Mathilde (Werner) Strauch (1889 - 1972)

Born 30 Oct 1889 in Staraja Huta, Gorodniza, (Zhytomyr) Volhynia

Ancestors

Wife of Wilhelm Krause — married 12 May 1909 in Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States

Wife of John Strauch — married 22 Apr 1963 in Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Apr 1972 at age 82 in Lasalle, Weld, Colorado, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Koreen Goodman [send private message]

Matilda (Werner) Strauch migrated from Russia to United States.

Biography

Matilda (Werner) Strauch was a Black Sea German.

Mathilde "Matilda" Werner aka Warner was born on 30 Oct 1889 in Staraja Huta, Gorodniza, Volhynia (currently: Stara Huta, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine).^[1][2] She was baptized on 3 Nov 1889 and the spelling on the baptism document is Starja Hutta. Her godparents were Daniel Faber and Anna Schulz. In researching the Volhynia area based upon the parents marriage and brother's births, this location was within the Emiltschin Parish in Volhynia.

Mathilde Werner Birth-Baptism

Matilda was confirmed at almost age 15 on 21 Mar 1904 in Hoffnungstal, Tiraspol, Kherson, Glückstal, South Russia (current location: Tsebrykove, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine). The confirmation record shows she was confirmed in Hoffnungstal by Pastor E. Cholodetzky who served the congregation from 1902 to 1907. The words on the side of the cross on the certificate are a quotation from 1 Timothy 1:15. On the right is a short prayer asking God to guide and protect the confirmand with his mighty hand.^[3] This reflects that the family moved from the Volhynia area down to the Black Sea area to Hoffnungstal, South Russia (now Ukraine) by 1904. Her ship manifest confirms the district.

Matilda Werner's Confirmation

Wilhelm Krause had met Mathilde Werner, the German-Russian with the "black eyes", when she was about 12 (almost 13). They had about a twelve-year age difference. He came to America and worked steadily farming in the Beebe Draw area of La Salle, Colorado. For eight years, he worked to earn her passage to America to join him as his bride.

"GREELEY, Colo.. May 13.—For eight years William Krause was worked and saved with but one purpose in mind—to win a farm and a competence and save enough money to pay the passage to America of a black-eyed girl in Odessa. The girl in Odessa was only 13 when he left her, and he has not seen her since, but he remained true to his promise and his dreams were realized last night when, in the presence of the members of the German colony, pretty Matilda Werner, the girl with the black eyes, became his wife. The bride arrived the first of the week, having made the long trip from Odessa alone. Krause owns his own ranch in the Beebe Draw neighborhood."^[4]

At age 20, Mathilde came to America departing Bremen on 8 Apr 1909 via S.S. Frankfurt arriving at the Galveston port on 2 May 1909. Her last residence was Hoffnungstal, Tiraspol and her destination was to her intended husband in La Salle, Colorado.^[5][6]

Ten days after arriving in Galveston, Texas and traveling most likely by train to Colorado, Matilda married Wilhelm "William" Krause. They were married on 12 May 1909 in Greeley, Colorado.^[7]

Together they had three children: Herman, Edna, and Florence, in Colorado.

After William's death Matilda remarried at age 50 to John Oster on 14 Sep 1940 in Greeley, Colorado.^[8][9]

She remarried a third time to John Strauch in April 1963. She was 73.^[10][11]

Matilda passed away at 82 in her home in La Salle, Colorado on 16 Apr 1972. She is buried in Evans Cemetery in Evans, Colorado.^[12]

Children

1. Herman Krause - 1910–1986
2. Edna (Krause) Hemple - 1912–2004
3. Florence Irene (Krause) Cook - 1929–2010

Obituary

Matilda Strauch, 82, died at home Sunday morning. Born Oct. 30, 1889, in Odessa, Russia, and moved to the USA in 1909. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in La Salle.

Survivors include a son and two daughters; Herman Krause of La Salle; Mrs. John (Edna Krause) Hemple of La Salle and Mrs. Kenneth (Florence Krause) Cook of San Diego, CA.

Matilda was the sister of Gust Warner of Greeley. She had 6 granchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Source: Greeley Tribune, 17 Apr 1972, pg 6

Macy Allnutt

Mrs. Matilda Strauch of 106 N. Walnut, La Salle. Mother of Herman Krause and Mrs. John (Edna) Hemple both of La Salle, and Mrs. Kenneth (Florence) Cook of San Diego, California. Sister of Gust Warner of Greeley. Services 1:30 PM Wednesday from the drawing room. Interment Evans Cemetery.

• Funeral listing in Greeley Tribune, Monday, 17 Apr 1972, pg 6^[13]

Research Notes

Note by: Koreen Goodman 21 Dec 2018

• Documents from grandson to Matilda Werner Krause verify her confirmation location and more importantly her birth. Research with Mabel Kiessling, SGGEE Volhynia VC, along with parent's marriage and brother's birth records indicate this family moved from Volhynia to Baltic Sea area then back to Volhynia and onto Black Sea/Odessa area prior to immigration to the U.S. Additional records and research required to various groups. THANK YOU to cousins Karen Krause and Bill Hemple on this collaborative effort.

Note by: Koreen Goodman 14 Dec 2018

• Cousin Karen Krause's communication to this profile's grandson reflects birth location as Hoffnungstal. Her grandson also says the name by AHSGR was listed as Nenke/Renke. Given that there can be Bessarbia and Glueckstal locations, my personal copies of Hoffnungstal, Bessarbia census records reflect the name Henke which could be the relation to this family. Odessa3.org records only list one Matilde Henke who married a Bollinger but she was born in 1908: Henke Mathilde 5 Jul 1908 Hoffnungstal [1]. I did various searches for Renke, Reinke (there is one but not a match), Henke, and all Matilda or Mathilde's and cannot locate close record.

Note by: Koreen Goodman 9 Oct 2018

• Based upon my research, most likely Matilda was also born in Volhynia area but to date, no records can be located at Odessa3 or SGGEE site.
• Her husband's obituary written in German indicates that he was born in Odessa, Südrußland which is Southern Federal District of Russia. I cannot locate an accurate birth record for Wilhelm Krause.
• Christoph Werner's immigration record shows he and the family coming to "stepson Wilhelm Krause" (Matilda's husband) in La Salle, Colorado.
  • Step-son on the Christof Werner Ship manifest was a scribe error as the ship manifest reflects light pencil stating Wilhelm Krause was son-in-law and not stepson. 11 Apr 2023 Koreen Goodman

Printz-168 02:17, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

• Based upon ship manifest located by Karen Krause, Matilda's intended spouse was Georg Wilhelm in La Salle.
  • This has to be a scribe or translation error as this person was not in the same colony or area: Georg Wilhelm 11 Apr 2023 Koreen Goodman
  • It is possible that Wilhelm Krause was actually named Georg Wilhelm Krause.

Sources

1. ↑ SGGEE Volhynia Gazetteer (Stewner): Staraja Huta/Alt Janowitz (Stara Huta/Stara Huta), Yemilchyne, Zhytomyr, Ukraine
2. ↑ Bender Mapping VOLHYNIA (UKRAINIAN) Colonies: Page 613: Staraja Huta / Staraya Huta / [Кол.-Старая Гута], Gorodniza, Volhynia, RU; Lt: 50.6865N, Lg: 27.8230E(Now-ЭtоМесtо) Stara Huta, Zhytomyr, UA
3. ↑ Hemple, Bill. AHSGR translation by Richard Rye, 1989, baptism and confirmation documents held in grandson Bill's possession, AHSGR letter dated 27 Nov 1989, copies of certificates; emailed to Koreen Goodman.
4. ↑ Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 50, Number 134, May 14, 1909 [Research by great-granddaughter Karen Krause, Colorado] emailed to Koreen Goodman 11 Apr 2023.
5. ↑ "Texas, Passenger and Crew Lists Arriving at Various Ports, 1896-1951", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CYHT-69W2 : 12 June 2020), Mathilde Werner, 1909.
6. ↑ Ancestry Image Ship Manifest Page 1 |Ancestry Image Ship Manifest Page 2 Line #5: Name: Mathilde Werner: Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston, Texas, 1896-1951; ARC Number: M1359; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85: Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Selected Passenger and Crew Lists and Manifests. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
7. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQZ-BKT : 10 December 2017), William Krause and Matilda Werner, 12 May 1909, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States; citing no. 4156, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,097.
8. ↑ [https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cowcgs/contents.htm Weld County Master Index Listing | OSTER John |KRAUSE Matilda |recd,9/14/1940....Mar1930-1980
9. ↑ Matilda Krause Oster is listed as executrix in a public notice to creditors regarding the estate of John Oster upon his death on 19 Mar 1958.:Newspapers.com; Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, Colorado; 19 Mar 1958, Page 20.
10. ↑ Weld County Master Index Listing |STRAUCH John |OSTER Matilda |recd,4/22/1963....Mar1930-1980
11. ↑ 28 May 1963 - Matilda Oster and John "Struch" area listed in newspaper article indicating recently married and honored, living at 319 Walnut St. in Windsor, Colorado.Newspapers.com; "Mrs. Henry J. Salzman entertains for bride", Greeley Daily Tribune, Tuesday, 28 May 1963, Page 9.
12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #13958807
13. ↑ Ancestry.com. Greeley Daily Tribune (Greeley, Colorado) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Greeley Daily Tribune. Greeley, Colorado, United States Of America. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.Greeley Tribune, Monday, 17 Apr 1972, pg 6.

• Hemple, Bill via cousin Krause, Karen. Hemple personal research and communication through AHSGR in regard to baptism and confirmation documents held in his possession, 27 Nov 1989, emailed to Koreen Goodman. Bill Hemple is great-grandson to this profile and second cousin one-time removed to Koreen Goodman.

• "United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3Q-5J7B : 16 April 2018), Matilda Werner in entry for Wilhelm Krause, 21 May 1877; citing Obituary, in "Kirchenbote"; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska.

• "United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSQ-HB6L : 17 March 2018), Matilda Warner in entry for Herman Krause, 07 Jun 1986; citing Obituary, in "Greeley Tribune"; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Acknowledgements

• Deep gratitude to cousin Bill Hemple and Karen Krause for valued collaboration on research to our family tree.
• Special gratitude to:
  • American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
  • Germans From Russia Heritage Society
  • The Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe