Jacob Kraft (1839 - 1929)

Born Nov 1839 in Kuchurhan, Odessa, Odessa, Kherson, Russian Empire

Husband of Julianna Marianna (Schweitzer) Kraft — married 1858 in Russian Empire

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1929 at about age 90 in Allan, Saskatchewan, Canada

Biography

Jacob Kraft was a Black Sea German.

Strassburg

Strassburg is a village located in the Kutschurgan district of Odessa, Russia now Ukraine.

Straßburg / Strassburg / [Страссбург], Kutschurgan, Odessa, Russia (Lat 46.7320N, Long: 29.9803E) is now called Kuchurhan, Odes'ka, Ukraine.^[1]

Census

1852 Kutschurgan Census- Strassburg^[2]

HH# 14

• Ferdinand Kraft (M) 54
• Johanna Kraft (F) 28
• Konrad Kraft (M) 13
• Jakob Kraft (M) 12
• Anton Kraft (M) 8
• Peter Kraft (M) 5
• Ferdinand Kraft (M) 2
• Johann Kraft (M) 1/2
• Michael Kraft (M) 33
• Franziska Kraft (F) 21
• Michael Kraft (M) 10
• Anton Kraft (M) 2
• Agnessa Kraft (F) 8
• Eva Kraft (F) 6
• Josef Kraft (M) 23
• Katharina Kraft (F) 22

Sources

1. ↑ See the PDF list in the bottom right corner. D. G. Bender. Germans from Russia and Eastern Europe Settlement Locations
2. ↑ 1852 Kutschurgan Census from Germans from Russia Heritage Society; https://www.grhs.org/pages/kut-census-p

• Our Harrison Roots 1767 - 2007 (MacDonald, 2007)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107638950/jakob-kraft: accessed March 21, 2024), memorial page for Jakob Kraft (May 1839–5 Nov 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107638950, citing Saint Aloysius Roman Catholic Cemetery, Allan, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; Maintained by Elaine Krawchuk Nystrom (contributor 47867816).