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Michael KRÜGER (b 1822)

I know very little about this Michael Krueger, but I am going to go out on a limb and propose that he is the Michael Fredrich Anton Krüger whose marriage to Dorothea Louise Schmidt was recorded by the Güntersberg Jakobshagen parish church in 1844. Güntersberg is a village about 20 miles to the east of modern day Stargard, Poland. The same parish church recorded the baptism of the couple's daughter Friedericke Louise Krüger 1855. I have not found a record for daughter Augustina's birth or baptism.

The 1900 US Census reports that Michael was born in Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1883. The couple arrived in the United States on 16 May 1883, having sailed from Bremen on the ship Werra. On the passenger manifest both Michael and Louisa were identified as Prussians destined for Chicago. They were both in their 60s. Michael's occupation was also noted on the manifest but it is mostly illegible. It could possibly read 'taylor'. The manifest also shows that the couple was accompanied by Charlotte Krueger, age 18, presumably a daughter.

Michael and Louisa were the parents of Augustina Krueger, wife of John D Fritsch. A 1940 obituary for Augustina stated that she had immigrated with her parents in April 1883. That is certainly possible but the Werra's passenger manifest does not bear that out. Augustina would have been age 24 in 1883. Of course, it is also possible that the Michael and Louise Krueger on that passage are not Augustina's parents.

Michael and Louisa appear in the 1900 US Census of Jefferson Township in Green County, Wisconsin on 06 Jun 1900. Michael gave his birth month and year as August 1822. He was age 77. The couple had been married 56 years (placing the year of their marriage about 1844). Louise gave her birth month and year as May 1823. She was age 76. Both gave the year of their immigration as 1883, noting they had been in the United States for 17 years. Michael had filed papers for naturalization but was still an alien. He gave his occupation as farmer. The record reported that Louisa had given birth to nine children with only three surviving in 1900.

By the time of the 1905 Wisconsin State Census, Louisa had died (c1902) and Michael was living with his daughter Friedricke and son-in-law Emil G Shroeder in Jefferson Township. Michael died two years later in 1907 and was buried alongside his wife in East Clarno Cemetery in Clarno, Green County, Wisconsin. There appears to have been no official Wisconsin record of his death. There is only the gravestone with its engraved 1907 to provide a date for his death. It seems likely that he died in Green County, probably in Jefferson Township where his daughter lived.

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1940 Wisconsin State Journal Obituary for Augusta Krueger Fritsch (b 1859): Citation: Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019. Wisconsin State Journal; Publication Date: 27 Nov 1940; Publication Place: Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Content: MONROE Funeral services for Mrs. John D. Fritsch, 81, who died here Monday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Chesebro, following a short illness, will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Shriner-Neushwander funeral home, with the Rev. A. C. Rabehl officiating, and burial in Greenwood cemetery. She was born in Germany April 8, 1859, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Krueger. She came to America with her parents in April 1883. They settled in Jefferson township. She married John Fritsch in Jordan township. Green county, on Dec. 6, 1883. She belonged to the Immanuel Evangelical church here and to the Woman's Missionary society of the church. Surviving are six sons, John, Edward and Albert, of Jefferson township, Emil, Clarno township, Frank, ot Monroe, and William, Winslow, IL.; four daughters, Mrs. Roy Chesebro, Mrs. William Miller and Mrs. Ralph H. Wenger, of Monroe, and Mrs. Milton Stelzer, of Bloomer, Wis.; a brother, Frank Krueger, living in Germany.

Passenger Manifest, Ship Werra, 26 May 1883, Michael (b c1820) and Louise Krueger (b c1821): Citation: Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Year: 1883; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 33; List Number: 642. Content: A 26 May 1883 passenger manifest for the ship Werra, departed Bremen, Germany, arrived New York, US, lists (1) Michael Krueger, age 63, male, [occupation illegible but not farmer or laborer or merchant], Prussia, (2) Louise Krueger, age 62, female, Prussia, and (3) Charlotte Krueger, age 18, Prussia, all destined for Chicago, IL. Steerage class.

1900 US Census, Household of Michael Krueger (b c1822): Citation: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Year: 1900; Census Place: Je erson, Green, Wisconsin; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0122; FHL microfilm: 1241789. Content: The 1900 US Census of Jefferson Township, Green County, Wisconsin on 06 Jun 1900 shows dwelling 42, a farm owned mortgage free, with a household composed of (1) Michael Krueger, head, white, male, born Aug 1822, age 77, married 56 years, born Germany, parents born Germany, immigration 1883, in US 17 years, has filed papers for naturalization, farmer, can read/write but not speak English, (2) Louise Krueger, wife, white, female, born May 1823, age 76, married 56 years, 9 children, 3 living, born Germany, parents born Germany, immigration 1883, in US 17 years, can read/write but not speak English.

1905 Wisconsin State Census, Household of Emil Schroeder (b c1855): Citation: Ancestry.com.. Wisconsin, U.S., State Censuses, 1855-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Wisconsin Historical Society; Madison, Wisconsin; Census Year: 1905. Content: The 1905 Wisconsin Census of Jefferson (Green) Wisconsin on 01 Jun 1905 shows HH 251 with (1) Emil G Schroeder, head, male, age 50, married, born Germany, parents born Germany, Farmer (2) Frieda L Schroeder, wife, female, age 49, married, born Germany, parents born Germany, (3) Martha B Schroeder, dau, age 17, single, born WI, parents born Germany, farm laborer, (4) Emma W Schroeder, dau, age 15, single, born WI, parents born Germany, farm laborer, (5) Minnie L Schroeder, dau, age 13, single, born WI, parents born Germany, (6) Walter Schroeder, son, age 12, single, born WI, parents born Germany, (7) Elda M Schroeder, dau, age 11, single, born WI, parents born Germany, (8) Arthur E Schroeder, son, age 10, single, born WI, parents born Germany, (9) Clarence E Schroeder, son, age 6, single, born WI, parents born Germany, (10) Michael Krueger, father-in-law, male, age 82, widowed, born Germany, parents born Germany.

1844 Marriage record for Michael Krueger (b c1822) and Dorothea Louise Schmidt (b c1823): Citation: Ancestry.com. Pomerania, Germany, Parish Register Transcripts, 1544-1883 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Content: A Guentersberg (Moderow) Germany [evangelical Lutheran] parish record shows that Michael Friedrich Anton Krüger, age 22, was married to Dorothea Louise Schmidt, age 21, on 15 Apr 1844. Dorothea Louise's father's name is given as Michael Schmidt . [The record may also give Michaels' father's name as Michael Krueger. It is not entirely clear to me that the transciption of Louise's first given name is correct, but the script is difficult.]

Baptismal Record for Friedericke Louise Krueger (b 1855): Citation: Ancestry.com. Pomerania, Germany, Parish Register Transcripts, 1544-1883 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Content: A baptismal record from the Güntersberg Jacobshagen parish church in Güntersberg (Moderow) shows that Friederike Louise Krüger was born on 16 Jul 1855 and baptised on 05 Aug 1855. Father: Michael Krüger. Mother: Dorothea Louise Schmidt.

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