Von Kaas family papers 1719-1979

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Von Kaas family

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Papers of members of the well-to-do family which migrated to Chicago and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin in the mid-1800's. The collection primarily includes correspondence, journals and travel diaries...

Papers of members of the well-to-do family which migrated to Chicago and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin in the mid-1800's. The collection primarily includes correspondence, journals and travel diaries, and other papers of Georg Carl August Baron von Kaas (1805-1868), of his second wife, Mathilda (nee Deckner), and their children and relatives. Carl von Kaas at one point served as administrator (Oberforstmeister) of the forests and estates of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe, as well as Councillor of the Exchequer.

Most of the original letters and documents are in German, with English translations; a few originals are in English. There is also a genealogy and a group of typed translations of very early family records, apparently compiled by von Kaas family members in the Sheboygan area (possibly for a family reunion in 1979).

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