Amalia Splitt1,2

(March 15, 1849 - August 28, 1912)
Amalia (Splitt) Krause's Gravestone
      (On her daughter Ida's marriage registration her name was spelled Amalie).2 Amalia Splitt was born on Thursday, March 15, 1849 (The 1900 US Census lists the date of her birth as Mar 1845) in Germany.3,1

Amalia married Ferdinand Krause about 1863.3 Amalia Splitt immigrated in 1881 to the United States of America.3 She was naturalized.3

Amalia Splitt was a farmer in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin.4 By 1900, they were parents of 7 children all of whom were still living.3

Amalia died on Wednesday, August 28, 1912. She was 63 years old.5,1 She was laid to rest in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Wilton, Monroe County, Wisconsin.5

Children of Amalia Splitt and Ferdinand Krause

Citations

  1. [S16] Cemetery Marker/Gravestone , St. Paul's Ev. Luth. Cem. Wilton, Wisc Hereinafter cited as "Cemetery Marker."
  2. [S88] Edward Neuendorf & Ida Amalie Krause marriage, 22 September 1904, Susan Noyes' Research Compilation, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. No. 160 / 7521.
  3. [S126] 1900 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1900, Wisconsin, Monroe, Wilton, Series: T623 Roll: 1808 Page: 296.
  4. [S126] 1900 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1900, Wisconsin, Monroe, Wilton, Series: T623 Roll: 1808 Page: 296 (June 15-16, 1900).
  5. [S162] Transcribed by Ralph Hendersin, List of Burials in St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery, Wilton, Monroe County, WI. (St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery - 401 Mill St., Wilton, WI, State Hwy 131: Monroe County Local History Room, c. 2003). Hereinafter cited as Cem List St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery, Oakdale, Monroe Co. WI.
 


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