Lorenz M. Kern was born on July 24, 1875 in Wagenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
He married Auguste Marie Louise Schulz on September 30, 1902 in St Joseph Church, in Leavenworth Kansas. The couple had eight children: Lorenz Maurice, Bertha Augusta, Herman Thomas, Agnes Helena, Rita Maria, Wilhelmina Mae, John William, and Joseph Edward.
Perhaps due to the onset of Wold War I, in December 1917 Lorenz applied to become a US citizen in Leavenworth, Kansas District Court. On February 4, 1918, Lorenz was called upon to register at the Post Office of Leavenworth, Kansas as an "enemy alien" where he was photographed, fingerprinted, and interrogated. Kern claimed that he had lived at R.F.D. 5 since May 20, 1891 and that he arrived in New York on the May 6th. The ship was either Rhyland or Rhynland. He held a permit to enter "forbidden" areas, which had a permit number of #180865.
On May 01, 1930, while Lorenz and his family were sitting at the kitchen table eating dinner, a powerful tornado approached from the Southwest. When the tornado was spotted 25 feet from the house, the Kern family ran for the storm shelter, but only Kern's thirteen-year-old son, John, made it. Auguste, Wilhelminia, and Joseph were found lying 200 yards away from the house. With the exception of Wilhelmina who had a fractured hip, the children had minor injuries. Two cars parked between the Kern home and barn were left unscathed, but Lorenz and Auguste both died.
According to news reports, 50,000 people toured the tornado-devastated Kern farm the following weekend. Close to 2,000 people attended the Kern's funerals.
He married Auguste Marie Louise Schulz on September 30, 1902 in St Joseph Church, in Leavenworth Kansas. The couple had eight children: Lorenz Maurice, Bertha Augusta, Herman Thomas, Agnes Helena, Rita Maria, Wilhelmina Mae, John William, and Joseph Edward.
Perhaps due to the onset of Wold War I, in December 1917 Lorenz applied to become a US citizen in Leavenworth, Kansas District Court. On February 4, 1918, Lorenz was called upon to register at the Post Office of Leavenworth, Kansas as an "enemy alien" where he was photographed, fingerprinted, and interrogated. Kern claimed that he had lived at R.F.D. 5 since May 20, 1891 and that he arrived in New York on the May 6th. The ship was either Rhyland or Rhynland. He held a permit to enter "forbidden" areas, which had a permit number of #180865.
On May 01, 1930, while Lorenz and his family were sitting at the kitchen table eating dinner, a powerful tornado approached from the Southwest. When the tornado was spotted 25 feet from the house, the Kern family ran for the storm shelter, but only Kern's thirteen-year-old son, John, made it. Auguste, Wilhelminia, and Joseph were found lying 200 yards away from the house. With the exception of Wilhelmina who had a fractured hip, the children had minor injuries. Two cars parked between the Kern home and barn were left unscathed, but Lorenz and Auguste both died.
According to news reports, 50,000 people toured the tornado-devastated Kern farm the following weekend. Close to 2,000 people attended the Kern's funerals.
Lorenz M. Kern was born on July 24, 1875 in Wagenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
He married Auguste Marie Louise Schulz on September 30, 1902 in St Joseph Church, in Leavenworth Kansas. The couple had eight children: Lorenz Maurice, Bertha Augusta, Herman Thomas, Agnes Helena, Rita Maria, Wilhelmina Mae, John William, and Joseph Edward.
Perhaps due to the onset of Wold War I, in December 1917 Lorenz applied to become a US citizen in Leavenworth, Kansas District Court. On February 4, 1918, Lorenz was called upon to register at the Post Office of Leavenworth, Kansas as an "enemy alien" where he was photographed, fingerprinted, and interrogated. Kern claimed that he had lived at R.F.D. 5 since May 20, 1891 and that he arrived in New York on the May 6th. The ship was either Rhyland or Rhynland. He held a permit to enter "forbidden" areas, which had a permit number of #180865.
On May 01, 1930, while Lorenz and his family were sitting at the kitchen table eating dinner, a powerful tornado approached from the Southwest. When the tornado was spotted 25 feet from the house, the Kern family ran for the storm shelter, but only Kern's thirteen-year-old son, John, made it. Auguste, Wilhelminia, and Joseph were found lying 200 yards away from the house. With the exception of Wilhelmina who had a fractured hip, the children had minor injuries. Two cars parked between the Kern home and barn were left unscathed, but Lorenz and Auguste both died.
According to news reports, 50,000 people toured the tornado-devastated Kern farm the following weekend. Close to 2,000 people attended the Kern's funerals.
He married Auguste Marie Louise Schulz on September 30, 1902 in St Joseph Church, in Leavenworth Kansas. The couple had eight children: Lorenz Maurice, Bertha Augusta, Herman Thomas, Agnes Helena, Rita Maria, Wilhelmina Mae, John William, and Joseph Edward.
Perhaps due to the onset of Wold War I, in December 1917 Lorenz applied to become a US citizen in Leavenworth, Kansas District Court. On February 4, 1918, Lorenz was called upon to register at the Post Office of Leavenworth, Kansas as an "enemy alien" where he was photographed, fingerprinted, and interrogated. Kern claimed that he had lived at R.F.D. 5 since May 20, 1891 and that he arrived in New York on the May 6th. The ship was either Rhyland or Rhynland. He held a permit to enter "forbidden" areas, which had a permit number of #180865.
On May 01, 1930, while Lorenz and his family were sitting at the kitchen table eating dinner, a powerful tornado approached from the Southwest. When the tornado was spotted 25 feet from the house, the Kern family ran for the storm shelter, but only Kern's thirteen-year-old son, John, made it. Auguste, Wilhelminia, and Joseph were found lying 200 yards away from the house. With the exception of Wilhelmina who had a fractured hip, the children had minor injuries. Two cars parked between the Kern home and barn were left unscathed, but Lorenz and Auguste both died.
According to news reports, 50,000 people toured the tornado-devastated Kern farm the following weekend. Close to 2,000 people attended the Kern's funerals.
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