Johann George "John" Kalbfleisch

1850 - 1929  (78 years)

• Name	Johann George "John" Kalbfleisch
  Born	20 Dec 1850	Eulersdorf, Grebenau Kr Alsfeld, Hessen, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170599343
  Name	John Kalbfleisch
  Occupation	1874	Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	wagon maker
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-108212
  Died	11 May 1929	Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, United States
  Buried	Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan
  Person ID	I108212	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Salome Poth,   b. 8 Nov 1854, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Nov 1946, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, United States  (Age 92 years)
  Married	1 Sep 1874	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F46847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Kalbfleisch Family By Anna Pearl Murray John Kalbfleisch left Bieben, Germany when 16 years of age with two friends about 14 years old. This was a great decision to break family ties and sail to a vast and unknown land. John's father told them not to look back or they would get homesick and give up leaving. John's sister of New Dundee, Ontario, Canada, was to meet them in New York harbor. There was some misunderstanding and she wasn't there, but they found a German speaking man who befriended them for the time. Later in life John married Salome Poth from New Dundee and eventually brought two children to Deanville area and established a home there. While in New Dundee, John rode a "bone shaker" to Chicago. If John was a wagon maker by trade, he might have been more comfortable taking a team and wagon. In 1883, George came to visit brother John. They had not seen one another for many years and were not sure of themselves. John asked many questions of the family in Germany and finally George said: "You are really my brother, John." Indeed, what a reunion. John and Salome raised four children in Deanville area who have families living here today. George settled in this area and raised four daughters, he carried mail from Brown City post office for many years. Meno married Belva McNary and settled in Burnside Township on Cade Road. They had one daughter, Eileen, and two sons, Elmer and George. Eileen removed herself and two sons and one daughter to Florida. Elmer and Norma (Salisbury) had five children. Norma lives in Detroit and the four remaining chil- dren live in the Brown City area and are carrying on the family name with another generation growing up in their homes and attending our schools. George and Emily (Lepa) have four girls and three boys. All but two are married and living around the Brown City vicinity. One girl and one boy are still on the home scene. Brown City has been richer because three young boys struck out alone for the United States in the mid-1800's. History of Sanilac County 1834-1984 by Hazel Arnold Trumble pg. 206.

  
  

• Sources

  [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 9870 (1874), Kalbfleisch-Poth. John Kalbfleisch, 23, Wagon Maker, Eulendorf Germany, Hanover, son of Werner and Maria married Solome Poth, 20, New Dundee Wilmot Twp, New Dundee, daughter of Andrew and Magdalena, Witn: John Stump of Hanover Bruce Co., and Magdalena Donewerd of Berlin, 1 September 1874 in New Dundee

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Dec 1850 - Eulersdorf, Grebenau Kr Alsfeld, Hessen, Germany Occupation - wagon maker - 1874 - Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Sep 1874 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 May 1929 - Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth