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KEHN HISTORY AND TRADITION

August Kehn was born in Germany. That portion of the country was then referred to as Prussia. He had some connection with the city of Duesseldorf, but what happened there we do not know for sure. His birth date was October 18, 1833. He arrived in America before 1860 and referred to Randolph County, Illinois, just down the Mississippi River from St. Louis about seventy miles as his place of residence when he was married on March 27, 1860, at St. Louis, Missouri, by the Justice of the Peace, to Bertha Frieda Rieke, who was born February 14, 1843, according to tradition in Hannover, Germany. After their marriage tradition has it that the Kehns loaded all their possessions on an open wagon and drove a team of mules from Illinois to a new home in Minnesota. For many years the Kehn family lived just south of the old Hanover bridge which is now closed to vehicle traffic. The farm was located in Section 1 of Greenwood Township, Hennepin County, Minnesota. August Kehn was called butcher because he helped many of the farmers with butchering. Bertha died June 16, 1907, at her home and is buried in the front row of Salem Lutheran Church Many of the Kehn children, grandchildren, and later generations were baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church.

AUGUST KEHN (KUEHNE) Civil War Pension Record 391020 Mustered into the service of the United States, for one year or during the war, from date of enlistment, in Company "A", 11th Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, on the 4th day of September 1864, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Volunteered August 24th, 1864, sworn and subscribed to at New Ulm this 24th day of August 1864

There were fifteen recorded children:

1. Augusta, born 21 Feb. 1861?, died 19 Dec. 1917. aged 57.

married Gustav Kelm and had 9 children and 7 grandchildren.

2. Caroline, born 2 October 1862, died 15 (or 16) Sept. 1946,

age 83, married Gottlieb Schober and had 6 children.

3. Carl, born 17 Aug. 1864, baptized 20 Nov., died 9 Mar. 1875.

4. August, born 24 May 1866, died 14 Mar. 1938, age 72, married

Emilie Marchel, and had no children.

5. Wilhelmina BERTHA, born 29 Sept. 1868, baptized 1 Jan. 1869,

died 13 Nov. 1935, age 67, married 8 Dec. 1885, Ferdinand

Graf, and had 6 children.

6. Louisa Dorothea, born 23 Jan. 1870, baptized July 10, died

2 Jan. 1940, age 69, married first Rudolph Lacher who died

in April 1895, married second Rev. Edwin Cole who died in

1919. Louisa had 4 children.

7. John, born 19 Nov. 1871, baptized 14 April 1872, died 1918,

married Annie Rieman and had three children.

8. Anna Augusta, born 15 Sept. 1873, baptized 15 March 1874, died

18 Sept. 1950, age 77, married 15 Nov. 1894 August Loeffler,

and had five children.

9. Emilie Wilhelmine, born 30 June 1875, baptized 21 Nov. 1875,

died 15 Feb. 1948, age 72, married 14 Dec. 1898, Gustav

Pieper, and had five children.

10. Edward August Ferdinand, born 24 March 1877, baptized 25 Nov.

1877, died 15 March 1940, age 62, married in 1905 Emma Klemm

and had four children.

11. Emma Ermunde, born 16 Nov. 1879, baptized 4 March 1880, died

3 May 1948. age 68, married first Herman Lucht, married

second Frazer. One child died at age 3 weeks.

12. Ida Anna Louisa, born 17 Nov. 1881, baptized 28 May 1882,

died 11 June 1951 at Buffalo, Wright County, Minnesota,

buried 14 June 1951 at Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery,

Section 11, Greenwood Township, Hennepin County, Minnesota,

age 69. married Wednesday 19 December 1900, at Salem

Lutheran Church, Emil John Hohenstein, and had six children.

13. Richard Ferdinand Friedrich, born 17 April 1884, baptized 8

March 1885, died 31 March 1956, age 71, married first 25

July 1905 Anna Gasper; married second 25 Sept. 1913 Alice

F. Cedarstrom. Richard had six children.

14. Ella Lydia Wilhelmine, born 4 Jan. 1887, baptized 13 Nov.,

died 24 May 1975, age 88, married first 25 July 1905

Freidrich Kottke; married second in 1921 John E. Cedarstrom.

She had three children.

15. Lydia Christina Elizabeth, born 9 Sept. 1888, baptized 16

Sept., died 19 Oct. 1960, age 72, married Gustav Pehle, and

had one child.

Note: I have heard a report that there may have been two other

children who were perhaps stillborn.

GRANDCHILDREN OF AUGUST KEHN AND BERTHA FRIEDA RIEKE (RIGES):

1. Augusta and Gustav Kelm:

a. Annie Kelm, b. 21 Nov. 1881, died young.

b. Bertha Kelm, b. 17 Feb. 1883, married Mike Brum.

c. Minnie Kelm, b. 21 June 1885, m. Emil Loeffler, 3 children.

d. Augusta Kelm, b. 28 Feb. 1887, m. Alfred Stagnes.

e. Fred Kelm, b. 24 Nov. 1888, no children.

f. Lizzie Kelm, b. 8 Aug. 1890, m. Ernest Waid, 2 children.

g. Augst Kelm, b. Sept. 1892, m. Olive Cook, 2 children.

h. Edward Kelm, b. 25 June 1894, never married.

i. Laura Kelm, b. 13 Oct. 1899, m. Alfred Stagnes, no children

2. Caroline and Gottlieb Schober:

a. Paul Ferdinand Schober, b. 30 Aug. 1885.

b. Caroline, m. Robinson, 3 daughters.

c. Viola Schober, m. Elmont Ward, 2 children.

d. John Schober, never married.

3. Carl, died, age 10, swimming accident.

4. August married Emilie Marshel and had no children.

5. Wilhelmine BERTHA and John F. FERDINAND Graf:

a. Johanna Emma Graf, b. 14 May 1886, m.1: Herman Wellnitz;

m.2: William Tetzman; 2 children.

b. Clara Caroline Graf, b. 11 May 1888, m. Albert Lucht, 1 ch.

c. Ferdinand August Gottlieb Graf, b. 22 June 1890.

d. Max Alexander Graf, b. 22 Feb. 1892.

e. Edward Ludwig Graf, b. 5 Nov. 1895.

f. Child died in infancy.

g. Child died in infancy.

h. Agnes Elizabeth Graf, b. 19 Aug. 1905, d. 29 Aug. 1988;

m.1: Carroll Howe; m.2: Ingvald Berg; m.3: William

Eshelman; 1 daughter.

6. Louise m.1 in 1890 Rudolph Lacher; m.2: Rev. Edwin Cole:

a. Bertha Anna Lacher, b. 30 Oct. 1890, m.1: Roy Easthagen;

m.2: Oswald Sommers, 2 children.

b. Alma Emilie Lacher, b. 19 Sept. 1892, m. William H. Feeney,

3 children.

c. Rudolph Lacher Jr., b. 9 Nov. 1894, died 1896.

d. Ida Mae Cole, b. 1900, d. 1917, m. Thomas Howard, 1 daught.

7. Johannes Heinrich Kehn and Annie Rieman:

a. Dorothy Kehn, m Gresens, 2 sons, 3 daughers.

b. Ida Kehn, m. Otto Franka, 2 sons, 4 daughters.

c. Lillian Kehn died in 1985, m. Willard Berthiaume, 3 childr.

8. Anna Augusta married August Michael Loeffler and had:

a. Albert August Loeffler, b. 20 Sept. 1895, and had Hiram in

1917; m. 27 Dec. 1919 Frieda Helen Pehle, 2 more children

b. Walter William Loeffler, b. 11 Dec. 1899, m. 2 May 1920

Ida Adeline Kalk, 3 children.

c. Clarence Emil Loeffler, b. 29 Dec. 1900, m. 26 Sept.

Emma Esther Reich, 2 children.

d. Ralph August Loeffler, b. 29 July 1904, m. Amy Beatrice

Pedersen, 2 children.

e. Esther Henriette Emilie Loeffler, b. 27 Jan. 1906,

m. 7 April 1926 Frederick Henry Emholze, 1 daughter.

9. Emilie and Gustav Pieper:

a. Clarence Karl Edward Pieper, b. 11 Nov. 1900, m. 17 June

1924 Nellie M. Hauser; m.2: 29 Sept. 1973 Esther Norling;

2 children. Clarence died 28 October 1990. Memorial

service at Peace Lutheran Chapel, Lake Drive, Robbinsdale,

7 P.M. Tuesday 30 October 1990.

b. Luella Caroline Emilie Pieper, b. 15 Nov. 1903, m. 14 Dec.

1921 Edward Lange, 2 children.

c. Walter Emil Pieper, b. 16 June 1905, m. 15 Aug. 1935

Mildred Theis, 3 daughters.

d. Edna Johanna Emma Pieper, b. 28 Nov. 1906, m. 12 Feb. 1927

D. K. Shobe, 2 children.

e. Stella Anna Bertha Pieper, b. 12 Aug. 1908, m. 28 May 1927

Donald J. Berg, 3 sons.

10. Edward and Emma Klemm:

a. Harvey Frank Kehn, b. 5 Jan. 1906, m.1: 20 Jan. 1934 Lottie

F. Kraemer; m.2: 19 May 1972 Bernice Doble; 3 sons.

b. Stanley Kehn, m.1: Marian Invey; m.2: Clara; 2 children.

c. Erick Kehn, m. 8 Nov. 1910, Caroline, 1 son.

d. Milo Kehn, m. Lucille, 4 children.

11. Emma and Herman Lucht:

a. One baby boy died age three weeks.

12. Ida and Emil Hohenstein:

a. Abigail Anna Emilie Hohenstein, b. 9 Oct. 1901, d. 3 April

1972, m. 21 June 1921 Reinhold Richard Heinrich Awe;

no children, brought up Lucille.

b. Laurine Ernstine Friederika Hohenstein, b. 17 June 1903, d.

27 Feb. 1985, m. 27 June 1923 Benjamin Henry Lange,

1 stillborn, 1 son, 1 daughter.

c. Corydon Friedrich Hohenstein, b. 8 Nov. 1904, d. 25 May 1979

m. 29 May 1948 Mildred Agnes Liebau, 4 children.

d. Lillian Emma Hohenstein, b. 25 Sept. 1905, d. Feb. 1991,

m. 31 Oct. 1928 Herman WALTER Harff, 6 daughters.

e. Emil Gustav Hohenstein, b. 21 July 1907, d. 23 Sept. 1990,

m.1: Bernice Ida Huebner on 17 Oct. 1931; m.2: 11 Nov.

1972 Norma A. Card Nedderson; 1 stillborn daughter.

f. Immanuel Carl Hohenstein, b. 18 April 1909, m. 24 Nov.

1932 Dorothy Hart Currier, 1 son, 1 daughter.

13. Richard Ferdinand Friedrich Kehn m.1: Anna Gasper; m.2:

Alice Francis Cedarstrom on 25 Sept. 1913.

a. Violet Lili Ella Kehn, b. 28 Jan. 1906, m. 28 Oct. 1926

Edwin Splittstoeser, 1 son, 1 daughter.

b. Elmer Herman Kehn, b. 26 July 1907, m.1: 17 April 1930

Bernadine Ryce; m.2: Darlene Smick; 2 children.

c. Isabelle Emma Kehn, b. 19 Sept. 1909, m. 17 Sept. 1926

Thomas Williams, 2 daughters.

d. Arthur Johnny Kehn, b. 21 April 1914, m. 6 June 1939

Katherine Schusten, 4 children.

e. Evelyn Rosetta Kehn, b. 19 Oct. 1915, m. 10 Feb. 1934

Clemence Ferdinand Finke, 3 children.

f. Roy August Kehn, b. 21 June 1917, m. 16 Nov. 1938 Jeanette

Fredricka Johnson, 3 sons.

14. Ella Lydia Wilhelmine Kehn and Friedrich Kottke:

a. Herbert Emil Kottke, b. 21 Nov. 1906, m. 19 Dec. 1929 Ethel

Engbloom, 1 son.

b. Helen E. Kottke, b. 15 Mar. 1914, m. 30 Mar. 1935 Beauford

Kleidon, 3 children.

c. Hazel Kottke, b. 31 May 1918, m. 20 June 1936 Elmer Revoir,

4 children.

15. Lydia Christine Elisabeth Kehn and Gustav Pehle:

a. Gladys m. Don Bergstrom, 1 son, 1 daughter.

A special thank you to Reverend Lloyd Hohenstein whose efforts are greatly appreciated for compiling a majority of this data.

Submitted by: Michael J. Kehn peachiekehn@aol.com

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