Edwalt Frederick Krueger1

(August 6, 1881 - November 12, 1944)
Edwalt Frederick Krueger|b. Aug 6, 1881\nd. Nov 12, 1944|p648.htm|Frederick Krueger|b. Nov 7, 1852\nd. 1908|p148.htm|Louise Bertha Neuendorf|b. Jan 10, 1851\nd. Jan 20, 1882|p149.htm|Johann C. Krueger||p815.htm|Anne R. H. Breitkreuz|b. Mar 3, 1819|p816.htm|Gotlieb Neuendorf|b. about 1823|p151.htm|Wilhelmine Schulz|b. Oct 9, 1823\nd. Dec 12, 1914|p152.htm|

Relationship=1st cousin 1 time removed of Janet Grace Neuendorf.
Relationship=Great-grandson of Wilhel Neuendorf.
Relationship=Great-grandson of Michael Schulz.
     Edwalt Frederick Krueger was born on Saturday, August 6, 1881 in Sophienberg, Posen, Germany, son of Frederick Krueger and Louise Bertha Neuendorf.2 Edwalt Frederick Krueger immigrated on October 9, 1881. He was just a few weeks old when he came to the the United States of America with his parents.1

Edwalt appeared on the Oakdale, Monroe County, Wisconsin, census of June, 1900 in the household of Frederick Krueger. He is recorded as Edward, his son. He was 18 years old and single. He was born in Germany and had immigrated at the same time as his father in the fall of 1881, and had been in the United States for 18 years. He worked as a butter maker. He spoked English and could read and write.3

Edwalt married Fannie Halvorsen on June 17, 1908.4

Edwalt and Fannie had no children.4

Edwalt died on Sunday, November 12, 1944 in St. Mary's Hospital in Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin, at age 63.2,4

His obituary read as follows:
"Edwalt Frederick Krueger, born August 6, 1881, son of Fred and Bertha Krueger. In 1883 his father remarried and moved to the now known home farm. Edwalt worked as towerman and telegraph operator for Burlington RR at la Crosse for 23 years. On June 17, 1908 he married Fannie Halvorsen of La Crosse and farmed there and in Holmen. In 1938 he bought the home farm in partnership with his brother Fred and made his home there until his death. Survivors were his widow, on sister (Mrs. Minnie Gehrke) and brother Fred on the home farm. He was buried November 15, 1944 at the Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah."4
He was laid to rest in the Krueger family plot on November 15, 1944 in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Tomah, Monroe County, Wisconsin.4

Citations

  1. [S37] Alice M. Prochnow, Prochnow, Krueger, Neuendorf, Bungert 1790? - 1984 (3833 N Fairview Av, Tucson, AZ 85705-2206: Alice Prochnow, 1984), p.36, 37, 38b. Hereinafter cited as Prochnow Family History.
  2. [S16] Cemetery Marker/Gravestone , Oakdale Township Cem inscriptions, Monroe Co Hist Soc. Hereinafter cited as "Cemetery Marker."
  3. [S126] 1900 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1900 Wisconsin, Monroe, Oakdale
    Series: T623 Roll: 1808 Page: 155 Line: 84-90.
  4. [S37] Alice M. Prochnow, Prochnow, Krueger, Neuendorf, Bungert 1790? - 1984 (3833 N Fairview Av, Tucson, AZ 85705-2206: Alice Prochnow, 1984), p. 37, 38b. Hereinafter cited as Prochnow Family History.
 


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