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c'` ophia and Ferdinand Kroening
According to the information on back of photo, they
n� celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1902.
+^ It also states that in this photo, Ferdinand was 85, '^
Sophia was 87. Date of birth for Ferdinand was approxmately
1817 and Sophia around 1815 or 1814.
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1. Ferdinand and Sophia were the parents of Amelia, Augusta, and Herman. Amelia
married John Thomas Aspden;Augusta (Gustie) married Daniel Fink; Herman married
Anna Tessman.
2. Amelia and John had nine children, five died in infancy: Four girls lived -Alice
Mae, Sarah Margaret, Nellie Augusta and Dorothy Amelia. Augusta and Daniel
had no children. Herman and Anna had seven children, Caroline, Mamie, Walter,
Clara, George and Anna (one child died in infancy).
3. Alice married John William Roers. They had four children: Floyd, Ronald, Carroll, and
Henrietta. Floyd married Viola Hitler - they had one daughter -Ann Louise; Ronald never
married, Carroll was married but no children; Henrietta married Clarence Dressen - they
had three children: Dorothy Ann, Donna Mae, and John Thomas Dressen.
4. Floyd and Vi Roers had one daughter, Ann, who married Randy Moehring. Ann and Randy
three children: Ketli, Jodi and John. As of this writing Kelti is married and has two
boys -Austin and Daniel. Jodi and John are not married as yet.
5. Henrietta and Clarence Dressen's daughter, Dorothy married Eugene Dahlke and they
had two children - Michael(Mike) and Victoria(Vicky). Michael has three children;
Victoria has three. Donna married Bill Tessman and they had three sons:
Steven, David and John. Steven has one son, two daughters.
David has one son and one daughter. John
has two sons and one daughter.
John (Jack)Thomas Dressen married Arlys Ann Kurth. They
V4 had two children: Perian and Thomas John Dressen.
Perian has three children; Thomas John has one stepson,
GtC� one son and one daughter. � V