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 1834 - 1884 (50 years)
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| Name |
Martin Klapp |
| Birth |
3 Feb 1834 |
Schifferstadt, , Bayern, Germany  |
| Christening |
3 Feb 1834 |
Schifferstadt, , Bayern, Germany |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1860-1884 |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| Saloon Keeper |
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Martin Klapp Saloon Keeper
1880 Detroit City Directory
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| Death Certificate |
19 Aug 1884 |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| Death Record |
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Martin Klapp - Death Record
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| _UID |
597DD1E58CF7412980534AAC84C8DD79E412 |
| Death |
19 Aug 1884 |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| Cause: Brain Fever |
| Burial |
22 Aug 1884 |
Mount Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA |
| Agency: Mount Elliott Cemetery |
Address:
1701 Mt. Elliott
Detroit, MI 48207-9998
USA
(313) 567-0048
http://www.mtelliott.com/mtelliott |
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Klapp Burial Information at Mount Elliot Cemetery Detroit Michigan
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| Person ID |
I362 |
Walters Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Father |
Valentine Klapp, b. 1 Jan 1799, Schifferstadt, , Bayern, Germany d. 29 Jun 1863, Schifferstadt, , Bayern, Germany (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Maria Katharina Regenauer, b. 8 Sep 1802, Waldsee, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. 1 Jun 1847, , , , Germany (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Jan 1822 |
Schifferstadt, , Bayern, Germany |
| Fact 1 |
14 Aug 2015 |
- Excerpt from an 'Ortssippenbuch' from Waldsee that lists all of the families that lived in that village back into the 1500's. There is a page in that book that talks about the Fate of an emigrant. It turns out that they are talking about Valentin Klapp & wife Maria Katharina Regenauer & family. Translated, here is what it says:
Fate of an emigrant!
As small example, is the fate of Valentin Klapp with his wife Mrs. Maria Katharina Regenauer from Waldsee: Valentin Klapp, born in Schifferstadt married in the year 1822, the daughter of the Waldseer citizen Abraham Regenauer and his wife Eva Maria, born Ignatius. As an outstanding field man, he possessed eight work fields beside a house, a barn, stables, as well as plants and orchard. Since the birth of their first child the wife was ailing, so that the married man, apart from its farm work, had to take over the majority of the housework. In the course of the years four more children were added. Twenty years went by, until in 1844 and the three following years were to be registered as a harvest failure. This brought the child-rich family into hard times, so that they decided to leave the homeland, the reason was to improve their life and a change of climate for the health of the wife. On 14 April of the year 1847 they left, first to Ludwigshafen, then by steam ship to Cologne and then to the port of embarkation "Antwerp". After, followed two weeks of voyage on the sea. The travel, began in a restrained area of the ship in the "between deck" of a freighter. The state of health of the woman worsened appreciably. The youngest son got sick and deceased on 23 May. The wife died then on 1 June 1847 on the ship. 12 hours after her death, she, in her cloths was weighted and buried at sea. The man said later that he will never forget these heart-tearing moments in his life.
After 41 days passage, the family came with others into the sea port of New York. On 13 June they began to explore the inside of the country with other emigrants.
They ended up in Detroit. From here they settled in the country near that city.
The Detroit countryside was of a swampy nature, and few areas were inhabited. Former German immigrants met them, advised them against the purchase of this country, because of the swampy conditions.
Valentin Klapp did not like his experiences in America. Homesickness had come over him and he decided to go back to Germany. Since, however, he had not saved enough money he remained until he had earned enough. He left his three sons in America, in order to make money for their return trip. On 2 August 1847 he left to Germany again on an American three-master ship.
He shudders to thinks of this return trip, because except for him, there were only Englishmen and Irelanders on board. He was treated by them in an inhuman way and inconsiderately.
Beside stormy weather, came also a predatory crew, who applied their rule by force and he was stolen from.
He continued his life and his three sons never returned to Germany, their fate is unknown.
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| Family ID |
F145 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Felicitas Heyser, b. 27 Aug 1846, , , , Germany d. 27 Jul 1876, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 29 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1.  Mary Klapp, b. 1 Oct 1865, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States d. 10 Nov 1945, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 80 years) |
| + | 2. John Henry Klapp, b. 22 Aug 1867, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States d. 24 Apr 1902, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 34 years) |
| | 3. Sophia Klapp, b. Abt 1869, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States d. 28 Oct 1895, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age ~ 26 years) |
| + | 4. Frank J. "Frankie" Klapp, b. 15 Feb 1871, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States d. 22 Nov 1937, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 66 years) |
| | 5. Anthony Klapp, b. 25 Jun 1876, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States d. 16 Jul 1876, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 0 years) |
| | 6. Frank Klapp, b. 25 Jun 1876, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States d. 16 Jul 1876, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F142 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Aug 2015 |
| Family 2 |
Rosa T. Schmitt, b. 4 Apr 1852, , , , Germany d. 11 Jul 1936, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
27 May 1879 |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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| Newspaper Article |
25 Aug 1884 |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| The Detroit Free Press |
- WILL FILED. Rosa Klapp; widow ot the late Martin Klapp, files a petition in the Wayne Probate Court to be named administrator of his estate. He left property 'valued at $20,000 of which $3.00 is personal and no will. The heirs are the widow, three sons and two daughters.
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| Children |
| | 1. Edward Klapp, b. 29 Feb 1880, , , Michigan, United States d. 5 May 1880, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. Anna Johanna Klapp, b. 1 May 1882, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States d. 1 Aug 1882, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 0 years) |
| + | 3. Charles Martin Klapp, b. 3 Jul 1882, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States d. Jun 1964, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 81 years) |
| | 4. Annie Klapp, b. 29 Apr 1883, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| + | 5. Amelia Rose Klapp, b. 2 Jul 1885, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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| Census Records |
 | Martin and Rosa Klapp
1880 Census
Detroit Wayne Co Michigan |
| Family ID |
F143 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Jul 2017 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 3 Feb 1834 - Schifferstadt, , Bayern, Germany |
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| Christening - 3 Feb 1834 - Schifferstadt, , Bayern, Germany |
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 | Marriage - 27 May 1879 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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| Occupation - Saloon Keeper - 1860-1884 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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| Death Certificate - Death Record - 19 Aug 1884 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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| Death - Cause: Brain Fever - 19 Aug 1884 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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 | Burial - Agency: Mount Elliott Cemetery,Address:
1701 Mt. Elliott
Detroit, MI 48207-9998
USA
(313) 567-0048
http://www.mtelliott.com/mtelliott - 22 Aug 1884 - Mount Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA |
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| Newspaper Article - The Detroit Free Press - 25 Aug 1884 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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