Frederick Krause (1858 - 1935)

Frederick Krause immigrated to Canada twice:

(1) 20 Sep 1886 he left Hamburg with Friederike, Bruno, Emma and Anna for America via Liverpool. He arrived in Woodstock, Ontario where it appears he worked at the Anderson Furniture Factory. He immigrated to Chicago, USA in 1892 where he may have worked for the Pullman company.

(2) Apr 1894 he left Chicago, USA for Red Deer, NWT, Canada.

Frederick Krause family in Chicago (ca 1892 - spring 1894)

Message: 1 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 06:43:40 -0600 To: < [email address removed] gt;

I hope that someone on this [Pullman-Company]list will provide some ideas on how I can achieve my research goal of confirming that Frederick KRAUSE worked at the Pullman Palace Car Company from sometime in 1892 to the spring of 1894. Are there websites, books, census returns, libraries, employee lists, etc. that you would suggest?

The South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society was unable to find him in their listing of employees (which starts circa 1900 but Frederick had left by the spring of 1894).

What I feel makes this request intriguing is that there is one other clue.

I have color images of discarded fabric scraps that my gr-grandfather brought home from work. His wife made them into a cushion cover-perhaps the patterns would match interior photos from finished cars? Is there a comprehensive source of such images?

Frederick Krause left a furniture factory job in Woodstock, Ontario in 1892 (he worked as a furniture finisher there since 1887). I know that he was in Chicago employed in a similar field of work. From one family account I am quite certain he worked at the Pullman Palace Car Company. Please help me to confirm this!!

Dr. Fred Krause

PS He emigrated back to Canada after attending the 1893 World's Fair-impressed by a prize winning exhibit of wheat and probably concerned about the economic situation and labor relations at Pullman.

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Message: 2 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 09:25:55 -0400 (EDT) From: [email address removed]

Fred, would there be any city directories for that time frame?

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Message: 3 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 07:27:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Laura Aanenson < [email address removed] gt;

Yes, there is an 1892?city directory at <http://www.chicagoancestors.org/#tab-tools> and there are several Fredericks listed. Perhaps you can match an address. I didn't see an obvious Pullman notation, but my Pullman ancestor was listed as a carpenter in city directories; http://livinginthepastlane.com/FridaKatrinaTolf.aspx

Good luck in your search! Relatively speaking,

Laura

Do we have ancestors in common? Check here http://livinginthepastlane.com

________________________________ From: [email address removed] < [email address removed] gt; To: [email address removed] Sent: Fri, June 3, 2011 8:25:55 AM Subject: Re: [PULLMAN-COMPANY] Pullman Coach Fabrics (ca 1893) - best research directions

Fred, would there be any city directories for that time frame??

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Message: 4 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 18:51:44 +0100 (BST) From: MICHAEL PANNELL < [email address removed] gt; Subject: Re: [PULLMAN-COMPANY] Pullman Coach Fabrics (ca 1893) - best research directions To: Fred Krause < [email address removed] gt;, [email address removed] [email address removed] Message-ID: < [email address removed] gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

Hi Interesting research, i am restoring a 1887 Pullman car and we have found the initials of the ceiling decorator/painter ?J.S.? i would like to try and trace this person too. Our seats were 'red plush' apparently, although we dont have any left, do you have details of that?

Regards, Mike

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The Newberry has some of the records - see: www.newberry.org/collections/Pullman Guide.pdf

Note that depending upon the era, the Pullman Library has sketches for upholstery and catalogs, and some materials are specified in the Specifications, which typically start around Lot 3200 or so at the Library.

Much of the pre-1900 material is in the Princeton (NJ) area (or was not long ago). Princeton (University) *might* have some of the Palace data. I think one time I started looking they claimed to have only a box or a few boxes of material. Some pre 1900 material went to Bombardier (which is the corporate successor of both Pullman & Budd). Other areas include the Smithsonian, the Lincoln Library in Springfield, IL, the California State Railroad Museum. It has long been rumored that there is a warehouse in the upper NE US that has Pullman materials (seats, commodes, blankets, etc.) but I have never been able to trace it down - this may be in the line of the Dusenberg in the barn down the road.

It is possible that the manufacturer of the cloth can be determined from data at the Pullman Library, but that would require research time.

Photos are scattered, Pullman Library, Newberry Library, Smithsonian, California State RR Museum, Bob's Photo and a few other places. Note that there were multiple sources for photos from within Pullman - the Marketing Dept., Engineering, etc.

At 12:51 PM 6/3/2011, MICHAEL PANNELL wrote:

Hi. Interesting research, i am restoring a 1887 Pullman car and we have found the initials of the ceiling decorator /painter J.S. i would like to try and trace this person too. Our seats were 'red plush' apparently, although we dont have any left, do you have details of that?

Regards

Mike __________ Bob Webber

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________________________________________ From: Fred Krause < [email address removed] gt; To: [email address removed] Sent: Mon, May 23, 2011 5:54:01 PM Subject: PULLMAN FREE LOOKUP 1 Employee’s Name (last, first): KRAUSE, Frederick

Date of Birth: 05 Jun 1858 Race: Caucasian Chicago address (if known): unknown 2 Employee’s Name (last, first): LEHRMANN, Frederick

Date of Birth: 11 Dec 1850 Race: Caucasian Chicago address (if known): unknown 3 Employee’s Name (last, first): LOSSE, Frederick

Date of Birth: 1852 Race: Caucasian Chicago address (if known): Your Name: Dr. Fred Krause Can we put your email address on our mail list to allow us to share other services that our Society offers? YES

Thanks very much for your help with my research—I am grateful!

Frederick Krause Image 4 is a pdf file of an article published in the Red Deer Advocate newspaper 02 Mar 1967 "Atmosphere Of Old World Transported To Early Hotel." The article records the family history of the Frederick and Frederika family.

Frederick Krause Image 3 is a pdf file written by Catherine Philip which records her memories of the Frederick and Frederika Krause family.