John George Kleyter was born around 1836 in Germany. He came to the United States in 1860 or 61 and settled in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. On November 3, 1866, he married Louisa Ursula Charlotta Kayser in Madison. She was the daughter of Theodor and Johanna Francixs Fischer Kayser. Louisa was born in 1838 in Frechen, Germany and came to the United States with her parents in 1856.
John died September 9, 1872
at age 36 of "hardening of the liver" which was found at his autopsy.
He received a pension following the Civil War because of his condition.
His capture by the Confederate forces and treatment during the time he
was a prisoner was a factor in his illness. He and Louisa had two
daughters.
After John's death, Louisa married his brother Henry John Kleyter in Madison on December 20, 1875. They were the sons of George and Madgalena Steinbrenner Kleyter. The name is sometimes spelled Kleider or Kleiter and once was found as Clyder. Records show that Henry was born in Wurtemberg, Germany on May 26,1839 and came to America and Madison in 1869. He and Louisa had five daughters.
Louisa died October 21, 1887 at age 48 in Madison. Sometime following her death, Henry and the daughters moved to Storm Lake, Iowa. His obituary states that he ran a saloon after he moved to Storm Lake in 1892. After all the girls left home, he eventually moved to Kankankee, Illinois and made his home with the youngest daughter Marie. He was living with her family at the time of his death on Thursday, December 4, 1913, aged 74 years. John, Louisa and Henry are all buried in Calvary Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin.
The two daughters of Louisa and John were:
1) Johanna Francisca "Jennie" was born August 15, 1869 in Madison, Wisconsin. Her baptismal certificate shows her name as Mary Johanna Frances Kleiter and her sponsors as Anthony and Johanna Kayser. Her father's Civil War pension records show her name as Mary J. She married on June 13, 1894 in Waterloo, Iowa to Henry William Salz, who was born July 8, 1853, at Cologne, Germany. They had four sons:
a) Herman Joseph, b. March 13, 1896 in Waterloo, Iowa, d. July 14, 1974 at Woodward, Oklahoma.
b) George Andrew, b. April 23, 1897 in Waterloo, d. May 26, 1976 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
c) Paul Henry, b. September 16, 1898 in Waterloo, Iowa, d. December 5, 1980 in Woodward, Oklahoma.
d) Joseph John, b. November 27, 1903 in Munday, Rhineland, Texas d. March 10, 1967 in Woodward, Oklahoma.
Jennie d. May 12, 1956. Henry d. May 15, 1927. They both are buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Woodward, Oklahoma.
2) Juliana M., b. December 19, 1871 in Madison. d. October 3, 1948 at Lafayette, Indiana. She married 1) John Mallaney of Marion, Indiana and after his death, 2) Samuel C. Moore, b. November 2, 1849 in Lexington, VA. He was the son of William and Anna Wheat Moore. They were married on December 3, 1914. Samuel died at Lafayete and is buried in St. Boniface Cemetery there. No children were born to either marriage. Civil War records give her name as Anna Julia.
Following John's death in 1872 and Louisa's marriage to Henry in 1875, these children were born:
1) Clara Marie, b. November
13, 1877 in Madison, d. March 20, 1949 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She married
February 6, 1899 to Frank Kaufman. One son: Harold Francis, b. January
30, 1900. He married Pearl Goff in 1923.
1) Jack b. 1926
a. Daughter
Linda
2) Marjorie b. April
30, 1929 m. Roy Clough
a. Candy
b. Kelly
c. Kari
2) Matilda Josephine (Tillie)
b. January 15, 1879 in Storm Lake, Iowa. (Her daughter lists 1880
as year of her birth). She married January 8, 1900 to Sebastian Bosty
"Bud" Kaufman. She d. January 29, 1960 and Bud on December 22, 1969,
aged 94 years, 7 months. Their children:
1) Madeline m. Lars
Holm
2) Louisa m.
3) Ellen b. March
1905 m. ___________ McCarthy
1. Leota
4) Helen b. March
1905 m. __________ Kirkwood
a.
Billy m. Arline __________
1. son
d. January 7, 1958 aged 7 weeks w/ heart ailment
2.
________ b. May 11, 1959
Tillie is buried in Storm Lake Cemetery.
3) Louisa Pauline b.
April 19, 1880 d. February 27, 1978 age 97. She married George Hills,
d. 1944 age 72. They lived in Woodward for a short time when their
children were small. They had 3 daughters:
1) Fleta Pauline
b 1901, married Jack Hilgert (deceased before 1981)
a. Robert
George b. June 4, 1930 m. Rita _______
1. John
2. Pamela
3. Lori
They farmed
the home place in Bird Island, Minn of 400 acres
b. Betty
Lou b. December 11, 1926 m. Boy Syverson
1. Dean
2. Karen
m. ______ Coy
(Dean & Karen were 11 & 9 in 1962)
a. Melissa
b. Caleb
c. Lynn
2) Gwendolyn Clare
b. June 18, 1905, married Edward Arlt. She lives in Peoria, Ariz
in Feb. 1981. They had several children:
a. Bob
b. Arlene
c. Mary Anne
d. Carole
e. Gordon
f. Madelon
g. Gwendolyn
- deceased
h. Jimmy -
deceased
3) Madelon Louise
b. October 13, 1909. She married Wm. Donohue. She lives in
St. Cloud, Minn in Feb. 1981. They had all sons:
a. Wm. D.
Married has 5 children
b. Howard
Married has 3 children. He was 27 in 1962.
c. Mike
Married has 1 child
d. Pat
e. Peter
4) Magdalena Katherina (Lena) b. May 1, 1882, married June 15, 1904 to Frank Hughes, b. May 2, 1877 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the son of Frank L. and Florine Hughes. He died June 24, 1954, just a few days following their 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration. Lena died August 12, 1969 in Storm Lake, Iowa. Their children:
1) Florence
b. June 2, 1905, married June 26, 1929, to Samuel L. McConkey. They
celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on June 24, 1979, in Storm Lake.
Their children:
a. Ronald
- 4 children Pamela
Timothy
b. Forene m.
Russell Watts
two boys
c. Norma Jean
m. Norman Maynard
three girls
d. Duane
three girls
2) Kenneth b.
March 5, 1909 married 1) Maida (Mae)
a. Ann
b. Kenneth,
Jr.
married 2) Verena
a. Ivan
b. Dawn
Lena is buried in Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery in Storm Lake, Iowa.
5) Marie Wilhelmia,
b. September 14, 1883, d. January 31, 1981 in Anaheim, California.
Married William Schlenz. She is buried in Kankankee, Illinois.
Children:
a. Viola Dorothy
b. July 1908 m. Harold Edward "Hal" Withey.
He d.
10-21-81.
1. Valorie
b. January 10, 1941, married December 2, 1961 to Eldon Lee Crouch.
Marriage ended in divorce.
a.
Cathy Marie b. January 22, 1963
b. Richard
Lee, b. December 28, 1965
c. Cynthia
Ann, b. c. 1966
d. James
Edward, b. c. 1967
2. Hal,
Jr. b. 1945, m. Cynthia Lane Wilt
a.
Laura Marie, b. August 3, 1973
b. Brian
b. October 3, 1976
b. Robert
Henry b. December 20, 1911 d. February 3, 1979 in Arizona married Margaret
"Pearl" White daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Phillip W. White on September
12, 1939.
1. & 2.
Twin Sons:
Joseph
b. October 24, 1940
Thomas
b. October 24, 1940
Tom m. Judith
Ann Speight on June 26, ___ in Kankankee.
Joe is also
married. Both have 2 children.
3. Diane "Penny"
b. _____________ m. R.E. Hall who died July
1976.
a.
Jeff b. late 1975 (was 6 months when father died)
c. Marie Helen Louise "Toots" b. November 6, 1915, d. July 19, 1971, never married, was a nurse.
6) A son Adolph died at birth or at a very young age, but the dates of this are not known.
7) Anna also died as an infant in Madison. She was the youngest. Louisa died shortly after this and Henry took the 7 girls to Storm Lake to live. One source said this was around 1892. They had moved back and forth between Storm Lake and Madison in previous years before Louisa's death.
John Kleyter was a baker during this time in the Union Army during the Civil War. He also listed this as his occupation on his marriage certificate in 1866.
Henry was a laborer but after Louisa's death and the family's move to Storm Lake, he ran a boarding house. As the daughters began to leave, he sold it and bought a harness shop. When he became too old to run it, he sold it and went to Kankankee to live with daughter Marie. His obituary does state he ran a saloon.
It is believed there are other Kleyter sons, but records have not been found to prove this as yet. (Taken from Genealogy prepared by members of the Kleyter familie as received from Joanne Salz Dyke Andras)