Edward Earl Kleinhampl (1927 - 2003)

Born 26 Aug 1927 in Portage, Portage, Ohio

Ancestors

Husband of Billie Ruth (Norman) Young — married about May 1944 (to Jun 1944) in California

Husband of Alice Louise (Kaye) Kleinhampl — married 2 Jan 1946 in Los Angeles, California

Descendants

Died 31 May 2003 at age 75 in Robinson Memorial Hostpital, Ravenna, Portage, Ohio

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Biography

Edward Earl Kleinhampl was born 26 August 1927 to Frank Kleinhampl and Frances Zeithaml in Portage, Portage, Ohio.^[1][2]

Edward is in a foster home in the 1930 US Census with the Hanzel family.^[3] They are from Czechoslovakia, like Edward's parents, so are most likely associated with the family somehow. He is found living with the Demings, Earl and Effie, a foster family, in the 1940 US Census.^[4]

Edward was a marine.^[5] He enlisted October 26, 1943. He was a:

• Private first class, Second Casual Company, Guard Battalion, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California
• Private, Third Casual Company, Training Regiment, Recruit Depot, Mcb, San Diego, California
• Private, Fourth Recruit Battalion, Training Regiment, Recruit Depot, Mcb, San Diego, California in October 1943
• Private first class, January 1944; Fourth Recruit Battalion, Training Regiment, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, 41, California
• Private first class, April 1944, Gd Co #1, Mb, Nas, Moffett Field, California
• Private First Class, July 1944, Marine Detachment, U S Naval Receiving Barracks, Shoemaker California
• Private first class, Md, Naval Disciplinary Bks, USN Training and Distribution Center, Shoemaker, California October 1944
• Private, January 1945, 36th Replacement Draft, Fmf, C/O Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California
• Private, January 1946, Forward Echelon, Ninety-First Replacement Draft, C/O Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California.

Edward married Billie Norman circa 1944.^[6]

Edward married Alice Laye.^[7] Edward and Alice had a daughter, Nancy.^[8]

Edward passed away May 31, 2003 at Robinson Memorial Hospital, Ravenna, Portage, Ohio, USA.^[9] He had suffered from Alzheimer's, though it isn't stated on the death record if that was the cause.^[10] Edward is buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Ohio.^[11]

DNA

• Paternal relationship between Edward Kleinhampl and Penny Cain confirmed with an Ancestry test match between Penny Cain and his other daughter, Nancy's daughter, S. Pankuch, 567 centimorgans shared across 26 DNA segments

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Public Records Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KRNM-GRM : accessed 21 Jan 2014), Edward Kleinhampl, 01 Aug 1993-25 Mar 2008.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4H1-GZP : accessed 21 Jan 2014), Edward Klinhoper in household of Frank J Hanzel, Charlestown, Portage, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0004, sheet , family 64, NARA microfilm publication .
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWL4-T6S : accessed 21 Jan 2014), Edward Kleinhampl in household of Earl Deming, Rootstown Township, Portage, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-36, sheet 12A, family 242, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 3131.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Muster Rolls of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1798-1892. Microfilm Publication T1118, 123 rolls. ARC ID: 922159. Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, Record Group 127; National Archives in Washington, D.C.
6. ↑ Firsthand knowledge, Billie Norman
7. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8K3-VVF : accessed 21 Jan 2014), Edward Earl Kleinhampl and Alice Louise Laye, 1946.
8. ↑ Daughter Nancy wedding announcement Sunday, March 31, 1968, Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) Page: 117
9. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKTM-PQ3 : accessed 1 March 2016), Edward Kleinhampl, 31 May 2003; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 33818, certificate number 40453, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.
10. ↑ Cain, Penny, Phone conversation with Alice Kleinhampl, his wife, circa 2000.
11. ↑ National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

• Ancestry.com. U.S. School Yearbooks [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data: Various school yearbooks from across the United States.