Individual Notes

Note for: Mary Daniels, OCT 1849 - Index

Event:   Midcontinent Library; Independence, MO
     Type:   Census/1900
     Date:   13 JUN 1900

Individual Note:
     THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Mary Daniels

FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Mary Daniels

1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calumet Township; Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Film Roll No. 285; Page No. 285; SD No. 1; ED No. 986; Sheet No. 12 Ward of City: 31; Enumeration Date: 13 June 1900; Enumerator: Ernest E. Ellington; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 24 May 1999; Koreshan Unity: Mary Daniels; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, female; Month of birth: October; Year of birth: 1849; Age at last birthday: 50; Married; No. of Years married: 1*; Mother of how many children: 0; No. of these children living: 0; Place of birth: Iowa; Place of birth of father: Illinois; Place of birth of mother: Missouri; Can read, yes; Can write, yes; Can speak English, yes. (*Except for 5 married residents, all married residents living in this dwelling listed their number of years married as 1.)

Individual Notes

Note for: Will Daniels, - Index

Individual Note:
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Will Daniels.

Individual Notes

Note for: Samuel Daniels, - Index

Individual Note:
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Samuel Daniels.

Individual Notes

Note for: Mabel Daniels, - Index

Individual Note:
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Mabel Daniels.

Individual Notes

Note for: Lizzie E. Daniels, - Index

Individual Note:
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Mrs. Lizzie Daniels.

Individual Notes

Note for: George Henry Danner, 21 FEB 1892 - Index

Individual Note:
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: George Henry Born: 21 Feb 1892 arrived Estero 13 Oct 1906; Left 20 Sep 1907; Married, deserted his family in 1919.

Individual Notes

Note for: Gustave Damkohler, 13 DEC 1825 - 5 SEP 1905 Index

Occupation:   Farmer
     Date:   1880

Event:   Clay Township, Shelby, Missouri
     Type:   Census/1880
     Date:   21 JUN 1880

Event:   Memoirs of a First Settler by Elwin Damkohler
     Type:   Arrived in Florida
     Date:   3 APR 1883

Burial:
     Date:   SEP 1905
     Place:   Juneau, Alaska

Individual Note:
     THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Gustave Damkoehler: "Born 13 Dec 1825, Blankenburg, Germany; Died 5 Sep 1905 in Juneau, Alaska.

Damkohler, Gustave; KOST 3.x series; Estero Florida 1882--"Memoirs of the First Settler" by Elwin Damkohler; Info Found: Series of letters written to various individuals in Florida State government concerning the purchase of land; Hist. Infor: Born in Berlin Germany, Damkohler came to America via Australia. He met his wife in Missouri. He and his wife and children arrived in Estero on April 3, 1882. He acted as agent for the Koreshans in purchasing lands and later on he had a falling out with the Koreshans and he sued for the return of his own land. He only received part of it back. He eventually left Estero for Missouri on May 20, 1899 (Damkohler) and then for Alaska which is where he died and was buried. His wife and four of his five children are buried along the Estero River.

Gustave Damkohler cottage located in the Koreshan State Historic Site in Estero, Florida.

MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: Gustav Damkohler and family homesteaded a tract of land along the Estero river.--page 51

Mr. Damkohler/Information received by a Mr. Damkohler, a relative of Gustave, who stopped by the Ranger Station in January 1997 and spoke with Ranger Peter Hicks: "Gustave Damkohler, Born 12/13/1825 in Blankenberg, Hartz Mts, in Germany. Died Sept 18?, 1905 at age 79. He is buried in Juneau, Alaska, Grave #31 in a cemetery. Died in presence of his son--Capt. E. E. Damkohler of Ft. Myers, Florida. He was a baker and confectioner, and also a medical doctor. Got a diploma but never publicly practiced. He went to Australia and cooked in
a mining camp in Australia. He invented a fireless cooker (heat stove). He gathered a lot of orphans, educated and took care of them. He was a landscape gardener. He came to America and got married in Missouri. He came to Florida on April 3, 1883, and located in Estero."

U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS/CLAY TOWNSHIP/SHELBY COUNTY, MISSOURI--1880; Film Roll No. 737; Page: 24; SD: 5; ED: 67; Enumeration date: 21st, 23, & 28 June 1880; Enumerator: C. S. Brown; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Gust. Damkohler; Color: white; Sex: male Relation to head of house: head; Age prior to June 1st: 47; Married; Occupation: Farmer; Place of birth: Germany; Place of birth of mother and father: Germany.