 1883 - 1911 (27 years)
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| Name |
Ethel M. Kieffer |
| Adopted |
1883 |
Ohio  |
| Born |
14 Sep 1883 |
Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio [1, 2] |
- Family history states she was born 14 Sep 1883.
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| Gender |
Female |
| _FSFTID |
MLFH-ZQG |
| _UID |
5CFEC480E4214858AF70492CB99995BF7D8F |
| Died |
25 Feb 1911 |
Ohio [3] |
| Person ID |
I29 |
Bradley - Post |
| Last Modified |
8 Jul 2018 |
| Family |
James Albert Post, b. 4 Oct 1881, Chester Twp, Geauga, OH , d. 1 Oct 1976, Chardon, Geauga, Ohio, United States (Age 94 years) |
| Married |
19 Aug 1903 |
Geauga County, Ohio [4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Edward Kieffer Post, b. 6 Feb 1904, Chesterland, OH , d. 1988 (Age 83 years) |
| | 2. Charles Walter Post, b. 2 May 1905, Chesterland, OH , d. 10 Jan 1978, Titusville, Brevard, FL (Age 72 years) |
| | 3. Gertrude Ethel Post, b. 13 Oct 1906, Chesterland, OH , d. 20 May 1989 (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. Dora Knapp Post, b. 21 Dec 1908, Chesterland, OH , d. 23 May 1989, Chardon, Geauga, Ohio, United States (Age 80 years) |
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| Last Modified |
4 Jan 2021 |
| Family ID |
F25 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Family history from at least the 1960s asserts that her biological parents were French, who had come to the U.S. before her birth. Later, they returned home, and five month old Ethel was adopted by the Kieffer family. Family history states the biological father as Charles W. Labau and mother as Lillie Minnie (nee unknown), but outside of family history the author has found no documentary evidence to support the adoption claim, until more recently.
The original book Record of Births of Cuyahoga County* clearly shows Edward and Mary as the parents. However, this ledger book contains entries that are not in chronological order. For example, the 1884 and 1883 entries are mixed on the page, and the first 1883 entry in the "1883 continued" block is from December. Further, the entry immediately preceding Ethel's is from November, though Ethel was born in August. The author's conclusion is that this ledger entry was made after Ethel's adoption, possibly even the following year.
Eventually a scanned image of the original birth record** was found that identifies Ethel's biological parents. Even this, though, has the failing that it doesn't identify the child's name, only the date, place, and parent information. However, all of the information contained on this card, including the date of birth and identification of the parents (Charles/Lillie Labau), match family legend.
* Pg. 306, Record of Births, Cuyahoga County, Ohio: record #133, name: Eithel Kieffer, birthdate: 13 Aug 1883, birthplace: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, sex: F, color: W, father's name: Edward, mother's name: Mary, parents' residence: 12 Schilling St." https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23089-34439-29?cc=1932106
** Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003, Cuyahoga Birth returns 1883, scanned image 4309.
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