2026
Klapheke Family Reunion
July 10, 11 & 12
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To register and submit payment for the 2026 reunion
in Louisville, Kentucky, click here.
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Klapheke (Klaphecke/Klapphecke) Family in America from Bad Laer, Germany
(Click the link to the PowerPoint of photos on YouTube)
Introduction by Dorothy Roehrig.(1917) (56 seconds)
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Music:
Edelweiss/ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/2010
Beethoven’s 5 Secrets/ The Piano Guys/ 2012
Memories/ Waldeck/ 2007
St. James Infirmary/ Allen Toussaint/2009
Over the Rainbow/ The Piano Guys/2012
String of Pearls/ Michael Maxwell & His Orchestra/ 2013
Dream a Little Dream of Me/ Mamas & Papas/1968
It Don’t Come Easy/ Ringo Starr/ 1998
Upside/ Allen Stone/ 2015
Shine a Light/ BANNERS/ 2015
Geronimo/ Sheppard/ 2014
Riptide/ Vance Joy/ 2014
Renegades/ X-Ambassadors/ 2015
Candy Bars/ Connor Zwetsch/ 2015
Budapest/ George Ezra/ 2014
Two brothers came to America from Germany 14 years apart. Georg has many descendants mentioned on this site, Ludwig has fewer.
Georg Heinrich Klaphecke (1821-1876) and Margaretha Ruberg (1817-1856).
Georg immigrated in 1839 and married 3-1-1846.
**Maria Klapheke (1847-1884) & Heinric George Dirksen: 4 children. Only one survived.
**Henry Herman Klapheke(1848-1912) & Catherine Meiser (1847-1926): 8 children
**George J. Klapheke (1851-1938) and Anna C. Ziegler: 8 children
**Margaret Klapheke (1854-1915) and Joseph Kraeszig: 6 children
Ludwig Johann Heinrich Klaphecke(1830) and Elisabeth Hauckmann (1840-1875)
Ludwig immigrated in 1853
**Maria Elisabeth Klapheke * 1857-?
**Josephine Klapheke (nun: Sister Mary Stephen) * 1859-1936 (died in Louisville)
**Louisa Klapheke *1863
**Emma Klapheke (nun: sister Mary Ubalda) * 1867 + 1901 (died in Louisville
**Louis Klapheke *1869 + 1914 (not married)
Georg’s second child was Henry Herman Klapheke who had 7 children.
Charles G. Klapheke was his youngest.
Back row, left to right: John William Klapheke, Mary Helen Klapheke, John Louis Klapheke, George Henry “Bud” Klapheke, Ellanora Rose Klapheke
Front row. left to right: Anna Catherine Klapheke, Henry Herman “Harry” Klapheke, Charles George Klapheke, Catherine Meiser Klapheke
Carrie and Charles Klapheke (Georg’s grandson)
Top row: Charles and Carrie Klapheke , ((left to right second row) Charlie Klapheke, Jr. , Harry Klapheke, Joe Roehrig, Holman Bryant, Earl Whalen, Clifford Doll. (Third row): Dorothy D. Klapheke, Hodie K. Klapheke, Dorothy Klapheke Roehrig, Carolyn Klapheke Bryant, Mary Agnes Klapheke, Lucille Klapheke Whalen, Gertrude Klapheke Doll.
If you are a descendant of any of the Klaphekes you are welcome to join us. There is a full diagram of many grandparents back to 1839 when Georg Henry Klaphecke immigrated from Germany, came to Louisville and married Margaretha Ruberg. They had four children. In 1853 Georg’s half brother, Ludwig Johann Klapheke came to America, married and had five children.
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