30 Dec 2009

Kleinwort Selected Documents

Bürgher (Citizen) Application

Hamburg Bürgher Registry, Hamburg, Germany

Staatsangehörigkeitsaufsicht A I f, 37, No.536.
[original text in German]

Registry of citizens

1. Name and Age: Reimer Kleinwort, 26 ¾ years old
2. Birthplace: Altona and 2 years here [Hamburg for two years]
3. Where does he live?: Pickhuben No. 2
4. Who was his master and employer until now, and how did he make a living?: He said he works with butcher Eckarts as assistant
5. Why did he leave his birthplace?: to work in Hamburg
6. How does he want to make a living as a citizen of Hamburg? As a butcher in the New Schrangen [market]
7. If and how long he is married and if he has children, or:
8. He is not married, however he will be? He is not married, but would like to marry
9. If he would be able to feed a family with his occupation? He hopes so

Actum 18th July, 1827

Baptism

Hamburg Lutheran Church Records, Hamburg, Germany

Baptism Register of St. Catherinen Church, 1846, p.428.
[original text in German]

Child of Reimer Kleinwort and Johanna Wilhelmina Eckert
Elise Henriette, born September 11, 1846 (at 10 o'clock a.m.)
Christening: September 22, 1846
Godfathers and –mothers
1. Jfr. Elise Kleinwort
2. Jfr. Johanna Maria Kleinwort
3. Johann Casper Eckert

Emigration Applications

Hamburg Emigration Applications, Hamburg, Germany

No.501, 1867
[original text in German]

No.705, 1868
[original text in German, translated by Ann C. Sherwin]

Name:	Miss Elise Henriette Kleinwort
Occupation:	daughter of
Birthplace:	Hamburg
Age:	22 years
Stature:	normal
Hair:	brown
Eyebrows:	brown
Beard:	brown
Nose:	ordinary
Mouth:	ordinary
Chin:	ordinary
Face:	round
Complexion:	healthy
Special Characteristics:	none Schlachter Straße No. 52
Signature of Traveler:
Surety:	I hereby certify through my personal signature that the above information is grounded in fact, and furthermore I stand surety as principal debtor for any inconvenience or disadvantage that could arise from the issue of the requested passport.
Signature of Guarantor:	G. Bernhard
Address of Guarantor:	Schlachter Straße No. 52
Additional Evidence:	To New York
	Hamburg, 29 Aug 1868 12 [months?]

Emigration

Hamburg Ships Passenger Embarkation Lists, Hamburg, Germany.

373-7 Office of Emigration I, VIII B 1, Vol.21, p.615
Steamer 'Teutonia' under Captain Bardua, from Hamburg to New York, 15 Jun 1867
[original text in German]

Bertha Kleinwort, aged 23, single, cabin passenger.

373-7 Office of Emigration I, VIII B 1, Vol.22, p.915
Steamer 'Westphalia' under Captain Trautmann, from Hamburg to New York, 16 Sep 1868
[original text in German]

Elise Kleinwort, aged 22, single, cabin passenger.

Immigration

Immigrant Ships Passenger Arrival Lists, NARA.

Steamer "Westphalia" from Hamburg to New York, arrived 28 Sep 1868
p.14

Elise Kleinwort, age 22, female, unmarried, from Germany, destination U.S., cabin passenger

Alien Enemies Registration

Alien Enemies and Families Registration, U.S. Marshal, 1917-1918.

Atchison, KS, Mrs. Elizabeth Flachsbarth.

I, {Mrs. Elizabeth Flachsbarth}, hereby register as an alien female required to register under the President's proclamation dated April 19, 1918, at {Post Office} and make the following statements and answers under oath:
1. Name {Mrs. Elizabeth Flachsbarth [in wrong blank]} Maiden name {Elizabeth Kleinwort}
All other names at any time used, including all former married names:

2. Present residence {Rural Route #4 Atchison Kansas}
If different from home address, state home address also {none}

3. Length of residence at the foregoing place {Mar 1st 1905}

4. All other places of residence since January 1, 1914 {none}

5. Born in {Hamburg Germany}, on {Sept 11th 1846}

6. State particulars as to family, as follows:
a. Single? {Yes} b. Now married? {No}
c. Name, residence, and citizenship of present husband {dead}
d. Widow? {Yes} e. If yes, give name and citizenship of late husband {Germany}
f. If not living with present husband, state whether or not judicial separation has been obtained {No}
g. If yes, state when and where
h. Divorced? {No} i. If yes, state when and where, and state name, residence if living, and citizenship of each former husband
j. Names of all children:
Name {Mrs. Mary Burns} By which marriage? {Married} Sex {Female} Date of birth {Mar 3rd 1870} Residence {Kansas City MO}
Name {Michel Henninger} By which marriage? {Married} Sex {Male} Date of birth {Oct 23rd 1874} Residence {Denver Colo}
Name {Fred[?smudged] Henninger} By which marriage? {Single} Sex {Male} Date of birth {Oct 4th 1876} Residence {RR #5 Atchison Kansas}
Name {Elizabeth Boyle} By which marriage? {Married} Sex {Female} Date of birth {Nov 26th 1880} Residence {Kansas City MO}
Name {Mrs. Retha[?] Brox} By which marriage? {Married} Sex {Female} Date of birth {Oct 12th 1882} Residence {RR #4 Atchison Kansas}
Name {Mrs. Emma Handke} By which marriage? {Married} Sex {Female} Date of birth {Oct 14th 1884} Residence {RR #5 Atchison Kansas}
Name {William Flachsbarth} By which marriage? {Married} Sex {Male} Date of birth {August 18th 1886} Residence {Bendinna Kansas}
Name {Henry Flachsbarth} By which marriage? {Married} Sex {Male} Date of birth {July 17th 1888} Residence {Severance Kansas}
Name {Mrs. Wilhelmina Berlin} By which marriage? {Married} Sex {Female} Date of birth {May 14th 1891} Residence {St. Joseph MO}
k. Name of father {Reimer Kleinwort} Living? {No}
Place of father's birth {Hamburg Germany} Citizenship of father {German}
Residence of father, if living {dead}
l. Name of maiden name of mother {Wilhelmine Eckert} Living? {No}
Place of mother's birth {Hamburg Germany} Citizenship of mother {German}
Residence of mother, if living {dead}
m. All brothers and sisters:
Name {Louis Kleinwort} Brother or sister {Brother} Date of birth {don't remember} Residence {dead}
Name {Mrs. Marie Bernhard} Brother or sister {Sister} Date of birth {don't remember} Residence {dead}
Name {Mrs. Emma Haseke} Brother or sister {Sister} Date of birth {don't remember} Residence {dead}
Name {Wilhelmine Kleinwort} Brother or sister {Sister} Date of birth {April 25th 1836} Residence {don't know}
Name {Mrs. Bertha Roth} Brother or sister {Sister} Date of birth {Oct 26th 1844} Residence {dead}
n. State whether you have now or have had any relative in arms for or against the United States and its allies during the present war: {don't know}

7. Occupations:
a. If employed since January 1, 1914, state
Name of place {Living with daughter on RR #4 Atchison Kansas} Date {[blank]} Occupation {[blank]} Name of employer {[blank]}
b. If not empoyed, but in business or other occupation for self, state name of place, date, and occupation {None}

8. I arrived in the United States {Sept 26th 1868}. at the port of {New York} on ship {Westphalia}, and applied for entry under the name of {Mrs. Elizabeth Kleinwort}

9. Have you ever been engaged in any governmental service? {No}

10. Have you, since January 1, 1914, reported to or registered with a consul or representative of any country other than the United States for Government service of any kind (military, naval, or other service), or for any other purpose? {No}

11. Have you ever applied for naturalization in or taken out first papers of naturalization in the United States? {No}

12. Have you ever been naturalized, partly or wholly, in any country other than the United States? {No}

13. Has your present husband ever applied for naturalization in or taken out first papers of naturalization in the United States? {No}

14. Have your present husband ever been naturalized, partly or wholly, in any country other than the United States? {No}

15. Have you ever taken an oath of allegiance to any country, State, or nation other than the United States? {No}

16. Have you ever been arrested or detained on any charge? {[Left blank]} Are you on parole? {No}

17. Have you a permit to enter forbidden areas? {No}

18. Languages: Spoken {German and English} Written {German and English} Read {German and English}

I solemnly swear that all the above statements and answers by me made are true. {Elizabeth Flachsbarth M.B. [her signature]} Sworn to before me this {19th day of June, 1918} at {Atchison Kansas}
{Louis C. Orr} (Registration officer.) {Postmaster} (Official title, police, or post office or other title.)

Obituary

Newspaper clipping
20 Feb 1932

A STROKE PROVES FATAL TO MRS. ELIZABETH FLACHSBARTH

Mrs. Elizabeth Kleinworth Flachsbarth, 85, widow of the late William Flachsbarth, Atchison county farmer, died at 11 o'clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. H. Boyle, in Kansas City, following a stroke of paralysis, which she suffered early yesterday morning.
Definite funeral arrangements had not been made this afternoon. Stanton & Stanton are in charge.
Mrs. Flachsbarth was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1846, but came to Atchison county to make her home when a young girl. She was married to Michael Henniger in 1870, and following Mr. Henninger's death was married to the late William Flachsbarth in 1880. Mr. Flachsbarth died 29 years ago.
Mrs. Flachsbarth is survived by the following children: Michael Henninger, Denver; Fred Henninger, Atchison Mrs. L. H. Boyle and Mrs. J. H. Berlin, Kansas City; Mrs. Frank Brox and Mrs. Conrad Handke, both of Atchison; William Flachsbarth, Bendena; and Henry Flachsbarth, Shubert, Neb. Seventeen grandchildren and four great grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Flachsbarth was a life long member of the Lutheran church.