Kaiser/Kayser/Keyser Genealogy
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The surname was spelled Kayser, Keyser, and Kaiser. The family originated in Western Prussia (Preußen) in the towns of Irresheim, Dorweiler, Norvenich, Eschweiler, Eggersheim, and Duren. The administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) for the above towns is Cologne. The sub-district (kreis) is Düren, which is in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and is surrounded by the districts Heinsberg, Neuss, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Euskirchen and Aachen. Before the Napoleonic Wars this entire area belonged to the duchy of Jülich. The main river in the district is the Rur. The Kaiser family was Roman Catholic. In 1851, Gerhard and Anna Sybilla Kayser left the port of LeHavre and came to the Port of New York on the ship Dorcas Prince. They arrived May 12, 1851; their destination was listed as Ohio. Eventually (by at least 1860) they settled in Washington County, Wisconsin. The Passenger records list the family as follows: Gerhard, 55, farmer; Anna, 54; Friderich, 24; Joseph, 16; Gertrud, 22; Margrethe, 18; and Heinrich, 26. The family attended St. Lawrence Catholic Church in St. Lawrence, Wisconsin. The St. Lawrence Catholic Church is located at the southeast corner of Hwy. 175 and Hwy. K in St. Lawrence, Wisconsin. St. Lawrence is near Hartford in Washington County. The church was founded in 1846 by the Rev. Charles Schraudenbach, who was also the first resident pastor. The courthouse for St. Lawrence was located in Port Washington. The surname Kaiser is a common German surname, originating partly as an occupational name for a servant in an Emperor?s household, partly as a nickname for someone who behaved in an imperious manner, and partly from a house sign. Kieffer is a variant of the surname Kiefer, which has two meanings. The first possibility is that it is derived from the occupational name for a cooper or the overseer of a wine cellar, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kuofe 'vat', 'barrel' (from Latin cupa). The second possibility is that the surname derives from an agent derivative of Middle High German kiffen 'to quarrel', hence a nickname for a bickerer. No information on the surnames Prum or Scheven is available, however both appear to be locations in Germany and therefore may be regional in origin. The surname Lipp is derived from a pet form of the personal name Philipp. (Special note of thanks to cousin Jack Fleischmann, cousin John Storch, and researcher John Von Haden for their assistance in compiling the below information.) Surnames of those in my direct ancestral line appear in BOLD. 1 Johann Kayser b: 1649 d: April 6, 1719 in Eggersheim .. + Clara Kieffer b: 1650 m: Abt. 1684 d: Dec. 13, 1730 in Eggersheim ....... 2 Theodorus Kayser b: Feb. 24, 1685/86 in Eggersheim d: unknown ....... + Magdalena Prüm b: Abt. 1690 m: Abt. 1710 d: unknown -- Notes on Theodore and Magdalena Kayser: .............Theodore was baptised February 24, 1685/86 at St. Viktor's Church in Eggersheim, Nordrhein-Westphalen, Germany. Sponsors were Derich Hommelsheim and Catharina Hoch. -- .......... 3 Johannes Kaiser b: July 12, 1717 in Irresheim d: March 13, 1790 in Dorweiler ............ + Barbara Scheben/Scheven/Schevens b: Dec. 4, 1720 in Dorweiler ............... m: July 9, 1748 in Dorweiler d: Feb. 9, 1785 in Dorweiler ................ 4 Joannes Kaiser b: 1747 d: 1763 ................ 4 Petrus Kaiser b: May 26, 1749 d: 1762 ................ 4 Reineri "Werner" Kayser b: Feb. 13/18, 1752 in Dorweiler ................... d: Aft. 1804 in Dorweiler .................... + Anna Catharina Lipps b: Oct. 22, 1746 in Eggersheim ........................ m: Feb. 4, 1777 in Hochkirchen d: Sept. 8, 1798 in Dorweiler ................... [see below for additional information for this line] ................ 4 Anna Magdalena Kaiser b: Feb. 15, 1755/56 d: 1762 ................ 4 Anna Margaretha Kaiser b: 1761 d: unknown ................ 4 Anna Maria Kaiser b: Feb. 2, 1762 d: Oct. 1762 ................ 4 Elizabetha Kaiser b: 1764 d: unknown .................... + Henry Baum b: unknown d: unknown ................ 4 Anna Gertruda Kaiser b: May 30, 1766 d: 1766 ................ 4 Anna Maria Kaiser b: 1768 d: 1783 ....... 2 Anna Maria Kayser b: Aug. 20, 1688 d: unknown ....... 2 Elizabetha Kayser b: Dec. 24, 1690 d: unknown ....... 2 Quirinius Kayser b: Feb. 22, 1692/93 d: unknown ....... 2 Petronella Kayser b: June 9, 1697 d: unknown ----------- 1 Werner Kayser b: Feb. 18, 1752 in Dorweiler d: Aft. 1804 in Dorweiler .. + Anna Catharina Lipps b: Oct. 22, 1746 in Eggersheim d: Sept. 8, 1798 in Dorweiler, DEU ........ 2 Anna Barbara Kayser b: Jan. 15, 1780 in Dorweiler, DEU d: unknown ............+ Wilhelm Forster b: 1776 in Dorweiler, DEU d: unknown ........ 2 Anna Margaretha Kayser b: July 30, 1783 in Dorweiler, DEU ........ 2 Joannes Kayser b: Nov. 14, 1786 in Dorweiler, DEU ........ 2 Anna Gertruda Kayser b: May 1, 1791 in Dorweiler, DEU ........ 2 Gerhard "George" Kayser b: Aug. 7, 1796 in Dorweiler ........... d: Sept. 9, 1877 in Hartford/St. Lawrence, WI ............+ Anna Sybilla Reimer b: Oct. 8, 1797 in Nörvenich, ............... Germany d: May 25, 1875 in Hartford/St. Lawrence, WI ................. 3 Franziska Kaiser b: 1821 in Dorweiler, DEU d: unknown ..................... + Peter Rafenstein b: 1817 in Creverat, DEU m: June 13, 1842 in WI ........................ d: unknown in St. Lawrence, Washington County, Wisconsin ............................... 4 Gerhard "George" Rafenstein b: Nov. 23, 1843 in St. Lawrence, WI d: unknown .................................. + Gertrude Weber b: unknown d: unknown ............................................. 5 Henry Rabenstein b: Feb. 23, 1870 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................... 4 Andreas Rafenstein b: Jan. 3, 1847 in St. Lawrence, WI d: unknown .................................. + Theresia Koegl b: Abt. 1850 in Bavaria, DEU d: unknown ............................................. 5 Anna Sybilla Rafenstein b: May 16, 1864 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................................. 5 Maria Gertrud Rafenstein b: Jan. 12, 1867 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................................. 5 Peter Rafenstein b: Feb. 2, 1869 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................................. 5 Maria Rafenstein b: April 6, 1870 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................................. 5 Laurence Rafenstein b: July, 1873 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................................. 5 Margaretha Rafenstein b: July 8, 1875 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................................. 5 George Rafenstein b: Oct. 21, 1876 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................................. 5 Johan Rafenstein b: Aug. 2, 1879 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................................. 5 Elizabeth Rafenstein b: Jan. 15, 1881 in St. Lawrence, WI ................................................. + Johan Strupp b: unknown d: unknown ........................................................ 6 Peter Arnold Strupp b: May 13, 1913 ........................................................ 6 Carolina Strupp b: May 11, 1902 ........................................................ 6 Werner Strupp b: June 27, 1904 ........................................................ 6 John Clarence Strupp b: July 10, 1905 ............................................. 5 Anna Franziska Rafenstein b: July 31, 1882 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................................. 5 Michael Rafenstein b: July 12, 1884 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................................. 5 Johan Rafenstein b: Oct. 25, 1887 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................................. 5 Ludwig Rafenstein b: March 10, 1891 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................... 4 Margaretha Rafenstein b: Jan. 8, 1850 in St. Lawrence, WI d: unknown ............................... 4 Joseph Rafenstein b: April 5, 1857 in St. Lawrence, WI d: unknown ............................... 4 Friedrich Rafenstein b: Feb. 21, 1860 in St. Lawrence, WI d: unknown .................... *2nd Husband of Franziska Kaiser: ..................... + (unknown) Bauer b: unknown d: unknown ................. 3 Gertrudis Kaiser b: 1823 in Dorweiler, DEU d: Aft. 1897 in Marshfield, WI ..................... + Henry Doll b: Abt. 1823 in Rommelsheim, DEU d: unknown ............................... 4 Anna Sybilla Doll b: 1852 in Addison, WI d: 1854 in Addison, WI ............................... 4 Remiadus Doll b: 1854 in Addison, WI d: 1856 in Addison, WI ............................... 4 Friedrich Andrew Doll b: May 01, 1857 in St. Lawrence, WI .................................. d: June 19, 1927 in Wisconsin ................................... + Aurelia Gundrum b: June 01, 1859 m: June 24, 1880 d: June 11, 1953 ............................... 4 Anna Margaretha "Margaret" Doll b: March 16, 1856 in St. Lawrence, WI .................................. d: May 06, 1935 in Wisconsin ................................... + Herman Bloomer b: March 26, 1852 d: May 20, 1924 ............................... 4 Franziska "Mary" Doll b: July 21, 1857 in St. Lawrence, WI ................................... m: Bef. 1877 d: June 23, 1928 in Hartford, Wisconsin ................................... + Joseph Frank b: Jan. 24, 1850 in New York, NY ...................................... d: March 29, 1913 in WI ............................... *2nd Husband of Mary Doll: ................................... + John Schild m: 1918 in St. Kilian's Church, Hartford, WI ....................................... d: 1925 in Hartford, Washington County, WI ............................... 4 Anna Katharina Doll b: Jan. 06, 1860 in St. Lawrence, WI .................................. d: July 07, 1934 in Marshfield, WI ................................... + Michael Steinmetz b: Jan. 11, 1851 m: Nov. 28, 1879 in ....................................... Marshfield, WI d: Feb. 27, 1910 in Marshfield, WI ............................... 4 Elisabeth Doll b: Jan. 01, 1862 in Polk, WI d: Aft. 1928 in Pueblo, CO ................................... + Herman Krebs b: Feb. 15, 1856 m: Aug. 26, 1880 in St. ....................................... Lawrence, WI d: Dec. 21, 1882 ............................... *2nd Husband of Elisabeth Doll: ................................... + (unknown) Nigh b: 1856 in WI m: 1882-1900 ............................... 4 Gerhard Doll b: Aug. 15, 1864 in Marshfield, WI d: Dec. 09, 1866 ............................... 4 Gerhard Doll b: July 04, 1867 in Marshfield, WI d: 1869 ................. 3 Friedrich "Fritz" Kaiser b: Nov. 03, 1826 in Dorweiler, DEU .................... d: Aug. 16, 1896 in Yankton, South Dakota ..................... + Maria Kapfer b: Feb. 10, 1835 in Potzendorf, France ......................... m: July 16, 1854 in Granville, WI d: Jan. 27, 1922 in Souix City, Iowa ............................... 4 Johan Herman Kaiser b: April 25, 1855 in WI d: Jan. 23, 1940 in SD ................................... + Theresia Koenig b: Sept. 29, 1856 in WI d: Oct. 16, 1911 in SD ............................... *2nd Wife of Johan Herman Kaiser: ................................... + Johanna Uhe b: Dec. 03, 1876 in WI d: March 23, 1966 ............................... 4 Magdalena Kaiser b: Sept. 22, 1856 in St. Lawrence, WI d: Jan. 19, 1857 ............................... 4 Gerhard George Kaiser b: Dec. 06, 1857 in WI d: Jan. 19, 1945 in SD ................................... + Katharina (unknown) b: July 1866 in DEU ............................... 4 Peter Johann Kaiser b: Oct. 24, 1859 in St. Lawrence, WI ................................... + Theresa Wiepen b: 1863 in Addison, WI ............................... 4 Anna Sybilla "Isabelle" Kaiser b: July 29, 1861 in Addison, WI ................................... + Joseph Hutterer b: 1857 in Addison, WI ............................... 4 Maria Gertruda Kaiser b: July 2, 1863 in WI d: Feb. 21, 1928 ................................... + Charles Schulte b: Abt. 1859 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................... 4 Maria Catharina "Kate" Kaiser b: May 22, 1865 in .................................. Addison, Washington County, WI ................................... + Nicholas Ide b: in Addison, WI ............................... 4 Salomia Kaiser b: Nov. 19, 1866 in Addison, WI d: Jan. 27, 1953 in SD ................................... + Martin Schulte b: 1862 in Addison, WI ............................... 4 Herman Joseph Kaiser b: July 14, 1868 in Addison, WI ................................... d: Feb. 1943 in Yankton, SD ................................... + Mary Vavra b: Dec. 1872 in Addison, WI d: 1953 in Yankton, SD ............................... 4 Maximillian Kaiser b: July 23, 1870 in Addison, WI d: Feb. 13, 1941 ................................... + Anna Cabalka b: 1874 in Addison, Washington County, WI ............................... 4 Michael Kaiser b: March 01, 1872 in Addison, WI d: Oct. 20, 1894 ............................... 4 Frederick Kaiser b: June 09, 1873 in Yankton, SD d: Jan. 23, 1923 ................................... + Julia Beran b: April 12, 1888 in Yankton, SD ....................................... m: Oct. 31, 1905 d: June 22, 1956 ............................... 4 Marie Kaiser b: March 24, 1875 in Yankton, SD d: Feb. 23, 1957 ................................... + George A. Goodwin b: 1871 in Yankton, SD ............................... 4 Joseph Kaiser b: July 30, 1876 in Yankton, SD d: Sept. 09, 1948 ................................... + Sophia Novak b: 1887 in Yankton, SD d: 1973 ............................... 4 Jacob Kaiser b: Feb. 14, 1878 in SD d: Dec. 09, 1958 in SD ................................... + Pauline Svatos b: June 26, 1882 in SD d: Jan. 14, 1971 in SD ............................... 4 Susan Kaiser b: Oct. 11, 1880 in Yankton, SD d: Dec. 09, 1946 in SD ................................... + Andrew J. Cole b: Jan. 25, 1878 in SD d: Sept. 21, 1960 in SD ............................... 4 Minnie Kaiser b: Sept. 08, 1883 in SD d: Sept. 08, 1883 in SD ................. 3 Margaretha Kaiser b: Sept. 08, 1832 in Dorweiler, DEU d: June 25, 1896 in WI ..................... + Joseph Weninger b: 1821/1822 in Bayern, DEU d: June 21, 1870 in St. Lawrence, WI ............................... 4 Rosa Weninger b: Aug. 18, 1869 in St. Lawrence, WI .................... *2nd Husband of Margaretha Kaiser: ..................... + Peter Strupp b: March 17, 1836 m: Abt. 1870 in St. Lawrence, WI ........................ d: Sept. 15, 1905 in Addison, WI ................. 3 Joseph Kaiser b: Sept. 1, 1835 in Dorwiler, DEU d: Feb. 12, 1893 in Fond du Lac, WI ..................... + Margaretha Reichert b: Dec. 29, 1836 in Bischberg, DEU m: April 30, 1857 ......................... in St. Lawrence, WI d: June 12, 1917 in Fond du Lac, WI ............................... 4 Johann "John" Kayser b: April 3, 1858 in St. Lawrence, WI d: 1942 in WI ................................... + Agnes Flatten b: January 1858 m: Abt. 1884 ............................................. 5 Evalina Margaret Kayser b: March 12, 1886 d: May 29, 1977 ................................................. + John Nicholas Weber b: Nov. 10, 1882 m: Sept. 12, 1911 d: Jan. 12, 1975 ............................................. 5 Etta Kaiser b: Apr. 13, 1888 d: unknown in Milwaukee, WI ................................................. + Hans Bernasconi ............................... 4 Mary Margaret Kayser b: July 18, 1859 in St. Lawrence, WI .................................. d: Aft. 1917 in Oshkosh/Black Wolf, WI ................................... + Edward Gunz b: Abt. 1858 m: Oct. 19, 1885 d: in Black Wolf, WI ............................... 4 Sybilla Kayser b: Jan. 20, 1862 in WI d: Aft. 1917 in Fond du Lac, WI ............................... 4 Regina Kayser b: Nov. 4, 1863 in St. Lawrence, WI d: Aft. 1917 in Iron Mtn., WI ................................... + Andrew H. Bruett b: Abt. 1860 m: May 11, 1886 in Fond du Lac, WI ...................................... d: in Milwaukee/Iron Mountain, WI ............................... 4 Michael Kayser b: Sept. 02, 1864 in St. Lawrence, WI d: Bef. 1893 in WI ............................... 4 Henrietta "Hattie" Kayser b: Aug. 2, 1866 in WI d: June 27, 1907 in WI ............................... 4 Margaret "Maggie" Kayser b: July 3, 1868 in Fond du Lac, WI .................................. d: Dec. 6, 1901 in Iron Mountain/Oconto, WI ................................... + Albert J. Brazeau b: Jan. 1869 in Canada d: in Iron Mtn./Oconto, WI ............................... 4 Jacob Henry Kayser b: April 14, 1870 in Fond du Lac, WI .................................. d: March 22, 1944 in West Allis, WI ................................... + Josephine Voell b: April 6, 1875 in Fond du Lac, WI ...................................... m: Oct. 20, 1896 in WI d: March 14, 1944 in West Allis ............................................. 5 Ruth Alvina Kayser b: Aug. 18, 1901 in Fond du Lac, WI ................................................ d: Jan. 28, 1990 in Fond du Lac, WI ................................................. + Joseph Bernard Fleischmann b: Jan. 5, 1901 ..................................................... m: Aug. 21, 1923 d: June 26, 1986 in Milwaukee, WI ............................... 4 Rose M. Kayser b: Dec. 25, 1872 in St. Lawrence, WI d: 1960 in WI ................................... + Jacob Damus Brazeau m: October 16, 1901 in Fond du Lac, WI ............................... 4 Anna H. Kayser b: June 1, 1875 in Fond du Lac, WI ................................... + George DeHarde m: Aug. 06, 1902 in Fond du Lac, WI ............................... 4 Clara K. Kayser b: Feb. 24, 1876 in St. Lawrence, WI d: Bef. 1893 in WI ............................... 4 Emma A. Kayser b: July 20, 1878 in WI d: Bef. 1893 in WI ............................... 4 Orma Kayser b: Abt. 1880 in Wisconsin d: in Wisconsin ................................... + (unknown) Reigh m: May 1908 *2nd Wife of Reineri Wernerus "Werner" Kayser: .. + Catharina Blenz b: Abt. 1751 m: Abt. 1802 in Dorweiler |
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