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My Kaempffe line has been living in
the town of Markneukirchen, Sachsen, Germany for at least the
last 250 years. Many of my Kaempffes were involved in the
manufacture of musical instruments, particularly stringed
instruments such as violins.
My great great great grandfather was Ernst Kaempffe, born in 1819. His oldest brother Albin immigrated from Germany to Brazil in 1834, and still has descendents living around Sao Leopoldo. In 1840 Albin wrote a letter to his brother Ernst, who was still living in Markneukirchen. See the English translation. My great great grandfather, Bernhardt Kaempffe, was born in Markneukirchen circa 1847. In 1881 August, his 2nd wife Mathilda, and his children Martha, Max, Rosalie and Fritz boarded the ship Amsterdam in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and sailed for the United States. The ship docked in New York City on May 9, 1881, which was the 9th birthday of my great grandmother, Martha. Martha (full name Bertha Martha Kaempffe) grew to adulthood in New York, and on June 8, 1898, Martha married Wilhelm Bley. |
| Descendants of Israel KAEMPFFE 1 Israel KAEMPFFE b: July 06, 1746 in Markneukirchen, Germany d: September 06, 1810 .. +Christiana Sophia THOSS ....... 2 August Traugott KAEMPFFE b: September 01, 1780 in Leibnitz, Germany d: November 01, 1839 ............ +Juliane Sophia BLANKMEISTER d: December 12, 1866 m: August 07, 1808 in Leibnitz, Germany ................. 3 Albin August KAEMPFFE b: March 28, 1810 in Markneukirchen, Germany d: June 17, 1893 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ...................... +Maria Margaretha HOEFEL b: January 13, 1812 in Weiler/ Waldalsgeshiem, Germany d: February 01, 1873 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil m: June 25, 1837 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ........................... 4 Albin Leonhard KAEMPFFE b: February 24, 1837 ..................................... 5 Maria Jose KAEMPFFE .......................................... +Unknown MACHADO ............................................... 6 Alvaro MACHADO ........................... 4 Emily Auguste KAEMPFFE b: January 09, 1838 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ................................ +Unknown SCHAEFER ..................................... 5 Emma SCHAEFER b: in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil .......................................... +Palmiro MOTTO ............................................... 6 Celina MOTTO b: in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ................................................... +Joao FIATTI ........................... 4 Bernardina KAEMPFFE b: October 14, 1840 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil d: March 02, 1867 in Sao Leopoldo Cemiterio Municipal ........................... 4 Herman Leopold KAEMPFFE b: October 04, 1841 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil d: in Porto Alegro, Brazil ..................................... 5 Arlindo KAEMPFFE b: in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil d: in Parana, Brazil ..................................... 5 Alipio TeixeiraKAEMPFFE b: in Porto Alegro, Brazil .......................................... +Antonina Goes PINTO ............................................... 6 Arinos Milton KAEMPFFE b: Oct 23, 1910 in Porto Alegro d: Aug 21, 1974 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ............................................... 6 Glacy KAEMPFFE ............................................... 6 Thalita KAEMPFFE ............................................... 6 Edgar KAEMPFFE ........................... 4 Carolina Maria KAEMPFFE b: December 04, 1846 ........................... 4 Alfonso KAEMPFFE b: January 01, 1849 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil d: April 25, 1870 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ........................... 4 Francisca KAEMPFFE b: July 09, 1851 ................................ +Antonio HOEFEL ........................... 4 Francisca Antonia Catarina KAEMPFFE b: July 09, 1851 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil d: September 1946 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ................................ +Antonio HOEFEL b: October 09, 1838 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil d: October 25, 1920 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ..................................... 5 Antonio Filho HOEFEL b: July 21, 1882 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil d: August 08, 1951 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil .......................................... +Helma HASSE b: April 23, 1886 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil d: January 28, 1975 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ............................................... 6 Olga HOEFEL b: January 17, 1906 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil d: May 14, 1938 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ................................................... +Emilio SANDER b: Feb 24, 1906 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil d: June 07, 1966 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ............................................... 6 Elka HOEFEL ................................................... +Bruno BRAWNER ..................................... 5 Arlindo HOEFEL b: April 17, 1884 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil d: September 24, 1970 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ..................................... 5 Alfonso Candido HOEFEL b: Jan 10, 1887, Sao Leopoldo, Brazil d: April 24, 1964 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil .......................................... +Ella SANDER b: October 03, 1890 in Taquara, Brazil d: December 12, 1976 in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil ............................................... 6 Eloab? L Tolanda? HOEFEL b: in Sander d: in Sander ............................................... 6 Melio? Alfonso HOEFEL b: September 28, 1917 in Sander d: October 05, 1997 in Porto Alegro ................................................... +Maria Elisa LIMA b: January 25, 1927 ............................................... 6 Arino? Romeo HOEFEL b: November 02, 1919 in Sander ................................................... +Iracema DOS SANTOS b: October 16, 1926 in Santa Marla, Brazil ................. 3 Juliane Rosalie KAEMPFFE b: February 11, 1812 ................. 3 Julius Robert KAEMPFFE b: September 19, 1813 ................. 3 Franz Bernhard KAEMPFFE b: July 08, 1815 ................. 3 Otolie Franziska KAEMPFFE b: July 28, 1817 ................. 3 Ernst August KAEMPFFE b: December 12, 1819 in Germany d: November 09, 1850 ...................... +Antonie "Annie" Cacilie Amalie BAUER b: June 25, 1819 in Leibnitz, Germany m: November 11, 1841 in Germany ........................... 4 Julie Amalie KAEMPFFE b: March 25, 1844 ........................... 4 Rose Antonie KAEMPFFE b: August 07, 1845 ........................... 4 Bernhardt August KAEMPFFE b: November 20, 1846 in Markneukirchen, Saxony, Germany d: December 02, 1889 in Harrison, NJ ................................ +Auguste Mathilde DURRSCHMIDT b: March 29, 1845 in Markneukirchen, Saxony, Germany d: February 04, 1929 in Brooklyn, NY, buried in Lutheran Cemetery, NYC ..................................... 5 Frederick August KAEMPFFE b: November 08, 1880 in Paris? d: February 14, 1951 in Ramsey, NJ .......................................... +Louise Ada SCHWEITZER b: Feb 12, 1883 in NYC d: July 22, 1947 in East Rutherford, NJ m: June 25, 1905 in New York City ............................................... 6 Mathilda Louise KAEMPFFE b: November 10, 1907 ............................................... 6 Lillian Rosalie KAEMPFFE b: March 26, 1910 ............................................... 6 Frederick August Jr. KAEMPFFE b: December 31, 1911 in New York City d: July 28, 1974 in Florida (Buried in McHenry IL) ................................................... +Marie Louise MURRAY b: June 06, 1910 in Hyde Park, MA m: June 30, 1933 ..................................... 5 Mathilde Mary KAEMPFFE b: August 16, 1888 d: June 30, 1973 in New York City .......................................... +Harold B. Elgar ........................... *2nd Wife of Bernhardt August KAEMPFFE: ................................ +Agnes Rosalie DURRSCHMIDT b: December 21, 1847 in Markneukirchen, Saxony, Germany d: March 02, 1876 in Paris? m: August 28, 1871 in Germany ..................................... 5 Bertha Martha KAEMPFFE b: May 09, 1872 in Markneukirchen, Sachsen, Germany d: April 06, 1947 in New York City, New York .......................................... +Wilhelm Paul Alfred Bley b: July 23, 1872 in Berlin, Germany d: June 16, 1911 in New York City, NY m: June 05, 1898 in New York, NY ............................................... 6 Gertrude Rosalie BLEY b: May 09, 1899 in New York, NY d: December 1968 in Suffolk County, NY ................................................... +Arthur H. DECKERT b: Jan 14, 1901 in Jersey City, NJ d: October 1972 in Baldwin, New York ............................................... 6 Matilda Pauline Bley b: April 25, 1900 in New York d: December 19, 1966 in Florida ................................................... +R. Howard ............................................... 6 Martha Agnes Bley b: March 2, 1902 in New York d: Dec 4, 1986 in Waterbury, New Haven, CT ................................................... +Charles Martin b: July 08, 1898 d: October 01, 1984 in Connecticut ............................................... 6 Louise Bertha Bley b: March 17, 1904 in New York d: November 02, 1986 ................................................... +James K. Shepherd b: December 13, 1902 in Scotland d: September 10, 1963 ............................................... 6 William Bernhard Bley b: October 16, 1906 in New York d: May 1980 in New Jersey ................................................... +Agnes Emma Oliver b: April 16, 1908 d: in NJ ............................................... 6 Carl George Bley b: November 27, 1909 d: March 19, 1988 in Spokane, Washington ................................................... +Beatrice M. Dondero b: July 02, 1904 d: May 16, 1962 ..................................... 5 Maximillian KAEMPFFE b: February 22, 1874 d: 1951 .......................................... +Bertha Wilhemina MULLER b: 1877 d: 1954 ............................................... 6 Edna KAEMPFFE ............................................... 6 Herbert KAEMPFFE ................................................... +Dorothy ............................................... 6 Gustave Maximillian3 KAEMPFFE b: February 17, 1905 d: November 27, 1990 in Camarillo, CA ................................................... +Hazel b: December 29, 1913 in Camarillo, CA d: March 10, 2000 ..................................... 5 Agnes Rosalie KAEMPFFE b: February 25, 1876 d: May 23, 1919 in NYC? .......................................... +George FRICK ............................................... 6 Mathilda FRICK ............................................... 6 George FRICK b: June 25, 1904 ........................... 4 Wilhelm Albert KAEMPFFE b: April 03, 1848 ........................... 4 Ernst KAEMPFFE b: March 21, 1851 ................. 3 Louis Herman KAEMPFFE b: May 10, 1820 ................. 3 Louis Eduard KAEMPFFE b: December 12, 1821 in Markneukirchen, Germany ...................... +Unknown ........................... 4 Unknown KAEMPFFE ..................................... 5 Unknown KAEMPFFE ............................................... 6 Gertrud KAEMPFFE ................................................... +Adolf MEINEL ................. 3 Clara Mathilde KAEMPFFE b: November 21, 1826 ................. 3 Marie Therese KAEMPFFE b: September 01, 1827 ....... 2 Emanuel Lebrecht KAEMPFFE b: February 14, 1783 ....... 2 Daniel Friedrich KAEMPFFE b: May 07, 1785 ............ +Maria Eliseabeth DEBOS m: January 1897 in Frankfort, Germany ....... 2 Wilhelm Israel KAEMPFFE b: March 21, 1788 ....... 2 Christiana Carolina KAEMPFFE b: September 14, 1791 ....... 2 David Friedrich KAEMPFFE b: October 12, 1794 |