Louis Kaffenberger

Louis Kaffenberger

• Father: Georg Kaffenberger b. circa March 1822, d. 5 December 1870
• Mother: Margaretha Dexheimer b. 13 January 1820, d. 6 April 1904

• Louis Kaffenberger was born in March 1859 in Pennsylvania.
• Georg Kaffenberger and Margaretha Dexheimer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included Louis Kaffenberger, Philippine Kaffenberger, Maria Kaffenberger and George Kaffenberger.
• Georg Kaffenberger and Margaretha Dexheimer, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included Louis Kaffenberger, George Kaffenberger and Henry Kaffenberger.
• Maximillian Crees and Philippine Kaffenberger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 916 Ridge Avenue West Side and also Corinne Lillie, age 50, born in Vienna.. Other members of the household included Louis Kaffenberger, Deborah L. Crees, Echetta crees, Henry Kaffenberger and Margaretha Dexheimer.
• He was working in the iron business, according to the 1880 census.
• Margaretha Dexheimer appeared in the 1885 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, City Directory at 716 North 9th Street.
• He married Ida (?) circa 1885.
• Louis Kaffenberger appeared in the 1890 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, City Directory at 2203 Nassau.
• The following appeared on 12 September 1897 in The Philadelphia Inquirer: Suit was begun yesterday in Common Pleas Court by Mabel Kaffenberger, a 6-year-old child, by her father, Louis Kaffenberger, against Joseph M. Serrill and John B. Serrill, to recover damages for serious burns received by the child from a street bon-fire. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants piled up a quantity of wood and shavings from new buildings which they owned on the roadway of Newkirk street, between Diamond street and Susquehanna avenue, ignited it, and left no watchman to warn passers-by of danger. The child was going along Newkirk street, when her clothing caught fire from flames blown against here by the wind and issuing from the bonfire. She was badly burned around the legs and hips. Louis Kaffenberger, father of the child, also began suit to recover damages for expenses and losses sustained by him in the same accident.
• Louis Kaffenberger and Ida (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 2128 Newkirk Street. Other members of the household included Marguerite Kaffenberger, Henry George Kaffenberger, Mabel Kaffenberger, Louis John Kaffenberger, George Schaffer Kaffenberger and Olga Kaffenberger.
• He was a printer, according to the 1900 census.
• Louis Kaffenberger and Ida (?) appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 2128 Newkirk Street. Other members of the household included Marguerite Kaffenberger, Henry George Kaffenberger, Mabel Kaffenberger, George Schaffer Kaffenberger, Olga Kaffenberger, George A. Kaffenberger and Mary A. (?). It is an educated guess that George A. Kaffenberger is the son of Louis' brother George.
• He was a stereotyper for a newspaper, according to the 1910 census.
• Louis Kaffenberger and Ida (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 2128 North Newkirk Street.
• He was a printer for a newspaper, according to the 1920 census.

• Last Edited: 24 May 2012

• Charts: Descendants of DEXHEIMER Philipp Peter & Maria Agnesa Wagner / Anna Christina Baltz