Brief Life History of Christian
When Christian Kropf was born on 18 January 1815, in Germany, his father, Jacob Kropf Sr., was 30 and his mother, Magdalena Rothacker, was 28. He married Maria Koenig about 1836, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 13 July 1898, in Schuyler, Missouri, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Darby Cemetery, Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Christian Kropf - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Christian Kropf
- Cath Krofsf im Eintrag für Daniel Gingrich und Barbara Keoff, „Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869“
- Christian Kropf, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1834
Historical Boundaries 1843: Schuyler created from Non-County Area 24.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Siegfried, Alois, Aloys, Arno, Jurgen, Liesl, Matthias.
German and Swiss German:
from Middle High German kropf ‘goiter’, hence a nickname for a person with a conspicuous crop due to goiter or for a short person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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