Alexander Kraft (1888 - 1968)

Born 20 Jan 1888 in Balzer, Saratov, Volga, Russia

Husband of Magdalena H (Hagel) Kraft — married 25 Nov 1909 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA

Husband of Martha Yost — married Feb 1968 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1968 at age 80 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA

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Biography

Alex Kraft was a Volga German.

Alex Kraft has German Roots.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Alexander /Kraft/^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 20 JAN 1888

Place: Balzer, Saratov, Volga, Russia

Note: Balzer (or Balster) was renamed Krasnoarmeysk in 1942.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Death

Death:

Date: 7 NOV 1968

Place: Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA

Note: Died of a stroke^[8][9][10]

User ID

User ID: E75ABD0C179147E3B2ECC3707C4C94CFD849

Immigration

Immigration:

Date: ABT MAY 1907

Note: From Russia^[11][12]

Census

Census:

Date: 1910

Place: Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA

Note: Line 4: Alex Kraft, age 22, married for less than a year. Born in German Russia as were both parents. Immigrated in 1907.^[13]

Census:

Date: 1920

Place: Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA

Note: Line 4: Alexander Kraft, age 31, born in Russia as were both parents. Received citizinship in 1917.^[14]

Census:

Date: 1930

Place: Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA

Note: Line 51: Alexander Kraft, age 42, born in Russia as were both parents. Married at age 21. Immigrated in 1907. Occupation listed as student.^[15]

Census:

Date: 1940

Place: Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA

Note: Line 10: Alexander Kraft, age 52, married, born in Russia.^[16]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 9 NOV 1968

Place: Wyuka Cemetery, 3600 O St., Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA

Note: Lot: Sec-22 Lot-244 Sp-3^{[17][18][19][20]}

Occupation

Occupation: clnr for Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad^[21]

FAG

FAG 70500574

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 12 MAR 2015

Prior to import, this record was last changed 12 MAR 2015.

Marriage

Husband: Alexander Kraft

Wife: Magdalena H Hagel

Marriage:

Date: 25 NOV 1909

Place: Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA^[22][23][24]

WID

Date: 1 SEP 1964

User ID: 76C09A864E2F405FA95768CB3BEF3C5762F6

Child: Frieda Lucille Kraft

Husband: Alexander Kraft

Wife: Martha Yost

Marriage:

Date: FEB 1968

Place: Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA^[25]

User ID: 62BCDFAAF10D468A9560E081E704DA22B2F4

Sources

1. ↑ Kraft-630 was created by Richard Webb through the import of Webb2015_JUST_ancestors.ged on Jun 3, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S1134
3. ↑ Source: #S1134
4. ↑ Source: #S1160
5. ↑ Source: #S1229
6. ↑ Source: #S1244
7. ↑ Source: #S2963
8. ↑ Source: #S1160
9. ↑ Source: #S1244
10. ↑ Source: #S2469
11. ↑ Source: #S1134
12. ↑ Source: #S2961 Page: Left Russia on March 13, 1907.
13. ↑ Source: #S1136
14. ↑ Source: #S1135
15. ↑ Source: #S1134
16. ↑ Source: #S1169
17. ↑ Source: #S1160
18. ↑ Source: #S1229
19. ↑ Source: #S2469
20. ↑ Source: #S2490
21. ↑ Source: #S1249 Page: page 339
22. ↑ Source: #S1134
23. ↑ Source: #S1227
24. ↑ Source: #S2043
25. ↑ Source: #S2491

• Source: S1134 Type: Census Title: United States Census: 1930 Author: Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America C_YEAR 1930 C_STATE NE C_COUNTY Lancaster C_CITY Lincoln C_DISTRICT First Ward Date: April 16, 1930 C_ENUM Jack Noede C_SHEET 15B C_SUP 8 C_ENUM 55-16 SERS T626 C_ROLL 1285 Page: 1451 C_IMAGE 250 Object: Format: pdf File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Census Records/NE Lancaster County/1930 NE Lancaster County Lincoln p15B.pdf Title: 1930 NE Lancaster County Lincoln p15B Type: PDF Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 8 MAR 2012
• Source: S1135 Type: Census Title: United States Census: 1920 Author: Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America C_YEAR 1920 C_STATE NE C_COUNTY Lancaster C_CITY Lincoln C_DISTRICT Precinct 1 Date: January 3, 1920 C_ENUM Albert Davies C_SHEET 2A C_SUP 1 C_ENUM 54 SERS T625 C_ROLL 996 Page: 47 C_IMAGE 98 Object: Format: pdf File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Census Records/NE Lancaster County/1920 NE Lancaster County Lincoln p2a.pdf Title: 1920 NE Lancaster County Lincoln p2a Type: PDF Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 8 MAR 2012
• Source: S1136 Type: Census Title: United States Census: 1910 Author: Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America C_YEAR 1910 C_STATE NE C_COUNTY Lancaster C_CITY Lincoln C_DISTRICT Ward 02 Date: April 25, 1910 C_ENUM John Bauer C_SHEET 12A C_SUP 1 C_ENUM 57 SERS T624 C_ROLL 850 Page: 97 Object: Format: pdf File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Census Records/NE Lancaster County/1910 NE Lancaster County Lincoln p12A.pdf Title: 1910 NE Lancaster County Lincoln p12A Type: PDF Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 7 JUL 2012
• Source: S1160 Type: Web Site Title: Alexander Kraft Author: Find-A-Grave URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kraft&GSiman=1&GScid=101647&GRid=70500574& File Number: 70500574 Data Changed: Date: 7 JUL 2012
• Source: S1169 Type: Census Title: United States Census: 1940 Author: Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America C_YEAR 1940 C_STATE NE C_COUNTY Lancaster C_CITY Lincoln C_DISTRICT First Ward Date: April 5, 1940 C_ENUM Mrs. Pauline Maser C_SHEET 5A C_SUP 6 C_ENUM 55-17 C_IMAGE 9 Object: Format: jpg File: ~/UCollege Google Drive/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Census Records/NE Lancaster County/1940 NE Lancaster County Lincoln Ward 1 p5A.jpg Title: 1940 NE Lancaster County Lincoln Ward 1 p5A Type: PHOTO Primary or Preferred: N SIZE 6045.000000 4549.000000 Data Changed: Date: 7 JUL 2012
• Source: S1229 Type: Web Site Author: Wyuka Cemetery URL: http://wyuka.com/cemetery/ Data Changed: Date: 8 MAR 2015
• Source: S1244 Type: Web Site Title: Ancestor List (Gedlist) Author: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia URL: http://www.ahsgr.org/FindAncestors/gedlist.htm Note: Surname Exchange Number (SEN) K074 Data Changed: Date: 28 JUL 2012
• Source: S1249 Type: Book Periodical: Lincoln City Directory, 1914 Publication: Lincoln City Directory Company Volume: XXIV Data Changed: Date: 30 JUL 2012
• Source: S2469 Type: Newspaper Title: Obituaries Note: Alexander Kraft Sr. Periodical: Lincoln Evening Journal Place: Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE Date: November 7, 1968 Page: 19 Text: KRAFT—Alexander Sr. (Alex), 80, 810 So. 12th, died Thursday. Lincoln resident 61 years, past president Kraft & Sons’ Oil Co., which he started 42 years ago, member Immanuel Lutheran, Welfare Society, American Forward Assn., Nebraska Oil Jobbers Assn. Survivors: wife, Martha: sons, Alex Jr., Yorba Linda. Calif., Ervin and Earl, both Lincoln; daughters, Mrs. Daniel (Margaret) Lind, Ft. Morgan, Colo., Mrs. Ted (Johanna) Alles, Mrs. Arthur (Frieda) Whittington, both Lincoln; brother, Fred, Detroit; sisters, Mrs. Nettie Raymer, Lincoln, Mrs. Elizabeth Buxman, New Jersey; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday, Immanuel Lutheran, 11th and Plum. The Rev. Robert Tewes. Wyuka. Hodgman-Splain-Roberts’, 4040 A. Data Changed: Date: 12 JUN 2014
• Source: S2490 Type: Newspaper Title: Kraft Funeral Scheduled for Saturday Note: Alexander Kraft Sr. Periodical: Lincoln Evening Journal Place: Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE Date: November 7, 1968 Page: 6 Text: Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 11th & Plum, for Alexander (Alex) Kraft, Sr., 80, 810 So. 12th, past president of Kraft & Sons’ Oil Co., which he started 42 years ago. He died Thursday. A Lincoln resident 61 years, Mr. Kraft was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Welfare Society, American Forward Assn. and the Nebraska Oil Jobbers Assn. Survivors include his wife, Martha; sons, Alex Jr., Yorba Linda, Calif., Ervin and Earl, both Lincoln; daughters, Mrs. Daniel (Margaret) Lind, Ft. Morgan, Colo., Mrs. Ted (Johanna) Alles and Mrs. Arthur (Frieda) Whittington, both Lincoln; a brother, Fred, Detroit; sisters, Mrs. Nettie Raymer, Lincoln, and Mrs. Elizabeth Buxman, New Jersey; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Data Changed: Date: 17 JUN 2014
• Source: S2961 Note: Alex Kraft Title: Let’s Get Better Acquainted, Meet ... Texaco Distributor Alex Kraft Date: 1959 Place: Lincoln, NE Data Changed: Date: 12 MAR 2015
• Source: S2963 Type: Draft Card ERA World War I C_YEAR 1917 C_STATE Nebraska SN 140 LNAM Kraft FNAM Alexander Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards Date: June 5, 1917 Place: Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE, USA Source Locality: Affiliate Publication Number: M1509 , Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards , GS Film Number: 001711702 , Digital Folder Number: 005253442 , Image Number: 03389 URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29JN-G82 Text: The birth date says June 24, 1897 and his age is 20. Both cannot be correct (card completed on September 12, 1918). Object: Format: jpg File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Military Records/AlexanderKraft_WW_I_DraftReg.jpg Title: AlexanderKraft_WW_I_DraftReg Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 12 MAR 2015