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                  <text>KRA.FFT:

â€¢

:

1ï¿½51 Census:

from the

:

Germany.
45 yr s .
47 yrs.
7e yrs. )
Germany

KRAFFT:::
FRANCIS
CATHARINE
( Catharine Krafft
Children::

Elizabeth
Lewis

15.

Charles

12.

Francis

11.

George

-

- -

--

--

ï¿½

--

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-- ---

Cf .

-____ _.,___

catharine Krafft

--

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â€¢

-

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d.

b.
after

â€¢

-

Census

of

1851

â€¢

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                  <text>.J:t'RlrnvIS K.Rii..J:t'.!:''T:::

ST.GV.t;NSV1LL.t'.:

Francis Krafft;

b.

:

fa.ther of ueorge .Krafft

:

d.

1808

Nov.

23rd.

â€¢

.

1885- 77yrs.

b. 1806 d.
ruarr-Â·; 4-01.therine Margaret
Westerman.
cemetery Hidgemount.
burr. ot. John's

1879.

73yrs.

'-'aildren of Francis &amp; Catharine Krafft:::

Ann Krafft.

died

as

Francis

\'iesterman Krafftx

ueorge

Krafft.

..,

a

Lauy

:

stone is unreadable.

d.
u. 1841.
i926.
L844- l93b.
marr; Priscilla aeam
Â·...,urr. 1111ennoni te vemetery otevensville.
b.

1842. d. June 19, 1914.
1849- 1933.
Minerva Tripp

marr.
uurr.

Lewis

\Â·Â·,.
.

'

Krafft. "'

1,,.harles Krafft

x

Mennonite vemetery otevensville.

b. 1836. d. Nov. 20. 1885.
vaker 1846- 1936
marr; Rosanna
burr. Mennonite vemetcffy Stevensville.

d.

b.
marr.

uurr;

ï¿½lizabeth Krafft.y

vatharine Krafft.

b. l.S45. d. July 19.,
marr; Jeremiah .baker.
b.

d.
John Staty:
moved to râ€¢1ani to ba

marr.

â€¢

1924.
1837- 1917.

iv1r.

ï¿½!ar.

20,

1855

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                  <text>KRAFFT:::::
STETENSTILLE::: ROWEN R0.AD.

1855::: aay 10th.
1879::::
1890:::

ï¿½ï¿½Rn Treup sold te Franï¿½ia ï¿½rafï¿½t west part
of' ,
8,:90 aere-s fert. Â£ 725.
Francia 1'rafft sold to ï¿½eorge Krafft: 50
Â£ 1500.
of let I 8 c0n. lÂ©.

acrï¿½s

west-!

sold te
harles Jl.
Â£ 2eoo.
ef said lot

CeÂ·orge 1'rafft

ï¿½

west

Mill: 50

acre.a.

/1

BE:RTll:::

ï¿½et
3
.,

1890::: ï¿½eb. 25ï¿½

enarles Jl. ft.ill sald te George:
mergagï¿½ t 5000.oe.

een

1

L.E.

Krafft Read.
l(rafft

sub.

:

to

ï¿½eerge Krafft ï¿½ his wife sell to Win Krafft
11.7

aï¿½res

:

i 5000.00.
"

Bert :iLe : : :

let 5

1ï¿½00:::

lâ€¢rgage

190e::: Fe:b 1.

een

:

1.

by lileminien &amp; â€¢reseent l"ds.

bacheler to .ltli.ary E. Rese.

Wm Krafft

Krafft ï¿½ wife to George Krafft
n.
of the railwey exeept part
E Gelbeurn : t 3500.eo
Wm.

no

5

190ï¿½:::

ï¿½art â€¢f' lot 5 north

1919::: July 2.

Minerva- A.

Si i actres.

&gt;\

\

'
â€¢I

Krafft,

,ï¿½

of G.T.

all

sol4

â€¢f lot

to

to Wallie ï¿½sslï¿½.

widow seld

tâ€¢

_

lia?ry

Wtn w. Gerham1

�Stevensville;;;

KRAFFT:::

1855: Francis Krafft purcifs ed the farm on the S.E. er.

0 Winï¿½er &amp;Bowen Rds.

1879: George Krafft purchased the farm from his father.Ten of hiseleven
children were born here,
was
KRAFFT. RD

â€¢

except for John Henry who was

born in 1891, a year following

their move from Stevensville.

George Krafft &amp; family moved to this land in

On the west side of the rd. south of the Dominion

south of the
sold

j ust

railrod tracks. From here George and the family

summer homes along the lake.

OOMINIOlJ &amp; CRESCENT:

In

and

dairy products , milk eggs etce. the Americans who were building

their

In

1890. At the time it

the only house south of the Garrison on this rd. The farm

was

In

who

319.

no.

was

}:&gt;orn

1900

:

no.

Wm.

3 6 7.

Kraft the eldest son held the mortgage on this property.

1906. Wm. Kraft sold to George Krafft.
1916 when her husband died Florence (krafft)Beach moved here from

the U.S.A. with her children, to live with her widowed mother.
NIAGARA Blvd. In 1919 Minerva Kraft sold

the Crescent R. home and moved to

709 Niagara Blvd. w.ith Florence Beach &amp; her children.Minerva Kraft
died in

1933 and Florence Beach and her children continued to live

here till

1938 when they moved back to the U.S.A.

�GEORGE KRAFFT:::

In 1879

STEVENSVILLE

George Krafft bought

from his

father Francis

son o f Francis &amp; C a t her i n e Krafft.

the

:

farm

the homestead
which was

Krafft;

lot

:

8,

con.

10.

on the south east er.

of

,

Bowen

&amp; Winger rds.All the children were born in this home except for John H.,
who was
home

born in 1891 a year following their move from this

Stevensville

for the farm on krafft Rd.

GEORGE KRAFFT:

d. June

b. 1842.
marr. Minerva Tripp. b.
burr. Mennonite

Children of

1914.

1849. d Feb. 24,Â· 1933

Cemetery Stevensville.

George &amp; Minerva Krafft:::
b.

William

fi!ar.

24, 1873. d.

1940.

manr.
b-u.r.

James Lï¿½wis

b.

Dec. 17, 1874ï¿½

marr.

d.

Feb. 16, 1953.

Pauline Platt : i dght.

bur.

â€¢â€¢

â€¢

b. Aug. 5th, 1876. d. Dec. 25, 1964.
marr. Arthur Rose.
burr. Fair vi e w Cemetery: N agara

Sarah Anne

ï¿½

G eorge Frankli n

b. Aug.
marr.
bur.

Charles

b. Aug. 17,
marr.

Herbert

5th.,

&lt;('Â£,i/.

Falls

1878. d.

1880. d.

1952.

bur.

Robert Harvey

not on board

moved to U.S.A.
Oct. 11, 1882. dï¿½
of Kraft CheE
marr. Flossie Florence Schatzline: b. Mar.14.
""ï¿½1:;/
1888. _-;;,..,,
bur.

b.

Â·

Children:

Iona:

Helen:

Reatha:

Robert H.

b â€¢. O ct. 31, 1884 . d. Jan. 31, 1963.
marr. Norman Learn: ( 1885-1959)
bur. sï¿½ PAvl''5. [$.Ef,
__

Children 12.

.. /,.

FrederiÂ·ck
- -(

b. Feb. i,
marr.

J

bur.
b. Feb. 1,

Florence
'
,.

.

ï¿½1'r--$/Z

marr.

j

John Henry
'

/ .

b. June
marr.

bur.

..

Oct. 27, 1973
Beach (1883-191 6

1887. Â·d.

Albert- E.

b. Dec.
,mar;r-.
bur.

Norman

d.

188(.

3 1st. 1889. d.

6,

1891 d.

Jan.

25, 1972.

J """')"\

vï¿½;c 1?0

�FRANtilS

WES'.rï¿½RMAN KRAFlt'T::: S'.l'EVJ:SNSVILLE .â€¢

F'rancis Westerman

Krafft

1926.

is41. d.

b.
marr.

Priscilla

ï¿½earn.:

1844- 1936

burr. Mennonite \.iemetery Stevensville.

\.ihildren of lt'rancis W.

&amp; Priscilla Krafft::::

b.

Krarf t

Alfred

1872

1940.

d.
1880-

marr.

Mabel. Long.

ï¿½urr.

Greenwood ï¿½emetery

1973.

Fort ï¿½rie.

d.

b.
marr.

burr.

Irene

)'.

Krafft

b.

1.870.

marr.

J

..

d. Dec. 6. 1915â€¢
Al.len F'ehrman

45yrs.

1876- 19Jl.

i.Jurr. Mennonite \.iemetery Stevensville.

Mabel

Krafft

b.

1886

marr.

Menno

d.

::Seam

1983.
.L888- 1 9 66

burr. Mennonite \.iemetery ;Stevensville.

�FRANK KRAFT: : :
w ii'e

3 children

Mabel(

Beam)

Ben

AL

The home
of

of

Frank Kraft and

James L.

3798 Main

ST.

Kraft
West.

stood
The

family,(brather of

jï¿½st

east

barn stands

of

the

west

George

Kraft

and

uncle

Stevensville planing Mill
of

vhe

present

mill .

â€¢

â€¢

'

�:i.eam; : :

â€¢

Sunset ï¿½ ad.

Fort Erie.

eno Beam and his wife ï¿½ybel(Krafft) moved tâ€¢ the farm en Sunset
Mr.
:1in 1913. She was the dï¿½ughter â€¢f Frank t:N.fft and was "born in the hâ€¢mt!'
on .lfta.in sï¿½, west Stevensville.

CfilLDREN; ; ;

LESTE1t
.lffiFftED

VE1'.NO:t$
I ï¿½YIN

:r.;ï¿½ours

â€¢

I

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