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"