Reverend Theodore G.A. Krumsieg

Reverend Theodore G.A. Krumsieg

Male 1836 - 1900  (63 years)

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  • Name Theodore G.A. Krumsieg 
    • Jim Danielsen: His "name was Theodore G.A. Krumsieg. That is for sure. I have seen his baptismal record in Germany and numerous documents in this country."
    Title Reverend 
    Born 15 Dec 1836  Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Sep 1900  Waseca, Waseca, MN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Iosco, Waseca, MN: St. John's Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index: "T.H. [sic] Krumsieg, b. 15 Dec 1836 d. 13 Sep 1900, buried Iosco, Waseca, MN: St. John's Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, spouse Helen [sic] E."
    Notes 
    • Received from Jim Danielsen of Stoughton, WI:

      "'Theodore M. Krumsieg [and] Catherine Louise Brandhorst'

      Theodore Martin Christian Krumsieg was born on July 20, 1862 in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents were Rev. Theodore G. A. Krumsieg and Helene Grahn. He was christened on July 27, 1862 in Holy Cross Lutheran Church in St. Louis.

      For an unknown reason, the census records of 1870 and 1880 indicate he was born in Wisconsin. But the 1900 and 1910 census records indicate he was born in Missouri.

      His father graduated from the Concordia Seminary-Springfield, which was in St. Louis, Missouri during the Civil War, and was ordained in Fall Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin on September 28, 1862. [This fact accounts for the assumption that Theodore was born in Eau Claire, rather than St. Louis, MO.]

      As a child he moved with his family from parish to parish in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1881 at the age of 19 he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota and became a carpenter. He boarded at 440 (116) Rosebel. He married Catherine Marie Louisa Brandhorst in the winter of 1882/1883 and moved in with his in?laws. It appears as though he was taking an apprenticeship under his future father-in-law. . . ."


      U.S. Census Utica, Winona, MN 1870: "Theodore Krumsieg, age 37 b. Abt. 1833 Prussia, minister, wife Hellena, age 35, b. Abt. 1835 Prussia; children: Henry 12 b. Prussia; four children b. Wisconsin: Theordore 8, Gotlieb 6, Magdalena 4, Anna 3; Clara age one b. Minnesota."

      U.S. Census Benton, Carver, MN 1880: "Theodor [sic] Krumsieg, age 45 b. Abt. 35 Prussia parents b. Prussia, clergyman, wife Helene, age 45 b. Abt. 1835 Prussia parents b. Prussia; four children b. Wisconsin: Theodore 17, Gotlieb 16, Magdalena 14, Anna 12; five children b. Minnesota: Clara, Marie 7, Johann 6, Elizabeth 4, Catharine 2."

      History of the Minnesota Valley (1882), Ch. LII-LVII Carver County: "Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1858. . . . The first church was erected in 1864, and in 1880 a new one, which cost $4,300, was built under the direction of the present pastor, Reverend Theodore Krumsieg. There are fifty families in connection with this church; under its management is a parochial school."
    Person ID I35846  Complete
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2010 

    Family Helene C.S Grahn,   b. 13 Jun 1835, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1886, Waseca, MN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hugo Krumsieg,   b. Abt. 1858, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Theodore Martin Krumsieg,   b. 20 Jul 1862, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1922, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     3. Gotlieb Krumsieg,   b. Abt. 1864, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Magdalena Krumsieg,   b. Abt. 1866, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Anna Krumsieg,   b. Abt. 1867, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Clara Krumsieg,   b. Abt. 1869, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Marie M. Krumsieg,   b. 9 Jul 1872, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1890  (Age 18 years)
     8. Johann Krumsieg,   b. Abt. 1874, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Elizabeth Krumsieg,   b. Abt. 1876, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Catharine Krumsieg,   b. Abt. 1878, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2010 
    Family ID F18041920  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Dec 1836 - Prussia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Sep 1900 - Waseca, Waseca, MN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Iosco, Waseca, MN: St. John's Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - - Prussia Link to Google Earth
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    Reverend Theodore G.A. Krumsieg (1836-1900)
    Reverend Theodore G.A. Krumsieg (1836-1900)

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    Court House, Waseca,Waseca, MN, early 1900s
    Court House, Waseca,Waseca, MN, early 1900s

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    State Street, Waseca, Waseca, MN in 2007
    State Street, Waseca, Waseca, MN in 2007

    Documents
    Reverend Theodore H. Krumsieg (1836-1900), Pastor, St. John New Fane, WI
    Reverend Theodore H. Krumsieg (1836-1900), Pastor, St. John New Fane, WI

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    "The year was 1859, Wisconsin had been a state for just eleven years. Abraham Lincoln had just been elected President, and the Civil War was just two years away.

    A settlement sprung up in South East Fond Du Lac County called Eblesville:

    EBLESVILLE. The village was founded by Andrew Eble, who came from Milwaukee, in 1855, purchased the water-power and built a saw-mill. He was accidentally shot on Christmas, 1859.

    Adjacent to Eblesville was the town of New Fane, named after a town in New York from which the “Yankees” had come. The New Fane Post Office, established on the line between Sections 29 and 30 in 1851, by T. S. Wilcox, was moved to Eblesville in 1875.

    In 1875, the New Fane Post Office, which had been established in 1852, was moved to Section 55 and absorbed Eblesville completely. The village consisted of a saw and feed mill, two stores, and the usual number of shops.

    Many of the new settlers in this area who had emigrated from Germany wished to start a Lutheran Congregation. In 1858, August Oppermann, Carl Bleck, Frederick Schultz, August Lubach, Christian Bilgow, William Backhaus, Henry Heberer and a man named Heise, wrote to the Rev. Peter Dicke who was serving Immanuel Church in Hocheim, a congregation thirty-six miles away, expressing their desire to begin a congregation in New Fane. Immanuel Church was located three miles south of Theresa on the Hocheim Road. Despite the difficulties involved in such a long trip, the Pastor agreed to travel to New Fane.

    A note from Rev. Dicke's diary reads:

    'In the winter of 1857-58, I received two letters asking me to visit them. In the week of the second Sunday after Easter I borrowed a horse and saddle and started on the 36 mile trip. After I got to Fond Du Lac County it began to rain quite hard. My horse became so tired I had to lead him. It was quite dark when I finally reached the home of the people I had come to see. ... I was quite faint."

    But despite these hardships, Pastor Dicke on December 5, 1859, conducted the first service at the Henry Oppermanns home. Services were also held at Henry Heberer's home. Pastor Dicke made the long trip from Immanuel church for three years before he was called to Shawano, WI. He baptized 24 children and confirmed 3 young people.
    A parcel of land was donated by Henry Heberer for the church site in 1860, and a log cabin church was built during that year. The congregation was legally organized on June 24, 1861.

    In 1863, Rev. Theodore Krumsieg was called as our first resident Pastor. He lived with the Henry Heberer family until the first parsonage was completed.

    In 1864 the first parsonage was completed. Minutes from a June 24, 1864 meeting that was translated from German states:

    'Meeting was opened at 9:00 AM with a prayer. Mr. Bardelz's time as a trustee was over and they elected Mr. Oppermann as trustee for three years. A member proposed to have school only in the morning for the summer because the parents need the children for working in the fields and it is too hot in the school for the children. This was accepted.'

    November 4, 1864 minutes reflect: 'They checked the bills and receipts from the last quarter. The pastor should get more money because he has not enough to take care of his family, and he needs fifty dollars for his debt. It was decided to give him fifty dollars and also give him fifty dollars more the following year. Because Mr. ________didn't go to church even after many invitations to come to church and meetings, it was decided to excommunicate him.'

    The minutes of the November 4, 1867 meeting were:

    'They opened with a prayer and a song. Mr. Backhaus wasn't finished with the receipts from last year and they adjourned it until next Sunday. The Pastor should get more money because he hasn't enough to feed his family. He should get fifty bushels of potatoes instead of thirty. Instead of wheat he should get meat. Instead of hay he should get money, forty dollars for wheat, twenty dollars for hay, and the meat should get paid with money. He should get paid three weeks before Christmas. The members have to bring wood for pastor and the church.'

    The four years that Rev. Krumsieg spent at our church saw the congregation grow! He baptized 52 infants, confirmed 47 young people, and performed 17 marriages and 8 burials. He accepted a call to Minnesota in 1867."