Genealogy Chat

I wonder if Gustav has Sarah upstairs in a rocking chair....shades of the film 'Psycho'

This is the other Gustav with family. Seems unconnected. Jr. Krafft 27 Sep 1871 1870 Male Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France Germany United States of America Cimbria Emilie Krafft 27 Sep 1871 1866 Female Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France Germany United States of America Cimbria Gustav Krafft 27 Sep 1871 1834 Male Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France Germany United States of America Cimbria J Krafft 27 Sep 1871 1862 Male Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France Germany United States of America Cimbria Lena Krafft 27 Sep 1871 1837 Female Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France Germany United States of America Cimbria

Jim - if you follow Julia through to the 1910 census (she is a servant in Pennsylvania) her parents are German/English. It has to be the same family on the 1880 amd 1900 but I just can't work Sarah out........both the death record and the grave say she died ibn 1887!! wrt the 1871 arrival - is it possible he left the country and returned, or is it another Gustav??? Peter

So as this date of arrival is different,does this mean at least two Gustav's? New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891 Viewing record 1 of 1 match for: Gustav Krafft « Global Search Results Name Arrival Date Estimated Birth Year Gender Port of Departure Place of Origin Destination Ship Name View Image Gustav Krafft 27 Sep 1871 1834 Male Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France Germany United States of America Cimbria

This gets harder and harder - Woodland Cemetery, Stamford Fairfield Co CT Krafft Gustav A US Navy b 1835 (in Germany) died 1906 Flag Krafft Sarah (3rd wife of Gustav A Krafft b 1846 (England) died 1887 Krafft Charles E b 1876 died 1881 Also I have a record for Sarah Krafft d 29 8 1887 in Stamford of anaemic Coma/Chronic Brights disease.... The 1900 census appears totally inconsistent with what I have earlier Transcript of 1900 census in Ancestry says GAK immigrated in 1862 which matches my GAK's disappearance from England Peter in NZ

This gets stranger and stranger as I have a death for Sarah before 1900!! I suppose it is possible he remarried another Sarah.....especially as the ages and countries of birth don't match...... Despondent Peter in NZ

You will have to look at image but if this is same Gustav his wife was born in Germany 1900 census Fredrick O Krafft Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut abt 1878 Connecticut White Son Gustav Krafft Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut abt 1835 Germany White Head Julia L Krafft Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut abt 1881 Connecticut White Daughter Martha Krafft Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut abt 1885 Connecticut White Daughter Minnie M Krafft Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut abt 1872 Connecticut White Daughter Nellie Krafft Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut abt 1883 Connecticut White Servant Sarah Krafft Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut abt 1836 Germany White Wife Sarah E Krafft Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut abt 1883 Connecticut White Daughter William G Krafft Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut abt 1874 Connecticut White Son

Where do I get American BC's? Problem is I don't know where, when or if a marriage took place. It just seems suspicious to me that I have lost a Gustav Adolf Krafft (b Germany)in England (married my gg-grandmother 1856in Colchester, had a daughter Jan 1859. This daughter and an earlier son (his???) Christened with him as father 1866. Can't find GAK on any census (craft/croft are alternative spellings). There are very few Krafft's in England and to find one in the states with the right christian names and an ENGLISH wife seems like too much of a coincidence. Somehow I have got to sort this out!!! Peter

You should be able to obtain bmd certs for this branch of the family, which hopefully would prove the connection. nell

One good start - thanks - am downloading form 180!! Peter

You might be able to apply for his US Navy military papers here: http://www.lonesailor.org/faq.php Judy :o)

In the 1880 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut USA census is a family consisting of Gustav A Krafft (45, gardner b Germany), Sarah Krafft (wife 33 b England) and their children Minnie 8, William 6 Charles 4 and Frederick 2 - all b CT) I suspect (with no proof whatsoever) that Gustav is my gg-grandfather who disappeared from England about 1870.... I believe that this GAK is buried in Stamford and that his grave says he was in the US navy. Where do I go from here?? Peter in New Zealand