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- The farmer Joseph Kraus and his wife Katherine (Katie) nee Fischer came in 1857 from the area of Chodau (var. Kodau, now Chodov) in the Eger (now Ohre) valley of Bohemia (then part of the Austrian Empire) with their children Franziska (1848-1918), Anna (1852-1942), and Theresia (1855-1913). They first settled in Rubicon (Dodge Co.), WI, where their daughter Mary (1858-1912) was born. They subsequently moved to Greenville (Outagamie Co.), WI, and had two more daughters: Josephine (1864-1932), and Agnes Mariana (1866-1947). The family was Roman-Catholic. Passage: ship Ahlers, arrived in New York on October 9, 1857, from Bremerhaven. The father of Katherine Fischer also immigrated to Wisconsin, possibly with a new wife (Franziska Ebert?).
Among the daughters, Franziska Kraus married Anton Becher (1842-1931, of Bohemia). Anna married William Nussbaum (1847-1910, of Dom-Esch, Rhine-Prussia). Theresia married Peter Schweitzer (1840-1900, first cousin to William Nussbaum, husband of Theresia's sister Anna). Mary married Josep Mayer (1858-1941, of Germany). Josephine married Wenzel Goerl (1864-1940, of Reichenau, Bohemia). Agnes married Joseph Schreiter (1864-1947, born in Outagamie Co., WI, to Bohemian parents).
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At the time of their emigration, Unterchodau was part of the Elbogen dominion (Czech: Loket) in the district of the same name. Other Bohemian Fischer immigrants to Outagamie Co., Wisconsin, originated from the area around nearby Falkenau (Sokolov) but at this time it isn't clear if these families are related.
The Ancestors of 15. Anna KRAUS (1852-1942)
Joseph KRAUS (1820-1907) Unterchodau, Bohemia => Greenville, WI => Appleton, WI
Johann Karl KRAUS (1792-1885) Unterchodau, Bohemia
Josef Emmanuel KRAUS
Karl KRAUS
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Maria Anna Katherina Kunegunde DUTZ
Johann Georg DUTZ
Paul DUTZ
Georg DUTZ
Katherina GÖSL
Johann GÖSL
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Sabina GÖSL
Andreas GÖSL
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Maria ?
Maria Theresia STARK (1797-1866) Unterchodau, Bohemia
Phillip STARK
Lorenz STARK
Mathias STARK
Jakob STARK
Johann STARK
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Maria DUTZ
Mathias DUTZ
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Margaretha RICHTER
Johann Richter
Nikolaus RICHTER
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Regina STEYER
Georg STEYER
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Anna Maria WÜRCKHER
Georg WÜRCKNER
Martin WÜRCKNER
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Sabina ZÜHNER
Johann ZÜHNER
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Maria Anna LEEB
Karl LEEB
Maria Elisabeth ?
Katherine FISCHER (1824-1880) Unterchodau, Bohemia => Greenville, WI
(Josef) Anton FISCHER (1800-1884?) Bohemia ( => Wisconsin ?)
(Johann) Anton Thaddaus FISCHER
Matthias FISCHER
Matthias FISCHER
Margaretha FISCHER
Johann FISCHER
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Maria REIGOLD
Matthias REIGOLD
Mathias REIGOLD
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Katherina BARTL
Georg BARTL
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Katharina SCHEITLER
Johann SCHEITLER
Maria ?
Karolina Charlotte Albertine SCHWARTL (1800 - bef.1848) Unterschönbach, Bohemia
Josef Michael SCHWARDL
Johann Georg SCHWERTLING
Johann SCHWARTLING
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Anna Margaretha STINGL
Lorenz STINGL
Maria Eva LORENZ
Johann Adam LORENZ
Ursula BECK
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1852 - 1942 (90 years)
Immigration
