Kaiser Updates

I've been able to make alot of progress on the Kaiser line in the last few months, and I wanted to post here that progress. Most notable is that we have now identified the mother of John F. Kaiser. His death certificate had listed her given name, but we just could never make it out because of the way it was written. But now we have it. Her name was Christine Dunmeier, or some derivation thereof. Her maiden name comes from the death certificate of one of her other children, Frederick Kaiser. Since I have learned that the information on death certificates is not 100% reliable, it would be wise to look for more documentation to confirm that maiden name. In the meantime, we at least have the clue.

What's even more interesting is that Christine's husband, John C. Kaiser and our third g-grandfather, died as a result of being hit by a Manhattan train. The title of the newspaper article in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle about the incident is called "He Was Cut to Pieces". There was an inquest and the engineer was found not to be at fault. Meanwhile, Christine inherited his farm and subsequently wrote a very informative will, which was probated in 1901. It describes her children as:

• John F. Kaiser and his wife Kate (our 2nd g-grandparents, both of whom died in 1900)
• Anna Kaiser who married Henry Mahland
• Frederick Kaiser who married Elizabeth "Lydia" Behn

The lives of  Anna and Frederick are interesting, but I wanted to see if I couldn't zoom in more on the family of John F. and Kate. Our g-grandmother, Anna Elizabeth Kaiser, was their oldest child. But we didn't know a whole lot about her siblings, except for one, Lottie.  At this point I think I have accounted for all of Anna's known siblings. Here is what I know of them to date:

• Elizabeth Kaiser (1882-1937) married Harry Tietjen, they had two sons
• Catharine Kaiser (1884-1973) married Hugo Palm, they had two daughters
• Charlotte Kaiser (1886-1958) married Herman Jaeger, they had 10 children, lived in Prattsville, NY
• Magdalena (Lena) Kaiser (1888-1966) married Michael Flaherty, they lived in NJ and had one son who became a priest but who died young
• William John Kaiser (1890-1977) married Caroline F. Ludwig, they had one son whose family relocated to Missouri
• Frederick William Kaiser (1893-1974), married Laura I. Kent, they had one daughter.  This last guy has some confusion because of another man of the same name, about the same age, living in the same general area. After careful study, however, I'm confident that this Frederick belongs to us!

So all these people were the maternal aunts and uncles of our grandmother, Margaret Crown. We know from stories told by her son, George, that Nana knew of and was in touch with her Kaiser aunts. The Kaiser uncles are still of interest, so we should keep our eyes and ears open for any more clues related to them.