Elizabeth K. Artz

F, #4713, b. 10 January 1877, d. 2 May 1948
  • Last Edited: 2 Jan 2017
  • Elizabeth K. Artz also went by the name of Lizzie.
  • She was born on 10 January 1877, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.2
  • She was the daughter of Preston John Artz and Mary J. (?)1
  • Elizabeth K. Artz married Monroe Elmer Klinger, son of Francis Klinger and Harriet Troutman, on 26 March 1898, Simeon Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.3,4
  • Elizabeth K. Artz died on 2 May 1948, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA, at age 71.2
  • She was buried at Simeon Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.1

Children of Elizabeth K. Artz and Monroe Elmer Klinger

  • Bessie Mae Klinger+ b. 31 Dec 1898, d. 1962
  • Wallace Morris Klinger b. 4 Oct 1900, d. 19 Jun 1975
  • Alfred Stanley Klinger+ b. 10 Jun 1902, d. Dec 1968
  • Mattie Eulalie Klinger b. 18 Jan 1904, d. 12 Dec 1996
  • Allen Harvey Klinger b. 25 Dec 1905, d. 13 Oct 1959
  • Elsie Minerva Klinger b. 13 Feb 1907, d. 1979
  • Elwood Monroe Klinger b. 3 May 1910, d. 18 Dec 1913
  • Blair Francis Klinger b. 31 Dec 1912, d. 20 Mar 1986

Citations

  1. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 421. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  2. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 283. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  3. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, Comprehensive History of Gratz, p. 375.
  4. [S704] Phillip A. Rice, Jodi A. Germani and Jean A. Dellock, compilers, Simeon Lutheran Church Records in Dauphin County Vital Records, Volume 1 (Laughlintown, PA: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1991), p. 141. Hereinafter cited as Simeon Lutheran Church Records.

Bessie Mae Klinger

F, #4714, b. 31 December 1898, d. 1962
  • Last Edited: 1 Jun 2021
  • Bessie Mae Klinger was born on 31 December 1898, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.1,2,3
  • She was the daughter of Monroe Elmer Klinger and Elizabeth K. Artz.
  • Bessie Mae Klinger was baptized on 29 January 1899, Simeon Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.4
  • She was buried in 1962, at Frieden Union Cemetery (now United Methodist), Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.2
  • She died in 1962, Schuylkill County, PA.2

Children of Bessie Mae Klinger and Clayton Daniel Hartman

Citations

  1. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 411. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  2. [S764] Elsie Klinger Eaves. Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database. Data downloaded February 3, 2010. Hereinafter cited as Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database.
  3. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 283. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  4. [S704] Phillip A. Rice, Jodi A. Germani and Jean A. Dellock, compilers, Simeon Lutheran Church Records in Dauphin County Vital Records, Volume 1 (Laughlintown, PA: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1991), p. 108. Hereinafter cited as Simeon Lutheran Church Records.
  5. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90364473/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Anna Maria Carolina Klinger1

F, #4729, b. 29 January 1841, d. 29 March 1913
  • Last Edited: 14 Oct 2006
  • Anna Maria Carolina Klinger was born on 29 January 1841, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.2
  • She was the daughter of Elias Klinger and Sarah Kissinger.
  • Anna Maria Carolina Klinger married Joel Daniels, son of Andreas Daniels and Susannah Williard, circa 1857, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.3
  • Anna Maria Carolina Klinger died on 29 March 1913, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 72.4
  • She was buried at Simeon Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.

Children of Anna Maria Carolina Klinger and Joel Daniels

  • Caroline Sevilla Daniels b. 7 May 1857, d. 20 Mar 1930
  • Israel Daniels+ b. 10 Oct 1859, d. 22 May 1917
  • William Breslin Daniels+ b. 18 Apr 1863, d. 30 Sep 1907
  • Amelia Daniels+ b. 18 Mar 1866, d. 2 Jun 1940
  • Effie Ellen Daniels b. 7 Jan 1872, d. 8 Mar 1872
  • Ida Clara Daniels b. 13 Jul 1873, d. b 1973
  • Mary Etta Daniels+ b. 2 Aug 1873, d. 1940
  • Joel Elmer Daniels+ b. 14 Jun 1878, d. 31 Oct 1918
  • Penroe Daniels b. 1880, d. 1951
  • Meta Diana Daniels b. 30 Aug 1882, d. b 1982

Citations

  1. [S245] Melva S. Vogler, "Andreas Schmeltz - A Work In Progress," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 5, no. 4 (1996): p. 36. Hereinafter cited as "Andreas Schmeltz."
  2. [S704] Phillip A. Rice, Jodi A. Germani and Jean A. Dellock, compilers, Simeon Lutheran Church Records in Dauphin County Vital Records, Volume 1 (Laughlintown, PA: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1991). Hereinafter cited as Simeon Lutheran Church Records.
  3. [S144] Elsie Mae Klinger Eaves. World Family Tree Vol. 4, Tree # 2801.
  4. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 248 (with slightly different dates). Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.

Emanuel Klinger

M, #4731, b. 25 May 1848, d. 30 December 1932

  • Last Edited: 14 Dec 2021
  • Some sources record that Emanuel Klinger was born on 20 May 1848, Gratz, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1,2,3
  • He was born on 25 May 1848, near Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.4
  • He was the son of Elias Klinger and Sarah Kissinger.
  • Some sources record that Emanuel Klinger was born on 25 May 1846.5
  • He married Elizabeth Bohner, daughter of John D. Bohner and Esther Troutman, circa 1869, Hebe, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.
  • Some sources suggest that Emanuel Klinger and Elizabeth Bohner were married in 1870.2
  • At the time of the 1880 Census, Emanuel was a farmer in Washington Township, Northumberland County, PA, where he and his wife Elizabeth were living with 5 children: Hettie A. (9); Elias W. (7); John F. (5); Emanuel P. [Penrose] (3); and Charles E. (1).6
  • Emanuel Klinger died on 30 December 1932, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, P:A, at age 84.7,2,3
  • He was buried at Zion (Stone Valley) Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.8,9

Children of Emanuel Klinger and Elizabeth Bohner

  • Marie Klinger b. 1869, d. 1870
  • Monroe E. Klinger b. 23 Oct 1869, d. 30 Nov 1871
  • Hettie Klinger+ b. 1871, d. 14 Dec 1942
  • Elias William Klinger+ b. 14 Nov 1872, d. 8 Nov 1929
  • John Franklin Klinger b. 10 Jan 1875, d. 27 Feb 1962
  • Penrose Emanuel Klinger b. 1878, d. 19 Jan 1936
  • Charles Edwin Klinger b. 20 May 1879, d. 1 May 1960
  • Jacob Francis Klinger+ b. 1 Oct 1882, d. 6 Jan 1916
  • Henry C. Klinger b. 4 Jan 1885, d. 14 Apr 1971
  • Amanda Elizabeth Klinger b. 11 Jan 1886, d. 9 Sep 1970
  • Carrie M. Klinger b. 10 Sep 1895, d. 2 Feb 1896

Citations

  1. [S154] 1850 U.S. Census.
  2. [S245] Melva S. Vogler, "Andreas Schmeltz - A Work In Progress," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 5, no. 4 (1996): p. 36. Hereinafter cited as "Andreas Schmeltz."
  3. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health). Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  4. [S285] 1900 U.S. Census, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623_1449 Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 130.
  5. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 253 (quoting from article in Millersburg Sentinent, September 23, 1932). Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  6. [S191] 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1164; Family History Film: 1255164; Page: 552A; Enumeration District: 171; Image: 0870.
  7. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, p. 255.
  8. [S132] Stone Valley Cemetery Book (Hickory Corners, PA: Stone Valley Church, 1933), Sec. C, row 1. Hereinafter cited as Stone Valley Cemetery.
  9. [S59] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume II (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 3rd edition 1998), vol. III, p. 302. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials II.

Alvin Elias Klinger

M, #4733, b. 9 November 1920, d. 13 January 1997
  • Last Edited: 20 Jan 2018
  • Alvin Elias Klinger was born on 9 November 1920, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.1,2
  • He was the son of Daniel Emanuel Klinger and Stella Mae Klinger.
  • Alvin Elias Klinger was baptized on 30 October 1921, St. Michael's Church, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.3
  • Some sources record that Alvin Elias Klinger was born on 30 October 1921.4
  • Some source record that Alvin Elias Klinger was baptized on 9 November 1921 Salem (Herb's) Church, Rough and Ready, Schuylkill County, PA.4
  • He married Velma Kathryn Erdman, daughter of John Jasper Erdman and Elura Grace Starr, on 1 March 1941, St. Andrew's Church, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.5,6
  • Alvin served in the US Army during World War II.7
  • Alvin Elias Klinger lived in Valley View, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, PA.5
  • He died on 13 January 1997, Schuylkill Manor, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 76.5
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Alvin E. Klinger, 76, of Valley View, died Monday, Jan. 13, at Schuylkill Manor, Pottsville.
    Bom in Klingerstown, he was a son of the late Daniel and Stella (Klinger) Klinger.
    He was an Army veteran of World War II.
    He was a retired heavy equipment operator for Rosini Coal Co., Shamokin.
    He was a member of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church and American Legion Post 575, Valley View.
    His wife, the former Velma Erdman, died in 1992.
    Surviving are a son, Kenneth, West Grove; two daughters, Sandra Williard, Valley View, and Carolyn Buffington, Gratz; a brother, Leon, RDl Sacramento; a half-brother, Marlin Klinger, Spring Glen; eiglit grandchildren;
    seven great-grandchildren.
    Services were held Thursday, Jan. 16, at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Valley View.
    The Rev. H. Raymond Brooks officiated. Interment was in Christ Church Cemetery, Fountain Springs. Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, was in charge of arrangements.8
  • He was buried on 16 January 1997, at St. Andrew's Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.7,9
  • Alvin's obituary indicates that Alvin Elias Klinger was buried at Christ Church Cemetery, Fountain Springs, Schuylkill County, PA, but it is not clear whether that is correct.5

Children of Alvin Elias Klinger and Velma Kathryn Erdman

Citations

  1. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 415. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  2. [S1140] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online www.ancestry.com,.
  3. [S128] St. Michael's Church, Baptisms, Klingerstown, PA, online: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/schuylkill/church/stmich.txt. Hereinafter cited as St. Michael's Baptisms.
  4. [S127] Phillip A. Rice and Jean A. Dellock, compiler, Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, at Killinger, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County Pennsylvania (Apollo, PA: Closson Press for Schuylkill Roots, 1996). Hereinafter cited as Salem (Killinger) Church Records.
  5. [S249] George H. Schwalm and N. Daniel Schwalm, "All In The Family," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 6, no. 2 (1998): p. 64.
  6. [S290] Glenn P. Schwalm, compiler, St. Andrew's United Methodist Church Records - Part Two (Apollo, PA: Closson Press for Schuylkill Roots, 1991), p. 142. Hereinafter cited as St. Andrew's Records - II.
  7. [S393] Veterans Administration National Gravesite Database, online http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1, data downloaded November 17, 2006. Hereafter cited as VA National Gravesite Database.
  8. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Alvin E. Klinger (1997).
  9. [S836] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777–2012 (Harrisburg, PA: Archive Collection Number: Series 1-7; Folder Number: 255.). Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777–2012.

Jacob Francis Klinger

M, #4736, b. 1 October 1882, d. 6 January 1916
  • Last Edited: 8 Mar 2019
  • Jacob Francis Klinger was born on 1 October 1882, Toad Valley, Northumberland County, PA.1,2
  • He was the son of Emanuel Klinger and Elizabeth Bohner.
  • Jacob Francis Klinger married Grace Susannah Stiely, daughter of Donald S. Stiely and Alice Henrietta Smith, on 22 December 1906.3
  • Jacob Francis Klinger died on 6 January 1916, of supposed heart failure at his house near Herndon & Mandata, south of Emanual Kliinger's, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA, at age 33.4,5,6,7
  • He was buried on 10 January 1916, at Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, PA.4,8

Children of Jacob Francis Klinger and Grace Susannah Stiely

  • Maudie Malinda Klinger b. 26 Nov 1907, d. 18 Dec 1973
  • Martha Elizabeth Klinger b. 22 Mar 1909, d. 25 Jun 2005
  • Margaret Alice Klinger+ b. 22 Mar 1909, d. 26 Feb 2005
  • Clair William Klinger b. 2 Sep 1910, d. 23 Oct 1961
  • Helen Grace Klinger b. 8 Feb 1912, d. Dec 1986
  • Edna P. Klinger b. 11 Mar 1914, d. 27 Jan 1922

Citations

  1. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 255. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  2. [S59] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume II (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 3rd edition 1998), vol. III, pp. 302, 324 (incorrectly lists birth date on p. 302 as "1862"). Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials II.
  3. [S182] Phillip A. Rice and Jean A. Dellock, compiler, Circuit and Circuit Riders, Volume I (Apollo, PA: Schuylkill Roots by Closson Press, 1996), p. 236. Hereinafter cited as Circuit Riders I.
  4. [S59] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Northumberland County Burials II, vol. III, p. 302.
  5. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, pp. 255, 266.
  6. [S167] Centennial Book Committee, Borough of Herndon Pennsylvania 1902-2002 (Herndon, PA: EKW Associates, Inc., 2002), Chapter 14, p. 3. Hereinafter cited as Herndon Centenntial Book.
  7. [S167] Centennial Book Committee, Herndon Centenntial Book, ch. 14, p. 3 (Rothermel Funeral Home Records).
  8. [S167] Centennial Book Committee, Herndon Centenntial Book, Chapter 14, p. 3 (Rothermel Funeral Home records).

Leon Oscar Klinger

M, #4738, b. 4 January 1919, d. 20 May 2001
  • Last Edited: 20 May 2021
  • Leon Oscar Klinger was born on 4 January 1919, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.1,2
  • He was the son of Daniel Emanuel Klinger and Stella Mae Klinger.
  • Leon Oscar Klinger married Elva Irene Harner, daughter of John Milton Harner and Eva B. Schucker, on 9 July 1938, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.3
  • Leon Oscar Klinger died on 20 May 2001, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 82.4,2
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Klinger rites
    Services for Leon O. Klinger, 82, of RD1 Sacramento, who died Sunday morning at home, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran (Klinger's ) Church, Erdman, with the Rev. Barry Ridge officiating. Interment will be in Zion Lutheran (Klinger's) Cemetery, Erdman. Buffing-ton-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements.
    Born in Klingerstown, Jan. 4, 1919, he was a son of the late Daniel and Stella Klinger Klinger.
    He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a retired shovel operator, having worked at Rosini Coal Co., Shamokin.
    He was a member of Zion Lutheran (Klinger's) Church and the American Legion, Tower City.
    He was preceded in death by a daughter, Joy Shadle, in 1969; a brother, Alvin Klinger, in 1997.
    Surviving are his wife of 62 years, the former Elva Harner; four sons, Gene, Elizabethville, James, Millersburg, Leon Jr., Gratz, and Rodney, Sacramento; three daughters, Dorothy Yeich, Mechanicsburg, Diane Mausser, Hegins, and Rose Frantz, RD Lykens; a brother, Marlin, Spring Glen; 11 grandchildren; 20 greatgrandchildren.
    Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 22 May 2001, Tue, Page 2.2

Children of Leon Oscar Klinger and Elva Irene Harner

Citations

  1. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), pp. 260, 415 (givess two different dates of birth; also gives 1918). Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  2. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Leon O. Klinger, Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 22 May 2001, Tue, Page 2.
  3. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, p. 260.
  4. [S200] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index. Hereinafter cited as SSDI.

Lizzie Mae Klinger

F, #4739, b. 11 May 1898, d. 1968
  • Last Edited: 5 Feb 2002
  • Lizzie Mae Klinger was born on 11 May 1898, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • She was the daughter of Elias William Klinger and Kathryn Gordon.
  • Lizzie Mae Klinger married Paul Clayton Hoover circa 1916, St Peters Church, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA.2
  • Lizzie Mae Klinger died in 1955.2
  • She died in 1968.3

Children of Lizzie Mae Klinger and Paul Clayton Hoover

  • Ivan Alfred Hoover b. 15 Aug 1917, d. 9 Dec 1985
  • John Elwood Hoover+ b. 14 Jun 1919, d. 16 Jan 2001

Citations

  1. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), pp. 259, 278. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  2. [S144] Elsie Mae Klinger Eaves. World Family Tree Vol. 4, Tree # 2801.
  3. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, p. 263 (citing information supplied by Leon Klinger, Sacramento, PA).