Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Mn/Dakota/10637 Surname: ------------------------- Hello Uwe: My great-grandather had also owned the same Hotel. My great grandfather was John Doffing. The St. John's Hotel was torn down many years ago(around 1980, I think). I am interested in the Kleis family. I alway thought they were from the Prum or Schonecken area of Germany. My great granmother was a Gores who lived in that area. There are Kleis descendants in the area today. I am a local historian/genealogist and am interested in genealogy for the most. I have some pictures of the St. John's Hotel. It was originally built in the 1880's but burned down about 1900. It was rebuilt and sometime in that time period I believe John Kleis owned the building. I also have obituaries of the Kleis family. I think one of the daughters of the John or Nick Kleis operated another hotel. Do you live near Schoenecken. At one time a person named Honny(Johan) Niederprum worked as a laborer at the St. John's hotel. He lleft his personal papers with my grandmother and I promised my grandmother that I would locate the relatives of Honny and return the papers to them. Anyway, I would like to hear from you. Bob Olson Hastings, MN