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Louise Kleiner(t); first wife of Adolph Schlatter
Louise Kleinert
- Entry document for Louise Kleinert. Entered US 22 November 1900. Age 23 (Date of birth: 1900 – 23 = 1877)
- Female, single; able to read and write
- Hometown: Geraldsweil, Switzerland
- Occupation: barmaid
- Final destination: Memphis
- Notations in column 16 say she is going to join aunt in Memphis, Tenn
- The name listed directly below Louise Kleinert is: Salomon Rarfuss (??; Parfuss – cannot read clearly), age 43, US citizen, saloon keeper from Memphis. UPDATE: 13 December 2006: Name is Solomon Barfuss; saloonkeeper.
Louise Kleiner
According to a partially-legible entry on the inside front cover of Adolph Schlatter’s memo book, he was married to: Louise Schlatter, Kleiner. Her hometown was Geroldswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland – name of the town is mostly illegible, but, a map of the Zurich area shows the town of Geroldswil.
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LOUISE KLEINERT |
LOUISE KLEINER |
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Hometown |
Geraldsweil |
Geroldswil |
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Entered US |
22 Nov 1900 |
?? |
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Date of birth |
1877 |
?? |
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Destination in US |
Memphis, Tenn |
??; Notes in memo book connect her to Memphis. |
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Source of information |
Ellis Island passenger manifest |
Adolph Schlatter’s memo book |
It appears that LOUISE KLEINERT and LOUISE KLEINER SCHLATTER are the same person.
- According to Ellis Island immigration records, “Adolph Schetter” entered the US on 30 June 1897. Matching date of birth, hometown, and occupation indicate that “Adolph Schetter” is a misspelling of “Adolph Schlatter.”
- An entry in the 1930 federal census beside Adolph Schlatter’s name states that he was 40 years old at his first marriage. He was born in 1863, thus, his first marriage would have been in 1903.
- According to notes in Adolph’s memorandum book, Adolph and Louise Kleiner Schlatter were in Memphis in November 1903. They were in Memphis and Senatobia, Mississippi, from November 1903 until August or September 1908.
- Notes in the memo book then have Adolph, Louise and “Baby Louise” in Switzerland September 1908 through July 1910.
- The memo book lists travels by Adolph and Louise around the region of Zurich, including numerous references to Geroldswil.
- In view of this information, it appears that Adolph and Louise were married in 1903, possibly in Memphis. At some point in 1903 – 1904 they moved to Senatobia and remained there until August or September 1908 when they returned to Switzerland.