Casper Freiburg (son of Christoph Freiburg), born 02 March 1847(1)(11) and baptized 03 March 1847 at Allendorf, Kreis Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany(1); died 02 November 1926 at Quincy, Adams, Illinois, USA (Death Certificate #2010497); married first 11 November 1880 at Quincy (License #1322) to Katherine Kiefer who was born 10 August 1860 in Illinois and died 01 December 1897 aged 37 years, 03 months, 21 days(5) at Quincy; married second 17 August 1899 in St. Clair County, Illinois (License #9490) to Mary Mueller who was born 26 January 1855 in Germany and died 01 May 1941 at Quincy.
[Katherine was the daughter(5) of Franz Kiefer who was born about 1824 in Prussia and Maria Volkweiss (daughter of Adam Volkweiss) who was born about 1826 in Prussia. Franz was a blacksmith.]
Casper apprenticed as a shoemaker from 1861 to 1864. As soon as he completed his apprenticeship, he decided to come to America to avoid compulsory military service. He came to the U.S. in 1865; he came straight to Quincy and went to work in the shoe store of Gerhard Erner. He was Naturalized as a U.S. citizen on 07 November 1870.
In 1885, he and a partner each bought a one-half interest in the store, and it became known as Metzger & Freiburg. When his partner [possibly George J. Metzger] died in 1888, he took on a new partner and the firm became known as Freiburg & Schultheis, located at 637 Hampshire Street. By 1897 it was the largest shoe store in Quincy.
They lived at 520 North 7th Street. They were members of St. Boniface Church.
He apparently made several trips back to Germany, presumably to visit relatives (He applied for a U.S. Passport on 30 April 1875, and he also appears in the Ellis Island, New York passenger records twice, in 1908 and 1910).
1870 Census: Casper Freiburg, page 609, visit 367/428, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois.
1880 Census: Casper Freiburg, page 587, visit ---/---, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois.
1900 Census: Caspar Freiburg, page 324, visit 273/298, Quincy (1st Ward), Adams, Illinois.
Katherine is buried at St. Boniface Cemetery at Quincy.
Children with first wife, born at Quincy:
Frank C. Freiburg, born 19 October 1881; died 04 August 1898 aged 16 years, 09 months, 16 days(5); buried at St. Boniface Cemetery.
Marie Gertrude Freiburg, born 22 April 1884; died 02 August 1965 at Quincy; married 11 November 1916 at Quincy to Herman Joseph Freiburg. 1910 Census: Marie G. Freiburg (with brother Max E., below). They probably had no children.
Catherine E. Freiburg, born 29 December 1885; died 15 September 1965 at Quincy; unmarried. 1910 Census: (single, with brother Max E., below). 1930 Census: Catherine Freiburg (single, with sister Marie, just above), page 243, visit 033/050, Quincy (E.D. 48), Adams, Illinois.
Clara V. Freiburg, born about February 1888; married first 04 November 1915 at Quincy to James H. Caldwell who died 27 September 1925 at Quincy; married second 06 December 1925 to William H. Dennis, later annulled. 1910 Census: (single, with brother Max E., just below). She later lived at St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida.
Max Edward Freiburg, born 02 February 1891(6)(8); died 24 July 1979 at Quincy(6); married 28 May 1919 at Quincy to Alvera Louise Vandenboom (daughter of Joseph Henry Vandenboom and Julia Kaeltz) who was born 29 May 1891(6) in Illinois and died 10 April 1976 at Quincy(6). He was an insurance agent; he was a founding partner of the Miller, Castle & Freiburg Insurance Company. He was a WWI veteran. 1910 Census: Max E. Freiburg, page 076, visit 130/166, Quincy (1st Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1920 Census: Max E. Freiburg (with her parents), page 075, visit 017/018, Quincy (7th Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1930 Census: Max E. Freiburg, page 093, visit 064/070, Quincy (E.D. 56), Adams, Illinois. Known children:
Marjorie Ann Freiburg, born 11 June 1920; married to Kenneth F. Amen.
Max Edward Freiburg, born 21 November 1921(6); died 18 September 2003 at Quincy(6); married to Patricia A. Ewing who was born about 1925.
John Joseph Freiburg, born 14 February 1924(6); died 04 August 1996 at Quincy(6); married to Shirley A. ______ who was born about July 1927. He was a WWII veteran (U.S. Army SN:36477029).
Jean Marie Freiburg, born 14 June 1925.
Otto William Freiburg, born 21 October 1892(8); died 27 March 1949 aged 56 years at Maywood, Cook, Illinois (Death Certificate #09663); married 17 June 1920 at Galesburg, Knox, Illinois to Eva M. Eighme who was born 29 March 1891(6) in Iowa and died 13 May 1974 at Gassville, Baxter, Arkansas(6). He was a clerk for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; later a clerk for Standard Oil Company. 1910 Census: Otto W. Freiburg (with brother Max E., just above). 1930 Census: Otto W. Freiburg, page 083, visit 179/188, Quincy (E.D. 55), Adams, Illinois. Known children, born in Wisconsin:
Lois E. Freiburg, born about 1921; possibly married 26 June 1941 in Wisconsin to Gordon Sabine (son of Charles Arthur Sabine and Esther Carey) who was born 10 February 1917(6) in Massachusetts and died 28 August 2003 at Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona(6).
Richard E. Freiburg, born 1923; married to Mary W. ______ who was born 1926. They lived at Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois.
Casper Freiburg, m1. Katherine Kiefer. Last revision: 28 Nov 2007
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