Individual Details
Alphonso Herman Kemman Sr.
(29 Apr 1858 - 29 Nov 1944)
Events
| Birth | 29 Apr 1858 | Illinois | |||
| Marriage | 25 Nov 1883 | Dorthea Maria Ahrens | |||
| Census (family) | 9 Jun 1900 | Proviso, La Grange Park, Cook County, Illinois - Dorthea Maria Ahrens |  |  | |
| Census (family) | 16 Jan 1920 | La Grange Park, Cook County, Illinois - Dorthea Maria Ahrens | | | |
| Census | 22 Apr 1940 | La Grange Park, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Death | 29 Nov 1944 | La Grange Park, Cook County, Illinois | | ||
| Burial | Parkholm Cemetery, La Grange Park, Cook County, Illinois | | |
Families
| Spouse | Dorthea Maria Ahrens (1861 - 1927) |
| Child | Clarence A. Kemman (1885 - ) |
| Child | Herbert Fred Kemman (1887 - 1963) |
| Child | Ida Sophia Kemman (1888 - 1959) |
| Child | Elmer H. Kemman Sr. (1891 - 1976) |
| Child | Agnes Kemman (1894 - 1896) |
| Child | Alphonso Herman Kemman Jr. (1896 - 1977) |
| Father | Johann Heinrich Friedrich "Henry" Kemman ( - 1883) |
| Mother | Louise Wilhelmine Buchholz (1839 - 1895) |
Notes
Census (family)
Alfonso H KemmanHeadM42IllinoisDora M KemmanWifeF39Illinois
Clarence A KemmanSonM15Illinois
Herbert F KemmanSonM13Illinois
Ida T KemmanDaughterF12Illinois
Elmer H KemmanSonM9Illinois
Alfonso H Kemman Jr.SonM4Illinois
Herman JeschkeBoarderM23Germany
Rose PoppeServantF19Illinois
Census (family)
Alphonso KemmanHeadM61IllinoisDora KemmanWifeF57Illinois
Alphonso KemmanSonM23Illinois - Civil engineer, railroad
Census
Alfonso H KemmanHeadM81IllinoisElmer H KemmanSonM48Illinois - Superintendent, cemetery
Mary S KemmanDaughter-in-lawF47Illinois
Elmer H KemmanGrandsonM22Illinois - Draftsman, screw and bolt manufacture
Robert C KemmanGrandsonM18Illinois
Lois M KemmanGranddaughterF13Illinois
Burial
He was 86 years, 7 months and 7 days old at time of death.Husband of Dora Maria nee Ahrens.
Chicago Tribune - 30 Nov 1944
"Kemman"
Alphonzo H. Kemman, Sr., beloved husband of the late Dora, father of Clarence of Hebron, Ill., Herbert of Beloit, Wis., Mrs. Ida Scheef, Elmer and Alphonzo, Jr. Services Friday at 2 p.m. at late residence 339 N. LaGrange Rd., LaGrange 2:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran church, 22nd and Wolf Rd. Interment LaGrange cemetery.
Chicago Tribune - 30 Nov 1944
"Alphonzo H. Kemman, Sr."
Alphonzo H. Kemman, Sr., 86, church lay leader and community poet, died yesterday in the house in which he was born at 339 N. LaGrange Rd., LaGrange Park. Surviving are four sons and a daughter. Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Immanuel Lutheran church, 22nd st. at Wolf rd.
Note: Alphonzo Henry Kemman son of Johann Heinrich Friedrich Kemman and Louise Wilhelmine Buchholz, married Dorthea Maria Ahrens 25 Nov 1883.
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1900," index and images,?FamilySearch?(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS7N-1NV : accessed 16 Sep 2014), Alfonso H Kemman Jr. in household of Alfonso H Kemman, Proviso Township Grossdale, Le Grange Park, Western Springs villages, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 13A, family 238, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240294..
2. "United States Census, 1920," index and images,?FamilySearch?(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJWX-5J4 : accessed 16 Sep 2014), Alphonso Kemman in household of Alphonso Kemman, La Grange Park, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 17A, family 381, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820362..
3. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW4X-CNN : accessed 13 September 2017), Mary S Kemman in household of Alfonso H Kemman, La Grange Park, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-421, sheet 1A, line 12, family 3, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 787..
4. "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," index,?FamilySearch?(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQL8-JF8 : accessed 19 Sep 2014), Henry Kemman in entry for Alphonso H. Kemman Sr., 29 Nov 1944; citing Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1984005..
5. Find A Grave Memorial# 26055678.
6. Find A Grave Memorial# 33789151.