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Knapheide, Otto Herman

Male 1888 - 1952  (63 years)


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  • Name Knapheide, Otto Herman 
    Born 10 Sep 1888  Levasy, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Service 1918/9  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    • Otto was living at 1105 South Main Street, Independence, Missouri at the time he was inducted into U. S. Army on 15 June 1918 at Independence. He did not serve overseas and was honorably discharged, having achieved the rank of private.
    Died 23 Apr 1952  Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8] 
    • Otto died at his home by shooting himself in the head with a 22 caliber rifle after also shooting his sister, Clara. She died 16 hours later at Lexington Memorial Hospital.
    Buried 27 Apr 1952  Buckner, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9] 
    • Otto was buried at Buckner Hill Cemetery.
    Person ID I5385  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2008 

    Father Knapheide, Friedrich Wilhelm,   b. 12 Apr 1849, Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1919, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Schnieder, Maria Mathilda,   b. 14 Jan 1854, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1909  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 6 Mar 1874  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12] 
    • The marriage of "Friedrich Wilhelm Knapheide" and "Maria Mathilde Schneider" was recorded in the wedding register of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). According to the published transcription of the register, parents, brothers and sisters of the couple were the witnesses.
    Family ID F1734  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruebel, Charlotte F.,   b. Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 22 Aug 1929  Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16] 
    • They were married by Rev. J. E. McDonald.
    Marriage License 22 Aug 1929  Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • The marriage license affirmed that "Otto H. Knapheide," of Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri and "Charlotte F. Ruebel," of Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri were both legally able to marry.
    Children 
     1. Knapheide, Mary Clara,   b. 22 Aug 1930, Lexington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1930, Lexington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1758  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S180] Frances Bonney, The American Descendents of the Knapheides of Westphalia, Germany, of the District of Tecklenberg; Lienen, Lengerich, Lladbergen, Kattenvenne, and Others (St. Paul, Minnesota: Frances Bonney, 1973), page 111a.
      Copy of selected pages provided by Byron H. Nolte in 2008. Descendants of Ernst Wilhelm Knapheide, page 1. Otto H. Knapheide, child of Frederick William Knapheide and Matilde M. [surname not provided], was born in 1888. A place of birth was not provided.

    2. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). March 2008.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #13460. For Otto Knapheide. Born 10 September 1899 in Lafayette County, Missouri. Father's name: Fredeick Knapheide. Mother's maiden name: Matilda [sic] M. Schnieder [sic]. Died at 5:00 a.m. on 23 April 1952 at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, 2 miles south on 13 Highway at the age of 62 years, 7 months, 13 days.
           There is a discrepancy with the birth and death dates and the reported age at death.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    3. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Soldiers' Records: War of 1812-World War I (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/). March 2008.
      Otto Herman Knapheide was born on 10 September 1888 at Levasy, Missouri.

    4. [S154] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Nationwide Gravesite Locator ( https://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ ), Otto H. Knapheide.
      Accessed in March 2008.
           Birth Date: 10 September 1888. Death Date: 23 April 1952. Cemetery: Buckner Hill Cemetery, Buckner, Missouri 64016. Service: Private, U.S. Army, WWI.

    5. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). March 2008.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #13460. For Otto Knapheide. He was a veteran of World War I. Personal information provided by Mrs. Otto Knapheide, of Lexington, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    6. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Soldiers' Records: War of 1812-World War I (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/). March 2008.
      Otto Herman Knapheide was born on 10 September 1888 at Levasy, Missouri. He, residing at 1105 South Main Street, Independence, Missouri, was inducted into the U. S. Army at Independence, Missouri on 15 June 1918. His Army serial number was 3,450,813. He served in "MD unassigned to discharge." He was appointed Private in December 1919. There are no dates given for overseas service. He was discharged honorably. Upon discharge, he was was not reported disabled.

    7. [S180] Frances Bonney, The American Descendents of the Knapheides of Westphalia, Germany, of the District of Tecklenberg; Lienen, Lengerich, Lladbergen, Kattenvenne, and Others (St. Paul, Minnesota: Frances Bonney, 1973), page 111a.
      Copy of selected pages provided by Byron H. Nolte in 2008. Descendants of Ernst Wilhelm Knapheide, page 1. Otto H. Knapheide died in 1952. A place of death was not provided.

    8. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). March 2008.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #13460. For Otto Knapheide. Born 10 September 1899 in Lafayette County, Missouri. Father's name: Fredeick Knapheide. Mother's maiden name: Matilda [sic] M. Schnieder [sic]. Died at 5:00 a.m. on 23 April 1952 at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, 2 miles south on 13 Highway at the age of 52 years, 7 months, 13 days. His usual residence was Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, 2 miles south on 13 Highway. He was married at the time of death; his wife's name was Charlotte [Ru-d?] Knapheide. He was a farm laborer. He was a veteran of World War I. His social security number was 490-24-24[9? or 4?]4. Cause of death was "Suicide by gun shot. Shot in middle of forehead by 22 calibre rifle - this man has been a patient in a mental hospital several years ago." Death was instantaneous. The death was described as a suicide by gunshot at his home at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, at 5:00 a.m. on 23 April 1952. There was no autopsy. Burial was to be 27 April 1952 in Buckner Cemetery at Buckner, Missouri. Faust F. Tempel, of Lexington, Missouri, was the funeral director. Personal information provided by Mrs. Otto Knapheide, of Lexington, Missouri. W. E. Martin, MD, of Odessa, Missouri, had attended the deceased after death on 23 April 1952 and signed the death certificate on 23 April 1952. The certificate was received by the local registrar on 30 April 1952.

    9. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). March 2008.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #13460. For Otto Knapheide. Died on 23 April 1952 at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri. Burial was to be 27 April 1952 in Buckner Cemetery at Buckner, Missouri. Faust F. Tempel, of Lexington, Missouri, was the funeral director. Personal information provided by Mrs. Otto Knapheide, of Lexington, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    10. [S180] Frances Bonney, The American Descendents of the Knapheides of Westphalia, Germany, of the District of Tecklenberg; Lienen, Lengerich, Lladbergen, Kattenvenne, and Others (St. Paul, Minnesota: Frances Bonney, 1973), page 111a.
      Copy of selected pages provided by Byron H. Nolte in 2008. Descendants of Ernst Wilhelm Knapheide, page 1. Frederick William Knapheide and Matilde M. [surname not given] were married. A date and place of marriage were not provided.

    11. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Marriage Records. page 252.
      "Friedrich Wilhelm Knapheide" and "Maria Mathilde Schneider" were married on 6 March 1874. The witnesses were "parents & brothers & sisters of couple."

    12. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Paul William Knapheide; Clay County; 1958; Standard Certificate of Death #58-043563.
      http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1958/1958_00043564.pdf Accessed in August 2017. Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #58-043563. For Paul William Knapheide. A white, male born on 12 March 1886 at Holstein, Missouri. Father's name: Frederick Wm. Knapheide. Mother's maiden name: Mathilde Schneider. Personal information was provided by Howard Knapheide, of 115 E. Armour, Kansas City, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    13. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). March 2008.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #13460. For Otto Knapheide. Born 10 September 1899. Died 23 April 1952. He was married at the time of death; his wife's name was Charlotte [Ru-d?] Knapheide. Personal information provided by Mrs. Otto Knapheide, of Lexington, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    14. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Lafayette County marriage license; 22 August 1929. Accessed April 2008.
      Bound copy of license; page 407. License for "Otto H. Knapheide," of Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21, and "Charlotte F. Ruebel," of Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21. Recorded on 22 August 1929 at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri.
           Certification that the undersigned "A minister" did unite in marriage the above named persons at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri on 22 August 1929. Signed by "J. E. McDonald." Filed with the county recorder on 27 August 1929.

    15. [S180] Frances Bonney, The American Descendents of the Knapheides of Westphalia, Germany, of the District of Tecklenberg; Lienen, Lengerich, Lladbergen, Kattenvenne, and Others (St. Paul, Minnesota: Frances Bonney, 1973), page 111a.
      Copy of selected pages provided by Byron H. Nolte in 2008. Descendants of Ernst Wilhelm Knapheide, page 1. Otto H. Knapheide and Charlotte [surname not provided] were married. A date and place of marriage were not provided.

    16. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Mary Clara Knapheide; Lafayette County; 1930; Certificate of Death #27186.
      http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1930/1930_00027859.pdf Accessed in March 2008. Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death #27186. For Mary Clara Knapheide. A white, female born on 22 August 1930. Father's name: Otto Knapheide; born at Levasy, Missouri. Mother's maiden name: Charlott [sic] Ruebel; born at Lexington, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Otto Knapheide, of Lexington, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.


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