Wilhelm Carl August Rudolph Krueger (1872 - 1961)

Descendants

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Birth 1.2 Early Life 1.3 Marriage and Family Life 1.4 Immigration 1.5 Occupation 1.6 Death and Burial 2 Sources

Biography

Birth

Wilhelm Carl August Rudolph Krueger, the son of Wilhelm Krueger and Auguste Ringe, was born 18 Oct 1872 and baptized on 3 Nov 1872 at St. Nikolai, an evangelical Lutheran church in Stettin Stadt, a city on the Oder River in Pomerania, then a province of Prussia.^[1]

Early Life

Rudolph was raised by his grandparents and an aunt and an uncle, on his mother's side, one of which was possibly named Leopold.^[2] His grandparents owned the farm they worked on.^[2] The farm may have later been deeded to a son, possibly named Leopold.^[2]

Rudolph started working in the fields as soon as he could walk behind a plow. He only went to school occasionally.^[2] Rudolph stayed with his grandparents and aunt and uncle until he was almost 20.^[2] Rudolph then left to serve his apprenticeship as a carpenter.^[2] During his apprenticeship, he lived with his mother who died of a stroke in 1907.^[2]

Marriage and Family Life

On 25 Mar 1900, at the Evangelical Lutheran church in Pudewitz, Kries Posen Ost, Prussia (in German) or Pobiedziska, poznański (in Polish), Rudolph married Juliana Schultz, daughter of Julianna von Niedervier and Wilhelm Fryderyk Schulz.^[2][3] Rudolph and Julia had six children:

• Agnes Marie Krueger was born 15 May 1901 in Pudewitz^[3][4]
• Herta Krueger was born 12 Mar 1904 in Pudewitz and was baptized on 1 Apr 1905 in Pudewitz. She died 1 Aug 1905 in Pudewitz.^[3]
• Gustave Krueger was born 18 Apr 1905 in Pudewitz and died before 1911, probably on 12 May 1909^[3]
• Freida Krueger was born 29 May 1907 in Segenshof, Posen-Ost, Prussia (now Rzegnowo, Poland)^[3][5]
• Anna Bertha Krueger was born 9 Sep 1912 in Toledo, Ohio and died there 29 Nov 1921^[3][6]
• George Krueger was born 26 Mar 1916 in Toledo, Ohio and baptized 14 May 1916 at St. Petri Lutheran Church in Toledo, Ohio^[3][7]

Immigration

In the summer of 1911, Rudolph, his wife Julia, his daughter Agnes and his daughter Frieda left Segenshof, traveled to Bremen, boarded the ship Rhein which sailed from Bremen to Baltimore and then traveled on to Defiance, Ohio^[8] where they joined Rudolph's sister Emilie Marie Krueger who was married to John Gottlieb Brandt.^[3] The family lived for two months with Rudolf's sister and brother-in-law on the River Road in Defiance, Ohio on a pretty farm on a hill facing the Maumee River. Rudolf Krueger got work right away making forms for pouring cement for the Independence Dam. When the work was finished, the family moved to Toledo, Ohio where it would be easier for a carpenter to find work.^[2] At one point, he worked as a carpenter for the Henry J. Speaker Co.^[2] In Toledo, they lived at 1034 Blum Street.^[9][10][11]

Occupation

According to his daughter Agnes, Rudolph was a carpenter.^[2] This information is confirmed by the listing of Rudolph's occupation on the ship list at immigration as "carpenter."^[8]

Death and Burial

Rudolph Krueger died 1 May 1961 and was buried in Forest Cemetery in Toledo, Ohio.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDBR-SHM : 28 November 2014), Wilhelm Carl August Rudolph Krueger, 03 Nov 1872; citing ; FHL microfilm 561,964, 561,965, 561,966.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Interview of Rudolph's daughter Agnes by her granddaughter Mary Ann Brandt in the 1970's.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} 1959 Letter from Agnes Marie Krueger Brandt to her brother George Krueger about the Krueger family history
4. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2QW1-BQB : 8 December 2017), Rudolph Krueger in entry for George A Brandt and Agnes M Krueger, 09 Oct 1923; citing Lucas, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,166,648.
5. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKNY-VYB7 : 8 December 2017), Rudolph Krueger in entry for Rudolph Ahrendt and Frieda Krueger, 1927.
6. ↑ "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6KP-CV7 : 13 December 2014), Rudolph Krueger in entry for Anna Bertha Krueger, 29 Nov 1921; citing Death, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, source ID cn 3102, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,689,649
7. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2Q46-892 : 8 December 2017), Rudolph Krueger in entry for George R Krueger and Alice Charity Ray, 11 May 1943; citing Lucas, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,188,842.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SD-WP12?cc=2018318&wc=MKZ4-MN5%3A1004778001%2C1004800101 : 25 September 2015), 1891-1948 (NARA T844) > 86 - May 11, 1911-Sep 3, 1911 > image 712 of 1242; citing NARA microfilm publications M255, M596 and T844 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDGF-R5C : accessed 5 January 2018), Rudolph Krueger, Toledo Ward 10, Lucas, Ohio, United States; citing ED 117, sheet 16A, line 1, family 311, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1411; FHL microfilm 1,821,411.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X448-Y26 : accessed 5 January 2018), Rudolf Krueger, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 62, sheet 14A, line 30, family 257, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1835; FHL microfilm 2,341,569.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW81-ZDX : accessed 5 January 2018), Rudolph Krueger, Ward 8, Toledo City, Toledo City, Lucas, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95-108, sheet 9A, line 20, family 192, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3260.
12. ↑ Rudolph Krueger on Find A Grave: Memorial #133527132 retrieved 5 Jan 2018