Valentin Johannes Krause was born on 13 October 1787, in Treffurt, Mühlhausen, Saxony, Germany. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Anna Maria Oldenwald. He lived in Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Liverpool Township, Medina, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died about 1874, in Valley City, Medina, Ohio, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Valley City, Medina, Ohio, United States.
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.
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