Heinrich Wilhelm Georg Kleinsteuber was born in 1845, we know him as William, and he was the last sibling to immigrate to Canada, arriving in 1868 and rejoined the rest of his family at the German Settlement near Actinolite.
William was a cigar maker by trade, it is not known whether he learned this in Germany or after he arrived in Canada.
He married Isabella Hafner in a civil ceremony in 1872, and at some point in time they moved to Detroit, Michigan. I had always assumed they stayed together and contrary records were due to typos and spelling errors. Such was not the case.
We don't know what happened to Isabella, we do know they are shown in the 1900 US Census living in Detroit. We also know that William moved back to Kingston and died there in 1922 at the age of 77.
Here's the surprise. His wife at the time of his death was Ida Belle Hafner, and they married in Kingston in 1911, he was 66 and she was 42. It turns out she was the first cousin to Isabella and the daughter of Eckhardt Hafner (the brother of Isabella's father Philip). Unfortunately she died in 1914, so they only had 3 years together.
Attached photos/documents;
- 1845 Baptismal Record
- Castle Garden Immigration record of Kleinsteuber arrivals
- 1868 Immigration record for William Kleinsteuber
- 1911 Marriage record to Ida Belle Hafner
- Geni family tree image for William Kleinsteuber
- Uncle William was a favourite of his nieces Sylvia Madeline Kleinsteuber b 1900, and Rachel Elizabeth Kleinsteuber b 1896
William was a cigar maker by trade, it is not known whether he learned this in Germany or after he arrived in Canada.
He married Isabella Hafner in a civil ceremony in 1872, and at some point in time they moved to Detroit, Michigan. I had always assumed they stayed together and contrary records were due to typos and spelling errors. Such was not the case.
We don't know what happened to Isabella, we do know they are shown in the 1900 US Census living in Detroit. We also know that William moved back to Kingston and died there in 1922 at the age of 77.
Here's the surprise. His wife at the time of his death was Ida Belle Hafner, and they married in Kingston in 1911, he was 66 and she was 42. It turns out she was the first cousin to Isabella and the daughter of Eckhardt Hafner (the brother of Isabella's father Philip). Unfortunately she died in 1914, so they only had 3 years together.
Attached photos/documents;
- 1845 Baptismal Record
- Castle Garden Immigration record of Kleinsteuber arrivals
- 1868 Immigration record for William Kleinsteuber
- 1911 Marriage record to Ida Belle Hafner
- Geni family tree image for William Kleinsteuber
- Uncle William was a favourite of his nieces Sylvia Madeline Kleinsteuber b 1900, and Rachel Elizabeth Kleinsteuber b 1896
