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John Louis Kriese 
Birth: 	1843 
Death: 	May 20, 1893 
 
John Louis Kriese was born in Jaegersburg, Posen, Prussia on October 7, 1841, the son of Johann Friedrich and Dorthea Luise Anklam Kriese. 
 
Louis emigrated to the United States and eventually settled in Keokuk County 
 
Married Adeline Marie Polke on May 26, 1870. 
 
Children; Georg August, Edward Albert, and Wilhelm Fredrich. Adeline died on September 18, 1878, at age 26. 
 
On May 23, 1855, Christena Allman Kriese was born to Gottfried and Elizabeth Akerman Allman northwest of Hedrick, Iowa. Married on February 27, 1879 
 
Louis and Christena had seven children: Elizabeth Jones, Philip F., Katie Christina Craft, Louise May, John Louis, Ethel Phoebe, and Virdon Clarence. 
 
Louis established a flour and feed store in town, but apparently his business did not develop. On May 20, 1894, he was found dead in his store of a gunshot wound which a board of inquiry determined to be self-inflicted. 
 
Christena raised her children successfully and died at the family home in Hedirck, on September 4, 1941 after a long illness. 
 
 
 
Family links: 
 Spouses: 
  Adeline M Polke Kriese (1852 - 1878)* 
  Christena Allman Kriese (1855 - 1941)* 
 
 Children: 
  Frederich W Kriese (1875 - 1878)* 
  Philip Kriese (1882 - 1973)* 
  Louise May Kriese (1885 - 1960)* 
  Johnnie L Kriese (1887 - 1889)* 
  Ethel Phoebe Kriese (1890 - 1985)* 
  Virdon C Kriese (1892 - 1972)* 
 
*Calculated relationship 
 
Inscription: 
52y 6m 15d GER 
 
 
Burial: 
Abel Cemetery 
Hedrick 
Keokuk County 
Iowa, USA 
 
Created by: InSearchOf 
Record added: Nov 02, 2010 
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