Dr. Herman Kiefer, son of Conrad and Christine Friederika Kiefer, was born 19 November 1825 in Salzburg Baden, Germany and died 12 March 1878 in Detroit, Michigan. On 21 July 1850 he married Francisca Bonndorf Kehle. She was born 25 May 1826 in Bonndorf Baden, Germany and died 6 August 1909 also in Detroit. Herman sailed for America on 18 August 1849 " ... and landed in New York, September 19, 1849."--P. 15. On his journey to St. Louis, Missouri, where he intended to settle, he changed his destination to Detroit, Michigan. He was joined in Detroit the following spring, 1850, by his parents and his fiancee, Francisca. His parents later returned to Germany. Descendants and relatives lived in Michigan, Utah, Nebraska, Illinois and elsewhere.