Damkohler, Elwin E.; Estero, Florida 1882: MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST SETTLER; Fort Myers: Island Press; KSHS--BK 099. ("February 16, 1884, about four a.m., mother died. Father had come home late that evening to find her sick. All night he tried to relieve her pain but he knew it was useless. He awakened us children to kiss her goodby. Our two-week old baby had been in mother's arms all the while she was sick."--Page 18

U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS/CLAY TOWNSHIP/SHELBY COUNTY/MISSOURI/1880; Film Roll No.: 737; Page: 24; SD: 5; ED: 67; Enumeration date: 21, 23, & 28 June 1880;; Enumerator: C. S. Brown; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Alma Damkohler; Color: white; Sex: female; Sex: female; Age prior to June 1st: 27; Relationship to head of house: Wife; Married: Occupation: Keeping House; Place of birth: Germany; Place of birth of mother and father: Germany.

Maiden name of Alma Damkohler is unknown. Her marriage to Gustave Damkohler may have been her second marriage because Rudolph Crop is listed as a 6-year-old stepson of Gustave Damkohler in the 1880 Census.