This section contains information about published books and reference materials
regarding Kleopfer genealogy.
1. "Jacob Kleopfer and Maria Schambach" by Robert D. Kleopfer.
This is an 80 page document describing the life of Jacob Kleopfer and Maria
Schambach including their immigration to America, their trip to California
in 1852 on the Oregon Trail, their return to Indiana in 1859, their children
and descendants, and information on other Kleopfer/Kloepfer families in America.
This document is continually being updated as new information is obtained.
It is available free for close family members and at cost for others.
(Family #1,
Klöpfer, Kloepfer, and Kleopfer )
2.
"Joys
and Tears of Yesteryears" by Anna Luneman Baldwin, 1975. The
book can be found in the California State Library at Sacramento. It describes
the life of Louis Kleopfer and his wife, Elizabeth Leusbrock who married
in St. Louis in 1849. They traveled by wagon train to California in 1852
during the Gold Rush. The author is the granddaughter of Louis Kloepfer,
Jacob’s brother
(Family #1,
Klöpfer, Kloepfer, and Kleopfer ). Much of the information was related
by Elizabeth Leusbrock Kloepfer to Mary O'Toole, her oldest granddaughter,
and to other members of the family.
3. "Kloepfer-Klöpfer Genealogy & More" by William
Wesley Kloepfer and Bill Kloepfer, 1993. William Wesley Kloepfer is great
great grandson of Dionys Klöpfer, a descendant of Jorg Klopfer
(Family # 5,
Klöpfer, Kloepfer, and Kleopfer). Bill is his son. The book is 233
pages and describes the family in some detail. It has been placed in genealogy
libraries in Chicago, New York, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Buhl, Germany,
and Maryhill, Canada. For more information contact Wes Kloepfer, 142 N. Angeleno
Avenue, Azusa, California 91702.
4. "Kloepfer-Gilker, Canadian Roots" by C. Victor Kloepfer,
2328 Mathers Avenue, West Vancouver, B.C. Canada, 604-926-2256. More genealogy
on descendants of Jorg Klopfer
(Family # 5,
Klöpfer, Kloepfer, and Kleopfer).
5. "Klepper Genealogy" by Jeraldine & Robert Henderson, updated - April 1999, Family #12