Rudolph "Rudy" Kiesel Family

"Rudy"about 1901

Rudolf "Rudy" Kiesel Family

Washington

Rudolf or Rudolph "Rudy" Johann Emil Kiesel
b. 14 Sep 1893 Tacoma, WA
d. 4 Oct 1942 Seattle, WA
buried: Old Tacoma Cem., Tacoma, WA

m. Maude Ella "Shirley" Marshall
b. 27 Aug 1895 OK.*
d. 27 Jun 1987 Seattle, WA*
buried:
her father: T. H. Marshall
her mother: Ida Oppi Jones

his father: Emil Kiesel
his mother: Emma Rosalia Schock

Children with Maude Marshall
Dorothy Dolores Kiesel	b. 9 May 1916 Tacoma, WA	d.	m.
Virginia Phyliss Kiesel	b. 9 Nov 1918 Tacoma, WA#	d.	m.
Kenneth Kiesel	b.	d.	m.

*Washington State Death Certificate for Emma Kiesel
#Pierce Co., WA Births

1899, Oct. 6. - Else Mathilde Johanna Kiesel, their daughter, is baptised in Tacoma, Washington in an evangelical German Lutheran church by F. N. Wolf, pastor. In witness to the baptism is Johanna Augustin Mathilde Shock. She is apparently the wife of Gustave Shock, previously Mathilda Gubbe, the sister-in-law of Emma (Shock) Kiesel. [photocopy in possession of Cheryl Grubb]

1900 Pierce Co, WA Census lists Emil's birthplace as Brandenburg, Germany and shows he immigrated in 1887; This means he would have been 19 years old. Emma states her immigration date as 1889 from Danzig, Germany
Census records show them living at 222 1/2 E. 25th Street, in Tacoma, WA. [US census, Pierce Co., WA]

1900- US Census, Washington State

Pierce Co., Tacoma, Ward 4 , enum dist. 181, page 285
Keisel   , Emil         head     w m Sept 1868   31   mar 8yrs              Germany     Germany     Germany   '87    13 Na   Day Laborer for R. R.
              , Emma      wife      w   f    Mch   1869 31 mar   8yrs   5/5    Germany     Germany    Germany    '88     12
"            , Fritz         son       w   m Sept   1891    8 s                              Wash            Germany    Germany                            at school
"            , Rudolf     son       w m   Sept    1893 6 s                               Wash            Germany    Germany                            at school
"            , William    son       w m   May   1895   5 s                               Honolulu    Germany    Germany
"            , Edward    son       w m   Oct     1896   3 s                               Wash            Germany    Germany
"            , Elsie        dau       w f    June    1899    0 s                               Wash            Germany    Germany

1910- Census shows them renting a home at 901 South "J" Street, Tacoma, WA. Emil Kiesel is head of the family (age 41, GER, immigrated in 1887, a hustler in the roundhouse), Emma is wife (41, GER, immigrated in 1889). The children here are Fred (son, 18 yrs, WA, steamfitter), Rudolph (son, 16, WA, painter in bed factory), Eddie (son, 13, WA), Elsie (dau, 10, WA), and Lily (dau, 7, WA). William doesn't show up in the family and has apparently moved out on his own. [US Census T624 roll 1665, enum. 20 p. 8]

US Census, Washington, Pierce Co., Tacoma. Series: T624 Roll: 1665 Page: 99

Kiesel   , Emil           head       m w   41 m   19yr                                   Germany             Berlin, Ger      Berlin, Ger    Hustler   Roundhouse
"             , Emma         wife        f   w   41 m   19yr 6/5                          Germany             Germany          Germany
"             , Fred           son         m w 18 s                                                  Washington        Germany         Germany        Steamfitter   General
"             , Rudolph      son        m w 16 s                                                 Washington        Germany         Germany        Painter         Bedfactory
"             , Eddie           son        m   w   13 s                                                Washington         Germany         Germany
"             , Elsie              dau       f   w   10 s                                                Washington         Germany         Germany
"             , Lily               dau        f   w     7 s                                                 Washington         Germany         Germany

1916, May 9 - Dorothy is born in Tacoma to Rudolph and Maude Kiesel

1917, June 5-

Rudolph Kiesel
registers for the draft, age 24
Home address - (unreadable) Tacoma, WA
date of birth - Sept 14th 1893
where born - Tacoma, WA
father's birth place - Germany
what is your present trade? finisher
name of employer - Wheelwright and Cavelier,
place of employment - Tacoma, WA
name of nearest relative- wife & child, father and mother
do you have exceptions? sole support wife, child, mother and father
medium height, slender, gray eyes, light hair, bald no
[WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. #46-2-14A]

1918, Nov 9-Washington, Pierce Co., birth records

Virginia Phyliss Kiesel (female) is born to Radolph Jno Kiesel and Maude Ella Marshall

1920- US Census, Washington, Pierce Co., Tacoma. Series: T625 Roll: 1937 Page: 23 shows them owning a home at 9238 South Park St. in Tacoma, WA. They are living next to the Clayton Edison Marshall family. "Aimel" is (51 yrs, Ger.,) He lists the place of birth of his mother and father as Berlin, Germany, his occupation is a Hostler for the railroad. His wife, Emma, is here (50 yrs, Ger) and the children, Eddie (23 yrs, a lumber grader) and Erline ( 8 yrs ).

US Census, Washington, 82-WD, Tacoma. Series: T625 Roll: 1937 Page: 62

Kiesel   , Fred              head      m w   29 m           Washington              Germany         Germany        Boilermaker      Boilermaker
"             , Mytle                wife        f   w   28 m            California                 Wisconsin Wisonsin
"             , Doris                 dau         f    w   5    s             Washingtion            Washington    California

US Census, Washington, Pierce Co., Tacoma. Series: T625 Roll: 1937 Page: 23

Marshall, Clay E.           head      m w   23 m              Oklahoma           United States Texas           upholster Furniture Co.
"               , Elise H.         wife       f w   21 m             Washington          Germany            Germany
"               , Ralph L.        son       m   w     3   s             Washington         Oklahoma          Washington
"               , Thomas E.      son       m   w 1/5 s              Washington         Oklahoma          Washington
(next door)
Kiesel   , Aimel               head      m w   51 m            Germany             Berlin, Ger          Berlin, Ger
"             , Emma             wife        f   w   50 m            Germany              Germany             Germany
"             , Eddie               son        m w   23 s               Washington        Germany             Germany
"             , Erlene            dau        f    w    8 s               Washington        Germany             Germany

US Census, Washington, Pierce Co., Tacoma. Series: T625 Roll: 1937 Page: 118

Kiesel, Rudolph J.        head     m w   26m              Washington        Germany            Germany    checker shipyard
     "    , Maude E.           wife      f    w 24 m              Arkansas              Arkansas            Texas
     "    , Dorothy D.          dau.      f    w 3 5/12           Washington        Washington      Arkansas
     "    , Virginia P.          dau.      f    w 1 1/12           Washington        Washington      Arkansas

US Census, Washington, Lincoln, Odessa. Series: T625 Roll: 1933 Page: 203

Kiesel, Lillian.                  head f   w 29 widow         Iowa                      Germany            Germany
"          , Robert                    son    m w   8    s                 Washington        Wisconsin          Iowa
"          , Helen                      dau    f   w 5    s                 Washington        Wisconsin          Iowa

1923, 5 Dec - Emma Schock Kiesel, Emil's wife, dies in Tacoma, Washington of chronic nephritis (kidney disease) and gall stones. She is cremated and buried in the Old Tacoma Cem. Tacoma, WA in 1B8#141 She is said to have lived in Pearce Co. for 40 years and the time of her death lived at 9238 S. G. Street. [death certificate Pierce Co., WA]

Ida Oppie Jones Marshall Dutton(far left is her 2nd husband Thomas Dutton)
with her daughter Maude and her husband Rudolph Kiesel (center couple).

1930- US Census, Washington, Pierce Co., Tacoma. enum. dist. 27-163, page 76

Kiesel, Fred T.     head       $2000 m w 39 mar 22yrs       Washington    Germany         Germany          saw filer     mill
"          , Myrte E. wife                      f w 39 mar 22yrs      California       Wisconsin      Wisconsin         laborer       factory
"          , Doris A.   dau                       f w 15 s                        Washington   Washington    California
"          , Harold L. son                       m w 10 s                        Washington   Washington    California

dist 157, page 9 on Park Ave.
Roller, Adolph    head      $4500   m w 50 mar at 20yrs    Russia            Poland             Poland       immig 1909   engineer   lumber
"          , Pauline   wife                       f   w 52 mar at 22yrs    Russia            Poland            Poland       immig 1910
Kiesel, Jennie     dau                        f w 25 mar at 18yrs   Russia            Russia             Russia        immig 1910
"          , Edward    son-in-law           m w 33 mar at 26yrs   Washington Germany         Germany                            laborer   N. P. Railroad
"          , Dolores     dau                       f w 5     s                         Washington Washington    Russia
"          , Retha        dau                       f w 4     s                         Washington Washington    Russia
"          , Loren        son                       m w 11/12s                     Washington Washington    Russia

Pierce Co., Tacoma. dist 27-181 , page 127    on Proctor Street
Kiesel, Emile        head      $3000    rents   m w 61 mar at 59   Germany   Germany    Germany     German    1878 laborer   railroad
"          , Ida             wife                                  f    w 64 mar at 18    Sweden     Sweden       Sweden       Swedish    1891 none

Oregon, Multnomah, Errol Heights. enum. dist. 267 , page 9B
Bennington, Kenneth L. head      m w 22 mar                           Washington    Missouri       Iowa                    upholster      upholster shop
"                  ,   Erlene C.      wife       f w 18 mar                            Washington     Germany      Germany

1942, 4 Oct. - Death Notice #3956 for Rudolph J. Kiesel death place was Seattle at age 49.

7 Oct. - Obituary probably from the Tacoma Herald Tribune.

" Funeral services for Rudy Kiesel, aged 49 years, were held Wednesday, Oct 7, 1942 at Mittlestadt's Funeral Parlors with burial at Wash. Memorial Park.

Mr. Kiesel passed away suddenly Sunday, Oct. 4 Suviving are his wife, Sirley Daughters, Virginia Kiesel and Dorthy Lang, and son, Kenneth and granddaughter, Particia Lang. He also leaves two sisters and two brothers in Tacoma, Mrs. Elsie Marshall and Mrs. Lilliam Buechler; Fred Kiesel and Edward Kiesel, and a sister and father in Portland, Mrs. Erlene Bennington and Emil Kiesel. Mr. Kiesel was a member of the Painters Union Local 300. "

1943, 19 Jan - Emil Kiesel dies at age 74 in Portland, Oregon where he may have been living with a daughter. He was cremated and his ashes buried in the Old Tacoma Cem., Tacoma, WA next to his wife, Emma. [church records of Old Tacoma Cem. , Tacoma, WA]

From the Diary of Emil Kiesel JR.:

"Mother was 19 Luther was 21. They lived in Hawaie for 3 years where brother Fred & Rudy were born they then moved to Tacoma WA where my father found a job as hostler at NP shops at 23rd and Bay St. He worked there until he was 70 years old when he retired passed away in 1941 at age 74. Mother passed away at age 54 in 1923. "

Marriage Certificate of Elsie Kiesel and Clayton Edison Marshall, Tacoma WA also shows witness to be Augusta Gubbe or Grubbe and T. Kiesel. Could be Theodore Kiesel (Emil's brother).

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