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Klaus, Barbara

Female Abt 1824 - Abt 1856  (~ 32 years)


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  • Name Klaus, Barbara 
    Born Abt 1824  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Immigration Abt 1856  Scott County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Family history recounts that one of Joseph and Barbara (Klaus) Kiefer's infant children died of cholera during the voyage of emigration. Barbara, desiring to bury her baby on land, hid the corpse in a trunk until the family arrived in the USA. The Kiefers landed in New Orleans and traveled up the Mississippi River to Commerce, Missouri. Shortly thereafter, Barbara also died of cholera, and was buried in New Hamburg, Missouri. The family eventually settled on a farm between New Hamburg and Oran.
    Died Abt 1856  Scott County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Barbara died of cholera at the age of 32 in 1856, shortly after her family had completed their voyage from Germany and had traveled up the Mississippi River to Commerce, Missouri.
    Person ID I4735  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2006 

    Family Kiefer, Joseph,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Kiefer, Adelheid,   b. 21 Aug 1845, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1934  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S43] Arline A. (Krumm) Gerber, Genealogical research.
      "Adelheid Kiefer's mother (Barbara) Klaus b. -c 1824, was buried in New Hamburg, MO -- was 32 yrs. old., shortly after disembarking at Commerce (-c. 1856) -- they landed at New Orleans and came up the river. One of her babies died from Cholera at sea and she hid it in a trunk for 2 months so that she could bury it properly on land. Barabara also died of Cholera while Joe (husband) was looking for a farm. Joe later did buy a farm on the north side of the road, half way between New Hamburg and Oran, MO."

    2. [S43] Arline A. (Krumm) Gerber, Genealogical research.
      The Joseph and Barbara (Klaus) Kiefer family immigrated to the USA about 1856. They landed at New Orleans, Louisiana and traveled up the Mississippi River to Commerce, Missouri. The family settled on a farm "on the north side of the road, half way between New Hamburg and Oran, MO."

    3. [S43] Arline A. (Krumm) Gerber, Genealogical research.
      Joseph Kiefer and Barbara Klaus; married. Arline (Krumm) Gerber reports that the couple emigrated from Germany to the USA about 1856 and one of their children died during the voyage. It may assumed that the marriage took place in Germany.


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