| Children | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelmina Kiesel |
b. 3 May 1902 Makaweii, Kauai, Hawaii |
d. 14 Feb 2000 |
1m. Scott Foster (div.) 2m. Robert Leslie Cook 30 Dec 1925 , Terr. of Hawaii. (22 Jul 1887 KY d. 18 May 1939 Molakai, HI) 3m. Arthur Carlson (d. c1957) |
| (f) Auguste "Gussie" Johanne Kiesel | b. 25 Jul 1903 Makaweii, Kauai, Hawaii | d. |
m. Wesley Ross (b. 27 Apr 1901 Utica, NY d. ) |
| Anna Kiesel | b. 11 Apr 1906 Makaweii, Kauai, Hawaii | d. Apr 1985 Honolulu, "HI |
m. Walter Czepinsky(b. ? d. Mar 19670
|
| Marguerite "Peg" Kiesel | b. 27 Jul 1907 Ewa, Oahu, Hawaii | d. |
m. Guy Cecil Kaipaulohakalahui Piltz, 30 mar 1929 (d. 5 Feb
1972 Kaneohe, Oahu, HI) |
| Herbert Henry Kiesel | b. 21 Apr 1910* , Hawaii | d. 17 Apr 2001* Hawaii (age 91) funeral Maui, |
m. Elsa Ipolani |
| Richard C. Kiesel | b. 26 Jul 1911 |
d. 8 Aug 1997# Honolulu, HI. lived in Alna Hina, Oahu |
m. Ida Freitas (b. 15 Aug 1915 d. 19 May 1992) lived in Hawaii before 1951 |
| Eleanor Kiesel |
b. 23 Nov 1913 Honolulu, Oahu, HI |
d. Feb 1976 Sacramento, CA |
m. Walter Noble |
1887 - Karl Kiesel applies for immigration and states that he was a resident of Washington State. [immigration application papers]
Eventually Emil Kiesel gets a job with the Northern Pacific railroad
in Tacoma, Washington. He probably helps to get the rest of the family
to move to Tacoma including his father, Karl, and his mother, Freda.
1900 - US Census. Kauai, Koloa Dist. Series: T623
Roll: 1835
Page: 56
(Carl is here working as an engineer and has been naturalized 10 years.
)
1900 - US Census. Washington, Pierce Co., Tacoma. Series: T623
Roll: 1749
Page: 193 (Rosy is living next to Karl Keisel (Sr.)
with wife Augusta. However in this census he is listed as
Keiser. )
1910 - US Census, Hawaii, Oahu, Ewa, Dist. 56.
1913, 15 Mar
Freda Augusta Kiesel, Carl's mother, dies in Tacoma, WA. The death
certificate is
signed by her son-in-law, Dolf Augustine.
1913-14 - Karl (Sr.) retires from his business as a shoemaker at the
age of
74. This is perhaps when he moves with his daughter to L. A. [death
certificate]
1918- Oct 26 - US Draft Registration. serial number 10337
1920- US Census, Hawaii, Honolulu, Ewe, Ewe Plantation, Series: T625
Roll: 2034
Page: 210
1925 - Robert L. "Doc" Cooke is sent by the Mutual Telephone Company
of
Honolulu to the Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement on Molokai to install a
radio system for the residents. Because he was successful
where others had failed he was much revered almost as "a 'Kahuna' of
unusual power". He was selected to
succeed as superintendent by July 25, 1925. He and his wife
Wilhelmina remained her for almost twelve years. During this
tenure he had submitted his resignation at least once and was urged by
the majority of the 400 plus patients to remain. Although they
had two children, the children were not allowed to stay on the island
full-time and we educated in a residency school on Oahu.
R. L. Cooke dies of
a heart attack at his residence in Kalaupapa on May
18, 1939. Wilhelmina
happened to be on Oahu visiting the two
children as she did regularly every few months when R. L. Cooke
died. They had previously started building a house in Kalai,
Molokai for the children and her parents. The house was turned
into a hotel built a smaller house for the children and her
parents. Sulfur drugs make it possible to put the disease in
remission after 1946 but although free to travel, most of the inmates
remained in the previous homes. [records of Jean Bean. This
is series of fascinating stories that I highly recommend, Remembering Kalaupapa]
1930 - US Census,
Hawaii, Oahu, Honolulu1943 - Marie dies in
Honolulu, Hawaii. In this
census we find the dates that Charles and Mary immigrated.
1945 - Wilhelmina
packed up the children and probably her parents to move to Santa
Barbara, CA. Here she became involved in real estate, stocks and
various businesses.
1949-
Carl dies in Santa Barbara. I believe he is probably living with
Wilhelmina, his daughter, but census are unavailable to prove this.
late 1950's - Wilhelmina remarries but her
husband dies only a few years
later.
2000, 14 Feb.
- Wilhelmina dies.
source:
Bean, Jean. photo, records and website on her grandmother's adventures on Molokai.
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