Ferdinand Johan Michael KRAUSE, son of Frederick KRAUSE and Dorothea WANDERSEE, was born on 11 Sep 1857 in Pablotz, Stolp, Pommerania, Germany, was christened on 23 Sep 1857 in Germany, died on 11 Jan 1935 in Buffalo, Wright County, Minnesota, USA at age 77, and was buried in Rockford Townwhip (Near Buffalo), Wright County, Minnesota, USA. The cause of his death was Unspecified Illness.
Research Notes: In 1910 census there are at least 2 other Krause family in Rockford Twp:
widow A?, son Frank, daughter Minnie (b abt. 1892), & daughter Martha
Joseph & Tena, Herman, Hannah, Julius, Anna, Martha, Renholt B (b abt. 1904)
• He was confirmed in the Lutheran Church by Pastor Ziegler in Germany about 1871.
• He departed from Germany in 1873 on the spring.
• He arrived at Delano, Wright & Hennepin Counties, Minnesota, USA in 1873.
• He worked as a Farmer.
• He was associated with Trinity Lutheran (Crawford Lake) at Rockford Townwhip (Near Buffalo), Wright County, Minnesota, USA
• In 1885 he resided on a farm near town in Buffalo.
• He was naturalized in 1900, USA.
• He was a Farmer in 1920 in Rockford Township.
• On 8 Jul 1929 he resided in Buffalo.
• He appeared on the census in 1930 in Buffalo, Wright County, Minnesota, USA.
Ferdinand married Anna Marie Louisa WERNER, daughter of August Frederick (Frederick) WERNER and Marie Louise Henrietta GOEDE, on 12 May 1885 in Rockford Townwhip (Near Buffalo), Wright County, Minnesota, USA. Anna was born on 9 Dec 1865 in Schoenwalde, Germany, was christened on 26 Dec 1865 in Germany, died on 27 Sep 1938 in Buffalo, Wright County, Minnesota, USA at age 72, and was buried in Rockford Townwhip (Near Buffalo), Wright County, Minnesota, USA. The cause of her death was Unspecified Illness. They had ten children: Wilhelmine Henriette Emilie, Frederick Wilhelm August, Dorothea Wilhelmine Amalie, Clara Bertha Louise, Henriette Wilhelmine Fredericka, Wilhelm Hermann Franz, Ernest C, Albert, George Albert, and Rienhald Walter.
