Herman Joseph Kreifels
1859 - 1950 (91 years)
Person ID: I6235 | Tree: Import from RootsMagic | Last Modified: 22 Oct 2025
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Name Herman Joseph Kreifels Birth 14 Feb 1859 Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States 
1859 Herman Joseph Kreifels baptism Gender Male Died 19 Feb 1950 Paul, Otoe, Nebraska, United States -
Parents
Father Carl Joseph Sebastian Kreifels (ID:I2079), b. Between Sep 1818 and Sep 1819, Serm, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. 15 Jun 1874, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States (Age 55 years) Mother Anna Gertrude Blommer (ID:I6221), b. 13 Feb 1827, Osterath, Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 11 Nov 1854 Loose Creek, Osage, Missouri, United States Children 1. John Louis Kreifels (ID:I6233), b. 2 Sep 1855, Saint Joseph, Stearns, Minnesota, United States d. 5 Oct 1942, Paul, Otoe, Nebraska, United States (Age 87 years)2. Peter Mathias Kreifels (ID:I6234), b. 9 Jul 1857, Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States d. 6 Apr 1936, Burr, Otoe, Nebraska, United States (Age 78 years)3. Herman Joseph Kreifels (ID:I6235)
(current person)
, b. 14 Feb 1859, Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States d. 19 Feb 1950, Paul, Otoe, Nebraska, United States (Age 91 years)4. Henry Peter Kreifels (ID:I6236), b. 2 Jan 1861, Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States d. 10 Mar 1933, Table Rock, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States (Age 72 years)5. 
Anna Margarette Kreifels (ID:I6237), b. 14 Mar 1863, Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States d. 11 Feb 1954, Douglas, Otoe, Nebraska, United States (Age 90 years) -
Family
Wife Gertrude Katherine Feilen (ID:I10246), b. 16 Sep 1974 d. 19 Feb 1950 Marriage 3 Nov 1891 Children 1. Hulda Lucy Kreifels (ID:I10247), b. 4 Jan 1893 d. 9 Nov 1960 (Age 67 years)2. Albert Henry Kreifels (ID:I10248), b. 10 Mar 1895 d. 15 Sep 1961 (Age 66 years)3. Rudolph Joseph Kreifels (ID:I10249), b. 8 Feb 1897 d. 2 Jun 1984 (Age 87 years)4. Harry H. Kreifels (ID:I10250), b. 21 Sep 1902 d. 4 Nov 1924 (Age 22 years)5. Elmer John Kreifels (ID:I10251), b. 22 Apr 1908 d. 25 Jul 1978 (Age 70 years)6. Sylvia Marie Kreifels (ID:I10252), b. 23 Jan 1911 d. Yes, date unknown -
Other Personal Events
1865 Minnesota State Census 1 Jun 1865 Saint Joseph, Stearns, Minnesota, United States [1] Sebastian Kreifels household
Sebastian is living in St. Joseph Township with his five children: John, Peter, Herman, Henry and Anna.
Kreifels, Sebastian (M, age )
Kreifels, (F, age )
Kreifels, (M, age )
Kreifels, (M, age )
Kreifels, (M, age )
Kreifels, (M, age )
1865 MN census for Sebastkan Kreifels family 1880 Federal Census 22 Jun 1880 Rock Creek, Otoe, Nebraska, United States [2] - 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 Census for Herman Kreifels family _UID 44F34B6C589DF011AC2C22966722CE3E0915 -
Source Citations
- [S156] 1865 Minnesota State Census, St. Joseph, Stearns, MN, Page 8 Kreifels;.
- [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.