Max was born in Greifswald, Germany. The son of Carl Erdman Krueger and Dorothea Bremer.

At the age of 16 Max immigrated to the US. He settled in DeWitt County, Texas.

In his early years in Texas he had a variety of jobs: Cowboy, Photographer, Government Carpenter, and Wagon Train Operator.

On December 25, 1870 he married Emilie Buergner in Yorktown, DeWitt, Texas. They had the following children: Infant son, William "Willy", Dorothea(1876-1877), Max A P, Jr., Paul Erdman, Dorothea, Leopold Rheinhold "Lee", Walter Harold, Walla Eleanor, Carl Clifton, Elfrieda Ruth, Mathilda Elizabeth, Alexander George "Alex", and Marguerite Lenore.

He later settled in Blanco County, Texas where his family had some ranch holdings. He owned a grist mill, a cotton gin, a general merchandise store, and a dance hall. After a series of druken brawls and shoot-outs at the dance hall, he discontinued his entertainment ventures.

In 1898 he moved his family to San Antonio, Texas. He founded the San Antonio Machine and Supply Company. He later became Chairman of the Board of Directors.

His love of pictures lead him to become an art consoissur. He made annual trips to Europe to enlarge his collections of paintings. He donated several of the paintings to the San Antonio Art League. He also allowed about 30 paintings to be hung in the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas since it opened.
It was on one of these trips to Europe that Max became ill and died. He was cremated in Germany and his ashes were shipped back to Texas for burial.

He is survived by his widow Emilie. Six sons and four daughters, a brother Carl, 25 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren.


Sources:
Ancestry.com
History in a Pecan Shell
San Antonio Express Newspaper: September 29, 1927; page- 8.