Title
JOHN KRAUTER FAMILY
Creator
Adam Krauter
Coverage
TOWNSHIP 137N RANGE 94W
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JOHN KRAUTER FAMILY
John Krauter and his wife (Magdalena Pechtl) immigrated to America in 1896. As with the case in many of the early homestead immigrants, an entire family including close relatives banded together and departed from Europe at the same time.
Joseph Köhl (Kale), a stepfather to the Pechtl family, the Pechtl family and my grandfather John Krauter left Nitskyfalva, Hungary for America in 1896. John Krauter was born Nov. 10, 1867, he married Magdalena Pechtl in 1896, and she was born May 1, 1874. They arrived at Richardton, N.D. in May 1896. My grandfather took up homestead five miles southeast of Lefor, N.D.
To John Krauter's family were born George 1898-1947 and Frank 1900. In 1903 John Krauter passed away leaving my grandmother with George age five and my father (Frank) age two and one-half.
In 1904 grandmother Krauter married Carl Flohr, and then moved on his homestead quarter section. This was a “water claim” homestead. To establish this a small dam had to be built to conserve water and in order to fulfill the four quarter-section claims to the section were Carl Flohr Paul Wieglanda, Peter Pechtl and Great-grandma Pechtl.
In 1915 Carl Flohr and his family moved on the Krauter homestead. That year he built a frame house to replace the sod-shack. The children of the Flohr family consisted of Mike, Lena (Mrs. Pete Jesch), John, Joe and Pete.
In 1916 there was a crop failure due to a drought. Carl Flohr then took his entire family including George and Frank Krauter and moved to Billings Mont Here they worked sugar beet fields, in the sugar beet refinery and other seasonal labor. The following year (1917) Carl Flohr was killed in front of the railroad depot in Fromberg, Mont. Grandma Flohr remained there until 1920 when she and her family returned to North Dakota and that same year married George Dassinger who lived about three miles south of Lefor, N.D. They lived there until 1940 when they retired into Lefor, and shortly after that Grandma became ill and passed away in May 1940.
Submitted by Adam Krauter
John Krauter and his wife (Magdalena Pechtl) immigrated to America in 1896. As with the case in many of the early homestead immigrants, an entire family including close relatives banded together and departed from Europe at the same time.
Joseph Köhl (Kale), a stepfather to the Pechtl family, the Pechtl family and my grandfather John Krauter left Nitskyfalva, Hungary for America in 1896. John Krauter was born Nov. 10, 1867, he married Magdalena Pechtl in 1896, and she was born May 1, 1874. They arrived at Richardton, N.D. in May 1896. My grandfather took up homestead five miles southeast of Lefor, N.D.
To John Krauter's family were born George 1898-1947 and Frank 1900. In 1903 John Krauter passed away leaving my grandmother with George age five and my father (Frank) age two and one-half.
In 1904 grandmother Krauter married Carl Flohr, and then moved on his homestead quarter section. This was a “water claim” homestead. To establish this a small dam had to be built to conserve water and in order to fulfill the four quarter-section claims to the section were Carl Flohr Paul Wieglanda, Peter Pechtl and Great-grandma Pechtl.
In 1915 Carl Flohr and his family moved on the Krauter homestead. That year he built a frame house to replace the sod-shack. The children of the Flohr family consisted of Mike, Lena (Mrs. Pete Jesch), John, Joe and Pete.
In 1916 there was a crop failure due to a drought. Carl Flohr then took his entire family including George and Frank Krauter and moved to Billings Mont Here they worked sugar beet fields, in the sugar beet refinery and other seasonal labor. The following year (1917) Carl Flohr was killed in front of the railroad depot in Fromberg, Mont. Grandma Flohr remained there until 1920 when she and her family returned to North Dakota and that same year married George Dassinger who lived about three miles south of Lefor, N.D. They lived there until 1940 when they retired into Lefor, and shortly after that Grandma became ill and passed away in May 1940.
Submitted by Adam Krauter