Reinholdt Kempe

Reinholdt Kempe

• Father: Johan Friedrick Kempe b. 19 November 1853, d. 2 September 1898
• Mother: Mathilde Karoline Augusteson b. 10 March 1857, d. 11 May 1911

• Reinholdt Kempe was born on 16 June 1890 in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
• He was known as Rano.
• Mathilde Karoline Augusteson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Galveston, Texas, at 3728 Avenue K. Other members of the household included Reinholdt Kempe, Hattie Kempe, Otto Kempe, Fred Kempe, Frank J. Kempe, Theodore Kempe and Lillian Kempe.
• He was a spinner in a cotton mill, according to the 1900 census.
• Mathilde Karoline Augusteson appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at 401 East 13th Street. Other members of the household included Reinholdt Kempe, Hattie Kempe, Frank J. Kempe, Theodore Kempe and Lillian Kempe.
• Reinholdt Kempe registered for the draft on 1 June 1917 in Dallas County, Texas, while living in the Schmitt Hotel in Dallas, and working there in the 5&10c business for F. W. Woolworth & Company.
• He married Emma Lorraine Stiefer circa 1919.
• Reinholdt Kempe and Emma Lorraine Stiefer appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, at 3447 Seventh Street. Other members of the household included Gerald Lloyd Kempe and Geraldine Kempe.
• The following appeared on 6 July 1936 in The Port Arthur News: Frank Kempe, 42, of Austin, brother of Rhinehardt Kempe, manager of F. W. Woolworth company here, was killed in an automobile accident south of Dallas Sunday about 5 p. m., according to word received here.
       A brother-in-law of the victim, who was riding in the same automobile, was badly injured in the crash. No details of the accident were learned here.
       Mr. Kempe, who was stationed in Austin as a state grain inspector for about 15 years, is survived by his wife and a step-son in Austin; two brother, Ted Kempe of Dallas and R. Kempe of Port Arthur; and two sisters, Mrs. C. W. Hearn and Mrs. Ernest Brouchard, both of austin.
       He was a veteran of the World war. The body will be taken to Austin for services and burial.
       Mr. and Mrs. R. Kempe and three children left Port Arthur at noon today to drive to Austin.
• At the time of his death Reinholdt Kempe was living in Port Arthur, Travis County, Texas, at 3447 Seventh Street.
• Reinholdt Kempe died on 28 June 1943 at age 53 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at Brackenridge Hospital . His death was officially witnessed by Emma Lorraine Stiefer.
• His wife Emma Lorraine Stiefer became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 1 Jan 2011