ludeman,  Von Oven,  Koch,  Rudolph,  Murphy,  McGuiness,  Stewart,  Conway,  Italia.
Judy O'Donoghue	Charles KLEIN arrived in Reiherstieg 1852 married Elizabeth SIEGMAYER
Penny	Isabella CLINE married James H SMITH 01/02/1842 in Talbot District, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
Fred Scott         www.fredscott.net	Johann KLEIN, arrived NSW July 1849 "Parland" with wife Margaret. Balthaser KLEIN, arrived March 1855 "Cateau Wattell" with wife Cornelia Charlotte GEISLER (or GEISSLON) settled in Maitland NSW. Surname changed to KLINE.
Debbie Klein       &    Anita	Johann Klein and Catherina Barbara Gundel, married 1809, 2 sons Johann Martin Klein b.1821 WUE, married Eva Marie Klein Nov 1852 George Klein married Christanna Linderburg.
Paul Klein	Herrmann Klein b:1882 d: 25/01/1947 England. Two children: Albert Walter Klein and Elsie Florence Lousie Klein Lived at Rondette, Broomhill Crescent, Oakdale, Poole, Dorset, England.
Graham Farrell	I am trying to trace the family of the brother of Franz Klein. Franz Klein left Lorch on the Rhine circa 1855. Franz Klein was in the Prussian army before migrating to Ipswich, Australia.
Jeanette Egan	Gustav KLEIN b. 16 May 1833 PRUS (son of Carl Ludwig KLEIN & Catherina) d. 1927 NSW m. Ellen WADE 1862 VIC b. 1836 IRE d. 1867 VIC