Josef Kiehlbauch Family Research

TG code: TG274361

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Tracking code: R80A3D995-T2Phal-002-252

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Selected Person

Josef Kiehlbauch is the selected person for this working genealogy page. The current research profile lists him as born on 1 January 1850 in Neuberg, Russia, and deceased on 14 September 1908 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States.

Visible Surnames

This research page includes the surnames Kiehlbauch, Kilbouch, Knoepfle, and Hedtke. These surnames may appear in different spellings across cemetery records, church records, civil records, family histories, migration records, and indexed genealogy databases.

Relationship Context

The current working relationship path is Josef Kiehlbauch to Kiehlbauch Kilbouch, then to Amelia B. Hedtke, then through private descendants. This path should be treated as working genealogy unless each parent-child link is supported by direct records, consistent source agreement, or strong DNA correlation.

Related people currently attached to this research set include Joseph Sr. Kiehlbauch as father, Johanna Knoepfle as mother, and Kiehlbauch Kilbouch as child. These relationship labels are research leads and should be checked against original records where possible.

Research Notes

Josef Kiehlbauch appears in a research cluster connected with German-Russian family history, Neuberg, Russia, later American settlement, and the possible movement of related family branches into South Dakota and Illinois. The Kiehlbauch and Kilbouch spelling difference may be important because names were often altered by clerks, churches, census takers, or later descendants.

A South Dakota Gravestone Photos page for Joseph Kiehlbauch is available at https://southdakotagravestones.org/view.php?id=164923 . This page may be useful as a cemetery-source lead when comparing Kiehlbauch family members, South Dakota settlement records, and possible connections between Joseph Kiehlbauch, Josef Kiehlbauch, and related Kiehlbauch/Kilbouch surname variants. The gravestone page should not be treated by itself as proof of every relationship, but it is useful for building the evidence trail.

A useful research strategy is to keep Josef Kiehlbauch, Joseph Sr. Kiehlbauch, Johanna Knoepfle, Kiehlbauch Kilbouch, and Amelia B. Hedtke together as a comparison group. Researchers should avoid relying on one indexed tree or one spelling. Instead, compare dates, places, spouses, children, cemetery locations, and church or civil records.

This GitHub Pages page should be used with the WordPress family research hub at https://j03.page/familytreeresearch/. The WordPress page can provide broader research context, while this page preserves a focused, source-friendly profile for Josef Kiehlbauch and the Kiehlbauch family line.

Evidence Placeholders

• Birth record or church baptism entry for Josef Kiehlbauch in Neuberg, Russia.
• Death record for Josef Kiehlbauch in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
• Cemetery or burial record connected to Josef Kiehlbauch or related Kiehlbauch family members.
• South Dakota Gravestone Photos record for Joseph Kiehlbauch: https://southdakotagravestones.org/view.php?id=164923 . This record should be treated as a cemetery/source lead for the Kiehlbauch family research cluster.
• Family-history item or compiled genealogy for the Joseph Kiehlbauch family.
• Records connecting Josef Kiehlbauch to Joseph Sr. Kiehlbauch and Johanna Knoepfle.
• Records connecting Josef Kiehlbauch to Kiehlbauch Kilbouch.
• Records connecting Kiehlbauch Kilbouch to Amelia B. Hedtke.
• DNA match notes or segment-based evidence, if available, supporting the Kiehlbauch-Hedtke connection.

Suggested Next Records

• Chicago death certificate or death register for Josef Kiehlbauch, dated 14 September 1908.
• Cook County, Illinois burial, funeral, obituary, or cemetery records.
• German-Russian church records for Neuberg, Russia, around 1850.
• Passenger lists, naturalization records, or migration records for Kiehlbauch family members.
• South Dakota cemetery and family-history records for related Kiehlbauch entries.
• Compiled family histories, including any Joseph Kiehlbauch family manuscript or library-held genealogy.
• Variant surname searches for Kiehlbauch, Kilbouch, Kiehlbaugh, Kielbauch, and similar spellings.
• Hedtke family records that identify Amelia B. Hedtke’s parent line.

Research Status

This page is marked as a working genealogy page. The app completion status is currently listed as false, meaning this person has not yet been fully completed in the research workflow.