Fred Carl Krause

Brief Life History of Fred Carl

When Fred Carl Krause was born on 12 July 1875, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Frederick Augustus Krause, was 42 and his mother, Robinna Kristina Fulch, was 37. He married Anna Katherine Busch on 21 May 1910, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Brookings, Dakota Territory, United States in 1880. He died on 25 May 1937, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Fred Carl Krause
1875–1937
Anna Katherine Busch
1885–1945
Marriage: 21 May 1910
Winifred Annabell Krause
1911–1921
Lucile Martha Krause
1918–1996
Melvin Fred Krause
1924–2001

Sources (11)

  • Fred C Krause, "South Dakota, State Census, 1935"
  • Fred C. Krause, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Fred Krause in entry for Winifred Krause, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016"

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire

A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Hans, Heinz, Horst, Fritz, Gerhard, Dieter, Manfred, Arno, Bernd.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kraus .

German: from Middle High German krūse ‘pitcher, jug’; a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of jugs.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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