PHOTO OF: August and Anna (Hoeffert)Kluck had at least 9 children - 5 girls and 4 boys. Minnie, Johanna, John, Bertha, Charles, Louis, August Jr., Anna, and Louisa. They lived near Sioux Falls, SD. We are currently getting info from his grandchildren.
Frederick Kluck arrived 2/11/1873 in New York from Liverpool on the SS Egypt. He was 19, listed as a laborer from Germany.
Frederick immigrated alone (per obit) and probably met his brother August. August lived near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (Pat Quinn has photos of both.)
November 1930 Barnesville Paper
FRED KLUCK, 77, DIES SUDDENLY
Funeral services were held at 9:00 o'clock Tuesday morning from the Assumption Church for Fred Kluck. Rev. Father Edwin officiated and interment was in the Catholic Cemetery west of the city (Barnesville, MN - Pat Quinn has photo of gravesite). The pallbearers were J.P. Hilgers, J. Grommesh, E. F. McDunn, Chris Meyer, Christ Nicklay and George Whalen.
Mr. Kluck died last Friday morning at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 25 days. Although Mr. Kluck had been a sufferer with heart trouble for about 30 years, the end came suddenly and unexpectedly. He had been up town the afternoon preceding his death, although he stated that he was not feeling well. About six o'clock Friday morning Mr. Kluck was up, and at 8 when he failed to appear for breakfast his wife looked for him and discovered that he was dead.
Fred Kluck was born Feb. 26, 1854 in Germany, and when he was 18 years of age, came to America alone, locating first at Rush City, MN. 49 years ago last April 11 he was united in marriage at Moorhead to Miss Mary Feiten. Mr. And Mrs. Kluck then moved onto a homestead 1 ½ miles north of this city where they lived until several years ago when they retired and moved to this city.
Seven children were born to Mr. And Mrs. Kluck, six of whom survive with the widow. The children are John F., Charles and Peter Kluck of Barnesville, Joseph Kluck of Wahpeton, and Mrs. O.F. Kelting and Mrs. T.C. Gilmore of Webster City, Iowa. Another daughter, Mrs. Chase, died about two years ago. 31 grandchildren also survive.
Those who came from a distance to attend the funeral were Mr. And Mrs. Lewis Kluck, Aug. Kluck and Mrs. Louise Teill of Hartford, ND. (believe this is SD -not ND -near Sioux Falls, SD.)
Kluck, General Alexander von. (1846-1934). Born, Münster, Westfalen.
Fred Kluck used to tell the kids that he was related to World War I General Alexander Von Kluck - as shown above and in encyclopedias. This has not been verified, but the South Dakota, Iowa, and Michigan Klucks were also told this story. Per the Michigan Klucks, the family sired by von Kluck settled on the western side of Michigan near Saugatuck and Fennville.
General Alexander von Kluck saw early service in the Franco-Prussian war, and moved steadily through the ranks,
becoming in 1913, the inspector general of the Seventh Army District. In July, 1914, he was made commander of the First Army on the extreme right of the projected German offensive through
Belgium, and captured Brussels on 20 August 1914. Although temporarily checked by the British at Mons, he continued his advance, outflanking General Smith-Dorrien's II Corps at Le Cateau on 26 August. At the request of General Karl von Bulow, he changed his axis of advance to move south and east of Paris, rather than the initially intended north and west which the Schlieffen Plan had projected. The change, though stunning in its attempt, allowed a successful Allied counter-attack at the Marne. Von Kluck, at the battle of the Ourcq, was nearly encircled by the Allies, but managed to extricate his forces and retreat. Nevertheless, von Kluck retained his command until badly wounded, he retired from active duty in October, 1916. (This info from http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/bio/k/kluck.html
