SURNAME:
KRZISKE:
KARL KRZISKE WAS MY GREATGRANDFATHER. IT IS SAID THAT KARL CAME TO AMERICA FROM SOMEWHERE IN GERMANY, WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 14 YEARS OF AGE.
HE MARRIED ANNA BLUMENTHAL WHO IS SAID TO BE OF GERMAN DESCENT ALSO.
THEIR CHILDREN WERE; IDA,ELSIE, LEE, JOHN, ALVENA,AND FRED. (there may be more). FRED (BORN FERDINAND) WAS MY GRANDFATHER
KARL AND ANNA'S CHILDREN WERE BORN IN CROWN POINT,INDIANA AND CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.AT SOME POINT THEY MOVED TO BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
THEY DIED AND ARE BURIED IN THE LINCOLN TOWNSHIP CEMETARY,STEVENSVILLE,MICHIGAN. KARL'S HEADSTONE READS THAT HE WAS BORN 1853. DIED 1912. ANNA'S READS THAT SHE WAS BORN 1861. DIED 1920.
note:KARL AMERICANIZED HIS FIRST NAME TO CHARLES.
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