Descendants of Kneisel October 22, 2006 Generation No. 1 1. KNEISEL1 was born Abt. 1880 in __________, Germany, and died Bef. 1930 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He married EMMA KOTH (Source: 1930 Census.) Abt. 1906 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Notes for EMMA KOTH: On March 1, 1945 Mrs. Emma Kneisel 65 of 4111 Haverhill was Struck down by a car and taken to Bon Secours Hospital for Observation - The Grosse Pointe News. More About EMMA KOTH: Census: 1930, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, Ward 21, ED 818, page 9b, line 9 - age 48 - widow Immigration: August 04, 1900, From Hamburg, Germany to New York, ship Graf Waldersee, destination 184 Helen Ave., Detroit, Michigan - age 22 (Source: Ship passenger list - US Immigration - Ellis Island - Internet.) Child of KNEISEL and EMMA KOTH is: 2. i. ALEXANDER BALENTINE2 KNEISEL, b. November 21, 1907, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; d. July 27, 1980, Ventura, Ventura County, California 93003. Generation No. 2 2. ALEXANDER BALENTINE2 KNEISEL (KNEISEL1) was born November 21, 1907 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan (Source: Social Security Administration.), and died July 27, 1980 in Ventura, Ventura County, California 93003 (Source: (1) Social Security Administration., (2) California Deaths, 1940-97 on the Internet.). He married ADAMAE VIOLET STEINBRECHER Abt. 1933 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, daughter of JOHN STEINBRECHER and ADA ELDRED. More About ALEXANDER BALENTINE KNEISEL: A. K. A.: Al Kneisel Census: 1930, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, Ward 21, ED 818, page 9b, line 10 - age 22 Social Security Number: Bef. 1951, 377-09-4446 issued in Michigan (Source: Social Security Administration.) More About ADAMAE VIOLET STEINBRECHER: Census 1: 1910, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, Ward 12, ED 176, page 5a, line 45, age 1 11/12 Census 2: 1920, Detroit, Ward 12, ED 350, page 4b, line 58 (Source: 1920 Census.) Residence: Bet. 1910 - 1920, 241 23rd. Street, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan (Source: 1920 Census.) Social Security Number: Bef. 1951, 559-18-6078 issued in California (Source: Social Security Administration.) Marriage Notes for ALEXANDER KNEISEL and ADAMAE STEINBRECHER: Ada Mae Steinbrecher was affectionately called Babe and she married Kneisel. They were married before the Depression and he lost his job. They were in pretty bad financial state and Robert and his sister Gerry Wilkins used to take food to them. He answered an ad about truck drivers needed in Saudi Arabia, so he took the job, going back and forth for about 5 yrs. They moved to Pasdena and were there in Jan 1953 when the Wilkins visited them. They lived at 241 S. Oakland #8. They had one son, Edward who was killed in an auto crash. Per: Colleen Wilkins. Child of ALEXANDER KNEISEL and ADAMAE STEINBRECHER is: i. EDWARD3 KNEISEL, b. Abt. 1933, __________, California; d. 1952, an auto crash in ________, Germany.