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| THE KRUSE/KRAUSE FAMILY HISTORY |
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AT THIS TIME THE KRUSE/KRAUSE HISTORY IS STILL QUITE UNCLEAR. WE DO KNOW THAT JOHN
KRUSE (WHO WAS MARRIED TO ELIZABETH SCHRUPP) WAS BORN AS JOHAN JOACHIN FREDERICK
KRAUSE TO JOHAN (JOHN) AND MARIE (DORNDORF) KRAUSE ON 12/10/1862. ALL OF HIS CHILDREN WERE
BORN WITH THE SURNAME KRAUSE. SEE MY GRANDFATHERS BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE. THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO KRUSE AROUND 1915. THE REASON FOR THE NAME CHANGE IS UNKNOWN,
ALTHOUGH IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE AT THAT TIME TO CHANGE THE SPELLING OF YOUR
NAME FOR FINANCIAL REASONS. ACCORDING TO JOHN'S OBITUARY HE WAS BORN IN CHURCH TOWN CENTER, WI. THIS IS NOW KNOWN TO BE INCORRECT, THERE IS NOT EVEN A TOWN CALLED CHURCH TOWN CENTER, NOR HAS THERE EVER BEEN. THE TOWN MENTIONED IS ACTUALLY CENTER, OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI. UPON SEARCHING THE RECORDS AT OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, THE ONLY RECORD FOND THERE WAS JOHN AND ELIZABETH'S MARRIAGE LISTING. WE DID FIND THEM ON THE 1880 CENSUS LISTING FOR CENTRE (CENTER), WI. FROM LISTINGS AT THE LDS LIBRARY WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT JOHN WAS BORN IN BROOKFIELD, WAUKESHA COUNTY, WI. I WILL BE CHECKING THE RECORDS AT WAUKESHA COUNTY SOON AND WILL POST MY FINDINGS THEN. IN 1884 JOHN MARRIED ELIZABETH (BORN AS MARGARETTA ELIZABETH) SCHRUPP, AND IN 1885 MOVED TO COTTONWOOD, MN. AND THEN ON TO THE WOOD LAKE AREA OF MN. HE WOULD FARM IN THIS AREA UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WHEN THEY MOVED TO GRANITE FALLS, MN. WHERE HE WOULD LIVE UNTIL HIS DEATH. ALL 13 OF HIS CHILDREN WOULD BE BORN IN THIS AREA OF MN. SEE OLD PICTURES OF THE GRANITE FALLS/WOOD LAKE AREA. NOT MUCH IS KNOWN AT THIS TIME ABOUT JOHN'S PARENTS OR SIBLINGS EXCEPT THEIR NAMES AND BIRTH YEARS (SEE GEDCOM FILE). JOHAN KRAUSE AND MARIE DORNDORF WERE MARRIED IN BROOKFIELD, WI. ON 10-24-1857. THEY WERE FOUND ON THE 1860 CENSUS LIVING THERE. IT ALSO STATES THAT THEY WERE BOTH BORN IN PRUSSIA. I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING THE SHIP LISTS WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS. HOPEFULLY I WILL FIND MORE INFO WHEN I SEARCH THE WAUKESHA COUNTY RECORDS. CHECK BACK OFTEN AS I WILL POST INFO AS I GET IT. |
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