Welcome to My Family Tree.

Joan Kleppsattel Mathews

I am researching my family tree, trying to learn more about my ancestors. As I discover new information, I will put it on this site. Right now it is a work in progress.

Marietta Maurer Kleppsattel, my patenal great grandmother

Frederick (Oxenfeld) Kleppsattel, my paternal great grandfather

Marietta Maurer Kleppsattel, my paternal great grandmother

Frederick and Marietta had nine children. They were, Dorathea, born 1877, Elizabeth, born 1878, Eleanor, (Aunt Ella) born in 1881, Charles and Mattie, both born and died in invancy, John, born 1888, Alfred, born 1892, Orra (Aunt Koots) born 1895, and Frederick McArthur, my grandfather, born 1899 in Fredricktown, Missouri.

Great Grandma and Grandpa Kleppsattel with Fred Jr., my father

These pictures are of my great grandfather and great grandmother, each holding my father, in 1923

Frederick Kleppsattel was born as Frederick Oxenfeld in Hanover, Germany on October 13, 1853. He came to the United States in 1873 and lived for several years in New York with an aunt whose last name, Kleppsattel, he had taken. He was self-employed as a tailor, a trade he learned as an apprentice. He lived in St. Louis, DeSoto, Fredericktown, Desloge and Farmington, Missouri. He was Mayor of Fredericktown for two terms and was Justice of the Peace in Desloge for several years. On November 25, 1875, he married Marietta Maurer in Farmington, Missouri. Marietta Maurer was born in Ohio on May 14, 1856. Her parents came from Orro, Switzerland. He became a United States citizen as Frederick Kleppsattel on October 18, 1882. Frederick Kleppsattel died in Desloge, Missouri at the age of 82 on June 9, 1935. Marietta Kleppsattel died at the age of 84 on January 8, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Frederick Kleppsattel, my great grandfather

my Grandpa Kleppsattel and Aunt Koots (Orra)

My grandfather, Frederick McArthur Kleppsattel and his sister, Orra

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