Johanne Marie Wilhelmine (Abraham) Krause, death 1858, Grünewald, Pommern

Johanne Marie Wilhelmine (Abraham) Krause died on 12 Sep 1858 at Grünewald, Pommern and was buried on 15 Sep 1858.  She was survived by her husband, Arbeitsmann (laborer) Heinrich Krause, 1 adult child and 8 minor children.  She died of dysentery (Ruhr) and was 43 years, 9 months and 21 days old.



Gramenz Parish Register, Deaths 1858

Johanne Marie Wilhelmine Abraham, born 1814, Grünewald, Pommern

Johanne Marie Wilhelmine Abraham was born on 21 Nov 1814 at Grünewald, Pommern, the daughter of Christian Friedrich Abraham and Dorothea Louise Färber.  She was baptized on 27 Nov 1814 at the Gramenz Parish Lutheran Church.

Gramenz Parish Register, 1814 Births / Baptisms
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Michael Heinrich Krause, born 1808, Grünewald, Pommern

Michael Heinrich Krause was born on 12 Jan 1808 at Grünewald, Pommern, the son of Christian Krause and Sophie Hedwig Lübke.  He was baptized on 17 Jan 1808 at the Gramenz Parish Lutheran Church.

Gramenz Parish Register, 1808 Births / Baptisms
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Michael Heinrich Krause & Hanna Maria Wilhelmine Abraham marriage 1833

Our ancestors, Michael Heinrich Krause and Johanne Marie Wilhelmine Abraham were married on 22 Mar 1833 at the Gramenz Parish Church, both from the village of Grünewald.
Michael Heinrich was the son Christian Krause (deceased in 1833) and Johanne Marie was the daugher of Friedrich Abraham.  Both fathers were Vollbauers, or farmers with a full sized farm (this was quite a privilege, since they still lived in a very feudal/manorial system).


Gramenz Parish Register, 1833 Marriages
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Friedrich Krause family immigration - 1881, Baltimore

Friedrich Krause and his family immigrated in the United States on 30 April 1881, with a destination of Toledo, Ohio.  They settled in Maple Grove, Hennepin, Minnesota.  They had departed from Bremen, Germany and arrived at Baltimore, Maryland, traveling on the ship "Leipzig", of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Line of Bremen.   Below is the ship list of their arrival, see lines 176-181. 

Friedrich Krause, 28 years old, gardener (German term for a cottager)
Albertina Krause, 30
Hermann Krause, 7
Emilie Krause, 4
Ottilie Krause, 3
Albert Krause, 10 months

The ship list notes Brandenburg as their origin, however, we know that they and their extended family were from the Gramenz Parish, Neustettin, Pommern.  Did Friedrich live somewhere else before emigrating?? We are not sure, as we have not found his marriage record to Albertina, or Emilie's birth in 1875.  The church records are missing some pages and they don't show up during this time period. 

First page of ship list, showing ship information

Krause family on lines 176-181

Friedrich Theodor Krause - birth record 1853, Grünewald, Pomerania

Friedrich Theodor Krause was born on 21 Mar 1853 at Grünewald, Gramenz Parish, Neustettin, Pommern (Pomerania)  to Michael Heinrich Krause, Halbbauer of Grünewald Ausbau, and Johanna Maria Wilhelmine Abraham.  He was baptized on 2 Apr 1853, the godparents being Heinrich Abraham, Friedrich Beduhn and Charlotte Nachtigal verheiratet Janke.  See copy of church book, line 48 below.

Gramenz Parish Church Book, 1853 Register of Births

Schleif Family of Vandsburg, West Prussia

Gustav Schleif and his parents were from the Vandsburg area of West Prussia, today Wiecbork, Poland.  Gustav was born in Jastremken on 26 Apr 1868.  His father, Karl August Schleif, was also born there on 20 Mar 1836.  Karl's mother appears to have been from Gross Wollwitz.

Gustav's mother was Henriette Juhlke.  It is unknown where Gustav's parents were married.