When Wilhelmine Sophie Christine Krüger was born on 10 October 1864, in Pätow, Hagenow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, her father, Johann Joachim Christian Krüger, was 29 and her mother, Sophie Christine Dorothea Friederike Niedoerf, was 22. She married Christian Friederich Theodor Jape on 23 November 1888, in Hagenow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.
On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia, sparking World War I. This would not be the last time Germany caused a world war. After the Allies defeated Germany, they signed the Treaty of Versailles.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Gerhard, Klaus, Konrad, Arno, Dieter, Elke, Erwin, Ewald, Fritz.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (also Krüger): see Krueger . This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), but it is by far most common in South Africa.
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