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                  <text>GEORGE KRAFFT: Stevdnsville: the son of Francis &amp; Catherine krafft.

In

â€¢â€¢

1879 george ..rafft bought the homesteaq farm, lot 8, con.10, from
his father fran6is krafft: on the south ea'.?t corner of Bowen Rd. &amp;
Winger Rd. Lt was here that all of the large family were born, except
for John Henry who was born in 1891 the year after they left Stevensville
for the farm on Krafft Rd., in Bertie. Possibly Florence b . Krafft rd â€¢.
b. 1842
d . June
1914.
marr: Minerva Tripp: b. 1849. d. Feb . 24, 1933.
bur .. Mennonite Cemetery Stevensville.

GEORGE KRAFFT:

Children of George

&amp;

Minerva Krafft:.::
b â€¢ Mar â€¢ 2 4 ,

William

mar~;

1873 â€¢ d.

bur.
b. Dec.

James Lewis

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George Franklin

b. Aug.
marr.
bur.

Charles Herbert

b. Aug .. 17, 1880. d ..
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Robert Harvey

b. Oct. 11, 1882. d.
rnarr.
bur.

Ivy May

b. Oct. 31, 1881.;.â€¢ d. ~an.31.1963~
marr. Norman L. Learn: 1885-1959.
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b. Aug. 5th. 1876. d. Dec. 2~,Â·1964.
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Sarah Anne

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17. 1874.

marr. Pauline Platt.
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5, 1878. d.

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b. June b,11891 â€¢ d. Jan. 25 , 19?i.
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