Following the onset of hostilities during World War I, non-naturalized "Enemy
Aliens" by definition, were required to register with United States authorities as a national
security measure. Under the provisions of a Presidential Proclamation of April 6, 1917,
non-naturalized female aliens were likewise registered as an additional national security measure
that included those women of American birth that were married to enemy aliens. For the State of
Kansas the registered aliens represent a broad cross-section of the German-born population of the
State. The series contains original affidavits of registration that record personal information
about each registrant, their photograph affixed to the majority of documents, and the registrants
fingerprints.
This information was obtained using a NAIL search at the website of the National Archives and Record
Administration. Copies of the original affidavits are available from NARA; for instructions
on how to obtain these, please visit their website.
LastName | FirstName | City | Gender | CountryOfOrigin | CityOfOrigin | MaidenName | DateOfBirth |
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Abend | Emil | Topeka | Male | Germany | Baden | 08/29/1897 | |
Abmeyer | Dora | Topeka | Female | Germany | Hanover | Krull | 12/07/1846 |
Abmeyer | Elsa | Topeka | Female | Germany | Hanover | Abmeyer | 11/03/1869 |
Arens | Mary | Topeka | Female | United States | Missouri | Geisert | 03/05/1872 |
Arens | Peter | Topeka | Male | Germany | Rhein | 03/26/1864 | |
Baum | Andrew | Topeka | Male | Germany | Breitbrunn | 02/16/1867 | |
Baumann | Hugo | Topeka | Male | Germany | Baden | 01/01/1861 | |
Bechtel | Anna | Topeka | Female | Germany | Baden | Linder | 01/01/1864 |
Bechtel | John | Topeka | Male | Germany | Huesigen | 10/21/1861 | |
Bredel | Charlotte | Topeka | Female | Germany | Leipsig | Bredel | 04/09/1893 |
Bredel | Hine | Topeka | Male | Germany | Leipsig | 04/03/1851 | |
Bredel | Kurt | Topeka | Male | Germany | Liepsig | 04/25/1883 | |
Bredel | Louise | Topeka | Female | Germany | Flemsdorf | Eggert | 07/30/1874 |
Bredel | Minnie | Topeka | Female | Germany | Leipsig | Thieme | 08/08/1858 |
Burgerhoff | Gilbert | Topeka | Male | Germany | Hanover | 09/19/1881 | |
Burgerhoff | Pearl | Topeka | Female | United States | Kansas | Philian | 07/19/1891 |
Christman | George | Topeka | Male | Germany | Unknown | 01/01/1846 | |
Clapier | Anna | Topeka | Female | Sweden | Ystad | Persson | 11/14/1888 |
Clapier | Paul | Topeka | Male | Germany | Heilbonn | 11/14/1888 | |
Doerner | Minnie | Topeka | Female | Germany | Holshausen | Besier | 06/05/1889 |
Dunekock | Henry | Topeka | Male | Germany | Marfeld | 02/15/1883 | |
Dunkak | Della | Topeka | Female | United States | Kansas | Cornelius | 11/02/1885 |
Fichter | George | Topeka | Male | Germany | Effingen | 10/07/1878 | |
Fink | Amelia | Topeka | Female | Germany | Neumunsterberg | Gart | 02/19/1878 |
Fink | Gustave | Topeka | Male | Germany | Brandenburg | 02/18/1884 | |
Fredrichs | Nellie | Topeka | Female | United States | Kansas | Hanrahan | 03/25/1880 |
Fredrick | Peter | Topeka | Male | Germany | Logh | 10/02/1882 | |
Gardner | George | Topeka | Male | Germany | Bavaria | 03/26/1866 | |
Gems | Louise | Topeka | Female | Germany | Schoenback | Gems | 11/17/1884 |
Gobel | Gertrude | Topeka | Female | Germany | Rhein | Gobel | 02/05/1889 |
Haag | Anna | Topeka | Female | United States | Ohio | Patterson | 10/26/1857 |
Halfrich | Susie | Topeka | Female | United States | Kansas | Disney | 03/31/1888 |
Helfrich | John | Topeka | Male | Germany | Heitensfelt | 08/01/1884 | |
Hirschberg | Albert | Topeka | Male | Germany | Posen | 10/04/1864 | |
Hirschberg | Bertha | Topeka | Female | Germany | near Memel | Hoetzel | 03/26/1868 |
Hoag | Alfons | Topeka | Male | Germany | Frier | 09/19/1852 | |
Hoffmeister | Herman | Topeka | Male | Germany | Lelesia | 09/21/1867 | |
Hoffmeister | Rosalie | Topeka | Female | Germany | Prussia | Blockes | 07/08/1865 |
Hohne | Charles | Topeka | Male | Germany | Anhalt | 11/22/1876 | |
Holtwick | Adelheid | Topeka | Female | United States | Missouri | Gosen | 05/04/1847 |
Holtwick | Herman | Topeka | Male | Germany | Bucholz | 08/28/1839 | |
Huber | Laura | Topeka | Female | United States | Kansas | Wise | 02/27/1881 |
Huber | Max | Topeka | Male | Germany | Baden | 07/23/1871 | |
Johns | August | Topeka | Male | Germany | Muelhausen | 10/30/1882 | |
Johus | Mary | Topeka | Female | United States | Illinois | Helkensen | 09/23/1893 |
Kahlke | John | Topeka | Male | Germany | Danzig | 08/29/1864 | |
Kirk | John | Topeka | Male | Germany | Stettin | 10/22/1857 | |
Kirk | Nannie | Topeka | Female | United States | Kentucky | Burd | 03/01/1861 |
Klee | Daniel | Topeka | Male | Germany | Bavaria | 04/01/1841 | |
Klesath | Anna | Topeka | Female | Germany | Berlin | Schultz | 02/29/1844 |
Kneemeyer | Edward | Topeka | Male | Germany | Wattensheidt | 11/13/1884 | |
Kramer | William | Topeka | Male | Germany | Unknown | 11/26/1877 | |
Kwoist | Amiel | Topeka | Male | Germany | Posen | 09/09/1872 | |
Kwoist | Dorothy | Topeka | Female | Russia | Unknown | Vogel | 04/20/1886 |
Lascheck | Mathias | Topeka | Male | Germany | Danzig | 07/09/1888 | |
Laux | Kate | Topeka | Female | Germany | Rheinpfalz | Laux | 02/29/1872 |
Leahman | Elizabeth | Topeka | Female | Germany | Frankenthal | Trenz | 04/21/1856 |
Leese | Emma | Topeka | Female | United States | Illinois | Blangers | 11/20/1859 |
Leise | Henry | Topeka | Male | Germany | Selchow | 03/22/1855 | |
Lichtenstadler | Siegfried | Topeka | Male | Germany | Wiesenfeld | 11/25/1891 | |
Lietzow | Francis | Topeka | Female | Unknown | Unknown | Zednick | 01/01/1870 |
Lietzow | William | Topeka | Male | Germany | Pommern | 02/23/1868 | |
Linge | Charles | Topeka | Male | Germany | Hetzeroda | 04/02/1847 | |
Ludwig | Louis | Topeka | Male | Germany | Frankfurt | 02/22/1894 | |
Lukert | Gottlieb | Topeka | Male | Germany | Birkmanswelier | 10/30/1866 | |
Lukert | Mary | Topeka | Female | Switzerland | Bern | Drierer | 11/12/1869 |
Michels | H.E. | Topeka | Male | Germany | Hanover | 03/11/1839 | |
Michels | Mary | Topeka | Female | Germany | Hanover | Kanke | 02/01/1849 |
Miller | Henry | Topeka | Male | Germany | Nanheim | 02/17/1865 | |
Miller | Josephine | Topeka | Female | United States | New Jersey | Andlauer | 03/26/1876 |
Miller | Mary | Topeka | Female | Germany | Unknown | Unknown | 10/22/1899 |
Newman | Bertha | Topeka | Female | Austria-Hungary | Unknown | Wachter | 07/08/1889 |
Newmann | William | Topeka | Male | Germany | Berlin | 01/03/1869 | |
Ost | Lena | Topeka | Female | Germany | Berlin | Swartz | 02/11/1851 |
Protsch | R.E. | Topeka | Male | Germany | Magdeburg | 01/12/1871 | |
Reichling | Mathew | Topeka | Male | Germany | Luxenberg | 01/01/1844 | |
Reimann | Fredrick | Topeka | Male | Germany | Westprensen | 02/11/1876 | |
Reinmann | Amelia | Topeka | Female | Russia | Unknown | Molm | 10/03/1883 |
Renyer | John | Topeka | Male | Germany | Mannheim | 04/18/1853 | |
Reuyer | Frances | Topeka | Female | United States | Indiana | Boley | 10/10/1857 |
Ruchling | Lizzie | Topeka | Female | Germany | Hessen | Heinmann | 02/05/1864 |
Sattler | Gottlieb | Topeka | Male | Germany | Mettsing | 03/16/1872 | |
Schaefer | Nellie | Tecumseh | Female | United States | Kansas | Kuester | 03/19/1870 |
Schaefer | Nick | Tecumseh | Male | Germany | Coblentz | 03/23/1863 | |
Schleuter | Herman | Berryton | Male | Germany | Oldenburg | 04/17/1860 | |
Schmidt | Edward | Topeka | Male | Germany | Rehlah | 07/19/1854 | |
Schmidt | Helen | Topeka | Female | Germany | Unknown | Herrman | 07/13/1856 |
Schneider | Erwin | Topeka | Male | Germany | Tonning | 05/25/1887 | |
Schock | Charles | Topeka | Male | Germany | Wattenberg | 10/01/1855 | |
Schock | Vena | Topeka | Female | Germany | Westerberg | Peters | 02/10/1851 |
Schuette | Sophie | Topeka | Female | Germany | Magdelburg | Landshoft | 04/29/1859 |
Schultz | Anna | Topeka | Female | England | Waltonberry | Moseley | 06/27/1865 |
Schultz | Henry | Topeka | Male | Germany | Grossmanerstoff | 06/28/1863 | |
Schultz | Herman | Topeka | Male | Germany | Elbing | 12/08/1864 | |
Schultz | Jennie | Topeka | Female | Germany | West Prussia | Kranse | 01/13/1873 |
Schultz | John | Topeka | Male | Germany | Grose Monsdorf | 04/11/1869 | |
Schultz | Mary | Topeka | Female | United States | Pennsylvania | Collis | 03/10/1868 |
Schutte | Carl | Topeka | Male | Germany | Oldenberg | 03/13/1851 | |
Schutte | Carl | Topeka | Male | Germany | Oldenberg | 01/08/1888 | |
Schutte | Mollie | Topeka | Female | United States | Kansas | Koch | 12/03/1893 |
Seibert | Gertrude | Topeka | Female | United States | Illinois | Bergin | 04/02/1883 |
Shoutz | Frank | Topeka | Male | Germany | Busselbach | 01/01/1857 | |
Siebert | Wilhelm | Topeka | Male | Germany | Berlin | 05/23/1873 | |
Siegel | Fred | Topeka | Male | Germany | Brandenburg | 08/20/1860 | |
Siegel | Louise | Topeka | Female | Germany | Detmold | Schrey | 09/22/1879 |
Sieverin | Fred | Topeka | Male | Germany | Hanover | 08/27/1887 | |
Stadler | Babetta | Topeka | Female | Germany | Bavaria | Stadler | 03/07/1875 |
Taeger | Anna | Topeka | Female | Germany | Sievershaus | Friedhoff | 12/11/1882 |
Taeger | Otto | Topeka | Male | Germany | Sisbeck | 07/13/1877 | |
Theurling | John | Topeka | Male | Germany | Schonbach | 08/21/1863 | |
Thuerling | Barbara | Topeka | Female | Germany | Steinbach | Nilderbrandt | 10/01/1858 |
Trenz | William | Topeka | Male | Germany | Frankenthal | 05/28/1853 | |
Ulrich | Beatrice | Topeka | Female | United States | Missouri | Ketchum | 01/02/1888 |
Ulrich | Frank | Topeka | Male | Germany | Prussia | 08/11/1884 | |
Vesper | Henry | Topeka | Male | Germany | Werliek | 02/20/1853 | |
Vesper | Mary | Topeka | Female | United States | Missouri | Kerle | 08/27/1857 |
Voelker | Gallus | Topeka | Male | Germany | Bavaria | 12/09/1851 | |
Vogel | Minnie | Topeka | Female | United States | Unknown | Andres | 07/07/1894 |
Vogel | Walter | Topeka | Male | Germany | Saxony | 07/08/1890 | |
Wahl | Elizabeth | Topeka | Female | United States | Kansas | Fisher | 11/22/1882 |
Wahl | Jacob | Topeka | Male | Germany | Allendorf | 03/23/1874 | |
Wellnitz | Gust | Topeka | Male | Germany | Dutch Crone | 07/22/1846 | |
Werner | Katherine | Topeka | Female | Germany | Unknown | Kehler | 09/09/1842 |
Werner | Maggie | Tecumseh | Female | Germany | Bavaria | Thuerling | 07/06/1861 |
Werner | Martin | Tecumseh | Male | Germany | Bavaria | 12/20/1859 | |
Werner | Mike | Topeka | Male | Germany | Schonbach | 03/22/1876 | |
Wichers | Anton | Topeka | Male | Germany | Bruch | 04/11/1896 | |
Wichers | Clara | Topeka | Female | United States | Kansas | Kilian | 09/05/1895 |
Wilkens | Charles | Topeka | Male | Germany | Bremen | 10/04/1876 | |
Wolff | Adolph | Topeka | Male | Germany | Hussen | 05/19/1877 | |
Wolff | Elizabeth | Topeka | Female | United States | Missouri | Ruffner | 02/09/1879 |
Wondersee | Alexander | Topeka | Male | Germany | Lowenburg | 04/05/1889 |