Great Great Great Grandparents – Herman & Emma Bauers
Great Great Great Grandparents – Fred & Frieda Holzkopf

Herman Bauers March 13, 1850 – May 13, 1919
   Married: Emma C. Von Kickibusch about 1875 possibly in Germany.
Herman was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Chicago, IL.
Emma was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Chicago, IL
Emma December 25, 1849 – March 8, 1936

Children of Herman & Emma Bauers: Olga, Lena, Martha & Ottielie

Olga Bauers March 31, 1877 – April 14, 1971
   Married: Charles Kammerar about 1895 in Chicago, IL.
Olga was born in Bromberg, Germany and died in Ho Ho Kus, New Jersey.
Charles Kammerar

Great Great Grandparents – William R. & Lena Holzkopf

Lena Bauers April 23, 1878 - May 30, 1953 - Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
   Married: William R. Holzkopf December 26, 1895 (or 1898 in Chicago?)
Lena was born in Bromberg, Germany and immigrated to the US in 1884. Per death notice in newspaper she died of a heart attack. They had 15 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren. William and Lena lived with Walter Holzkopf at North Kildare, Chicago, Illinois at the time of her death. The funeral was on Tuesday, June 2, 1953 at 2:00 P.M. at the chapel of Schubert Funeral Home, 39 N. Cass Avenue, Westmont, IL, with the Rev. David S. Kimball. Lena had 3 sisters, Tillie Reick, Martha Holz and Olga Kammerar.
William’s parents were Fred and Frieda Holzkopf. William's occupation was cigarmaker. At the time of the 1900 Census they lived at 54 Fremont, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. William was a naturalized citizen who had immigrated to the US in 1878. He worked for the Burlington Railroad in LaGrange and Westmont where he was a flagman and pulled the gates down. In Westmont, he sat in a little building and came out with a little "stop" sign to stop traffic when a train was coming. In his basement, he made cigars.  
William R. Holzkopf March 9, 1876 - May 18, 1954 - Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park, IL

Martha Bauers July 20, 1880 – Jan. 12, 1962
   Married: Frank L. Holtz about 1905
Martha was born in Bromberg, Germany. Both died in Chicago, IL.
Frank L. Holtz

Ottielie (Ottillie/Tillie) Bauers May 21, 1897 - July 11, 1967
   Married: Frederick W. Rick April 23, 1902 in Chicago.
Tillie is listed as being born in Bromberg, Germany.
Frederick was born in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Both died in Chicago, IL.
Frederick W. Rick August 1877 – September 14, 1948

Children of Olga & Charles Kammerar: Mathilda & Henrietta

Mathilda Kammerar August 13, 1896 – July 1978
  Married: Paul Hicken about 1917 in Chicago, IL.
Mathilda (Tillie) was born in Chicago, IL. Both died in Chicago, IL.
Paul Hicken July 11, 1889 – November 1871

Henrietta Martha Kammerar March 15, 1906 - Jan. 17, 1991
   Married: John Edward Tatar June 23, 1928.
Henrietta & John were both born in Chicago, IL. She also died in Chicago. John died in Ho Ho Kus, NJ.
John Edward Tatar December 24, 1903 - August 3, 1971

Children of William & Lena Holzkopf: William, Walter, Elmer Hugo, Sr, George Alfred

Great Grandparents – William F. & Caroline Holzkopf

William F. Holzkopf Jan. 26, 1898 – Feb. 27, 1959 - Clarendon Hills Cemetery, Westmont, IL
   Married: Caroline Antinette Simon May 7, 1917, in Chicago, IL. They were attended by Lena and William Holzkopf and Walter Holzkopf, and married by James MacLagan, Minister of the Gospel. William (Wilhelm) Frederick was born in Chicago, IL.
Certificate of Baptism: Wilhelm Fredrick Louis Holzkopf, son of Mr. Wm Holzkopf and his wife Lena nee Bauers born January 26, 1898, was baptized June 18, 1899 in Chicago, Ill in the Name of the Father, of the Son and the Holy Ghost. Sponsors were: Fr. Holzkopf, Frieda Kammerar. Signed: Karl Schmidt, Ev. Luth Pastor
Newspaper account - “Sgt. William Frederick died February 27, 1959, at the age of 61 in 418 Warwick St., Westmont, IL. He had just begun his vacation when he was discovered dead in his home shortly after 9 o’clock Friday night by a daughter. He was alone at the time and apparently a victim of a heart attack. He was a deputy in the DuPage County sheriff’s office for 18 years. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock from Schubert Funeral Home in Westmont. Burial will be in Clarendon Hills Cemetery”.
From newspaper clipping dated February 28, 1959
Veteran DuPage Cty. Officer Wm. Holzkopf, Died Friday
Sgt. William Holzkopf, 63 (sic), of the DuPage County Sheriff’s Police, died at 7:30 p.m. Friday, apparently the victim of a heart attack. He collapsed at his home at 418 Warwick, Westmont, and was found by a daughter. She summoned an ambulance, but Holzkopf was dead on arrival at Hinsdale Sanitarium. Ironically, Sgt. Holzkopf’s wife is seriously ill in the same hospital.
Sgt. Holzkopf had been a regular member of the county police since Jan. 1, 1951. He was a special deputy for many years prior to his appointment. He was made sergeant in January of 1955. A longtime member of the Westmont Fire Department, Sgt. Holzkopf had held the position of chief, as well as other fire department offices. A sheriff’s honor guard will be in attendance at the funeral home. Holzkopf was presented with an inscribed watch and gold badge at a testimonial dinner in his behalf in 1957 after having completed 25 years of service with the Westmont Volunteer Fire Department. The police officer had held every position with the department and served as chief during his last two years with the fire department. When Holzkopf put on a slicker in 1932, the department was strictly a volunteer outfit and served without pay. Eight years later the men were put on at $2 a call and the same rate existed when he retired. A resident of Westmont for nearly 40 years, Holzkopf was Republican precinct committeeman for many years.
Caroline was in Hinsdale Sanitarium hospital (Shank Rest Home per Earl Holzkopf) at the time of William’s death. She died, at the age of 60 and had been in the Hinsdale Sanitarium. Funeral services were from the Toon Funeral Home to Holy Trinity Church on May 8, 9:30 a.m., the Rev. Sal Formusa officiating. They had been residents of Westmont for about 35 years. Caroline was the daughter of Michael and Johanna (Jeanne) Hansen (Hanson) Simon, was born in Logansport, Indiana. Caroline had three brothers and one sister: John, Jacob, Michael and Cecelia.
Caroline Antinette April 4, 1899 - May 6, 1959 - Clarendon Hills Cemetery, Westmont, IL

Walter J. Holzkopf February 25, 1899 – October 6, 1995
   Married: Jessie I. O’Neil February 26, 1921
Walter was born in Chicago, IL and died in Lake Zurich IL.
Jessie I.

Elmer Hugo, Sr. July 15, 1901 – May 11, 1937 - Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
   Married: Ella Holzkopf
Elmer was born in Chicago, IL and died in Elmhurst, Du Page, IL.
Ella Ganschaw

George D. Holzkopf Sr. March 8, 1904 – November 27, 1980 - Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL
   Married: Harriet Helen Domek September 20, 1924 in Chicago.
George was born in Chicago, IL and died in Westmont, IL.
Harriet October 6, 1902 – July 25, 1969

Alfred Holzkopf October 9, 1906 – February 4, 1999
   Married: Avonell Thompson January 9, 1932 in Indianapolis, IN.
Alfred was born in Chicago, IL and died in Hot Springs, AR. He legally changed his last name to Parker.
Avonell was born in St. Paul, IN and died in Hot Springs, AR.
Avonell February 7, 1911 – February 5, 2002

Children of Martha & Frank Holtz: Harold L. & Raymond

Harold L. Holtz December 16, 1906 – November 15, 1976
   Married: Marion E. Johnson
Harold was born in Chicago, IL and died in Clearwater, FL.
Marion

Raymond Holtz 1909? in Chicago – October 1969 in Chicago

Children of Ottielie & Frederick W. Rick: Sylvia & Dolores

Children of William F. & Caroline: Evangeline, William Frederick Jr., Jessie, Earl, Evelyn, Esther

Grandparents – Herman & Evangeline Kiefer

Evangeline Retica March 8, 1918 – February 28, 1998 - Maple Hill Cemetery, Hartford, MI
   Married: Herman George Kiefer (originally Kubaschefski) on June 23, 1937 in Hartford, Michigan. Hertha and John Woodrum were in attendance. The ceremony was held at the minister's home on Franklin Street. The home, built in the 1870s was known as the historic Merriman House. It also housed the Hartford Library since the 1920's.
Evangeline was born on a Friday in Chicago, Illinois. She died in a nursing home in South Haven, Michigan.
Herman’s parents were George and Anna (Schmidt) Kiefer. He was born on a Tuesday at 74 Miller Street, Buffalo, New York. Herman attended a school called "Boys Industrial School" in Cleveland where they were taught woodworking. When they moved to Chicago he wanted to go to work. He was a student at Ooyne Electrical School in Chicago where he took night classes. Herman worked at the World's Fair in Chicago where be brought in the show horses.One time they "took off" and he was carried along holding on to their bridles. Herman played the saxophone in the orchestra, part of the New Apostolic Church the family belonged to in Chicago. Herman worked at a gas station in Westmont, Illinois, on North Cass Avenue, where he met Evangeline. He asked her for a date. They went to the movies on dates. On Christmas day, 1936, Herman talked to Evangeline's father to ask if he could marry Evangeline. Herman bought land at 600 North Center Street in Hartford, Michigan for $300.00, paid off the loan from the bank, then bought lumber at Johnny Smith's Lumber Yard to build a small house. April 14, l940, they moved into the house he built. Herman worked at the Truscott Boat & Dock Company, St. Joseph/Benton Harbor, Michigan, during the Second World War, 1943. They built "crash boats" or "rescue boats". Herman died at Mercy-Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph, Michigan, at the age of 85 years 9 months. A memorial service was held at Calvin Funeral Home, Hartford, Michigan, with Dr. David Crawford of the Hartford United Methodist Church officiating. Cremains of both Herman and Evangeline were interred at Maple Hill Cemetery, Hartford, MI on July 5, 2002.
Herman Kiefer March 11, 1902 - December 11, 1988 - Maple Hill Cemetery, Hartford, MI

William Frederick, Jr. June 8, 1920 - September 9, 1920

Jessie April 11, 1922 – February 17, 1994 - Claredon Hills Cemetery, Westmont, IL
   Married: Victor Savana
Victor ? - February 20, 1978 - Claredon Hills Cemetery, Westmont, IL

Earl September 16, 1928 -

Evelyn March 24, 1932 - March 1, 2006 - Claredon Hills Cemetery, Westmont, IL
   Married: ? Franklin
   Married: ? McGill

Esther April 21, 1935 -

Children of Herman & Evangeline Kiefer: Donald, Carol & Nancy

Donald George August 28, 1938 - 
  Married: Elsie Marie Geurin July 8, 1959 at First Congregational Church, Covert, MI
Donald was born on Beany Road in Hartford, Michigan
Elsie Marie October 21, 1940 – Sept. 10, 2004
   2^nd Marriage: Arlene Ronspies October 27, 2006 in Wisconsin
Arlene Ronspies July 24, 1937 -

Carol Ann August 17, 1940 –
   Married: Carol Ann Kiefer June 6, 1959 at the First Methodist Church, Watervliet, MI. Carol was born at 600 North Center Street in Hartford, MI. Her occupation was a telephone operator. Gene was born and residing in Watervliet, MI. Carol was born and residing in Hartford, MI.
Eugene Arthur O’Riley January 22, 1940 –

Nancy Marguerite March 5, 1942 - 
   Married: Alan Wilbert Kuehl at Trinity Lutheran Church, St. Joseph, MI.
Nancy was born at 600 North Center Street, Hartford, MI
Alan Wilbert Kuehl September 13, 1937 -