AUGUSTA KRIEGER
Augusta Krieger
Buried in Milwaukee
Krieger August 1839-1907
Krieger Auguste 1835-1902
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The Milwaukee Herold.
Due to a neural collapse which (had) tied her to the sickbed for quite a
long time, Mrs. Auguste Krieger, wife of Mr. August Krieger sen. of 835
Buffum St, died on Thursday evening. The deceased was nearly 67 years old
and came from the Oberlausitz. She immigrated as early as in the 1830s to
Wisconsin and married Mr. Krieger. on Aug 22nd 1852. In 1855, the couple
moved to Kiel, where Mrs. Krieger was the second woman to take up residence
in this settlement. In 1891, the spouses returned to Milwaukee, where they
could celebrate in August their golden wedding. She is survived by her
husband as well as by ten children, six sons and four daughters, most of
them married.
(Translated from German by P. Bruns)
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On Saturday afternoon died, in the house of his son Alfred at 770 Island
Avenue, Mr. August Krieger, a pioneer of Wisconsin’s and one of the first
white settlers of Kiel, due to infirmity at his age of 76 years, 11 months
and ten days. The deceased was a brother of our wellknown fellow citizen
Mr. Ferdinand Krieger. The “Milwaukee Sonntagspost” [Milwaukee Sunday Post]
writes on his vita as follows:
Mr. Krieger was born in 1830 in Robenkirchen in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg,
Northern Germany, and came to America in 1850. From New York, where he landed,
he came directly to Milwaukee where he took a position in the pharmacy of Dr.
Kalckhoff, in Chestnut St. near 3rd St, the first pharmacy that was established
in Milwaukee. After a short time he moved to Thirnsville where he opened up
a pharmacy of his own, and where he lived until 1856, in which year he moved
to Kiel in Manitowoc County where he bought a farm. Mr. Krieger was the second
white settler in that area which was, at that time, inhabited mainly by Red
Indians. He built the first house of Kiel, a log house, which he put together
from the timber of a tree felled by himself. On this farm he lived for 38 years,
after which, in 1891, he came, together with his family, to Milwaukee where he
stayed until his death.
Mr Krieger participated in the Civil War, as a member of the 16th Wisconsin
Regiment. For two years, he served as hospital steward. He also took part in
the famous campaign of General Sherman.
The deceased leaves ten grown-up children – six sons and four daughters -, six
of them living in Milwaukee. The other have their homes in Davenport, Iowa, St.
Louis, Ma., Manitowoc, Wis, and Brislaw, Wis. His wife died seven years ago.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday afternoon at Wanderer’s Rest Cemetery.
(Translated from German by P. Bruns)
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Former Kiel Resident Passes Away At Brillion
On Saturday last Mrs. Adolph Stoelting received word of the death of her
cousin. Mrs. Castor Kuehl of Brillion, who had suffered a stroke just a
week before.
Mrs. Kuehl, daughter of August and Auguste Krieger was born in
Kiel in 1870. She married Castor Kuehl of New Holstein. Several years
later they moved to Brillion, where Mr. Kuehl preceded her in death in
1939.
Two sons were born to them: Erwin, who is now in business in Oshkosh, and
Edgar, for many years a business representative of the Du Pont de Nemours
company of Wilmington, Del., in Sao Paulo, Brazil. For a number of weeks
this early winter Edgar and his wife were at home in Brillion with Mrs.
Kuehl. They are on their return to Sao Paulo, having set sail from New
Orleans on Jan. 2.
Funeral took place on Tuesday, with burial in New Holstein. Attending from
Kiel were Adolph Stoelting and daughter, Mrs. Olaf Lee, Henry Burkhardt,
and Edgar Schunk, and Miss Frida Krieger of Milwaukee. After the services
the following stopped at the Adolph Stoelting home here: Miss Rhoda Dredow
of Davenport, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Arno Krueter and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nehring
of Milwaukee, Miss Dredow and Mrs. Nehring were nieces of the deceased,
while Mr. Krueger was her nephew.
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Augusta Krieger is a daughter of George and Johanna Gutheil. She is a sister
to the Bernard, Louis and Ferdinand Gutheils shown in the photos. Her mother,
Johanna Gutheil, is also shown in the photos.
