Gustave W. Kiesel Family

Gustave W. Kiesel Family
Germany, Hawaii & Washington

Gustave George Heinrich Wilhelm Kiesel
b. 1 Nov 1869 Nienburg, Germany, possibly christened 11 Nov 1870 Bremen, Germany
d. 4 Nov 1958 Seattle, King Co., Washington [death certif. #23538]
buried: Old Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, WA

m. Sophia Louisa Maria "Mary" Niemeyer# 29 Aug 1890, Tacoma, WAb. 16 Feb 1873, Germany
d. 13 Mar 1971 Seattle, King Co., WA#
buried: Old Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, WA
her father: August Niemeyer (b. 8 Mar 1844 Celle, Germany)
her mother: Marie Korthauer (b. 13 Feb 1843 Bierde)

his father: Karl Kiesel (b 1840 Ger.)
his mother: Frieda Funne (b. 1840 Ger.)

Children with Marie Niemeyer
Anna Emma Kiesel	b. 25 Sep 1892 Seattle, WA	d. 21 Apr 1972 Seattle, WA, buried; Wash. Mem. Park, SeaTac, WA	m. Perry E. Hall, 19 Oct. 1926 Seattle, WA (d. 31 Oct 1959) no children
Ella Maria Kiesel	b. 14 Oct 1895 WA	d. 19 Sep 1986 Newport Beach, CA	m. Jack Butler (b. 29 Sep ? d/ 12 Ki; 1963) two children included a girl, Patricia Marie Butler and Jack Butler Jr.
Albert R. Kiesel	b. 12 Feb 1897 Tacoma, WA	d. 22 May 1970 Chehalis, Lewis Co., WA#	m. Lillian Dagmar Nelson 28 June 1925 (b. 6 Apr 1900 d. Oct 1982 Centralia, Lewis Co., WA at age 82)#
Edna May Kiesel	b. 1 May 1906 Tacoma, WA#	d. 12 Jul 1952 in an apartment fire in Fairbanks, Alaska	m. John Boyd Richardson 27 Aug. 1927 Seattle, WA (b. 6 Apr 1886 Tacoma, WA - died by 1939) no known children

*records of Marlene Marshall Grubb
#SS Death Records
#Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA birth records

1887 - Karl Kiesel applies for immigration and states that he was a resident of Washington State. [immigration application papers]
He apparently brings most of the family with him and may have come to Seattle with other German immigrants from Hawaii.

1889 - Tacoma, Washington Directories, R. L. Polk & Co., 1889-91
           Gustave Kiesel, Tacoma, WA teamster, boards Charles Kiesel
           Charles Kiesel, Tacoma, WA laborer, Lake Side add
           Emil Kiesel,    Tacoma, WA teamster, boards Charles Kiesel

1890 - Tacoma, Washington Directories, 1890.
           Gustave Kiesel,    Tacoma, WA   teamster, boards Theodore Kiesel
           Carl Kiesel,    Tacoma, WA   laborer, B Hall & Cavendar's Lake Side add
           Henry C. Kiesel, Tacoma, WA    P. A. Wood & Co., boards Humboldt House
           Theodore Kiesel, Tacoma, WA   plumber, B. Hall & Cavendar's Lake Side add

1891 - Tacoma, Washington, R. L. Polk & Co., 1891.
           Gustave Kiesel,    Tacoma, WA.    laborer, a southeast corner 5th, Hall & Cavender's Lakeside add
           Carl Kiesel,          Tacoma, WA     laborer,    5th Southwest corner B, Hall & Cavendar's Lakeside add
           Henry C. Kiesel,   Tacoma, WA    boards Humboldt House
           Theodore Kiesel, Tacoma, WA    plumber, boards Charles Kiesel

1910 US Census, Washington, Pierce Co, Tacoma. Series: T624 Roll: 1665 Page: 119

Kiesel, Gustave       head       m     40 m        Germany        Germany     Germany            Saloonkeeper   owner
"          , Marie               wife        f     37 m        Germany        Germany     Germany
"          , Anna                 dau       m    18 m        Washington   Germany     Germany            Companion       private house
"          , Ella               dau        f     15 s         Washington   Germany     Germany
"          , Albert              son        f      13 s      Washington   Germany     Germany
"          , Edna                 dau        f        3 s        Washington   Germany     Germany

1918, June 5 - Albert Kiesel registers for the Selective Service.

home address - 764 So. 39th St. Tacoma, Wash.
date of birth - Feb 12, 1897
where born - Tacoma, Wash.
father born - Germany
unemployed
name of nearest relative - Gustave Kiesel, 764 So. 39th St,
eyes - blue hair - light [WWI Draft Registration Card, 1917-1918, Tacoma, WA

1920 US Census, Washington, Pierce Co, Tacoma. Series: T625 Roll: 1933 Page: 181

Kiesel, Gustave       head       m    50 m       Germany        Germany     Germany            Meat Market Prop.
"          , Marie               wife        f     47 m       Germany        Germany     Germany
"          , Edna                 dau        f      13 s         Washington   Germany     Germany

1930-US Census, Washington, Pierce Co., Tacoma. enum dist. 64, page 124.

Kiesel, G.          head       m    61 m       Germany        Germany     Germany            none    yr of immigration 1879
"         , Marie               wife        f     58 m       Germany        Germany     Germany            none    yr of immigration 1879

Washington, Lewis Co., Chehalis. enum. dist. 28, page 1.
Kiesel, Elbert              head      m w 33 mar at 25yrs     Washington   Germany    Germany    meat cutter     butcher shop
"         , Lillian             wife        f w 30 mar at 23yrs     Washington   Denmark    Denmark    none

Washington, King Co., Seattle, enum. dist. 17-201, sheet 2A
Richardson, John B. head    owner   m w   38 mar at age 25    Washington    Germany   Germany      carpenter   odd jobs
"                 , Edna M. wife                  f    w   24 mar at age 21   Washington    Germany Germany        none

1933, Nov 8th-   John and Edna Richardson take a trip to Hawaii on the R. M. S. "Niagara" from Vancouver, B. C. . In this record they give the dates of birth as well as their address being Route 3, Box 106, Tacoma, Washington. They arrive in in Honolulu, on November 14th, 1933. [US Immigration form]

1934, Nov. 7th - S.S. R. M. M. S. "Aorangi" sailing from Vancouver, B. C. departs for Honolulu T. H. arriv. Nov. 14th, 1934
[US passenger list. ]
Gustave lists himself and his wife here with some interesting differences. His birth date is different than we have listed.
Gustave Kiesel    age 65    born Ninburg, Ger.     Nov. 1, 1869 na. Tacoma, Wa 1888 with father     address Rt. 3, box 106, Tac. WA
Kiesel, Marie      age 61    born Ninburg, Ger      Feb. 16, 1873 na. Tacoma, Wa 1888 with father     address Rt. 3, box 106, Tac., WA

1943, Oct 12 - Edna M. Richardson enlists "for the duration of the war plus six months" in the Women's Army Corps in Seattle. She indicates that her civil occupations were "barbers, beauticians and manicurists. She also states that she is a "widower or widow without dependents".   [US World War II Enlistment records]

1971 - the following was probably from an obituary in Seattle.,

"Mrs. Gustave (Marie) Kiesel , 98, a Washington pioneer and former resident of Tacoma, died Friday in Seattle. She was born in Germany moved to Tacoma until 1942, when she moved to Seattle, Mrs. Kiesel was a member of the Lutheran Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs Anna Hail, and Mrs. Ella Butler, both of the family home in Seattle, two grandchildren, and two children, and two great-grandchildren.
Services are by Morely-Mellinger a...."

source:

        arrival passenger list, Hawaii State Archives
        church records of Old Tacoma Cem. , Tacoma, WA
          Seattle, WA records. death certificate
          US Census records

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