According to FamilySearch, Frederick and Ernestine had an additional 7 children who died in Germany before they emigrated. Ultimately, Frederick didn't live to see all 25 grandchildren born. However, he likely saw 5 of 63 great-grandchildren born. Currently, there's only one great-grandchild still living since 4 of them died in about the last 10 years. To date, Frederick has over 800 descendants in total. That means together with August Kleinhans' descendants that's over 1,000 descendants of Jacob Kleinhans, Frederick and August's presumed father.

Four years after immigrating Frederick and Ernestine with their daughters Wilhemina, Augusta, and Mary were in the 1860 US Census and on the 1860 Royalton map (see 1855-1880 Homesteads & Census) on Fisk Rd. in Wolcottsville, NY. Frederick's initial farm and his subsequent farm on Akron Rd. were his family's main means of livelihood. (see Rural Farming Life Essay and Occupations and Retirement) 

In the same 1860 census, directly across Fisk Rd. from Frederick's farm, was the family of Christian Gajow/Jagow with his wife and sons Ferdenand [sic], Augustus, William, and David, meaning Wilhemina's future husband Ferdinand Jago (see below) was her neighbor at least 8 years before their marriage. 

By 1870 Frederick had moved his family to a larger farm on nearby Akron Rd near Mud Creek and in 1875 they were (still) living in a log cabin. Seventeen (17) years later in 1892 Frederick and Ernestine lived with just Fred (Jr) and William since the rest of their children had moved out. Two years after in 1894, Frederick died at 70 after having been in the US for about 38 years. Ernestine died 4 1/2 years later in 1899 at 77 (according to her difficult-to-find obituary). Frederick's name was misspelled Klenhas in the 1894 NY State Death Index, and Ernestine's name was misspelled Kleihaus in the 1899 NY State Death Index.

***The Niagara Sun, September 18, 1896 - Mrs. Klienhans [sic] is staying at present with her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Miller. For some time her health had not been good and she has been a little despondent. She now seems very cheerful and happy amid the genial atmosphere and pleasant surroundings of her daughter's home. 

note- In 1896, two years after Frederick's passing, Ernestine lived with her daughter Mrs. Jacob (Augusta) Miller (see below), and her family on Miller Road in Royalton, about 2 miles from her home. Meanwhile, Frederick and Ernestine's son William was with his first wife and first two children on his parents' farm on Akron Rd. Ernestine died three years later and had been treated for dropsy (edema) before she died.

Notes

Aside from ocean steamships, trains, and newspapers, Frederick and Ernestine lived during the invention of photos, cars, electric lights, and telephones although they likely did not own any of them. They weren't involved in either the American Civil War that ended in 1865 or the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71. On a personal level, besides their immigration and the birth of their children, their lives were probably most impacted by building a new wood frame house in 1876 even though they didn't have running water or electricity and had to use a wood fireplace for heating and cooking.

Frederick and Ernestine by today's standards seemed poor. Despite their self-built frame house and farm (a 47-acre farm isn't small but it's not large either, about a 1/2 mile long by 1/10 mile wide, the size of a small neighborhood), their lack of wealth and education seem indicated by 1) a lack of newspaper pieces about their social/church activities, 2) three of their four daughters were domestic servants who left home at a young age, 3) both of their obituaries were rather short and they don't have gravestones, 4) they didn't seem to take any long train trips as some people did, 5) there are no photos or portraits of them (you can tell who lived and worked in a city, they had the money for photos), and 6) they took nearly 20 years to build a frame house meaning they lived in a log cabin for that long. Frederick likely waited until his two teenage sons were old enough to help him build their new house, and Wilhelmina's husband Ferdinand might have helped also. Frederick (Jr) and William presumably learned a lot of carpentry from their father while building their house.

Regardless of their economic status, most of their neighbors were no different. They were hard-working honest farmers who raised their children the best they could. Some of their grandchildren and most of their great-grandchildren took advantage of the new opportunities that better education and urban living offered thanks to the efforts and sacrifice of their German/French immigrant grandparents Frederick and Ernestine.

Frederick's sons William and Fred (Jr) provided services to other local farmers such as threshing crops and carpentry, particularly Fred (Jr). Their names were often in the Lockport newspaper and were likely well-known by farmers in the Royalton area. They traveled to Niagara Falls and Buffalo for business a few times which wasn't common until cars became widespread some years later.

Homestead

In 1860 a few years after immigrating, the Kleinhans family lived across the road from the Jago/Gajow family (see below). Minnie and Ferdinand married in 1868, and over the next 30 years farmed next to or together with one of their fathers until about 1900 when they rented a farm by themselves after their fathers had passed away. After Ferdinand died unexpectedly in 1907, Minnie lived with her sons John and Frank for a while before moving in with her daughter Ella/Elnora (Jago) Lindke's family and neighboring cousins in the Town of Newstead, Erie County where she died in 1928 (see 1910-1920 Homesteads & Census). Like their parents, Wilhemina and Ferdinand were farmers their entire lives. They had ten (10) children, thirty (30) grandchildren, and more than ninety (90) great-grandchildren. 

note- According to the 1860 US Census and the 1860 Town of Royalton, Niagara County Map from the Library of Congress the Kleinhans and Jago/Gajow (see Jago family) families lived across the street from each other on Fisk Rd in Wolcottsville when Wilhelmina was 10/11 and Ferdinand was 21/22 (see 1860-1880 Homesteads & Census).  Also, while Wilhelmina has a gravestone, there are no gravestones for her husband Ferdinand, or her parents Ernestine and Frederick. Ferdinand's parents Christian and Dorothy Jago lack gravestones as well.

***The (Medina) Daily Journal, Saturday, March 25, 1916 - Wolcottsville - Mrs. Ferdinand Jago and Mrs. Everett Hedges of Meadville, were calling on friends in this vicinity Saturday 

note- Minnie 66 and her (church) friend Mrs. Hedges both lived near Wolcottsville. Minnie lived with her daughter Ella in nearby Newstead south of Tonawanda Creek, and Meadville Rd. (there was no town/village named Meadville) was just to the east of Wolcottsville. It's possible they were driving or being driven in someone's car. A Ford Model T would have easily handled the mostly dirt roads in the area. If not they were traveling with a horse and carriage or wagon.

Homesteads

9273 Foote Rd, Akron, NY, built in 1880

From the 1909 Royalton Town Map from Historic Map Works, this was the apparent location of William Wruck a neighbor of Wilhelmina (Kleinhans) & Ferdinand Jago in the 1900 US Census on Foote Rd., Wolcottsville. Minnie and Ferdinand were reportedly renting a farm nearby. As a point of reference, John Hollenbeck was up the road on the corner of Foote and Mann Rd, also in the census and map. Only a mile away south across Tonawanda Creek was Ella (Jago) Lindke's house (Minnie and Ferdinand's daughter, see below) in Newstead, Erie County. (see 1890-1900 Homesteads & Census) This house is in the Town of Royalton, Niagara County, and is not in Akron, Town of Newstead, Erie County. People insist on using Akron because Southern Royalton including Wolcottsville is in the 14001 zipcode meaning that they get their mail from the Akron post office.

*** UNION-SUN & JOURNAL, LOCKPORT, N. Y. - Friday. Dec. 17, 1943 Mrs. Herman Brown is ill in her home, Lockport Olcott Road.

✞UNION-SUN & JOURNAL, LOCKPORT, N. Y. - Friday. Dec. 19, 1943 Mrs. Herman Brown of Wright's Corners, passed away Saturday morning, Dec. 18. Notice of funeral later.

✞UNION-SUN & JOURNAL, Lockport, N. Y. Tuesday December 19, 1944 - In loving memory of our dear wife and aunt, Mrs. Martha Brown, who entered eternal life one year ago on December 18, 1943.  Christ has wiped away your tears forever; You have that for which we still endeavor; To you are chanted songs that ne'er to mortal ears were granted. Herman Brown and Albert Jagow.

note- Five (5) year-old Albert Jago was listed in the 1920 US Census in the same household with his Uncle Herman and Aunt Martha (Jago) Brown. 

Jacob Miller's first wife Sophia Hoover was born in 1841 and she died about 1873 at a young age. In the 1875 census, Jacob was single, living with his two children, Myraette and George, and Augusta Cleinhanse [sic] 19, a domestic servant. By the 1880 census, Augusta (Kleinhans) was listed as Jacob's wife. So, after Sophia died Jacob 40/41 married his 20/21-year-old former servant Augusta and had five (5) more children with her over roughly 15 years. After Jacob died in 1911, Augusta moved to her daughter Sophronia (Miller) Roszman's home in Rapids, NY. Augusta died in 1930 and her property on Miller Rd. in Royalton was acquired by her sister-in-law Isadora (Woodside) Kleinhans (see below and 1855-1880 Homesteads & Census). Augusta and Jacob were farmers nearly their whole lives as well. They had five (5) children, fourteen (14) grandchildren, and more than thirty (30) great-grandchildren. 

*** The Niagara Sun, August 07, 1896 - Mr. Jacob Miller drove to Shelby on Tuesday. His daughter, Mrs. (Myraette) Singer, and her two children went with him, intending to make a visit of a few days at Mr. Solomon Hovers, Mr. Hover being Mrs. Singer's grandfather.

note- They likely drove a horse and carriage since cars were rare then. Shelby in Orleans County is about 10 miles from where they lived in Royalton, NY.

note- As a side note, Jacob Miller had two sisters who married two Disinger brothers from nearby Disinger's Corner. Anna Mary Miller married George Disinger II on 17 Oct 1843 in Royalton and had fifteen (15) children. Christina Miller married Isaac Disinger on 18 Oct 1843 in Royalton and had six (6) children. Their husbands' father, George Disinger, had 13 children and has more than 1,100 descendants. 

Jacob almost certainly took his family including his son Fred Miller to visit his Disinger sisters' children (nieces and nephews) before and after his sisters died in their fifties (50s), shortly after he married Augusta. Also, Jacob's daughter-in-law Sophia Harpst, Fred Miller's wife, was the great-granddaughter of C. Elizabeth (Disinger) Frantz from Royalton, a 2nd cousin to George Disinger, and a 3rd cousin to George II and Isaac Disinger. Jacob had property dealings with the Disinger family as well.

*** LOCKPORT UNION-SUN AND JOURNAL JUL-NOV 1881 NOTICE TO CREDITORS-By order of George P. Ostrander, surrogate of Niagara county, notice is hereby given, according to law, to all persons having claims or demands against the estate of John Miller, late of the town of Royalton, Niagara county, N. Y., deceased, to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscribers, the executors of the last will and testament of said deceased, at the residence of George Dysinger, in the town of Royalton, in said county, on or before the 29th day of November next. JACOB MILLER, GEORGE DYSINGER, Executors

Below is Augusta and Jacob's former property (built in 1870) on Miller Rd. in Royalton (see 1855-1880 Homesteads & Census). Isadora/Dora (Woodside) Kleinhans acquired the property from Jacob and Augusta (Kleinhans) Miller's estate sometime after Augusta died in 1930 either by inheritance or purchase. Isadora/Dora was Augusta's sister-in-law, the widow of her brother Fred Kleinhans.

*** THE NIAGARA SUN, LOCKPORT, N. Y. TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1911 --- on the estate of the late Jacob Miller, of the Town of Royalton to Augusta Miller, the widow, and Fred W. Miller, a son ---

Homestead

✞UNION-SUN & JOURNAL, Wednesday, April 21, 1965 Roy Miller Dies, Former Farmer - A longtime farmer, Roy A. Miller, 79, of the Tonawanda Creek Road, died Tuesday (April 20, 1965) in Lockport Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. He was born the son of Jacob and Augusta Kleinhans Miller Oct. 26, 1885, in the Town of Royalton. Surviving are his wife, Mary T. Miller [second wife]; two sisters, Mrs. William Silsby of Gasport and Mrs. Donald Roszman of the Rapids and several nieces and nephews. Beginning this evening friends may call at Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee St., where funeral services will be conducted Friday at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. James F. Burdick will officiate. Burial will be in Eldridge Cemetery

Mary Kleinhans lived at home until she was a teenager and like her sister Augusta, she likely left home to be a domestic servant from about 1874/75 until she married Nelson Newton in 1877. By 1880 Mary and Nelson were living in Alabama, Genesee County, NY where she was employed as a domestic servant, and he was a farm laborer. In 1881 they had a son named Adin who doesn't appear in the 1900 US Census with his parents since he was likely out on his own at 18/19. Unfortunately, the 1890 US Census records were mostly destroyed in a fire. Adin's paternal grandfather and great-grandfather were also named Adin. 

By 1900 Mary and Nelson had been married for 23 years and lived in Akron, NY with Pearl their 6-year-old daughter. Nelson was working as a stone dresser. The Cement Works and General Crushed Stone companies were in the same location on the east side of Akron on maps in 1880, 1909, and 1938. Only 2 years later in 1902, Nelson sadly passed away at 44/45 from pleuropneumonia. Working for a stone or cement company and breathing stone dust every workday may have caused or complicated his fatal medical condition.

In 1909 Adin 27/28 passed away in Royalton from an unknown cause. By 1913 Mary moved to Cashtown, PA where she lived with her 20 y.o. daughter, son-in-law, and six grandchildren on their farm until she passed away 21 years later in 1934 according to her obituary. Mary and Nelson were farmers at various times like their parents, siblings, and offspring. They had two (2) children, six (6) grandchildren, and four (4) great-grandchildren.

Homestead

In 1892, Fred age 30/31 lived with his father on Akron Rd. in Royalton. Although he was listed as a carpenter he likely helped with the farm. Fred married Dora in 1894. By 1900 after his father's death, Fred with his wife Dora, and his son Elmer Fred lived on 16th St in Niagara Falls. By 1910, Fred and Dora owned a grocery store at 16th St and Michigan Ave in Niagara Falls. Dora was employed in their grocery store and Fred was still a carpenter. After Fred died, in 1930 Dora and her son Elmer Fred continued to live on 16th St. and worked in their grocery store. 

Also in 1930, Dora acquired her sister-in-law Augusta (Kleinhans) Miller's (see above) former farm on Miller Rd. in Royalton after Augusta's death (see 1920-1930 Homesteads & Census). By 1940, Dora and her son Elmer Fred with his wife Fanny, daughter Joan, and son Russell lived on the farm on Miller Rd. In 1950, after Dora and Elmer Fred had passed away, Fanny, Joan, and Russell lived at 278 High St. in Lockport, NY. Fred and Dora had one child, two grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

note- After a year-long illness, Fred Kleinhans according to his obit was presumably admitted to the Erie County Poorhouse in Alden, NY, and died there 10 days later. There's no explanation of why he wasn't at the Lockport/Niagara County Infirmary except that the Erie County Poorhouse was about 14 miles south of their Royalton/Miller Rd farm. Today the Alden, Erie County site is unused and currently for sale. After Fred died in 1921, EC officials approved the construction of a new EC Home and Infirmary on land donated by the Wende family in Alden. Before 1928 the Wende Home, sometimes called the Erie County Poorhouse, housed the very young, very old, physically disabled, and some mentally disabled people who were unable to live on their own and could not afford private care. 

note- Fred was driving during a bad car accident 5 years before his death where 2 children were killed in Niagara Falls. His niece Mina [sic] (likely Nina) Woodside was in the car with him. (see below)

Dora's nephew Leo H. Woodside married Blanche (Morningstar) Oates in 1937, Joyce Carol Oates' paternal grandmother, making her Joyce Carol Oates' step-great-grandaunt. Joyce Carol Oates wasn't born until 1938 after Fred Jr. had died. Dora likely knew little about her step-grandniece Joyce Carol Oates before she passed away in 1944 when Joyce was just 6. Even though Fred Jr. and Dora's grandchildren, Joan and Russell, moved to Lockport by 1950, there's no indication they were aware of or knew each other. By 1950, Joan was 20, Russell was 17, and Joyce was 12 so they likely had no school connections. They likely had little contact unless they attended a family function or a church service.

***THE LOCKPORT DAILY SUN. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 24 1893 - There was an addition to our singing by Benton Nerber and Frederick Kleinhaus, our former choristers. ... Mr. F. Kleinhans will return to the Falls on Wednesday, where he will continue working at the carpenter's trade until the farmers of this vicinity will need him to thresh their grain.

***THE NIAGARA DEMOCRAT, LOCKPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1903 - William Kleinhans visited Niagara Falls. While there a business transaction took place between him and his brother Fred, whereby William becomes sole possessor of the Kleinhan's homestand at South Royalton.

note- About 9 years after their father died, and about 4 years after their mother died. Their farm on Akron Rd. was in the family since about 1870 when they moved there from their first farm on Fisk Rd. in Wolcottsville.

***The Niagara Sun, August 07, 1896 - Fred Klienhan's [sic] was here on a visit to his mothers and brothers last Sunday. His permanent home is now Niagara Falls, where he has purchased a lot and Built a dwelling. -At present he is working on a Lutheran Church in process of erection. Contrary to his usual custom he will not return to go threshing with his brother this season. His brother has secured the services of Reuben Jacoby, a good worker and an experienced hand at threshing to assist him.

***The Niagara Sun, October 02, 1896 - Mr. Fred Klienhans [sic] was down on a visit last week from his home at the Falls, in conversation with a friend, speaking of the depressed financial condition, allusion was made to Free Silver. Fred remarked: "If Bryan is elected there will be slight hopes of better prosperity, if McKinley is elected there will be no earthly hope whatever."

note- This was a political comment about the 1896 Presidential election between Democrat William Jennings Bryan and Republican William McKinley concerning an economic policy called Free Silver that would have benefited farmers. We're not sure why the newspaper cared about the random unsolicited opinion of a local carpenter/rural farmer.

Store/Home

*** LOCKPORT (N. Y.) UNION-SUN AND JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1938 - THREE PLACES RAIDED BY BANDITS AT FALLS - Armed Robbers Foiled By Woman's Screams In Grocery. NIAGARA FALLS, Feb. 38—A trio of masked and armed bandits staged three holdups here within an hour, Thursday night, robbing a tavern, a drugstore and attempting to rob a grocery. An undetermined amount of money was obtained in the three holdups. ------------ The third holdup was at the grocery of Mrs. Fred Kleinhans, 1702-16th street. Two of the men entered the store and the third remained in the automobile. Mrs. Kleinhans ran out a side door and screamed when the two men approached the cash register. They were unable to get the cash register opened and fled from the store and drove away in the automobile. 

NF Fatal Car Accident

✞Agnes M. Teifel, 83, formerly of Lockport, died Monday (July 28, 1980) after a long illness, at the Newfane Health Facility, where she had been a resident since 1975. Born April 5, 1897 in the Town of Royalton, she was the daughter of William and Marie Huth Kleinhans. She was a member of the First English Church of Lockport and the Lockport Senior Citizens.

Mrs. Teifel is survived by one sister, Mrs. Edward (Susanna) Buehring of Lockport one brother, Richard Kleinhans of Lockport; and several nieces and nephews. She was the wife of the late Frederick C. Teifel who died in April of 1978. [sic]

Friends may call at their convenience Wednesday at the Lange Funeral Home, 186 East Ave., where the family will be present from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home on Thursday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Rudy Roder, pastor of the First English Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be in Hartland Central Cemetery.