Max Karl Gustav
Klein
7 February 1866 – 1927
Mother
Mathilde Zarnikow
? – ?
Biography
Max Karl Gustav Klein was born on 7 February 1866 to Hermann “Leo” and Mathilde Klein. At that time, the couple already had two sons, Eugen Rudolph Richard Klein and August Leo Richard Klein; it is unknown whether the family had any other children.
On 31 December 1884, 18-year-old Max married 22-year-old Clara Friederike Juliane Tzschabran in a village called Popiollen in East Prussia (now Popioły, Poland). The following October, their son Max Karl Leo was born – his birth certificate states that Max Sr. was a landowner at that time.
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Sources
Family genealogy notes of Inge Kleinen; in possession of the Pytlik family. [Handwritten notes.]
Signed declaration by Max Kleinen, 8 July 1952. [The letter, written while at sea, states the nationality and genealogy of Inge Maria Kleinen. The original typed letter is in the possession of the Pytlik family. Letter used with permission.]
Certificate of Inheritance, 16 August 1949, File No. 51/49, Nordenham. Certified copy in possession of the Pytlik family. [This document names the two sons of Clara Tzschabran Kleinen as her inheritors.]
Birth Certificate for Karl Leo Max Klein, 22 October 1885, File No. 116, Mierunsken. Certified copy in possession of the Pytlik family. [This record includes a note in the margin signed by the registrar at Mierunsken on 13 July 1918 stating that Karl Leo Max has permission to change his surname to Kleinen.]
Record of marriage, Max Karl Gustav Klein to Clara Julia Friederike Tzschabran; Ancestry.com. Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016 (accessed 27 October 2020). Original source: Landesarchiv Berlin; Berlin, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister 1876-1945; laufendenummer: 49968. Digital image.
“GEDBAS: Max Karl Gustav KLEIN”. Gedbas.genealogy.net (in German). 18 January 2003. Accessed 27 October 2020.