Valentin Johannes Krause

Male13 October 1787–1874

Brief Life History of Valentin Johannes

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.

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Family Time Line

Valentin Johannes Krause
1787–1874
Anna Maria Oldenwald
1795–1873
Anna C. Krause
1815–1890
Henry Krause
about 1820–1893
Henry Philip Krause
1824–1905
Valentine Krause
1829–1910
Karolina Dorothea Krause
1835–1912

Sources (10)

  • Valentine Krans in household of Valentine Krans, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Valentin Kraus - Government record: birth-name: Valintin Krause
  • Valentin J Krause, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1788 · The First Presidential Election

Age 1

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

1803

Age 16

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1812

Age 25

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

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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