Born in Germany or Prussia, August was the son of John and Fredreicka Wendorf Kroening. In Hamburg, August boarded the ship "Borussia" at age fifteen with his parents and four younger siblings bound for New York. The family settled in Marathon County in central Wisconsin and farmed there for many years. As a grown man August married Katherine Newmeier Mahoney and together they had five children: Louisa, Joseph, John, George, and Mary Ellen.
Born in Germany or Prussia, August was the son of John and Fredreicka Wendorf Kroening. In Hamburg, August boarded the ship "Borussia" at age fifteen with his parents and four younger siblings bound for New York. The family settled in Marathon County in central Wisconsin and farmed there for many years. As a grown man August married Katherine Newmeier Mahoney and together they had five children: Louisa, Joseph, John, George, and Mary Ellen.
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German church records show he was born in 1852 rather than 1853 on gravestone.
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