Frederick Fleischer was born in Culmintz, Germany on March 7, 1824. His parents were Johann Gottfried Fleischer and Wilhelmine Friedericke Ruhl. The family was from the area of Leipzig, Germany. Leipgzig is one of the larget cities in the federal state of Saxony. It is about a hundred miles south of Berlin.
Frederick came to America by himself in 1850. He had four brothers and two sisters but most of them remained in Germany. He came on the ship "Queen" and landed at New Orleans June 10th, 1850. He met his future wife, Christiana Kahler, also from Germany. They were married in New Orleans on July 17, 1850. Christiana was not yet nineteen having been born in Dresden, Germany on September 27, 1831.
The first two children, William Alexander and Mary Ann, were born in Greenwood, Mason, Kentucky. The other seven, that we have record of, were born in Shawnee County, Kansas. In the 1900 census Christiana says she had 12 children so some must have died young. Frederick Wilhelm Fleischer first came to Kansas in the fall of 1854, but did not remain. The following year he returned, being employed as house carpenter at Fort Riley nearly a year. He left there during the winter of 1855/56 and located in Soldier Trownship, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Christiana stayed in Kentucky during this period living with a lady who taught her English. Mary Ann was a year old before she saw her father. Christiana and her two small children traveled down the Mississippi River on a steamboat to meet Frederick in Kansas. They settled in Topeka where Frederick had forty acres. They raised apples, peaches, grapes, and other fruits.
The Fleischer's spent the remainder of their lives in Topeka, Kansas. Here Christiana died on May 20, 1905 and Frederick Wilhelm on September 18, 1905. They are both buried in the Rochester Cemetery in Topeka.
Frederick came to America by himself in 1850. He had four brothers and two sisters but most of them remained in Germany. He came on the ship "Queen" and landed at New Orleans June 10th, 1850. He met his future wife, Christiana Kahler, also from Germany. They were married in New Orleans on July 17, 1850. Christiana was not yet nineteen having been born in Dresden, Germany on September 27, 1831.
The first two children, William Alexander and Mary Ann, were born in Greenwood, Mason, Kentucky. The other seven, that we have record of, were born in Shawnee County, Kansas. In the 1900 census Christiana says she had 12 children so some must have died young. Frederick Wilhelm Fleischer first came to Kansas in the fall of 1854, but did not remain. The following year he returned, being employed as house carpenter at Fort Riley nearly a year. He left there during the winter of 1855/56 and located in Soldier Trownship, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Christiana stayed in Kentucky during this period living with a lady who taught her English. Mary Ann was a year old before she saw her father. Christiana and her two small children traveled down the Mississippi River on a steamboat to meet Frederick in Kansas. They settled in Topeka where Frederick had forty acres. They raised apples, peaches, grapes, and other fruits.
The Fleischer's spent the remainder of their lives in Topeka, Kansas. Here Christiana died on May 20, 1905 and Frederick Wilhelm on September 18, 1905. They are both buried in the Rochester Cemetery in Topeka.
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