Jacob Kline (1860 - 1945)

Born 4 Oct 1860 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Dobson) Kline — married 5 Apr 1893 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1945 at age 84 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Jacob Kline was born 4 Oct 1860 in the Moseytown section of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania.^[1][2] He was the eldest of four children born to immigrant parents Barbara Milhizer and Nicholas Klein.

On his 23rd birthday, his mother presented him with a family Bible.^[3]

Jacob married Mary Elizabeth Dobson on 5 Apr 1893 at 36 Jones Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania^[4] The couple raised two children:

1. Euada Frances Kline
2. George Dobson Kline

Jacob worked as a machinist. He was employed by the railroad for about 40 years, and later worked for Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes-Barre.

Jacob died 9 Feb 1945 at his home at 30 Westminster Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania. His cause of death was uremia due to chronic myocarditis.^[2][1] He was buried on 12 Feb 1945 in Lot #120, Fair Lawn section, Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania.^[5][2][6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Euada Kline Rohme Family Bible Records, 1827-1988, The Devotional Family Bible containing the New and Old Testaments. [publication page missing]. Privately held by Star A. Kline. This Bible was passed from Euada Rohme to her nephew Glen Thompson Kline (1918-1988), from whom the current owner inherited it in 1988. All dates are recorded in Euada Rohme's handwriting except for two - Vaselo Kline (my mother) recorded Euada's death in 1983 and I recorded the death of Glen Kline (my father) in 1988.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Pennsylvania Department of Health. Death certificate (1945), Jacob Kline; Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ Jacob Klein Family Bible, The Holy Bible: containing the New and Old Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues. (Philadelphia, A.J. Holman & Co., 1883). Privately held by Star A. Kline. Note: presentation page states "Presented to Jacob Klein by Mrs. Klein Oct. 4th, 1883"
4. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF9V-GNJ : 24 June 2016), Jacob Kline and M.D. Dobson, 1893.
5. ↑ Oak Lawn Cemetery Office (Hanover Township, Pennsylvania), undated burial records, citing Kline, Jacob, burial no. 4552
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 April 2019), memorial page for Jacob Kline (4 Oct 1860–9 Feb 1945), Find A Grave: Memorial #26009107, citing Oak Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hanover, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Star Kline (contributor 46964248).

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ5M-LRW : 12 April 2016), Mary Kline in household of John N Kline, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 79, family 623, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,868.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWNH-1M6 : 16 July 2017), Jacobies Kline in household of Barbara Kline, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 123, sheet 719A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1149; FHL microfilm 1,255,149.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3QH-SCB : accessed 19 April 2016), Jacob Kline, District 1 Wilkesbarre city Ward 15, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 5A, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,436.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG8K-QGG : accessed 31 July 2017), Jacob Kline, Wilkes Barre Ward 14, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 158, sheet 24B, family 455, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1371; FHL microfilm 1,375,384.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFBB-LD9 : accessed 31 July 2017), Jacob Kline, Wilkes-Barre Ward 14, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 258, sheet 8A, line 4, family 151, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1597; FHL microfilm 1,821,597.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH7Z-W74 : accessed 31 July 2017), Jacob Kline in household of Charles W Rohme, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 263, sheet 6A, line 33, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2073; FHL microfilm 2,341,807.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ74-TJJ : accessed 31 July 2017), Jacob Kline in household of Charles W Rome, Ward 15, Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes-Barre City, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-330, sheet 6B, line 43, family 111, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3563.

Acknowledgement

This profile was originally created by Star A. Kline, Jacob's great granddaughter, on 2 July 2014.