Emelia (Renke) Kline (1885-abt.1969) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Emelia Kline formerly Renke

Born 17 Mar 1885 in McIntosh Co., Dakota Territory

Ancestors

Daughter of Daniel Renke and Louisa (Welz) Renke

Sister of Johannes H. Litz [half], Christian J. Litz [half], Christine (Renke) Becker, Sophie (Renke) Judge, Malvina (Renke) Mehlhaff, Reinholdt Renke and Albert David Renke

Wife of Frederick T. Kline — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Wilkinson Fredrich Kline, Ruby Kline, Harrison Joy Kline, Archie M Kline, Albert Donald Kline, [private daughter (1910s - 1990s)] and [private daughter (1920s - unknown)]

Died about 14 Aug 1969 at about age 84 in Bismarck, Burleigh, North Dakota

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1 Biography
2 Time Line
- 2.1 Residence
3 Sources

Biography

Time Line

1885 Mar 17: Amelia's birth date listed in 'A Genealogy of the Meisser Family'; compiled by Lloyd E. Mizer for the Meisser Genealoy Association; Printed by Gordon Printing, Strasburg, Ohio, no date)

1885 May 17: Amelia's birth date from Family Bible [Earl & Elsie Litz] [The original Family Bible was destroyed in a house fire. Daniel Renke wrote in another one in his older years. Either he mis-remembered or his handwriting was difficult to read.]

1904 Sep 14: Marriage Emilia Renke & Fred Kline in Parkston, Hutchinson Co, SD [Hutchinson Co., SD County Register]

1904 Oct 10: Frederick Kline Land Patent; #5695 McLean Co., ND, Twp 146N, Sec 32, 80W

1905: They moved to a homestead northwest of Max, McLean Co., ND [Max ND Jubilee 1956]

1920 US Census Max, McLean Co., ND, ED 115, p 96, Sheet 12A, 211/214 Fred T. Kline, age 43 b PA, parents b PA, Grain Buyer, Manager; EMELIA, wife, 34 b SD, father b SD (sic), mother b Russ-German; Wilkenson 14 SD son; Ruby dau 12 ND; Harry son 10 ND; Archie son 8 ND; Albert 6 ND; Beatrice dau 4/12 ND

1938: Survives her mother, listed in the obit as Mrs. Fred Kline of Mercer, North Dakota.

1940: Survives her father, John Renke, listed in his obit as Mrs. Fred Kline of Mercer, North Dakota, she attended the funeral.

+ Elsie Litz noted in her work that Amelia was a great golfer, not a usual sport for a farmer's wife. Joy H. Kline also mentioned golfing in HERITAGE McLean County, North Dakota [McLean Co. Historical Society 1978] "...(Oh, yes, we had a golf course way back then!). Albert's mother was an excellent golfer."

+ Listed in Nathalie Renke's Christmas Card list; Kline, Emelia, Mercer, North Dakota

"She is buried in Max, ND along with Fred Kline and several of her children. I was in high school in ND and remember her funeral and I believe the death date is accurate [1969 from Meiser Family Genealogy].

1969: MRS. EMELIA KLINE - MERCER - The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 in the Mercer Baptist Church for Mrs. Emelia Kline, 82, formerly of Mercer, who died Monday at a Bismarck hospital. Rev. Otto Fiesel will officiate, and burial will be in the Max City Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jake, Andrew and John Rust, Sidney Nielson, Richard Postell and Edwin Fiedler. Mrs. Kline was born March 17, 1885 at Parkston, SD to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Reimke [sic Renke]. She married Fredrick Kline at Parkston in 1904. They came to North Dakota in 1907, homesteading near Max. In 1928 they moved to Mercer. She was a member of the Mercer Baptist Church. Her husband died in 1945. Mrs. Kline had resided at a Bismarck home for the aged the past three years. Surviving are three sons, Archie of Minot and Albert and Harry, both of Bismarck; three daughters, Mrs. Perry (Eunice) Nelson and Mrs. Erwin (Bernice) [sic Beatrice] Larson, both of Minot, and Mrs. Ruby Banbury [sic Bambury], Mineapolis; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Reviewal will be at the Henne Funeral Home, Turtle Lake, Tuesday, and at the church Wednesday, beginning at 10 a.m. [Newspaper clipping with handwritten note: Minot Daily News Aug. 15, 1969 - Tuesd.]

++Golden Jubilee, 1906-1956, Max, North Dakota. [1956] North Dakota State Univeristy Library Call Number: F644.M388 G6 Id: 62160 "Fred Kline - Fredrick T. Kline, now deceased was born April 1, 1878 in Millersburg, Pa. In 1905 he came to Max and took a homestead northwest of Max. He married Amelia Rienke in 1904 in Parkston, S. Dak. Mrs. Kline is living in Mercer. Mr. Kline also was a grain buyer in this community for many years and then moved to Mercer. The Klines had seven children, one, Wilkinson, is dead. The others are Ruby, Minneapolis; Archie and Harry in Mercer; Beatrice in Minot and Eunice in Montana."

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1920

Place: Max, McLean, North Dakota^[1]

Residence:

Date: 1910

Place: Max, McLean, North Dakota^[2]

Residence:

Date: 1920

Place: Max, McLean, North Dakota^[3]

Sources

↑ Source: #S-2077606779 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Max, McLean, North Dakota; Roll: T625_1336; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 115; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1920usfedcen&h=107605417&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1886Birth place: South DakotaResidence date: 1920Residence place: Max, McLean, North Dakota APID: 1,6061::107605417
↑ Source: #S-2077618761 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Max, McLean, North Dakota; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1910uscenindex&h=20980427&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1885Birth place: South DakotaResidence date: 1910Residence place: Max, McLean, North Dakota APID: 1,7884::20980427
↑ Source: #S-2077606779 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Max, McLean, North Dakota; Roll: T625_1336; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 115; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1920usfedcen&h=107605417&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1886Birth place: South DakotaResidence date: 1920Residence place: Max, McLean, North Dakota APID: 1,6061::107605417

Obituary
VALERIE NELSON, GRANDAUGHTER
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Source: S-2077606779 Repository: #R-2141592835 Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco Note: APID: 1,6061::0
Repository: R-2141592835 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
Source: S-2077618761 Repository: #R-2141592835 Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was Note: APID: 1,7884::0

Memories: 3

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Anonymous Nelson

Here is another memory from family life the my mother Eunice Nelson told me many times when I was young: My grandmother, Emelia Kline and my mother's older sister, Beatrice, were washing clothes in the wringer washer, when my mother managed to get her hair caught in the wringer. Panic ensued, with my Grandmother first turning off the wringer, and then in confusion turning it back on. Finally, Beatrice, pulled the plug out of the wall, but my mother had a bald spot on he head where the wringer had eaten her hair. A few weeks later, Beatrice was not speaking to my mother, which she did occasionally, knowing it drove my mother crazy. Beatrice was painting a wall in the dining room, so my mother in retaliation for Beatrice ignoring her, brought a dining room chair over and set it down on Beatrice's foot. Then she climbed on the chair and starting jumping up and down on it. Aunt Beatrice did not say a word, but calmly dipped her brush in the paint, wiped it off, and then hit my mother over the head with it. My mother jumped down and went crying to my Grandmother, " Ma, Ma! Beatrice hit me on my bald spot!"

posted 19 Sep 2019 by Anonymous Nelson [thank Anonymous]

Anonymous Nelson

Elsie Litz's note that Amelia golfed is correct. There was a golf course in Mercer on the site of the Mercer High School. My mother has mentioned a sign, "Please replace your divots!" at the golf course, i.e., please put back any sod your golf clubs chuck out of the lawn. Grass is was not easy to grow during the drought in North Dakota! Amelia also hunted. Once, she and her husband, Fred, were out hunting and her gun jammed. As she was trying to unjam it, it went off, and blew her husband's hat off his head.

posted 2 Jul 2018 by Anonymous Nelson [thank Anonymous]

Anonymous Nelson

My mother, Eunice Nelson (nee Kline), says she doesn't think that Grandma Kline could read or write, because she had to stay home and help her mother Louisa Renke, who was a midwife, take care of babies, and go out and assist with births. Grandma Kline was also a midwife. My future Aunt, Joy Kline (nee, Harum), used to write all Grandma Kline's letters for her.

posted 28 Jun 2018 by Anonymous Nelson [thank Anonymous]

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