Wishing you the peace and joys of Christmas and happiness in the new year!

Publisher: David W. KlockP. 0.402MarceUus,Michigan 49067

E-Mail: Klock@swmcom.net

Brian Kloek

Brian Klock, pictured above with "TheHobo", a bike built by Dan Cheeseman ofKlock Werks.

Brian Klock was bom September 10, 1966in Freeman, South Dakota. Brian grew up inEmery S.D. "I have three younger brothersChad and Troy who live in the Phoenix areawith my Mom (she and dad are divorced) andthey run a candy vending business they ownthere. My youngest brother Tony lives inRapid City, South Dakota and works forPennington Title Co. Brian's first home waslocated in the upstairs ofhis parents, Rogerand Karen (Decker) Klock, gas station. Dadstill runs a small service station, sells PioneerSeed Com and Soybeans, and sells some usedcars," Brian told me. Brian is not married,"I am dating Anne Dailey, an interior designerfrom Minneapolis, and she bas one daughterKate (2 112)",Brian told me in his e-mails.

Brian was influenced by his father's love ofcars and motorcycles at an early age. Hebecame fascinated with hot rod cars andkustom bikes.

Issue No.4 I Date: December 2004

Phone: 269-646-3085

After building his first FXR in 1990 andachieving award-winning status, he was calledupon by friends to lend his imaginative eye totheir creations.

In 1997 Brian decided to

take the plunge intoentreprenemship andopened his own shop, Henamed his new company"Klock Werks".

Klock Werks first location in a mentor's

garage.By 1999 Dan Cheeseman came straight out

of a local UDiversityto join Brian in his designefforts. They opened a 700 square foot garagewithout a sign. Relying on word of mouth anda strong underground following, theyremained one of, Mitchell South Dakota's bestkept secrets. They decided they had doneenough to dispel the myth that a business withno sign is a sign of no business and put up asign.

Brian has become known as one of thecountry's most diverse builders. "We recentlyparticipated in the Artistry in Iron showcase atLas Vegas Bikefest which featured 25 of thecountries top builders. We then went to theAMD World Pro Show and placed in the topten in the world with this bike which is called"The Hobo" and was built by Dan Cheeseman,my right hand man here at the shop," Briantold me.

The guys at Klock Werks pride themselveson not only building great one-off choppers,but also sportsters, baggers, and the latest"newstalgia" Continued Next Page

Brian Klock Continued

buzz they have created with their vintage styleTwin Cam bikes. Their most recent endeavor

was featured in the Journey Museum displayon "bobbers" at the Sturgis rally. Klock Werksbikes are Kustoms by Desi~ readilyidentifiable by their fine detail and innovativeinterpretation of theme. "We were featured in5 national magazines last mon~ and 5 themonth before that," Brian told me in his e-mails. "We recently were named to the TopTen and the World Pro Show in California,which was quite an honor", Brian told me.

Visit Brian's web page,http://kustomcvcles.com where you can viewsome of his latest creations. "Last month wereceived 827,000 hit on our site", Brian said.

Brian has been a subscn"berto KlockConnections for several months now. Briansent me one of his great T-shirts with theKlock Werks Logo, which Brian designedhimself. Brian told me his T-shirts would

make great Christmas gifts. They are reallynice T-Shirts and can be purchased through hisweb page.

I do not know Brian's line or ifhe isconnected to the Klock's of the Mohawk

Valley. Brian got me in contact with his AuntRhonda who bas the info on the family.Rhonda e-mailed me and told me she issending me some genealogy information.I will let you know next month if and how theyare connected.

SpeUoound

Cousin Sally McCollum sent me this littlepoem. I trunk it fit me real swell. I have spellchecker on my computer. I use it all the chimeand it works perfectly, evety rime. Spellcheck may not ketch everything so I have toopoop read it before I sent it to the--printher. SoI snow I don't make any spelling mistakes inthis newsletter. But if I do, I hope you willdiscard them. Dave

I have a spelling checker,It came with my PC.It plainly marks four my revueMistakes I cannot sea.

fve run this poem threw it,rm sure your please too no,its letter perfect in it's weigh,My checker tolled me sew.

And yes, I was told about he Mussel andMuzzle Loaders error in the October issue ofthe newsletter. And my spelling of baptized inlast month's issue. Nobody's perfect

Fire at Lady of the Angles Catholic School

On December I, 1958, a fire broke out

in the basement of Our Lady of the Angelscatholic school on Chicago west side.Approximately 1,600 students in Kindergartenthrough 8th grade were caught in the fire. Theschool was a two stOIYstmcture buill in 1910.

The fire started in the basement sometimebetween 2:00 and 2:20 on that cold Decemberafternoo~ in a cardboard trash barrel at thefoot of the northeast stairwell. The fire burnedundetected for an est1l1)sted15 to 30 minutes,gradually filling the stairwell with super hotgases and smoke. It was a tetrible fire where89 children and three Nuns lost their lives.

Although the cause has never been officiallydetermined, all indications point to arson. Aboy (age 10at the time, and a fifth grader inroom 206) later confessed to setting the blaze,but later Continued Next Page

Fire Continued

recanted his confession. The boy confessed tosetting numerous other fires in theneighborhood, mostly in apartment buildings.In his confession, he related details of the fire'sorigin that had not been made public and thathe should therefore not have known. Whilethere was strong evidence that he was indeedthe culprit. Officially, the cause of the fireremains unknown.

There were many hero's that day ashundreds of children were rescued from theburning school. One was Edward Klock. "Wesaw the fire from our back.porch, Ed ran overthere", said Mrs. Ella Klock. "The Childrenwere jumping &omthe second floor windowsall over. Ed tried to catch a few, and helpedthose who already had fallen, One girl 1remember, had her hair on fire and Ed grabbedpart ofhis coat to try and smother it out." Edwas 74 and was ill &om a heart condition. "I

remember it was hard for him to stand up."After a while the Klocks ran back to theirhouse, dialed the operator and told her to send"all the ambulances in the city" "I guess "Edleft, without me and went back to the school tohelp some more." Mrs. Klock said as shewept. On his second trip back to the school,Ed suffered a stroke and was taken to thehospital.

1am not sure if Ed survived or ifhe died asa result of the stroke. The articles 1foundabout the fire did not say. 1am not sure whothis Edward Klock was but he was a hero inmy book. I do not know ifhe was related backto the Klock's of the Mohawk valley. I doknow several Klock's moved &omthe valleyand did live in Chicago. If you know anythingabout this Edward Klock, please let me know.

You can read more about the fire at theLady of the Angles School on the internet.

http://www.olafire.com/NewsHeader.aso

Mark Henshaw,

Last month 1profiled Mark Hoy Henshawin Klock ConnectiODS.After 1wrote the articlewe found his connection back to Hendrick

Klock. It was in the genealogy of Sherman O.Klock. His line goes like this: Hendrick,Johannes I. or J., Hendrick Johannes,Johannes, Sanford, Monroe, Fanny FlorenceKlock m. Marion L. Henshaw, Lester WillisHenshaw, and Mark Hoy Henshaw.

Mark is phllming attending the next KlockFamily reunion to be held at Fort Klock in2006.

Note: Mark found some more interestinginformation on Sanford Klock that I will share

with you in a future issue of KlockConnectioDS.

Walter J. Klock, Sr.

I receive the following letter &om WalterKlock who lives in Florida. It is a great letterand I thought I would share it with you.

Walter was born December 08, 1925. Hemarried Francis Gray, born January 16,1930.They have three children, Walter John KlockJr., Danny William Klock and Andrew ScottKlock.

Hi Dave,

We enjoyed your picture of Lois, Louiseand Adam in your Sept. Edition. AlthoughAdam is a couple of years younger than me, heis my Uncle. We see each other when he ishere in Fla. My father, John Lipe Klock's Obitwas messed up. He was born in St Johnsville,not Dolgeville, Lipe worked on the railroadmany years there. My sister, Marge Bevinswasn't aware of the mistake.

About Graveyards, my father told me theyfound a dead man's body along the Erie Canal,no identification so they buried him on the~ then they liked the place so much theyfigured Continued Next Page

Letter &omWalter Continued

they would be buried there. If you travel northto St. Lawrence Co, you will find Abraham'sgrave on Black Lake Rd out of Hammondwith a lot of other Klocks behind FredMcClears House. He bas an outboard repairshop, there used to be a small church, longgone, Probably Fred would know aboutChurch Records. According to my cousinDarlyl Dryer, Johannes is buried somewherenear Black Lake.

If all ofLipe's descendents were in oneplace we could fill a stadium. I am going to beeighty next year, don't get north to muchanymore, except holidays. Have two sons inN.Y., one here in Florida, six grandchildren,two which are still children. They are the onlyones to carry on Lipes name. My brothers sononly bas girls. My wife Frances is ftom BrierHill, St. Lawrence Co. Her maiden name isGray. There were Klock connections on herside of the family we found out after we weremarried Some are buried behind the Churchon Sand St., out of Brier Hill. I had alaryengectomy done fifteen years ago. Hardfor me to communicate, but I get along.Keep up the good work on the newsletter.

Walter. I have met a few members of yourfamily, Adam, Lois, Louise, Marge, Darlyl,Dave and his wife, Sharon, their daughter,Laura, Adam's son, James and a couple dozenmore.. All great people.. I will stop nextsummer in the Black Lake area and visit the

grave sites you told me about in your letter.Than1c~)again for your continued support ofthis newsletter.

The Seareh for Chancey Klock

KLOCK, RONALD J., 76, of Hernando, diedMonday (Oct. 2, 2000). Bom in Marion,Mich., he came here 10 years ago ftomTucson, Ariz., and was the owner of atelevision repair shop. He was Protestant. Hewas a member of Leroy Rooks VFW Post

4252, Hernando, the American Legion,Pinkney, Mich., and the Disabled AmericanVeterans. Survivors include his wife, HelenWilliarn~Klock; a son, Ronald J., Pinkney; abrother, Cecil, Clio, Mich.; a sister, LauraMeyer, Marion; and two grandchildren.Hooper Funeral Homes & Crematory,Inverness.

I found the Obituary of Ronald Klock. Itsays he was bom in Marion, Michigan! Igrew up in Evart, Michigan, which is only 20miles south of Marion. I used to frequent thebar in Marion when I was younger with two ofmy best friends, Doug Beebe and L.D.Vanderhoef, I believe the bar was called theHorse Shoe. Last I knew Doug still lives nearMarion and LD lives in Evart. My sister,Sandy still lives there in Evart.

While growing up, I had never heard ofanother Klock Family and to find anotherfamily that lived so close really surprised me.I do not know the line of Ronald Klock. So Iwanted to see what I could find out about this

family. I checked with information for anumber and I called to see if I could talk withRonald's sister, Laura Meyer. The only Meyerthat lived in Marion, a Walter Meyer. I calledand found out that Laura had died two yearsearler. I was able to talk with her Grandson,Ben Grice. He did not know much about thefamily except that his Great Grandfather wasChancey Klock. I had never heard of ChanceyKlock. More research was needed if I was tofind out if this Klock family were related. Ichecked the 1930 Osceola, County censusrecords and found a Clancey M. Klock. Hewas 57, Married to Mable and with fivechildren. Elmer, Clarence, Cecil, Olive andRonald The census record also said Chanceywas bom in Michigan. That would makeChancey bom about 1873. I could not findhim on any earlier census records, but thatdidn't surprise me. My Grandfather, JacobKlock is not listed on any census records until1930. He was bom in Tuscola County,Michigan in 1886. Continued Next Page

Seareh for Chancey KIoekContinued

He went farther north in Michigan to work inthe lumber industry when he was young andcensus was not taken in the northern parts ofMichigan at that time. So right now I have hita snag until I can find time to look deeper intothe records in Marion. Maybe I'll visit mysister, some old friends and check out theHorse Shoe again.

If you have any information, please let meknow. I will keep looking and see what I canfind out and let you know if I find anything.

GenealogyContinued

I am continuing with the list of"QldChurch Records" found in libraries in the St.Jobnsville area. Note: Spelling of names isas it appears in Church Records.

Widow Klock, wife of Johannes Klock diedaged 86 yrs. 5 months.

Note: the various spelling of George in theearly church records are:Joris, Jurian, Jurge, Jmrie, Goris.

Lutheran Trinity Chureh of StoneArabia,Palatine Distriet

BaptislD81Record:

Jacob, born Apr. 22, 1770. Parents JacobKlock Jr. and Anna. Sponsors; Henrich Nellesand wife.

Anna Margaretba, born Sept. 16, 1778.Parents; Lieut: Jacob Klock and Anna.Sponsors; Danial Hell and Anna KIockin

Note: Skip in records 1780-1788

Margareta, born Nov. 10, 1799. Parents; Job;Jerg. Klock and Barbara. Sponsors; JostSchnell and Christina

James Clinton, born March 19, 1814, Parents;Joseph G. Klock and Christina,

Heinrich, born February 22, 1814, Parents;Adam J. Klock and Magdalena, sponsors;Heinrich Klock and wife Anna.

Archibal, born July 1, 1814, Parents; CorneliusKlock and EIisabet, sponsors; Daniel Klockand Polly Fox.

Sally, born Oct 14,1814, Parents; HeinrichKlock and Anna, sponsors; Johann Haus andwife, Julianne.

Hosea, born May 13, 1815, Parents; JacobKlock and Anna, sponsors; Ludwig Hart andBarbara Seiffert.

Johann, born September I, 1815, Parents;Johann Jost Klock and Maria, sponsors;Johann Nellis and wife Margaret.

Marriages

March11,1760,JohnKlockmarriedAnnaMargaretaSchomeker.

April 15, 1760, Christopher Fox married AnnaMargaret Klock.

February 7,1769, Ebenezer Cox marriedElisabetha Glokin

May 12, 1788,Lehonbardt Kraus, son ofJacob, married Magdalena Klock, dau. ofJohn, Palatine Dist.

Continued NextMonth

Note: Ifyouraddressisprintedin "blue" yoursubscription is due for renewal. If your address isprinted in "red" you need to renew your subscriptionby the end of the mon1h to receive the next issue.

Thank you for your continued support of our KlockFamily Newsletter, "Klock Connections."