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Johannes "John" Kieler (1800-1882)
Barbara (Kieler) Uthe (1836-1917)
Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher (1865-1897)
Anna (Schumacher) Gerken (1895-1967)
Joan (Gerken) Larson (1926-1994)
Thomas Larson (1962-)
Researched and written by
Tom Larson
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| This portion of the Gerken · Larson family history concentrates on the Kieler · Uthe · Schumacher heritage of our family history in the Tri-State area where Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa meet on the Mississippi River, with our families living in the locales of Kieler, Dickeyville, and Potosi in Wisconsin, East Dubuque, Illinois, and Dubuque, Iowa, and, as time went on, to many points beyond. Although the information is centered on my direct lineage as appears to the right above, it also includes related branches of the family. T.L. |
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Johannes "John" Kieler (1800-1882)
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John Kieler and his wife Katharina née Hupe (1805-1888) came from Germany to America in 1855 with their youngest children, and settled in Jamestown Township in Grant County, Wisconsin. John Kieler was a stone mason by trade, but the Kielers mainly farmed after their arrival in the United States.
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Johannes "John" and Katharina (Hupe) Kieler are Tom's great-great-great-grandparents.
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Barbara (Kieler) Uthe's brothers and sisters
the other children of John and Catharine (Hupe) Kieler
- Gertrude (Kieler) Richter (1830-ca.1862) - Gertrude Kieler married John Richter (1830-1916) in Germany, and they came to America circa 1852, settling in Jamestown Township, Grant County, Wisconsin. Gertrude died there, leaving five children, and John Richter then married Elizabeth Neid (1838-1912), and the family moved to Potosi, Wisconsin, where they farmed.
- Dorothea (Kieler) Richard Klaus (1832-1904) - Dorothea Kieler married Joseph Richard (ca.1885-1864), and they came to America from Germany, settling first in Jamestown Township but then moving to Paris Township in Grant County, Wisconsin, where they farmed. After Joseph Richard died, Dorothea married Joseph Klaus (ca. 1832-after 1880).
- Lawrence Kieler (1837-1920) - Lawrence Kieler married Elizabeth Collogan (1844-1922) in Grant County, Wisconsin, between 1860 and 1864. They farmed there until 1889, when they moved their family Greene County, Iowa, at Grand Junction, where they farmed in Dawson Township.
| Children of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Colligan) Kieler |
John P. Kieler
Rosa (Kieler) Lenstra
Mary Louisa (Kieler) Williams
Thomas Albert Kieler
Joseph M. Kieler
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Frank W. Kieler
Dora (Kieler) Flanagan
Barbara E. (Kieler) Shaugnessy
George R. Kieler
Henry Benjamin Kieler
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- Frank Kieler (1840-1914) - Frank Kieler married Margareth Koethe (1852-1929), and they lived in Jamestown Township in Grant County, Wisconsin.
- George Kieler (1845-1931) - George Kieler married Dorothea Montag (1849-1927), and they lived in Jamestown Township in Grant County, Wisconsin, and the village of Kieler received the family name when George established the first post office there.
| Children of George and Dorothea (Montag) Kieler |
Catherine M. (Kieler) Brandt
William George Kieler
Henry John Kieler
Lawrence Kieler
Charles F. Kieler
Maria Kieler
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Anna "Louisa" (Kieler) Manemann
Arthur I. Kieler
Margareth Kieler
Agatha E. (Kieler) Averkamp
Mathilda Kieler
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- Louisa (Kieler) Schumacher (1847-1938) - Louisa Kieler married Henry Schumacher (1844-1915), and they lived at East Dubuque, Illinois, where Henry, a Civil War veteran, was engaged in the lumber business, then the livery business, and finally a grocery.
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Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher (1865-1897)
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Mathilda Uthe was born to Frank and Barbara (Kieler) Uthe at Dickeyville, Iowa. In 1884 Mathilda Uthe married George Schumacher (1859-1925). George Schumacher was born in October 1859 in New York State to Martin and Theresa (Schumacher) Schumacher. George and Mathilda Schumacher lived at East Dubuque, Illinois, where George was engaged in the lumber business (for a time with his brother Henry Schumacher, who was married to Mathilda's aunt Louisa née Kieler). After Mathilda died, George Schumacher married Catherine Fuerstenberg (1866-after 1925), and George and Catherine moved their family across the Mississippi River to Dubuque, Iowa.
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George and Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher are Tom's great-grandparents.
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Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher's brothers and sisters
the other children of Frank and Barbara (Kieler) Uthe
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Anna (Schumacher) Gerken (1895-1967)
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Anna Schumacher was born to George and Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher in East Dubuque, Illinois. Anna Schumacher married Ewald Gerken (1895-1956) in 1919 at Dubuque, Iowa. Ewald Gerken was born in New Vienna, Iowa, to Henry and Anna (Winter) Gerken. The Gerkens lived at Dubuque, where Ewald worked at Morrison Brothers, where Anna's brother Frank Schumacher was general superintendent. Ewald later worked at John Deere in Dubuque, where he was a foreman in the pattern-making department. Ewald and Anna were members of Holy Ghost Church in Dubuque. Ewald Gerken died in 1956, Anna Gerken died in 1967, and they were buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Dubuque.
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Ewald and Anna (Schumacher) Gerken are Tom's grandparents.
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Anna (Schumacher) Gerken's brothers and sisters
the other children of George and Mathilda (Uthe) Schumacher
- Frank Schumacher (1888-1945) - Frank Schumacher married Myrtle Binhoff (1890-1946), and they lived at Dubuque, Iowa, where Frank was secretary-treasurer and general superintendent at Morrison Brothers.
| Children of Frank and Myrtle (Binhoff) Schumacher |
Edith (Schumacher) Heim
Ethel (Schumacher) Patterson Lake
George B. Schumacher
Warren C. Schumacher
Frank J. Schumacher
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Marcella I. (Schumacher) Luedtke
John R. Schumacher
Raymond C. Schumacher
Robert W. "Bob" Schumacher
Mary E. (Schumacher) Franklin
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- John G. Schumacher (1888-1942) - John "Jack" G. Schumacher married Mayme M. Wilhelm (1904-1998). They lived at Dubuque, Iowa, where Jack worked at Morrison Brothers. From 1910 to 1926, Jack had served in the U.S. Navy, on the U.S.S. Utah.
| Children of John and Mayme (Wilhelm) Schumacher |
Anna Mae (Schumacher) Lewis
Rose M. (Schumacher) Pixler
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June L. (Schumacher) Herzberg
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- Joseph H. Schumacher (1890-1969) - Joseph "Joe" H. Schumacher married Irma L. Gerken (1891-1954). During the first years of their marriage, they lived at Adrian, Minnesota; then they resided at Dubuque, Iowa, where Joe worked at Morrison Brothers.
| Children of Joseph and Irma (Gerken) Schumacher |
Sylveria "Sally" (Schumacher) Hird Pauly
Walter G. Schumacher
Erwin A. Schumacher
Joseph H. Schumacher
Marian (Schumacher) Glover Frederick
Doris (Schumacher) Conry Hanten
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Charles E. Schumacher
Francis H. Schumacher
Joyce Schumacher (Sister M. Irma)
David A. Schumacher
Louis J. Schumacher
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- Louise (Schumacher) Brazee (1892-1942) - Louise Schumacher married Charles Brazee (?-?). They resided at Los Angeles, California.
| Child of Charles and Louise (Schumacher) Brazee |
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Dorothy Brazee
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the children of George and Catherine (Fuerstenberg) Schumacher
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Kieler, Wisconsin
- Immaculate Conception Parish, Kieler, Wisconsin: Centennial and Dedication of New School
1957, from a 1957 publication, includes "History of the Parish at Kieler," with photographs; "Clergy of the Immaculate Conception"; "Daughters of Parish in Religious Life"; and additional selected photographs of the church and village.
- Founder of Kieler Gave It Name, from a June 23, 1929, article in the
Telegraph-Herald and Times Journal, newspaper of Dubuque, Iowa, with corrections.
- Immaculate Conception Church Cemetery, Kieler, Wisconsin - contains gravestone information for the selected surnames of Alt, Digman, Kieler, Kunkel, Lange, Manemann, Miller, Montag, Runde, Schumacher, Timmerman, Uthe, Weber, and Wiederholt; also Klaas and Richard.
- Holy Ghost Church Cemetery, Dickeyville, Wisconsin - readings of gravestones.
Haverhill, Marshall County, Iowa; NW JoDaviess County, IL;
SW Grant County, WI; Wabasha, MN & Emsland, Hanover, Germany
The information contained on Dave Halm's World Connect webpages (offsite link) at Rootsweb.com includes families from the areas of Menominee, East Dubuque, Vinegar Hill, and Galena in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, and Hazel Green, Sinsinawa, Cuba City, Kieler, and Dickeyville in Grant County, Wisconsin. Included are the descendants of Johannes and Katharina Kieler (offsite link) and of Frank and Barbara Uthe (offsite link).
The Gentner Genealogy Web Site
Don Gentner's genealogy web site (offsite link) includes the Schumacher family and several related branches of the family tree. Don has amassed a wealth of information concerning the Schumachers and other relations and traces the families through several generations, from Germany to the United States.
Selected webpages at The Gentner Genealogy Web Site:
- Martin Schuhmacher (1819-1900) (offsite link) - Martin Schumacher was Henry and George Schumacher's father. (Henry Schumacher had married Louisa Kieler, while his brother George had married Mathilda Uthe, Louisa's niece.) From this starting point, follow the links to discover earlier generations of Schumachers and many other relations. Martin Schumacher brought his family from Germany in 1853 and settled in western New York state.
- Wiesental, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(offsite link) - The Schumacher ancestral village.
- The Wiesental - Springville Connection
(offsite link) - includes many Schumachers and relations, who emigrated from Wiesental, Baden, to the area around Springville, N.Y.
Search the Gerken · Larson Heritage website!
[All the webpages of The Kieler · Uthe · Schumacher Heritage are included in this search.]
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