Marian, I think I may have a photograph of Alma Klamm somewhere. I have no idea how she would be related to us, but I'm sure she is. The Richard Klamm she would have raised would NOT have been my father, but I'll ask him if he knew of another in the family. Dad and Mom moved to Holdrege in about 1958ish. Mom died in 1989, but Dad still lives there. The downtown is really drying up, but they just built a huge YMCA, community theater and veteran's hospital on the north side. Holdrege also has a terrific museum. It is my understanding from my cousins, who all still live in the KC area, that Klamm Park is no longer a "safe" place to visit. ~kate ----------------- > Marian Sarantha nee Stewart here in snowy WY, grateful member of John's > terrific mail list. Thank you, John! > > Kate: I know Klamm Park well. Used to play tennis there during high > school > years at Wyandotte (graduated '46). Alma Klamm was my 4th grade teacher, > and was she ever a stickler for correctness! (Hallmark of a good > teacher, > I presume.) She was a spinster but believe she was raising a nephew or > grandson at the time who might have been Richard? That name has a > familiar > ring. > > My Stewart line came to Kansas before statehood, gr-grandfather Thomas > George Stewart an official "pioneer" who established a farm in Princeton > Twp, Franklin Co. His grandson, my father Walter L., was b. in Ottawa and > moved first to Argentine (worked at Sinclair Refinery) then to KCK where I > was born. My mother was a Fry from Argentine. That line originated in > VA, > moving first to KY then into MO, settling for a while around Weston and > St. > Joseph before moving to a farm in old Wyandott Twp. Henry W. Fry, my > gr-gr > grandfather, married Frances A. Young from Andrew Co, MO. > > Since moving from CA to WY 16-17 years ago I've made a real effort to > visit > cousins and other family members both in Lenexa, KS and in the > Ottawa-Princeton area, always researching in court houses, libraries and > varous other repositories. I read every line of every posting coming > across > this mail list, and thoroughly enjoy hearing everyone's stories. > > Marian Sarantha - WY > > P. S.: A friend in our town is a retired dentist who grew up in Holdrege. > We drove through there once on a trip to KC and recall a lovely main > street > in that town. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kate & David Clabough" <dv121212@charter.net> > To: <kswyando@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List > > >> My (childhood) hometown is Holdrege, Nebraska, but I have been living in >> Louisville, Tennessee since 1997. >> >> My Wyandotte County connection is through both my maternal and paternal >> lines. My maternal grandmother, Alice Mack Turner, was born in KC, >> Wyandotte >> County in 1907 to Henry McNamara (later Mack) who emigrated to Wyandotte >> County from County Clare, Ireland in the 1870s, and Ida Mae Ryan Mack, >> who >> was born in either Leavenworth or Wyandotte County. Alice and my >> grandfather, Jesse Orville Turner (b. 1906, Columbia, MO) lived in >> Wyandotte >> County until they retired to the Lake of the Ozarks. >> >> My paternal line, the Klamms, emigrated from Mannheim, Germany to >> Wyandotte >> County in the 1860s. My granderfather, George Lewis Klamm (1899) son of >> John >> Christoper Klamm and Annie Heamann, and my grandmother, Bessie Elizabeth >> Storey Klamm (1899) daughter of Robert and Ida Odell Story lived in >> Wyandotte County until they retired to a farm near Louisville, Miami >> County, >> KS. There is a Klamm Park in KC, Wyandotte County created from land owned >> by >> a great something uncle, Peter Klamm. >> >> Both of my parents, Richard Klamm (1932) and Beverly Turner Klamm (1935), >> were born in Wyandotte County. >> >> I have gained much already by being a member of this list, but my >> ultimate >> goal is to trace my maternal great great grandfather, Michael McNamara, >> back >> to a township or parish in County Clare, Ireland. I also like piecing >> together the day-to-day lives of my ancestors - jobs, churches, social >> events, etc. Just how they lived and what they did. I find many of the >> postings by John and others to be a terrific insight into those things >> very >> things. >> >> ~kate >> >> ------------- >> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> You are one of 94 members on the Wyandotte County Mailing List. >>>> >>>> As we begin a new year, I thought it would be interesting to >>>> know a little something about us members, and maybe even >>>> help each other, so I'm requesting that you respond to this >>>> note with the following: >>>> >>>> Your location - city and state .......... or just state >>>> >>>> How you are connected to Wyandotte County >>>> >>>> What you hope to gain by being a member of the Mailing List >>>> >>>> >>>> =================================================== >>>> >>>> Perhaps someone on the List will be able to provide you with >>>> information. This will be more probably if you include dates and >>>> names in your response. For example, saying "my grandfather >>>> lived in KC" will not get much of a response but saying "my >>>> grandfather, John O'Brien, lived in Argentine in the 1920s" might >>>> produce a result. It's up to you how specific you want to be. >>>> >>>> There is, of course, no requirement that you participate. However, >>>> simply responding: "I live in California and lived in Kansas City, KS >>>> in the 1950s" would be acceptable. >>>> >>>> Thank you for your consideration. >>>> >>>> John >>>> Wyandotte County List Administrator >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, Kate, I can well believe the warning about Klamm Park. Haven't been back to that scene in well over 50 years. And I never go into the area of KCK where I grew up, which was quite respectable in its heyday. Would love to see a picture of Alma Klamm if you can produce one. She was small in stature, usually wore silk or rayon dresses with tiny prints, and always practical black shoes with stacked heels (ultra conservative, as teachers were expected to be in that era.) She wore pince nez glasses and it always amazed me how people could maintain them on their nose. (My father wore them for a time, too.) I can visualize Miss Klamm so clearly. Good to hear from you, and thanks for writing. Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate & David Clabough" <dv121212@charter.net> To: <kswyando@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List > Marian, > > I think I may have a photograph of Alma Klamm somewhere. I have no idea > how > she would be related to us, but I'm sure she is. The Richard Klamm she > would > have raised would NOT have been my father, but I'll ask him if he knew of > another in the family. > > Dad and Mom moved to Holdrege in about 1958ish. Mom died in 1989, but Dad > still lives there. The downtown is really drying up, but they just built a > huge YMCA, community theater and veteran's hospital on the north side. > Holdrege also has a terrific museum. > > It is my understanding from my cousins, who all still live in the KC area, > that Klamm Park is no longer a "safe" place to visit. > > ~kate > > ----------------- > > >> Marian Sarantha nee Stewart here in snowy WY, grateful member of John's >> terrific mail list. Thank you, John! >> >> Kate: I know Klamm Park well. Used to play tennis there during high >> school >> years at Wyandotte (graduated '46). Alma Klamm was my 4th grade teacher, >> and was she ever a stickler for correctness! (Hallmark of a good >> teacher, >> I presume.) She was a spinster but believe she was raising a nephew or >> grandson at the time who might have been Richard? That name has a >> familiar >> ring. >> >> My Stewart line came to Kansas before statehood, gr-grandfather Thomas >> George Stewart an official "pioneer" who established a farm in Princeton >> Twp, Franklin Co. His grandson, my father Walter L., was b. in Ottawa >> and >> moved first to Argentine (worked at Sinclair Refinery) then to KCK where >> I >> was born. My mother was a Fry from Argentine. That line originated in >> VA, >> moving first to KY then into MO, settling for a while around Weston and >> St. >> Joseph before moving to a farm in old Wyandott Twp. Henry W. Fry, my >> gr-gr >> grandfather, married Frances A. Young from Andrew Co, MO. >> >> Since moving from CA to WY 16-17 years ago I've made a real effort to >> visit >> cousins and other family members both in Lenexa, KS and in the >> Ottawa-Princeton area, always researching in court houses, libraries and >> varous other repositories. I read every line of every posting coming >> across >> this mail list, and thoroughly enjoy hearing everyone's stories. >> >> Marian Sarantha - WY >> >> P. S.: A friend in our town is a retired dentist who grew up in >> Holdrege. >> We drove through there once on a trip to KC and recall a lovely main >> street >> in that town. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kate & David Clabough" <dv121212@charter.net> >> To: <kswyando@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:22 PM >> Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List >> >> >>> My (childhood) hometown is Holdrege, Nebraska, but I have been living in >>> Louisville, Tennessee since 1997. >>> >>> My Wyandotte County connection is through both my maternal and paternal >>> lines. My maternal grandmother, Alice Mack Turner, was born in KC, >>> Wyandotte >>> County in 1907 to Henry McNamara (later Mack) who emigrated to Wyandotte >>> County from County Clare, Ireland in the 1870s, and Ida Mae Ryan Mack, >>> who >>> was born in either Leavenworth or Wyandotte County. Alice and my >>> grandfather, Jesse Orville Turner (b. 1906, Columbia, MO) lived in >>> Wyandotte >>> County until they retired to the Lake of the Ozarks. >>> >>> My paternal line, the Klamms, emigrated from Mannheim, Germany to >>> Wyandotte >>> County in the 1860s. My granderfather, George Lewis Klamm (1899) son of >>> John >>> Christoper Klamm and Annie Heamann, and my grandmother, Bessie Elizabeth >>> Storey Klamm (1899) daughter of Robert and Ida Odell Story lived in >>> Wyandotte County until they retired to a farm near Louisville, Miami >>> County, >>> KS. There is a Klamm Park in KC, Wyandotte County created from land >>> owned >>> by >>> a great something uncle, Peter Klamm. >>> >>> Both of my parents, Richard Klamm (1932) and Beverly Turner Klamm >>> (1935), >>> were born in Wyandotte County. >>> >>> I have gained much already by being a member of this list, but my >>> ultimate >>> goal is to trace my maternal great great grandfather, Michael McNamara, >>> back >>> to a township or parish in County Clare, Ireland. I also like piecing >>> together the day-to-day lives of my ancestors - jobs, churches, social >>> events, etc. Just how they lived and what they did. I find many of the >>> postings by John and others to be a terrific insight into those things >>> very >>> things. >>> >>> ~kate >>> >>> ------------- >>> >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> You are one of 94 members on the Wyandotte County Mailing List. >>>>> >>>>> As we begin a new year, I thought it would be interesting to >>>>> know a little something about us members, and maybe even >>>>> help each other, so I'm requesting that you respond to this >>>>> note with the following: >>>>> >>>>> Your location - city and state .......... or just state >>>>> >>>>> How you are connected to Wyandotte County >>>>> >>>>> What you hope to gain by being a member of the Mailing List >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> =================================================== >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps someone on the List will be able to provide you with >>>>> information. This will be more probably if you include dates and >>>>> names in your response. For example, saying "my grandfather >>>>> lived in KC" will not get much of a response but saying "my >>>>> grandfather, John O'Brien, lived in Argentine in the 1920s" might >>>>> produce a result. It's up to you how specific you want to be. >>>>> >>>>> There is, of course, no requirement that you participate. However, >>>>> simply responding: "I live in California and lived in Kansas City, KS >>>>> in the 1950s" would be acceptable. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for your consideration. >>>>> >>>>> John >>>>> Wyandotte County List Administrator >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

A nicely written history of Klamm Park has been updated on the Public Schools of Wyandotte County, Kansas 1844- 2009 website. Attached links show photographs of the Klamm family.  I spend hundreds of delightful childhood hours playing at Klamm Park with my cousins and friends.  Great memories.  Here is the link... http://www.kckps.org/DISTHISTORY/dist-history/bios/klamm.htm pamela tate   --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Kate & David Clabough <dv121212@charter.net> wrote: From: Kate & David Clabough <dv121212@charter.net> Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List To: kswyando@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 8:10 PM Marian, I think I may have a photograph of Alma Klamm somewhere. I have no idea how she would be related to us, but I'm sure she is. The Richard Klamm she would have raised would NOT have been my father, but I'll ask him if he knew of another in the family. Dad and Mom moved to Holdrege in about 1958ish. Mom died in 1989, but Dad still lives there. The downtown is really drying up, but they just built a huge YMCA, community theater and veteran's hospital on the north side. Holdrege also has a terrific museum. It is my understanding from my cousins, who all still live in the KC area, that Klamm Park is no longer a "safe" place to visit. ~kate ----------------- > Marian Sarantha nee Stewart here in snowy WY, grateful member of John's > terrific mail list. Thank you, John! > > Kate: I know Klamm Park well. Used to play tennis there during high > school > years at Wyandotte (graduated '46). Alma Klamm was my 4th grade teacher, > and was she ever a stickler for correctness! (Hallmark of a good > teacher, > I presume.) She was a spinster but believe she was raising a nephew or > grandson at the time who might have been Richard? That name has a > familiar > ring. > > My Stewart line came to Kansas before statehood, gr-grandfather Thomas > George Stewart an official "pioneer" who established a farm in Princeton > Twp, Franklin Co. His grandson, my father Walter L., was b. in Ottawa and > moved first to Argentine (worked at Sinclair Refinery) then to KCK where I > was born. My mother was a Fry from Argentine. That line originated in > VA, > moving first to KY then into MO, settling for a while around Weston and > St. > Joseph before moving to a farm in old Wyandott Twp. Henry W. Fry, my > gr-gr > grandfather, married Frances A. Young from Andrew Co, MO. > > Since moving from CA to WY 16-17 years ago I've made a real effort to > visit > cousins and other family members both in Lenexa, KS and in the > Ottawa-Princeton area, always researching in court houses, libraries and > varous other repositories. I read every line of every posting coming > across > this mail list, and thoroughly enjoy hearing everyone's stories. > > Marian Sarantha - WY > > P. S.: A friend in our town is a retired dentist who grew up in Holdrege. > We drove through there once on a trip to KC and recall a lovely main > street > in that town. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kate & David Clabough" <dv121212@charter.net> > To: <kswyando@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List > > >> My (childhood) hometown is Holdrege, Nebraska, but I have been living in >> Louisville, Tennessee since 1997. >> >> My Wyandotte County connection is through both my maternal and paternal >> lines. My maternal grandmother, Alice Mack Turner, was born in KC, >> Wyandotte >> County in 1907 to Henry McNamara (later Mack) who emigrated to Wyandotte >> County from County Clare, Ireland in the 1870s, and Ida Mae Ryan Mack, >> who >> was born in either Leavenworth or Wyandotte County. Alice and my >> grandfather, Jesse Orville Turner (b. 1906, Columbia, MO) lived in >> Wyandotte >> County until they retired to the Lake of the Ozarks. >> >> My paternal line, the Klamms, emigrated from Mannheim, Germany to >> Wyandotte >> County in the 1860s. My granderfather, George Lewis Klamm (1899) son of >> John >> Christoper Klamm and Annie Heamann, and my grandmother, Bessie Elizabeth >> Storey Klamm (1899) daughter of Robert and Ida Odell Story lived in >> Wyandotte County until they retired to a farm near Louisville, Miami >> County, >> KS. There is a Klamm Park in KC, Wyandotte County created from land owned >> by >> a great something uncle, Peter Klamm. >> >> Both of my parents, Richard Klamm (1932) and Beverly Turner Klamm (1935), >> were born in Wyandotte County. >> >> I have gained much already by being a member of this list, but my >> ultimate >> goal is to trace my maternal great great grandfather, Michael McNamara, >> back >> to a township or parish in County Clare, Ireland. I also like piecing >> together the day-to-day lives of my ancestors - jobs, churches, social >> events, etc. Just how they lived and what they did. I find many of the >> postings by John and others to be a terrific insight into those things >> very >> things. >> >> ~kate >> >> ------------- >> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> You are one of 94 members on the Wyandotte County Mailing List. >>>> >>>> As we begin a new year, I thought it would be interesting to >>>> know a little something about us members, and maybe even >>>> help each other, so I'm requesting that you respond to this >>>> note with the following: >>>> >>>> Your location - city and state .......... or just state >>>> >>>> How you are connected to Wyandotte County >>>> >>>> What you hope to gain by being a member of the Mailing List >>>> >>>> >>>> =================================================== >>>> >>>> Perhaps someone on the List will be able to provide you with >>>> information. This will be more probably if you include dates and >>>> names in your response. For example, saying "my grandfather >>>> lived in KC" will not get much of a response but saying "my >>>> grandfather, John O'Brien, lived in Argentine in the 1920s" might >>>> produce a result. It's up to you how specific you want to be. >>>> >>>> There is, of course, no requirement that you participate. However, >>>> simply responding: "I live in California and lived in Kansas City, KS >>>> in the 1950s" would be acceptable. >>>> >>>> Thank you for your consideration. >>>> >>>> John >>>> Wyandotte County List Administrator >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message