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John Louis Kriese
Birth: 1843
Death: May 20, 1893
John Louis Kriese was born in Jaegersburg, Posen, Prussia on October 7, 1841, the son of Johann Friedrich and Dorthea Luise Anklam Kriese.
Louis emigrated to the United States and eventually settled in Keokuk County
Married Adeline Marie Polke on May 26, 1870.
Children; Georg August, Edward Albert, and Wilhelm Fredrich. Adeline died on September 18, 1878, at age 26.
On May 23, 1855, Christena Allman Kriese was born to Gottfried and Elizabeth Akerman Allman northwest of Hedrick, Iowa. Married on February 27, 1879
Louis and Christena had seven children: Elizabeth Jones, Philip F., Katie Christina Craft, Louise May, John Louis, Ethel Phoebe, and Virdon Clarence.
Louis established a flour and feed store in town, but apparently his business did not develop. On May 20, 1894, he was found dead in his store of a gunshot wound which a board of inquiry determined to be self-inflicted.
Christena raised her children successfully and died at the family home in Hedirck, on September 4, 1941 after a long illness.
Family links:
Spouses:
Adeline M Polke Kriese (1852 - 1878)*
Christena Allman Kriese (1855 - 1941)*
Children:
Frederich W Kriese (1875 - 1878)*
Philip Kriese (1882 - 1973)*
Louise May Kriese (1885 - 1960)*
Johnnie L Kriese (1887 - 1889)*
Ethel Phoebe Kriese (1890 - 1985)*
Virdon C Kriese (1892 - 1972)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
52y 6m 15d GER
Burial:
Abel Cemetery
Hedrick
Keokuk County
Iowa, USA
Created by: InSearchOf
Record added: Nov 02, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 61001060
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