The Records of the Klitz Family in Cincinnati
The Klitzes who lived in Cincinnati, lived there for over 70 years. Heinrich Klitz emigrated to the United States in 1847 and his family, led by his father, Engelbert, followed in 1849. A Klitz cousin (Heinrich Klitz) emigrated to Cincinnati in 1881 and lived/worked with Theresia Klitz. The city directories listed below detail the occupation of the Klitzes and where they lived and worked in Cincinnati. Since a cousin emigrated to Cincinnati 35 years after Engelbert and his family did, we can safely assume that there was some form of communication between the Cincinnati Klitzes and the Klitzes who remained in Germany. There is no definitive proof of contact between the Cincinnati Klitzes and the Nebraska Klitzes, though the funeral card for Theresia Klitz (d. 1900) was found in a box of funeral cards that belonged to Gertrude Klitz. This suggests that there was some contact between the families.
United States Federal Census Records
Immigration and Passenger Lists
Cincinnati City Directory Records - There are City Directory records from 1861 through 1916 which include the Klitz family.
Birth, Baptism, Marriage and Death Records
Homestead Papers and Land Records
This page was last updated: December 27, 2018
