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Johnson Hindin Genealogy
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1860 - 1937
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Nickname |
Joseph |
Born |
30 Nov 1860 |
St. Ingbert, Germany |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
30 Jan 1937 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
Buried |
St. Martin's Cemetery, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
Person ID |
I6531 |
Johnson Hindin Tree |
Last Modified |
5 Aug 2017 |
Father |
Johann Joseph Klemmer, b. 28 Apr 1823, St. Ingbert, Germany , d. 7 Jun 1872, St. Ingbert, Germany |
Mother |
Elizabeth Langenbahn, b. 27 Oct 1826, St. Ingbert, Germany , d. 27 May 1906, St. Ingbert, Germany |
Married |
14 Sep 1850 |
St. Ingbert, Germany |
Family ID |
F735 |
Group Sheet |
Family |
Augusta Butterbach, b. 20 Apr 1870, Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany , d. 2 Jun 1946, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
Married |
12 Jun 1888 |
St. Martin's Parish, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
Children |
| 1. Augusta KLEMMER, b. 28 Mar 1890, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 29 Jan 1974, Kane Hospital, Scott Twp., Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| 2. Katherine V. KLEMMER, b. 11 Jan 1891, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 22 Jan 1975, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| 3. Frederick Joseph KLEMMER, b. 4 Jan 1893, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 25 Mar 1965, Blue Island, Cook Co., Illinois  |
| 4. Elenaor M. KLEMMER, b. 6 Feb 1895, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 28 Feb 1986, Greentree (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| 5. Leo KLEMMER, b. 12 Feb 1896, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 6 Dec 1960, New York, New York  |
| 6. Norbert Albert KLEMMER, b. 8 Mar 1899, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 3 May 1978, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| 7. Margaret Catherine KLEMMER, b. 1 Mar 1901, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 15 Sep 1981, St. Clair Memorial Hospital, Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| 8. Dolores KLEMMER, b. 23 Jun 1903, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 16 Sep 1965, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| 9. George E. KLEMMER, b. 5 May 1906, d. 14 Jan 1972, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| 10. Florence KLEMMER, b. 5 Dec 1908, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 28 Dec 1992, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| 11. Elizabeth KLEMMER, b. 25 Sep 1910, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 16 Jan 2001, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
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Family ID |
F2669 |
Group Sheet |
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Notes |
- According to Roberta Donley-Bukowski (gb305@verizon.net), Joseph arrived in the United States (New York City) on April 15, 1880 on board the S.S. Amsterdam from Rotterdam, Netherlands to. Joseph apparently came to the United States to escape the draft.
Joseph and Augusta were naturalized on September 25, 1906 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
According to Roberta Donley-Bukowski, Joseph sent care packages to his family in Germany during the war.
Joseph and his family lived at 203 Herndon St. in the Elliott (West End) neigborhood of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They attended St. Martin's Catholic Church (now Guardian Angel's Parish).
Joseph was a puddler. The basic product of early ironmaking was 'pig iron'.
Pig iron was brittle in quality due to impurities and the nature of its molecular structure and had to be converted into ' wrought iron ' by re-heating and beating with heavy hammers to impart the strength and tensile qualities required for more robust use. An improved method of achieving this was 'puddling ' - the iron was heated in a reverberatory furnace which was normally top heated, the heat source not being in direct contact with the metal thus reducing contamination. In charge of this furnace was the 'Puddler ', a highly skilled and dangerous occupation which required physical strength, stamina and sustained concentration. He retired early due to rheumatism.
Joseph died of pneumonia. His funeral was handled by Staab Funeral Home.
The following obituary was published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on February 1, 1937:
JOSEPH J. KLEMMER
Joseph J. Klemmer, 76, of 203 Herndon street, Elliott, died at his home Saturday morning of bronchial pneumonia after a week's illness. He was a retired employe of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad. Mr. Klemmer was born in Germany, but came to Pittsburgh in 1882. He has lived in this district since. Solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated in the West End St. Martins Roman Catholic Church at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, followed by internment in St. Martin's cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Augusta Butterbach Klemmer; seven daughters, Mrs. Edward Casey, Mrs. Edmund Goehring, Mrs. George Vater, Mrs. Roy Walters, Mrs. Charles Carmody, Mrs. Jack Rodgers and Miss Elizabeth, all of Pittsburgh; four sons, Fred of Chicago, Leo of New York and Norbert and George of Pittsburgh, and 14 grandchildren.
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