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Descendants of DELMAR FRANK KITTENDORF Sr., son of FRANK THEODORE KITTENDORF, grandson of Olaf Kittendorf, great-grandson of Johann Kittendorff, great-great-grandson of Johan Rudolf Martin Kittendorff .

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Johan Rudolf Martin Kittendorff was born 1790 in Stralsund, Germany The village of Kittendorf is located south of Stralsund. For many years this area of Germany was situated behind the "Iron Curtain" and as such, remained inaccessible to visitors. Germany is physically south of Denmark, and north of Austria and Switzerland. See linked maps.
Johan Rudolf Martin Kittendorff died 1875 in Goteburg, Sweden. Goteburg, a/k/a Gothenburg or Gottenburg,, is the second largest city in Sweden.
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Children of Johan Rudolf Martin Kittendorff are:
1. +Johann Kittendorff, b. April 1818, d. date unknown.
 

 

Johann Kittendorff (son of Johan Rudolf Martin Kittendorff) was born April 1818, and died date unknown. He married Eldna.

More About Johann Kittendorff:
Arrival: August 28, 1854, New York.
Date born 2: 1817
Ship: Mecklenburg.
Departure: Hamburg, Germany.
Destination: United States of America.

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He married Eldna, who was born March 03, 1819, and died date unknown

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Children of Eldna and Johann Kittendorff are:

1. +Carl Kittendorff, b. April 28, 1844, Kvistokta, Holland , d. 1921, Gustaf Adolf Church, Baskarp, Sweden
2. Franz Kittendorff, b. January 01, 1847 , d. date unknown.
3. +Joahino Kittendorff, b. December 14, 1848, d. date unknown.
4. +Thilda Kittendorff, b. March 03, 1851 , d. date unknown.
5. Louisa Kittendorff, b. March 19, 1853 , d. date unknown.
6. Adolf Kittendorff, b. June 12, 1856 , d. date unknown, USA .
7. +Olaf Kittendorff, b. September 01, 1858 , d. date unknown, Lilla Edet, Sweden. Details of Olaf's descendants appear below on this page.
8. Rudolf Kittendorff, b. June 03, 1863 d. date unknown, USA

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Olaf Kittendorff (son of Johann Kittendorff and Eldna) was born September 01, 1858, and died date unknown in Lilla Edet, a Swedish municipality in Västra Götaland County, in western Sweden. which is located North of Goteburg. Note: Olaf's grandfather, Johan Rudolf Martin Kittendorff died in Goteburg, Sweden in 1875.

Olaf married Vacht Gustaftson.

 

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Vacht Gustaftson

 

 

Children of Olaf Kittendorff and Vacht Gustaftson are:

1. +Frank Theodore Kittendorf, b. September 10, 1882, Gottenburg, Sweden, d. February 16, 1953, Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA. Details of Frank Theodore Kittendorf's descendants appear below on this page.

2. Olga Kittendorf, b., Gottenburg, Sweden, d. date unknown.

3. Harry Kittendorf, d. date unknown, USA

4. +Gertrude Kittendorf, d. date unknown, USA

5. +Sam Kittendorf, d. date unknown, USA

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Frank Theodore Kittendorf (son of Olaf Kittendorff and Vacht Gustaftson) was born September 10, 1882 in Gottenburg, Sweden

He married Ellen Johanna Erickson in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA , daughter of Bengt Erickson and Christine.

Frank Theodore Kittendorf became deaf in a skiing accident in Sweden prior to coming to the US. Was considered a very quiet man

He died February 16, 1953 in Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA. Cremated and buried at sea with the ashes of Ellen.

 

 


Ellen Johanna Erickson (daughter of Bengt Erickson and Christine) was born June 16, 1882 in Malmo, Sweden

Ellen Johanna Erickson married Frank Theodore Kittendorf on June 1, 1905.

Photo at near right was taken on her wedding day.

She died 1953 in Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA

 


Children of Frank Theodore Kittendorf and Ellen Johanna Erickson are:

1. +Genevieve Norma Kittendorf, b. August 10, 1907, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, She married Carl Nord Swanson on May 04, 1934 .She died November 12, 1993 View additional photo of Genevieve dated August 24, 1929.
View descendants of GENEVIEVE NORMA KITTENDORF..

2. +Rhea Beatrice Kittendorf, b. February 24, 1909, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. She married Abel Whitmer Bach on August 24, 1929 in Chicago , Illinois, USA179. d. April 06, 1961, Hinsdale, Illinois USA. Photo dated August 24, 1919.
View descendants of RHEA BEATRICE KITTENDORF.


3. +Delmar Frank Kittendorf b. May 29, 1912, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, Married Dorothy Helen Tilley. .Florida, USA . d. October 1978, Miami, (Miami-dade)
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Back row: Frank and Ellen Kittendorf
Front row, left to right: Genevieve, baby Delmar, and Rhea


Delmar Frank Kittendorf (Sr) (son of Frank Theodore Kittendorf and Ellen Johanna Erickson) was born May 29, 1912 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA,
Handsome, extremely bright and extremely personable, Del possessed the mind of an engineer. His height as a grown man was 6'4". He had blue eyes.

He married Dorothy Helen Tilley, daughter of the artist William Tilley and Nancy (Anne).
Wedding date: September 9, 1938.


A heavy smoker, Del was diagnosed with Emphysema. Cause of death in October 1978 was ______ . He died in Miami, Florida, USA

Dorothy Helen Tilley (daughter of William Tilley and Nancy (Anne)).
She married Delmar Frank Kittendorf, son of Frank Theodore Kittendorf and Ellen Johanna Erickson.

Dorothy died suddenly and unexpectedly of cancer in Miami, Florida in October of 1962.

 

Children of Dorothy Helen Tilley and Delmar Frank Kittendorf are:


1. +Delmar Frank Kittendorf, Jr..married Diane


2. +Richard Allen Kittendorf. married Cynthia


3. +Terry Lynn Kittendorf. married first Linda, married second Louise


4. +Craig Xandor Kittendorf. married Gayla

 

These are the sons of Delmar Kittendorf Sr., grandsons of Frank Theodore Kittendorf, great-grandsons of Olaf Kittendorff, great-great grandsons of Johann Kittendorff, great-great-great grandsons of Johan Rudolf Martin Kittendorff who was born in Stralsund, Germany, north of the village of Kittendorf, in the year 1790.

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