Kroener Ancestry, Stetten,
Bavaria, Germany-near Karstadt from Baker Book at the
Monroe County Historical Society
This is a portion of the book relating to Dominic Kroener
Pg. 76
Our Kroener ancestry begins in Germany (ca.1650) in the village
of Stetten, Karlstadt, Unterfranken District, Bavaria.
This same area is where all of our Kroener’s resided
until one of our ancestors immigrated to the United States in 1848. Stetten as it appears today, and the map on page K as to
where Stetten is in relationship to the province in Germany.
(A note to the reader the page
number that is listed after the event is either from baptism records for
Catholic parish records or the Civil records. See for example #1472)
1472 Martin
Kroener b.c1650 d.15 Nov 1713 (as recorded in the
pertinent book of death records on pg 37 in the Stetten
parish records), in Stetten. His occupation was that
of a shoemaker. He married Barbara (?) b.c1645 d.1 Feb 1723 (pg. 49) in Stetten. To this union they had at least (there could be
others, but the genealogist researcher in Germany only conducted a direct
lineage as time allowed did not permit any further research. More research will
need to be done for a complete history.
Martin Kroener and Barbara (?) had:
1. Martin
b.c.1678 d.5 May 1736 (pg. 60) at Stetten. He m. 26
Nov 1703 (pg. 32) in Stetten to Dorothea Weller daughter
of Johann Weller and Anna (?). Martin
carried on the same occupation as his father, that of shoemaker.
To this union Martin Kroener and Dorothea Weller had at least:
1. Bernhard
(the surname spelling is Groner, many times this
surname has been substituted for Kroener since Old
German Script the “G” and the “K” are alike) b.13 Feb 1708 at Stetten d.11 Jun 1776 (pg. 58) in Stetten.
Occupation was that of his father and grandfather before him, a shoemaker. He
married on 18 Feb 1737 in
Stetten to Rosina Kremmer
who d.20 Aug 1750 (pg. 76) in Stetten, daughter of Michael
Kremmer Susanne (?)
Bernhard and Rosina had at
least:
- Margarethea b.9 Jun 1740 (pg. 2)
- Josef
b.10 Nov 1737 in
Stetten d.26 Mar 1800 in Stetten (pg. 88) of parish records, his occupation was
shoemaker. He married 13 Jun 1763 (page
37) in Stetten Anna Maria Lummel,
daughter of Johann Lummel and Anna Maria (?) d.c1763
Joseph
and Anna Maria had at least:
2.
Georg Adam b.31 Dec 1769 (pg. 157) in Stetten. He was a farmer who married 28 Nov 1815 (Pg 90) in
Stetten. He is listed as a Hacker for his profession
on son Dominic’s birth certificate. Translates to a vinegrower
per Dominic’s marriage record in 1848. Magdalena Freibert
b.29 Jul 1783 (pg. 200) in Stetten d.1 Mar 1860 (pg.
169) in Stetten daughter of Kaspar
Freybert and Katharina Barbara (?)
To this
union of George and Magdalena had at least:
1. Josef
b.15 Feb 1820 (pg. 1) in Stetten
2. Barbara
b.24 Feb 1824 (pg 14) in Stetten, she also emigrated
per a note on her birth record.
3. Dominikus Adam b.12 Jan 1818 (pg 292) in Stetten at 3:00 pm and (bap) the same day. His godfather
was Dominikus Reidmann,
bachelor. Dominikus Adam marrried
1 Oct 1848 in
Stetten, he was a Catholic and a farmer living in Stetten Nr. 72. The marriage was witnessed by Josef Kroner
and Melchior Kroner. He died 16 Jul 1898, buried at Summit Ridge, Monroe Co, WI.
On the 1860 US Census of Monroe County, pg 92 Twp Ridgeville shows Dominic age
43 and wife Katherine age 36 are listed in dwelling family they are shown as
born in Bavaria and have a personal property value of $100.00.
KROENER ANCESTRY p. 78 of Baker Book
The 1860 US Census for Monroe County,
Ridgeville Twp. also shows a farm laborer living with them at age 36. He was
Casper Ziegler also born in Bavaria.
Dominic’s two children: Margaret age 3 and Michael age 1 born in Wisconsin. The 1870 US
Census for the same Monroe
County, Twp Ridgeville
shows they are the 1st dwelling and 1st family. The family name is listed as Cahner and Dominic as Dick his age 52 and Catherine is age
49 both born in Bavaria and children Margaret
age 14 and Michael age 12 are in school and are born in Wisconsin. There is no farm laborer listed.
However their personal property value is $675.00 and real estate value is
$1,000.00. There is an indication that Dominic and Katherine may have lived in Columbia County
in 1850 Census for Wisconsin.
They are listed as Graner. If this is correct as I
believe then we can claim pioneer status for state of Wisconsin. More research is needed though. His
wife Anna Katherine Schneider b.17 Mar 1824 (from Marriage record) and 28 Mar
1824 birth record and 29 Mar 1824 from (Baptismal record). She was the 4th
child of her father and 3rd child of her mother. Godmother was Katherina Gerhard of Stettin.
Katherine died in1921 buried at Summit Ridge. She is the daughter of Martin
Schneider a Catholic farmer residing at Stetten Nr.
51 Karlstadt County, Bavaria and Gertrue
nee Gerhard from Stetten.
The children of Dominic Kroener
and Katherine Schneider were
1. Margaretha b.27 Apr 1856 in Monroe County,
Wisconsin d.11 Jul 1929 in Coles Valley,
Monroe Co., Wisconsin.
She married Jacob Schaller 23 Nov 1873 in Monroe Co., Wisconsin
2. Michael
b. 21 Jun 1859 d.6 Feb 1942 m.10
Feb 1885 Bertha Johanah Leier
b.13 Dec 1864 d.23 Oct 1921 dau of Herman Leier and Katherine Sheldon.
Pictures are from Monroe County Historical Society
at PO Box 422,
Sparta, WI 54656
