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Johann Joseph KLEMMER[1]

Male 1860 - 1937


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  • Nickname  Joseph 
    Born  30 Nov 1860  St. Ingbert, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  30 Jan 1937  Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  St. Martin's Cemetery, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I6531  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  5 Aug 2017 

    Father  Johann Joseph Klemmer,   b. 28 Apr 1823, St. Ingbert, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1872, St. Ingbert, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth Langenbahn,   b. 27 Oct 1826, St. Ingbert, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1906, St. Ingbert, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  14 Sep 1850  St. Ingbert, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F735  Group Sheet

    Family  Augusta Butterbach,   b. 20 Apr 1870, Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1946, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  12 Jun 1888  St. Martin's Parish, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Augusta KLEMMER,   b. 28 Mar 1890, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1974, Kane Hospital, Scott Twp., Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Katherine V. KLEMMER,   b. 11 Jan 1891, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1975, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Frederick Joseph KLEMMER,   b. 4 Jan 1893, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1965, Blue Island, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elenaor M. KLEMMER,   b. 6 Feb 1895, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1986, Greentree (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Leo KLEMMER,   b. 12 Feb 1896, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1960, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Norbert Albert KLEMMER,   b. 8 Mar 1899, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1978, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Margaret Catherine KLEMMER,   b. 1 Mar 1901, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1981, St. Clair Memorial Hospital, Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Dolores KLEMMER,   b. 23 Jun 1903, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1965, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. George E. KLEMMER,   b. 5 May 1906,   d. 14 Jan 1972, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Florence KLEMMER,   b. 5 Dec 1908, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1992, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Elizabeth KLEMMER,   b. 25 Sep 1910, Elliott (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 2001, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F2669  Group Sheet

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1095] OFB St. Ingbert, Georg.