Mini bio: Fred & Katie (Wenkel) Kraus

Brief biography of Valentin Friedrich "Fred" Kraus (1874-1928) and his wife, Katherina Elizabetha "Katie" Wenkel (1879-1964). Their position on the family tree.

Valentin Friedrich "Fred" Kraus

Birth: December 21, 1874 in Columbia, Monroe County, Illinois
Baptism: May 2, 1875 at St. Paul's Evangelical (UCC), Columbia, Illinois
Parents: Daniel Krauss and Margaretha Eckert
Known residences:
--- lived entire life in Columbia, Illinois
Occupation: blacksmith
Death: May 1, 1928 in Columbia, Illinois. Buried in St. Paul Evangelical (UCC) Cemetery, Columbia, Illinois.


Katharina Elisabetha "Katie" Wenkel

Birth: September 15, 1879 in Columbia, Monroe County, Illinois
Baptism: May 29, 1880 at St. Paul's Evangelical (UCC), Columbia, Illinois
Parents: Johann Conrad "John" Wenkel and Sophia Margaretha "Margaret" Lepp
Known residences:
--- lived in or near Columbia, Illinois until the death of her husband Fred
--- 1930 living in St. Louis, Missouri at 3327 Carson Rd., with her daughter Ida (Kraus) Schmidt
--- subsequently lived with daughter Esther (Kraus) Mabry, also in St. Louis, Missouri
Death: August 2, 1964 at the Monroe County Nursing Home in Waterloo, Illinois. Buried in St. Paul Evangelical (UCC) Cemetery, Columbia, Illinois.

Marriage and Children:

Fred Kraus married Katie Wenkel on September 19, 1898 by Gottfried Dornenburg, minister of St. Paul's Evangelical (UCC) in Columbia, Illinois

Children of Fred and Katie (Wenkel) Kraus:

--- Ida Emma Kraus: born 1900, married William Andreas Schmidt
--- Edna Margarethe Kraus: born 1902, married Ralph Emerson Knowles, then Earl Baker
*** Esther Clara Kraus: born 1905, married Robert Neil Mabry

Posts About Fred & Katie (Wenkel) Kraus
• World War I Draft Registration
• 1915 Graduation of daughter Ida Kraus.
• Funeral card of daughter Ida (Kraus) Schmidt
• 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis

Off-site Links
• Gravestone photo: Fred Kraus (1874-1928) and Katherine (Wenkel) Kraus (1879-1964), buried in St. Paul Evangelical Cemetery.
• Baptism Records of St. Paul's Evangelical in Columbia
• Confirmation Records of St. Paul's Evangelical in Columbia
• Marriage Records of St. Paul's Evangelical in Columbia
• Death records of St. Paul's Evangelical in Columbia