Edward Klauber Junior

This is the beginning of an article containing more information about Edward Klauber junior, brother of Chester and Marie, and uncle to Marty. Also, it is an experiment with uploading files to Windows SkyDrive, which currently offers 25 GB of free online storage. This may be useful for storing non-image files and making them publicly available. For example, this PDF file is a scanned New York Times article announcing the 1945 wedding of Edward Klauber and his second wife, Doris Larson.

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Research by Graham

Today I spent a day in the Seattle library researching our family background.

I discovered that our grandfather, Morris (Marty) Klauber, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Chester and Mabel Klauber on 12th February 1906. By the 1920 Census, the family was living in the Manhattan Assembly, District 23, NY, NY. Marty joined the Marines on 28th April 1923 as a Private, Trumpeter in the Band. He left the Marines in 1931, having served in the Reserves. By the 1930 Census, at age 23, he was married to his first wife Helen, about ten years older than he, and living with her and her two children (from an earlier marriage?). [Click on the second image to see the 1930 Census.]

Marty's father, Chester, was the first of three children born to Henry and Ray Klauber: Chester b. Jan 1883, Marie b. Dec 1885, and Edward b. February 1887. Edward went on to a prominent career in broadcasting, first as an editor at the New York Times, and later as executive vice president at CBS. Chester lists his occupation in the 1920 Census as a Salesman of Bathroom Accessories.

The 1900 Census lists Henry's father Edward, aged 64, who migrated from Bohemia/ greater Austria/ Germany, as also living in the household at the time. Interestingly, by the 1910 Census (38th Precinct,Jefferson County, Kentucky), Edward lived next door to his son Henry, with Henry's former wife, Ray, daughter Marie and her husband Jesse Streng, and a servant. By then Henry was re-married to Stella (formerly Abraham) and lived with her two daughters, Alice and Louise, and two servants in the adjacent property. He is listed in the American Jewish Yearbook of 1907 as one of the leaders of the Louisville Synagogue.

In the 1880 Census, Edward Klauber was 44 years old, working as a well known photographer in Louisville, Kentucky, where he migrated in 1855 from the port of Bremen in Germany. He was married to Caroline, who had been born in Prussia (father Prussian, mother Bavarian) and had four children: Morris b. circa 1860, a Lawyer, Henry b. 22nd February 1861, a store Clerk, Gertrude b. circa 1866, and Adolph b. circa 1869, the latter two still at school. [Click on the first image to see the 1880 Census.]

Edward was born in Bohemia 18th April 1836 (possibly 1835), and his parents were named David and Mary, according to the information conveyed by his son Henry on his death certificate dated 25th January 1918.

Ancestral Klauber Town

According to the Cornbleet Family Website, the ancestral town of the Klauber family is Praporiste (formerly Braunbusch), located in Bohemia, a large region in what is now the western Czech Republic. The Cornbleet site also contains pages with photos and information about towns near Praporiste with connections to the Klauber family, specifically Kdyne (where Klaubers are named among the synagogue founders) and Loucim (which contains a cemetary with Klauber graves).

The Quest Begins

This blog was created by Graham Sceats and Liam Keliher, two first cousins, as a repository for information about their grandfather, Morris ("Marty") Edward Klauber (maternal grandfather for both). The collaboration on this blog was precipitated by a conversation between Graham and Liam in December 2008, in which Graham presented some interesting things he had unearthed about Marty, including evidence that Marty was Jewish.

Basic facts: Morris Edward Klauber was born on February 12, 1906, in Louisville, Kentucky, and died on September 2, 1976, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. He worked for General Foods Corporation for over 35 years, and retired at the age of 59.