Klefeker and Saxer family papers 1813-1907 1844-1898

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Klefeker and Saxer family papers 1813-1907 1844-1898

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18168

The collection contains correspondence among members of the Klefeker and Saxer familes in Germany and the United States, 1844-1906, family photographs, autograph albums, and other memorabilia. Nearly all of the materials in the collection are written in old German script.

3 linear feet; 7 boxes

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311951

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Klefeker family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx9ghf (family)

Franz (or Frans) Klefeker (1801-1882) of Hamburg, and later, Berlin, Germany was a merchant and customs official. He married Johanna Sophie Elenore Von Hanffstengel. Their daughter, Luise (1829- ) married George Alexander Saxer of New York in 1857. The couple settled in St. Louis and later, Ft. Wayne, where Saxer taught at the Concordia Collegium. He returned to New York, and, during the 1870s served as personal secretary to railroad magnate Henry Villard. He later went into busines...

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hz4gnz (corporateBody)

Saxer family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62m18md (family)