Peter Herman Kreifels
1858 - 1918 (59 years)
Person ID: I2071 | Tree: Import from RootsMagic | Last Modified: 22 Oct 2025
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Name Peter Herman Kreifels Birth 24 Nov 1858 
1858 Peter Herman Kreifels baptism Gender Male Died 25 Sep 1918 Buried Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States 
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Parents
Father Herman Heinrich Theodore Kreifels (ID:I2066), b. 30 Dec 1824, Serm, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. 8 Jul 1903, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States (Age 78 years) Mother Anna Margaretha Blommer (ID:I2067), b. 19 Jun 1829, Germany d. 20 Feb 1901 (Age 71 years) Marriage 1852 Osage, Missouri, United States Children 1. 
Elizabeth Kreifels (ID:I2068), b. 23 Mar 1853, Saint Joseph, Osage, Missouri, United States d. 24 Apr 1948 (Age 95 years)2. Mary Kreifels (ID:I2069), b. 8 Jan 1855 d. 5 Oct 1928 (Age 73 years)3. Anna Kreifels (ID:I2070), b. 22 Jan 1856 d. Yes, date unknown4. Peter Herman Kreifels (ID:I2071)
(current person)
, b. 24 Nov 1858 d. 25 Sep 1918 (Age 59 years)5. Ludwig (Louis) Kreifels (ID:I2039), b. 12 Oct 1860, Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States d. 2 Sep 1942, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States (Age 81 years)6. Sebastian Joseph Kreifels (ID:I2072), b. 4 Apr 1862, Minnesota, United States d. 15 Jan 1936, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States (Age 73 years)7. Frank Kreifels (ID:I2073), b. 4 Mar 1864, Saint Joseph, Stearns, Minnesota, United States d. 13 Dec 1937, Paul, Otoe, Nebraska, United States (Age 73 years)8. Helenka "Lena" Kreifels (ID:I2074), b. 11 Mar 1866 d. Apr 1944 (Age 78 years)9. Melchior Kreifels (ID:I2075), b. 3 Jul 1868, Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States d. 9 Apr 1931, Paul, Otoe, Nebraska, United States (Age 62 years)10. Joseph Kreifels (ID:I2076), b. 20 May 1872 d. 30 Jun 1948 (Age 76 years) -
Family
Wife Anna Teresa Janda (ID:I4671), b. 11 Apr 1872 d. 23 Sep 1941 (Age 69 years) Marriage 10 Sep 1889 Children 1. Theodore J. Kreifels (ID:I4672), b. 20 Aug 1891 d. 3 Mar 1969 (Age 77 years)2. Bertha Mary Kreifels (ID:I4673), b. 11 Nov 1892 d. 28 Dec 1977 (Age 85 years)3. William M. Kreifels (ID:I4674), b. 6 Aug 1894 d. 4 Jan 1958 (Age 63 years)4. Rose Anna Kreifels (ID:I4675), b. 19 Apr 1896 d. 27 May 1977 (Age 81 years)5. Michael P. Kreifels (ID:I4676), b. 28 Mar 1898 d. 23 Feb 1975 (Age 76 years)6. Emma M. Kreifels (ID:I4677), b. 14 Feb 1901 d. 7 Jan 1913 (Age 11 years)7. Herman H. Kreifels (ID:I4678), b. 13 Jun 1903 d. 13 Jun 1903 (Age 0 years)8. Henry H. Kreifels (ID:I4679), b. 28 Apr 1904 d. 24 Jul 1971 (Age 67 years)9. Anna Margaretha Kreifels (ID:I4680), b. 21 Jan 1907 d. 22 Oct 1985 (Age 78 years) -
Other Personal Events
1865 Minnesota State Census 1 Jun 1865 Stearns, Minnesota, United States [1] - Kreifels, Mary (F, age )
Kreifels, Herman (M, age )
Kreifels, Anna (F, age )
Kreifels, Elizabeth (F, age )
Kreifels, Franz (M, age )
Kreifels, Sebastian (M, age )
Kreifels, Ludwig (M, age )
Kreifels, Mary (F, age )
Kreifels, Peter (M, age )
1865 MN State Census - Herman Kreifels family 1870 Federal Census 1 Jun 1870 Otoe, Otoe, Nebraska, United States [2] - This census record is terribly misspelled but it does in fact appear to be for the Herman Kreifels family. The family includes Herman and Margaretta plus children indicated by their first initials, age and gender - all of which line up.
Harman, Chris (M, age 50, )
Harman, Marg. (F, age 42, )
Harman, Ellis (F, age 17, )
Harman, M (F, age 15, )
Harman, A. (F, age 13, )
Harman, (M, age 11, )
Harman, L. (M, age 9, )
Harman, F. (M, age 5, )
Harman, H. (F, age 4, )
Harman, M. (M, age 2, )
1870 Census Herman Kreifels Family 1880 Federal Census 22 Jun 1880 Rock Creek, Otoe, Nebraska, United States [3] - Living on the farm in 1880 were Herman and his wife Margaretta and chilren Anna, Peter, Ludwig, Sebastian, Franz, Helena and Melchior. Also living with them were three of Herman's brother's orphaned kids: Herman, Henry and Anna.
Krefels, Herman (M, age 56, Married)
Krefels, Anna, Wife (F, age 51, Married)
Krefels, Anna, daughter (F, age 17, Single)
Krefels, Peter, son (M, age 21, Single)
Krefels, Ludwig, son (M, age 19, Single)
Krefels, Franz, son (M, age 16, Single)
Krefels, Helena, daughter (F, age 14, Single)
Krefels, Melchior, son (M, age 12, Single)
Krefels, Joseph, son (M, age 8, Single)
Krefels, Herman, nephew (M, age 21, Single)
Krefels, Henry, nephew (M, age 19, Single)
Krefels, Anna, neice (F, age 17, Single)
1880 Census for Herman Kreifels family _UID C2D1C86A589DF011AC2C22966722CE3EE0B3 - Kreifels, Mary (F, age )
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Source Citations
- [S156] 1865 Minnesota State Census, Township 125, Stearns, MN, Page 72/105, Family 24.
- [S9] 1870 U.S. Census, "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD7-WG9 : 19 March 2020), Chris Harman, 1870.
- [S14] 1880 U.S. Census.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YJ-K8Z : 7 September 2017), Herman Krefels, Rock Creek, Otoe, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district ED 191, sheet 344B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,753.