William Kribs
William Kribs was born around 1817 in Ontario, Canada. He married Phoebe Cramer, and they had at least five children: William, born around 1841; Mary, born around 1844; Charles, born around December 1847; Paul, born around 1852; and Martha, born around 1854. They immigrated to America in the 1840s and settled in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Kribs worked as a carpenter, and by 1850, he owned $1,100 of real estate. The family moved to Trempealeau, Wisconsin, in the 1850s, and by 1870, he owned $800 of real estate and $300 of personal property. His wife died in the 1870s. By 1880, he was living in his son Paul’s household in New Richmond, Wisconsin. He died sometime after 1880.
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(4289)Kribs, William1817
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (11866) [recipient] ~ Charles C. Kribs to William Kribs and Phoebe Kribs, 5 April 1864

People - Records: 5

  • (4289) Kribs, William is the [parent of] (4284) Kribs, Charles Cramer
  • (4289) Kribs, William is the [husband of] (4286) Kribs, Phoebe
  • (4289) Kribs, William is the [parent of] (4287) Kribs, Mary B.
  • (4289) Kribs, William is the [parent of] (4288) Kribs, Paul Wesley
  • (4289) Kribs, William is the [parent-in-law of] (5583) Kribs, Mary Catherine

Places - Records: 1

  • (341) [birth] ~ Ontario, Canada

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SOURCES

1850, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com.