Mary Emma Klett
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Family Photos

• Frederick Klett and his daughter Cornelia (24 KB)
  Frederick Klett was American Consul to the Kingdom of Wuerttemberg from 1845 to 1859. He was also one of the original members of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and owned a drug store at 2nd and Callowhill Streets in Philadelphia. My Great, Great, Great Grandfather.
• Cornelia Klett Freeman (29 KB)
  Date and place taken is unknown.
• Henry Clay Gibson (39 KB)
  Son of John and Rebecca Gibson. Husband of Mary B. Klett. After the death of John Gibson he ran the family whiskey business known as John Gibson's Son & Co., (Gibsonton Mills),at Gibsonton, Pennsylvania.
• Letter written by Frederick Klett (70 KB)
  Correspondence while he was American Consul to the Kingdom of Wuerttemberg
• Frederick Klett's Philadelphia Drug Store (39 KB)
  Frederick's place of business. The store was just down the street from the drug store of his brother-in-law, Joseph Reakirt.
• Emma Klett (15 KB)
  Emma Klett, daughter of Frederick Klett and Maria Reakirt
• Cornelia Klett (18 KB)
  Taken in Philadelphia. Date is unknown.
• Mary Braun Klett (44 KB)
  Daughter of Frederick Klett and Maria Reakirt. Wife of Henry Clay Gibson.
• Gottlieb Klett's Bible - The First Page (140 KB)
  The first page of the Bible belonging to Gottlieb Klett and Maria Barbara Braun
• Mary Braun Klett (16 KB)
  Mary Braun Klett, daughter of Frederick Klett and Maria Reakirt.
• Klett Ledger Stone (15 KB)
  Ledger Stone covering the Klett Family vault at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. 16 persons are buried in the vault.
• John Howard Gibson (18 KB)
  Son of Henry Clay Gibson and Mary Braun Klett. Husband of Susan Worrell Pepper.
• Advertisement for Frederick's Drug Store (47 KB)
  An advertisement in the 1830 Desilver's City Directory of Philadelphia
• Possibly a Klett (17 KB)
  I have no idea who this person is although I suspect he is a Klett.
• Gravesite View (50 KB)
  The area where the vault is located. Lot 233, Section Y of North Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.
• Bertha Agnes Baker (27 KB)
  Wife of Reuel John Joseph Clarke. Daughter of Gustavus Swartz Baker and Florence M. Keeler. Granddaughter of Emma Klett Baker. Great Granddaughter of Frederick Klett, and Great, Great Granddaughter of Gottlieb Peter Klett, our immigrant ancestor. My Grandmother.
• Advertisement for Frederick's Drug Store (47 KB)
  An advertisement in the 1830 Desilver's City Directory of Philadelphia
• Unidentified (22 KB)
  I have no idea who this person is. Taken in NYC
• Reuel and Bertha (17 KB)
  Taken at Picton, Ontario, Canada. Probably about 1940. My Grandparents.
• Gottlieb's Declaration of Intent (92 KB)
  The document Gottlieb signed when he declared his intent to become a citizen of the United States
• Emma Klett Baker (20 KB)
  Taken sometime about 1890 during the time she lived in Auburn, NY.
• Gottlieb Klett's Burial Record (34 KB)
  North Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. The burial record for Gottlieb
• Possibly Catharine Klett (23 KB)
  I really have no idea who this is. It may be Catharine Klett.
• John Reakirt's Tombstone (25 KB)
  The original carving on John's tombstone had faded away. Thankfully, someone had transcribed it before it was "renovated". He was born on December 9, 1761. This is in Section A, Lot 18 of North Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.
• Maria Barbara Braun Klett's Burial Record (47 KB)
  North Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. The burial record for Gottlieb's wife, Maria.
• Unknown (18 KB)
  Another Catharine Klett possibility, however this woman may be too young.
• Catharine Reakirt's Tombstone (30 KB)
  Catharine's original tombstone carving remains in place, but it too is fading. She is buried next to her husband in Section A, Lot 18 of North Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. I plan to get a clearer photo of this stone on my next visit to Laurel Hill.
• Laurel Hill Cemetery Map (33 KB)
  Locations of family gravesites at North Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
• Unidentified Gentleman (23 KB)
  I have no idea who this is. Taken in Philadelphia.
• The Fair American (20 KB)
  A model of the ship Fair American which brought our ancestors Gottlieb Klett and Maria Barbara Braun and their children to America
• Maria Reakirt Klett (9 KB)
  Wife of Frederick Klett. Daughter of Johan Jost Reakirt and Catharine Kohlmann.
• John Reakirt's Signature (31 KB)
  1832
• John Reakirt's Will Cover (40 KB)
  Cover page for his will.
• Charles Baker, Sr. (19 KB)
  My Great, Great Grandfather. Grandfather of Bertha Agnes Baker. Husband of Emma Maria Klett. He owned a cigar business in Philadelphia and Auburn, New York. My Great, Great Grandfather.
• Gustave Schwartz Baker (41 KB)
  My Great Grandfather. Father of Bertha Agnes Baker. Husband of Florence M. Keeler.
• Bertha Agnes' Tombstone (59 KB)
  My grandmother's tombstone. She is buried along with her husband and his two brothers and sister, Ethelind Louise, (not mentioned on the stone), at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Canada.
• Possibly Charles Gibson (17 KB)
  Although I'm not entirely sure, I believe this to be a picture of Charles Gibson, husband of Cornelia Klett.
• Charles Gibson Baker (29 KB)
  Uncle Charles. Son of Emma Maria Klett and Charles Baker.
• Maria and Cornelia Norris (31 KB)
  Maria Pinckney, (right), and Cornelia Lynah Norris, daughters of Maria Gibson and Charles Pinckney Norris. Granddaughters of Cornelia Klett and Charles Gibson.
• My Grandparents and their Sons (23 KB)
  Reuel and Bertha with their sons, from left, David, Laurence (my father), and Robert.
• Possibly Maria Gibson (22 KB)
  This photo is unidentified. I think it may be Maria Gibson but I really don't know.
• John Reakirt's Will 1 (87 KB)
  Page one.
• Klett Bible - Deaths Pg 2 (53 KB)
  Record of deaths from Frederick Klett and Maria Reakirt Klett family Bible.
• Gottlieb and Maria's Marriage Record (19 KB)
  Taken from the Ehe Register of the Evangelische Kirche Knittlingen.
• Unidentified (20 KB)
  Photo taken in Philadelphia. I have no idea who this might be.
• John Reakirt's Will 2 (48 KB)
  Page two.
• Klett Bible - Deaths (80 KB)
  Record of deaths from the Bible of Frederick Klett and Maria Reakirt
• Christening Record of Christoph Friederich Klett (16 KB)
  Taken from the 1794 Tauf Register of the Evangelische Kirche Ruith
• Young Gustave in 1862 (18 KB)
  Gustave Schwartz Baker, son of Emma Maria Klett and Charles Baker.
• John Reakirt's Will 3 (43 KB)
  Page three. Has the signatures of his three sons, Conrad, Joseph and Jacob.
• Unidentified West Chester Lady (19 KB)
  I have no idea who this is. The picture was taken in West Chester, PA.
• Maria Barbara Braun's Christening Record 1767 (41 KB)
  Taken from the Tauf Register of Evangelische Kirche Knittlingen, 1767.
• Emma Klett Baker's Handwriting (17 KB)
  An inscription in a book to her son Charles.
• John Reakirt's Will 4 (50 KB)
  Page four. Has a description of his belongings and the signature of Daniel Bickley.
• Klett Bible - Births (67 KB)
  Births listed in the Bible of Frederick Klett and Maria Reakirt
• Cornelia Klett Gibson (31 KB)
  Taken in Paris, France. Date is unknown.
• Portrait of Frederick Klett (33 KB)
  Christoph Friederich Klett, son of Gottlieb Peter Klett and Maria Barbara Braun
• Mary Emma Klett (51 KB)
  This is a picture of me taken in December 2008. Mary Emma Klett
• West Chester Gentleman (12 KB)
  I have no idea who this is, but I believe he is a Reakirt. Photo was taken in West Chester, PA.
• Charles Baker's Cigar Label (27 KB)
  In 1859 Charles Baker, (husband of Emma Klett), owned a cigar (segar) business in Philadelphia. Later when he moved to Auburn, NY he also opened a cigar business there. This is an early label.
• Pittsburgh Lady (25 KB)
  I think this may be Mary Klett Gibson, daughter of Henry Clay Gibson and Mary Klett.
• Possibly George M Freeman (22 KB)
  I do not know for certain but I believe this may be George M. Freeman the second husband of Cornelia Klett.
• Frederick Klett's Chemical Business (10 KB)
  From an order form used in Frederick Klett's chemical business
• Gottlieb Klett's Bible (72 KB)
  The inside cover page of the Bible belonging to Gottlieb Klett and Maria Barbara Braun