DESCENDANTS OF KASPAR KRAUS

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                               Don Norman

 

1.KASPAR KRAUS

 

    Kaspar Kraus was born about 1788. He married Elizabeth -----. The

family lived in Bavaria.

    The Kraus sons emigrated to the United States in 1841.

 

Known children of Kaspar and Elizabeth Kraus.

 

  2.  (1). Bernard                 b. Jul  4 1813

         m. Mary Anna Brehm

 

  3.  (2). Jacob Andrew            b.        1814   d.       1893

         m. Rebecca Hedges (Alabaugh/Otalabaugh) Kraus 1863

 

  4.  (3). Michael

 

  5.  (4). John Alexander          b. Jan 26 1817  d.Nov 27 1861

         m. Rebecca Hedges Alabaugh/Otalabaugh Dec 13 1849

 

2.BERNARD KRAUS    1.KASPAR KRAUS

 

    Bernard Kraus, a son of Kaspar and Elizabeth Kraus, was born in

Bavaria July 4, 1813. He came to the United States with his brothers in

1841. He married Mary Anna Brahn in MD about 1840. Mary was born in

Germany in 1813.

    Bernard is listed as "Bernard Krouse", a blacksmith, in the 1850

Lewis County VA (WV) census.

 

Children of Bernard and Mary Anna (Brehm) Kraus.

 

  6.  (1). Mary E.                 b.c.     1841

 

  7.  (2). Michael J.              b.c.     1842

 

  8.  (3). Josephine               b.c.     1844

 

  9.  (4). Mary A.                 b.c.     1846

 

 10.  (5). Ellen B.                b.c.     1848   d.before 1860

 

 11.  (6). Rebecca                 b.c.     1850

         m. Jacob Gissy

 

3.JACOB ANDREW KRAUS    1.KASPAR KRAUS

 

    Jacob Andrew Kraus, a son of Kaspar and Elizabeth Kraus, was born in

Bavaria in 1814 and died in Lewis County WV in 1893. He married Rebecca

Hedges (Alabaugh/Otalabaugh) Kraus in Lewis County in 1863.

 

Children of Jacob Andrew and Rebecca Hedges (Alabaugh/Otalabaugh)

[Kraus] Kraus.

 

 12.  (1). Marguerite Leocadia     b.c.     1864

 

 13.  (2). Bernard Leopold         b.c.     1866

         m. Ella Rush

 

5.JOHN ALEXANDER KRAUS   1.KASPAR KRAUS

 

    John Alexander Kraus, a son of Kaspar and Elizabeth Kraus, was born

in Bavaria January 26, 1817 and died in Lewis County VA (WV) November

27, 1861. He married Rebecca Hedges Alabaugh/Otalabaugh December 13,

1849. Rebecca was born in Indiana December 6, 1825 and died in Lewis

County January 26, 1875. She married Jacob Andrew Kraus, John's brother,

in Lewis County December in 1863.

 

Children of John Alexander and Rebecca Hedges (Alabaugh/Otalabaugh)

Kraus.

 

 14.  (1). John Andrew             b.c.     1850

         m. Katherine McGettigan

 

 15.  (2). Michael Jacob           b.c.     1852

         m. Margaret Rush

 

 16.  (3). Helen Cecilia           b.c.     1854

 

 17.  (4). Kasper Englebert        b.c.     1855

         m. Alcinda May

 

 18.  (5). Thomas L.               b.c.     1858

 

 19.  (6). Robert Alexander        b. Jan 21 1859  d.Oct 27 1936

         m. Mary Adelmi Moneypenny Nov 19 1894

 

 20.  (7). Anna Rebecca                            d. infant

 

 21.  (8). Annie Elizabeth         b.c.     1862

 

19.ROBERT ALEXANDER KRAUS   5.JOHN ALEXANDER KRAUS   1.KASPAR KRAUS

 

    Robert Alexander Kraus, a son of John Alexander and Rebecca Hedges

(Alabaugh/Otalabaugh) Kraus, was born in Lewis County VA (WV) January

21, 1859 and died October 27, 1936. He married Mary Adelmi Moneypenny

November 19, 1894. Mary, a daughter of William Richard and Ann Amanda

(Beall) Moneypenny, was born January 26, 1876 and died in New

Martinsville, WV October 31, 1953.

 

Children of Robert Alexander and Mary Adelmi (Moneypenny) Kraus.

 

 22.  (1). Ralph Bernard

         m. Josephine Keith Miller

 

 23.  (2). Thomas Gilbert

         m. Sarah Agnes Hayden

 

 24.  (3). Charlotta Mabel

         m. Charles Frederick Ruppert

 

 25.  (4). William Hubert

 

 26.  (5). Robert Mark

 

 27.  (6). John Edward             b. May 24 1913  b.Jul  9 1992

         m. Marjorie Lucille Eib Dec 29 1941

 

 28.  (7). Anna Rebecca

         m. Paul Edward Avington Dec 29 1941

 

27.JOHN EDWARD KRAUS    19.ROBERT ALEXANDER KRAUS   5.JOHN ALEXANDER

KRAUS   1.KASPAR KRAUS

 

    John Edward Kraus, a son of Robert Alexander and Mary Adelmi

(Moneypenny) Kraus, was born in Lewis County WV May 24, 1913 and died

July 9, 1992. He married Marjorie Lucille Eib December 29, 1941.

Marjorie is a daughter of Orville Leslie and Kathryn Laura (Nicholson)

Eib.

 

Children of John Edward and Marjorie Lucille (Eib) Kraus.

 

 29.  (1). Stephen Edward                          d. infant

 

 30.  (2). David Alexander         b. Apr 21 1944

         m. Sharon Lillie King May 29 1965

 

 31.  (3). Donald Justin

         m. Dixie Benezue

 

 32.  (4). Maria Annette

 

 33.  (5). Angela Ruth

         m. Michael Boram

 

 34.  (6). Joseph Edward

         m. Susan Webb

 

 35.  (7). Catherine Cecilia

         m. Clay Brown

 

30.DAVID ALEXANDER KRAUS    27.JOHN EDWARD KRAUS    19.ROBERT ALEXANDER

KRAUS   5.JOHN ALEXANDER KRAUS   1.KASPAR KRAUS

 

    David Alexander Kraus, a son of John Edward and Marjorie Lucille

(Eib) Kraus, was born in Lewis County WV April 21 1944. He married

Sharon Lillie King in Lewis county May 29, 1965. Sharon, a daughter of

Frank and Evelyn King, was born February 17, 1945 in Omaha, NE.

 

Children of David Alexander and Sharon Lillie (King) Kraus.

 

 36.  (1). Laura Beth

         m. Richard Haley

 

 37.  (2). Mark David

         m. Roxanne Leigh

 

 37.  (3). Lee Alexander

         m. Shelly Hardman

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

"Lewis County WV, Her People and Places", 2000, p.129

1850, 1860, 1870 Lewis County VA (WV) census

Norman, Don, "Descendants of William Moneypenny"