FRANK XAVIER KAUFMANN

Born: April 2, 1852    Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: November 15, 1923    Ferndale, Whatcom, Washington
Buried: Bellingham Cemetery    Whatcom, Washington


Parents:
 
 
Occupation:

Marriage:
 
 
 
Karl or Charles "Charley" Kaufmann
Magdalena C. Stimmler
 
Farmer
 
Barbara Hammer
June 24, 1870
Saint Louis, Missouri
 
Frank Kaufmann

Children: Jacob   in childhood
  Frank Abt. 1873  
  Mary Magdalena Abt. 1875 Aft. 1924
  Kate Abt. 1877 † 1898
  Emma Barbara Abt. 1879 † 1918
  John    
  Peter   in infancy
  Joseph J. July 1883  
       
Notes: At the time of the Sept. 21, 1857 Minnesota Territorial and State Census, Frank was 5 years old and living in
  Township 116 of Carver County, Minnesota with his parents and __ siblings.
 
At the time of the June 11, 1860 U.S. Census, Frank was 8 years old and living with his parents and four siblings on the family farm in Lake Town, Carver County, Minnesota. Although his father was born in Bavaria and his mother in France, Frank was born in Pennsylvania.
 
At the time of the June 21, 1870 U.S. Census, Frank was 19 years old and living with his parents and six siblings on the family farm in Lake Town, Carver County, Minnesota.
 
On on June 24, 1870, in the city of St. Louis, Missouri Frank was married to Barbara Hammer, and to this union were born eight children, namely: Jacob, who died in childhood; Frank, now living in North Dakota (as of 1926); Mary, who married Harvey Phillips and was making her home with her mother; Kate, who died at the age of twenty-one years; Emma, who married P. J. Stedman and died in 1918; John, living in California; Peter, who died in infancy; and Joseph J. Kaufman, who lives in Seattle and is engaged in the furniture business.
 
At the time of the June 9, 1880 U.S. Census Frank was 28 years old and living with his wife Barbara and their four children on their farm in Marysland, Swift County, Minnesota. [Source: 1880 U.S. Census, Roll: T9-635; Family History Film: 1254635; p. 210C; E.D. 26]
 
Returning home from visiting their daughter Mary Phillips in Lynden, Washington on the afternoon of Nov. 15, 1923, the car Frank was driving collided with a logging truck near Custer, WA. His wife Barbara, who was riding with him, was only slightly injured. However, Frank was killed instantly at the age of 73.

Ancestry: The Stimmler/Stimler Line
   
1860 Minnesota Census, Laketown in Carver County, June 11, 1860

1870 Minnesota Census, Laketown in Carver County, June 21, 1870

Obituary of Frank X. Kaufmann, Chaska Weekly Valley Herald, Jan. 31, 1924

Frank X. Kaufmann from "History of Whatcom County Volume 2" by Lottie Roeder Roth

Four Kaufmann Brothers:  Nick (back left), Joseph (back right), John (front left) and Frank (front right).
Four Kaufmann Brothers
Standing, left to right: Nick and Joseph Kaufmann
Seated, left to right: John and Frank Kaufmann

Ottilia Sames (née Kaufmann) and Nicholas Kaufmann
Sister Ottilia Sames (née Kaufmann) and Frank Kaufmann

Stimler Family Crest      Kampa Family Crest
Last modified: January 2, 2011
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