Mary A. Kempf

Mary A. Kempf

• Mary A. Kempf was born in October 1856 in Germany.
• Mary A. Kempf arrived circa 1880.
• She married Frederick Reinwald, son of Henry Reinwald and Anna Margaret Schmid, on 6 March 1882.
• Frederick Reinwald and Mary A. Kempf appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Pine Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included Otto Julius Jacoby.
• Mary A. Kempf became a widow at the 1 February 1902 death of her husband Frederick Reinwald.
• The following appeared on 14 February 1902 in The Wellsboro Gazette: Frederick Reinwald was born near Liberty, October 21, 1846. On March 6, 1882, he was united in marriage with Mary Kempf, of Oregon Hill. After the fourth attack of pneumonia he passed away Feburary 1, 1902. The funeral was held from the United Evangelical church at Oregon Hill, February 4, Rev. W. C. Bierly, of Liberty, officiating. Mr. Reinwald has been a successful, industrious farmer, assisting neighbor, and a kind, affectionate husband, Besides a wife, and foster son he is survived by a sister and four brothers.
        [Preceded by a six-stanza poem, "In Memory of Frederick Reinwald."]
• Otto Julius Jacoby and Mary A. Kempf appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 3425 Royal Avenue boarding in the household of Alvin and Anna Dahlgren.
• Otto Julius Jacoby and Mary A. Kempf appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Niagara Falls, New York, at 3425 Royal Avenue boarding in the household of Adam and Victoria "Yngue."
• Otto Julius Jacoby registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Niagara County, New York, while living with Mary Reinwald at 3425 Royal Avenue in Niagara Falls, and employed there as a life insurance agenty by Provident Life & Trust, 426 Gluck Building.
• Otto Julius Jacoby and Mary A. Kempf appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1620 Ontario Avenue.
• Otto Julius Jacoby and Marie Katherine Kammerer appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1925 in Niagara Falls, New York, at 1620 Ontario Avenue. Other members of the household included Mary A. Kempf, John Otto Jacoby, Frederick Harvey Jacoby and Elizabeth Marie Jacoby.
• Mary A. Kempf appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 217 East Delavan Avenue living in the Lutheran Church Home.
• Mary A. Kempf appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Buffalo, New York, at 217 East Delavan Avenue living in the Lutheran Church Home.
• Mary A. Kempf died on 20 April 1951 at age 94 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• She was interred at St. Johns Evangelical Church Cemetery according to the record of her death found in the churchbooks of Zion Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls.
• The following appeared on 21 April 1951 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: A 94-year-old resident of the Lutheran Church Home for the Aged, 217 East Delavan Ave., for the last 23 years, was found dead shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a few minutes after she jumped from a second-story window of her room to the ground below.
       Medical Examiner Natale Mancuso, who issued a certificate of suicide, said nurses at the institution found the window open and saw the victim lying on the ground below. She was dead when they reached her. Police said the woman apparently was depsondent because of the loss of her sight about three years ago.
       Police identified the victim as Mrs. Mary Reinwald. Officials at the institution said she was from Niagara Falls and had no living relatives.

• Last Edited: 24 Oct 2015