Herman Heinrich Theodore Kreifels
1824 - 1903 (78 years)
Person ID: I2066 | Tree: Rudeen-Rademacher | Last Modified: 14 Oct 2022
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Name Herman Heinrich Theodore Kreifels Birth 30 Dec 1824 Serm, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 
[1] Christening 31 Dec 1824 Mündelheim, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Gender Male Died 8 Jul 1903 Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, USA Buried Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, USA -
Parents
Father Joannes Adolph Dionysius Creyvelts (ID:I2077), c. 25 Jun 1783, Mündelheim, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. 26 Apr 1838, Mündelheim, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Age ~ 54 years) Mother Sibilla Elisabetha Blomenkamp (ID:I2078), c. 13 Jan 1782, Mündelheim, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. 12 Sep 1836, Serm, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Age ~ 54 years) Marriage 21 Feb 1808 Mündelheim, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Children (Siblings) 1. Elisabetha Margaretha Joanna Creyvelts (ID:I2117), c. 26 Dec 1808, Mündelheim, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. Yes, date unknown2. Maria Joanna Creyvelts (ID:I2118), c. 28 Feb 1811, Mündelheim, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. Yes, date unknown3. Josepha Maria Catharina Creyvelts (ID:I2119), c. 16 Mar 1814, Mündelheim, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. Yes, date unknown -
Family
Wife Anna Margaretha Blommer (ID:I2067), b. 19 Jun 1829, Germany d. 20 Feb 1901 (Age 71 years) Marriage 1852 Osage, Missouri, USA Children + 1. Elizabeth Kreifels (ID:I2068), b. 23 Mar 1853, St. Joseph, Osage, Missouri, USA d. 24 Apr 1948 (Age 95 years)+ 2. Mary Kreifels (ID:I2069), b. 8 Jan 1855 d. 5 Oct 1928 (Age 73 years) 3. Anna Kreifels (ID:I2070), b. 22 Jan 1856 d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Peter Herman Kreifels (ID:I2071), b. 24 Nov 1858 d. 25 Sep 1918 (Age 59 years) + 5. Ludwig (Louis) Kreifels (ID:I2039), b. 12 Oct 1860, St Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, USA d. 2 Sep 1942, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, USA (Age 81 years)+ 6. Sebastian Joseph Kreifels (ID:I2072), b. 4 Apr 1862, Minnesota, USA d. 15 Jan 1936, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (Age 73 years)+ 7. Frank Kreifels (ID:I2073), b. 4 Mar 1864, St Joseph, Stearns, Minnesota, USA d. 13 Dec 1937, Paul, Otoe, Nebraska, USA (Age 73 years)+ 8. Helenka "Lena" Kreifels (ID:I2074), b. 11 Mar 1866 d. Apr 1944 (Age 78 years) + 9. Melchior Kreifels (ID:I2075), b. 3 Jul 1868, St Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, USA d. 9 Apr 1931, Paul, Otoe, Nebraska, USA (Age 62 years)+ 10. Joseph Kreifels (ID:I2076), b. 20 May 1872 d. 30 Jun 1948 (Age 76 years) -
Other Personal Events
1857 Minnesota State Census 25 Sep 1857 Stearns, Minnesota, USA [2] 
1857 Census data for Herman Kreifels family
Living in consecutive dwellings are the Sebastian Kreifels family, the Herman Kreifels family, and the Mathias Blommer family.
At this location:
Gravel, Herman (M, age 33, )
Gravel, (F, age 26, )
Gravel, Elizabeth (F, age 4, )
Gravel, Anna (F, age )
Gravel, Maria (F, age 2, )
1865 Minnesota State Census 1 Jun 1865 Stearns, Minnesota, USA [3] 
1865 MN State Census - Herman Kreifels family
Kreifels, Mary (F, age )
Kreifels, Herman (M, age )
Kreifels, Anna (F, age )
Kreifels, Elizabeth (F, age )
Kreifels, Franz (M, age )
Kreifels, Sebastian (M, age )
Kreifels, Ludwig (M, age )
Kreifels, Mary (F, age )
Kreifels, Peter (M, age )Naturalization 14 Apr 1868 Stearns, Minnesota, USA 
1868 Naturalization Herman Kreifels 1870 Federal Census 1 Jun 1870 Otoe, Otoe, Nebraska, USA [4] 
1870 Census Herman Kreifels Family
This census record is terribly misspelled but it does in fact appear to be for the Herman Kreifels family. The family includes Herman and Margaretta plus children indicated by their first initials, age and gender - all of which line up.
Harman, Chris (M, age 50, )
Harman, Marg. (F, age 42, )
Harman, Ellis (F, age 17, )
Harman, M (F, age 15, )
Harman, A. (F, age 13, )
Harman, (M, age 11, )
Harman, L. (M, age 9, )
Harman, F. (M, age 5, )
Harman, H. (F, age 4, )
Harman, M. (M, age 2, )1880 Federal Census 22 Jun 1880 Rock Creek, Otoe, Nebraska, USA [5] 
1880 Census for Herman Kreifels family
Living on the farm in 1880 were Herman and his wife Margaretta and chilren Anna, Peter, Ludwig, Sebastian, Franz, Helena and Melchior. Also living with them were three of Herman's brother's orphaned kids: Herman, Henry and Anna.
Krefels, Herman (M, age 56, Married)
Krefels, Anna, Wife (F, age 51, Married)
Krefels, Anna, daughter (F, age 17, Single)
Krefels, Peter, son (M, age 21, Single)
Krefels, Ludwig, son (M, age 19, Single)
Krefels, Franz, son (M, age 16, Single)
Krefels, Helena, daughter (F, age 14, Single)
Krefels, Melchior, son (M, age 12, Single)
Krefels, Joseph, son (M, age 8, Single)
Krefels, Herman, nephew (M, age 21, Single)
Krefels, Henry, nephew (M, age 19, Single)
Krefels, Anna, neice (F, age 17, Single)1880 Federal Census Agriculture Schedule 22 Jun 1880 Rock Creek, Otoe, Nebraska, USA [6] 
Ag schedule for Herman Kreifels
acres farmed:
125 tilled
22 meadow, pasture, orchard
1 woodland
12 unimproved
$3500 value of farm
$ 508 value of farm equipment
$1256 value of livestock
$1397 value of farm production
Livestock:
5 milk cows
10 other
4 calves dropped
400 lbs. butter
33 head swine
212 poultry
2100 eggs1900 Federal Census 15 Jun 1900 Rock Creek, Otoe, Nebraska, USA [7] 
1900 Census Louis Kreifels Family
Luis Kreifels, Head, 40
Joena Kreifels, Wife, 30
Clara Kreifels, Daughter, 9
Leon Kreifels, Son, 7
Karl Kreifels, Son, 5
Vincense Kreifels, Son, 3
Emil Kreifels, Son, 1
Herman Kreifels, Father, 76
Margaret Kreifels, Mother, 71
Ernest Abel, Lodger, 19 -
Photos Herman Kreifels Correspondence 
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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Event Map
Birth - 30 Dec 1824 - Serm, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 
Christening - 31 Dec 1824 - Mündelheim, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 
Marriage - 1852 - Osage, Missouri, USA 
1857 Minnesota State Census - 25 Sep 1857 - Stearns, Minnesota, USA 1865 Minnesota State Census - 1 Jun 1865 - Stearns, Minnesota, USA Naturalization - 14 Apr 1868 - Stearns, Minnesota, USA 
1870 Federal Census - 1 Jun 1870 - Otoe, Otoe, Nebraska, USA 
1880 Federal Census - 22 Jun 1880 - Rock Creek, Otoe, Nebraska, USA 1880 Federal Census Agriculture Schedule - 22 Jun 1880 - Rock Creek, Otoe, Nebraska, USA 1900 Federal Census - 15 Jun 1900 - Rock Creek, Otoe, Nebraska, USA 
Died - 8 Jul 1903 - Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, USA Buried - - Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [S173] Katholische Kirche Mündelheim (Düsseldorf, Rheinland, Germany), Müundelheim Church Records, "Baptism Registers," p. 422;.
31 December
Baptized Hermanus Henricus Theodorus Creyfelds, filias legitimus Johannes Kreyfelds et Sybilla Blomencamps of Serm. Godparents Hermanus Rothcop, Henricus Schmitz and Eva Blomencamp. - [S289] Ancestry.com. MInnesota, U.S., Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007., 1857 Minnesota State Census, Page 64, Line 14, dwelling 25, family 5, Gravel;.
- [S172] Ancestry.com. MInnesota, U.S., Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007., 1865 Minnesota State Census, Township 125, Stearns, MN, Page 72/105family 24, Herman Kreifels;.
- [S9] 1870 U.S. Census, "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD7-WG9 : 19 March 2020), Chris Harman, 1870.
- [S14] 1880 U.S. Census, "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YJ-K8Z : 7 September 2017), Herman Krefels, Rock Creek, Otoe, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district ED 191, sheet 344B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,753.Rock Creek Precinct, Otoe, NE, Enum. Dist. 191, Page 14, Line 19, dwelling 125, family 127, Herman Krefels;.
- [S23] 1880 Federal Census Agriculture Schedule, Page 12, SD 1, ED 191.
- [S22] 1900 U.S. Census, "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BT-HTD : accessed 29 November 2020), Luis Kreifels, Rock Creek Precinct, Otoe, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 6A, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,936.