Melchior Kilberer
b. 18 August 1869, d. 9 December 1926
- Father: Melchior Kilberer b. 26 January 1826, d. 25 March 1891
- Mother: Dorothea Walter b. 10 June 1825, d. 11 October 1880
- Melchior Kilberer was born on 18 August 1869 in New York.
- He was baptized/christened on 12 September 1869 at Zion Lutheran Church in Niagara, Niagara County, New York. Sponsors Balthasar Weiler and Christine Strom.
- Melchior Kilberer and Dorothea Walter, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Suspension Bridge, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Melchior Kilberer, Frederick Kilberer, Jacob R. Kilberer, Johanna Kilberer and Christina Kilberer.
- Melchior Kilberer and Dorothea Walter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880. Other members of the household included Melchior Kilberer, Jacob R. Kilberer, Johanna Kilberer and Christina Kilberer.
- He married Goldie Smith, daughter of Jacob Smith and L. McLean, on 22 January 1900 in Suspension Bridge, Niagara County, New York, at Zion Lutheran Church.
- Melchior Kilberer and Goldie Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 2400 block of Allen Avenue.
- Charles Edward Bale and Johanna Kilberer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1622 Weston Avenue and Frederick, Melchior and Goldie are also enumerated elsewhere.. Other members of the household included Melchior Kilberer, Hilda E. Young, Michael Arnold Young, Frederick Leonard Young, Frederick Kilberer, Jacob R. Kilberer and Goldie Smith.
- Melchior and Goldie Kilberer were enumerated in two different households in 1900, and he is identified as both a contractor and a motor man.
- Melchior Kilberer died on 9 December 1926 at age 57 in Muskegon County, Michigan.
- He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
- Last Edited: 12 Nov 2014