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Kichler/Kischler in Fort Wayne, IN

Kichler/Kischler in Fort Wayne, IN

Jacqi Stevens (View posts)
Posted: 18 Oct 2003 11:02PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: KICHLER, KISCHLER, KELLY, KELLEY, PHILLIPS, MISKEL, LANDIS
While doing research in Fort Wayne on my KELLY line, found the following headstones in our PHILLIPS family plot at the Catholic Cemetery:
Michael KICHLER 1849-1912
Elizabeth KICHLER 1851-1913
Eleanor KISCHLER 1920
These entries are copied exactly as they appeared on the headstones.

Also buried in this family plot #106, section A, at the Catholic Cemetery were Patrick and Mary A (nee KELLY) PHILLIPS, J Kenny and Mary Celeste MISKEL, and Ralph E. and Helen C. LANDIS.

I have no idea who this KICHLER/KISCHLER family is, or whether they are related to the others in the plot, who are our family members. If anyone is researching this KICHLER line and knows whether they relate to any of these other surnames, pls solve the mystery for me and e-mail me directly at jacqi@prodigy.net . Thank you!

Re: Kichler/Kischler in Fort Wayne, IN

Posted: 18 Jan 2008 5:00AM GMT
Classification: Query
Looking through the Fort Wayne paper in the historical paper/Ancestry.com., Michael and Elizabeth Kichler were living in Churubusco where Michael and his brother, Joseph, ran a flour mill.
I believe that Eleanor was ther daughter?
They were Catholic, which would explain why they were buried in a Catholic Cemetery....but the relationship, if any with the Kelly family I don't know...
I'll check to see if I can locate anything else.
Kathy Adams (Kichler)

Re: Kichler/Kischler in Fort Wayne, IN

Posted: 7 Apr 2014 3:46AM GMT
Classification: Query
Wow, it's really strange to see a headstone with your own name on it! My side of the Kichler family started in Chicago, coming over from Europe just after WWI (I believe). Many of us moved to Scottsdale, AZ in the 1970's. I will have to ask my father more about this and see if he knows anything about an IN connection.
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