Joseph Peter Richmeier

Born in Herzog, Russia.

Immigrated to US with his parents on SS Trave arriving at New York, NY on Dec 4, 1891. Listed as 6 mos. old on passenger list.

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4/5/1930 Census; Joe P. Richemeier, 38, widowed, farm laborer, born in Russia, Imm. 1891, Naturalized Citizen. Resides in Bryant, Graham County, KS, and rents house. Children are: Sylvester, 14, born KS. John J., 12, born KS. Florena, 7, born KS.

Joseph P. Richmeier, 79, died Wednesday in St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver, Colo.

He is survived by the widow, Mary; two sons, Sylvester of Denver, and John of Camp Springs, Md.; one daughter, Florine Still of San Diego, Calif.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Richmeier is also survived by five brothers, Mike of Grand Island, Neb.; Fred, Hays; Bill J. of Great Bend; John of Colby and Clements of Denver, Colo.; and two sisters, Sister Angeline (Mary), O.S.B., and Sister Marguerite (Clara), O.S.B., both of Colorado Springs, Colo.

Originally from St. Peter, Mr. Richmeier lived in Hays a number of years ago.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in a Denver Catholic Church.

Hays Daily News, 7/9/1970

He was the second child born to John M. and Anna Maria "Emma" nee Brungardt Richmeier, on February 5, 1891 at Herzog, Russia.

He came with my parents to the United States of America by ship when he was nine months old. Arrived in New York in December 1891. From New York we went by train to Victoria (Herzog) Kansas where his mother's uncle Peter had located after leaving Russia in 1875.

He lived in a sod house until April 1892 when he took a job as a section hand at Watkins, Colorado for the Union Pacific Railraoad. After a year and a half he returned to Victoria.

In April 1894 his family moved to Hoganville (St. Peter) in Graham County Kansas. His parents helped to establish the village of Hoganville. They built a sod house on a farm six-and-a-half miles northwest of the village. He attended District Public School from 1898 to 1900. Then he attended St. Anthony's Catholic School in St. Peter.

Father's History by Sylvester Richmeier