Kleinert Family History


Kleinert is a name of German origin. Kleinert could be a descriptive surname derived from the German word klein, meaning small. Other spellings similar in their possible descriptive origin to Kleinert are: Kleinhardt, Kleinhard, Clinert, Klinard, Clinard, Cleinert, Kleinart, and Klinert.

Currently, our branch of the Kleinert family can only be traced back to an unknown ancestor in the mid 19th century to the Kingdom of Württemberg, including the cities of Stuttgart and Frankenhardt. Since this time, the Kleinert family moved around Germany and some branches migrated to the United States.

This unknown Kleinert ancestor had a family of which there are only three known sons:
___1. John Kleinert, born 28 March 1859 in Stuttgart ___2. Martin Kleinert, born 19 July 1861 in Gründelhardt, now Frankenhardt ___3. Jakob Kleinert, born 5 August 1865 somewhere in Württemberg

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At about the age of 18 in 1887, John Kleinert immigrated to the United States. He settled in or near St. Louis, possibly on the East side of the Mississippi River in Illinois. On January 19, 1889 he married Margaretha “Maggie” Schreck, daughter of Simon Schreck and Franzcisca Dintzter, who were natives of Bavaria. They had four children:
__1. Julius Hamilton Kleinert __2. Harry F. Kleinert __3. Arthur Kleinert __4. Lillian O. Kleinert	__
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Unlike his brother Martin remained Germany. Not much is known about his life except that he married Rosa Barbara Rick. They had three children:
__1. Friedrich Kleinert __2. Jakob Johannes Kleinert __3. Rosina Kleinert	___
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The youngest of the three known brothers, Jakob, married Elizabeth Sommer on February 19, 1891. They had one daughter:
__1. Dorothea Kleinert	___
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