David Kropf

1843 - 1926  (82 years)

• Name	David Kropf
  Born	5 Jul 1843	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1851	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-76298
  Died	29 May 1926	Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States   [2]
  Buried	Darby Cemetery, Lancaster, Schuyler, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I76298	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Christian Kropf,   b. 10 Jan 1815, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 13 Jul 1898, Lancaster, Schuyler, Missouri, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Koenig,   b. 9 Apr 1815, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 29 Apr 1891, , Schuyler Co., Missouri  (Age 76 years)
  Married	7 Jan 1838	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F22626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  D. Kropf, son of Christian and Mary Kropf, was born in Waterloo County, Ontario, July 5, 1843. He now lives ten miles northeast of Lancaster. He was married to Leah Aeschliman, October 12, 1871. They have four children, Emeli, William, Eldina and Marie. Mr. Kropf was born and reared in Canada. He secured his education in the German schools there and lived with his parents in a German settlement until twenty years of age when he departed for Ohio. He remained in Ohio four years and then moved to Iowa, remaining four years. In 1871 he came to Schuyler County, where he has been farming since that time. He owns a farm of a hundred and thirty acres, all but twenty of which is under cultivation. Mr. Kropf is a successful breeder of Norman, Coach and Hamiltonian horses. He is a Republican in politics. History of Schuyler County, Swanson & Ford, The W.B. Rogers Printing Company, Trenton, Missouri, abt 1910

  
  

• Sources

  [S1434] Book - History of Schuyler County. [S3231] Find A Grave, David Kropf (1846 - 1926) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 10 March 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21404001. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Sect. 5 Page 185. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 12 Page 69. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 20 Jan 1838:5. 7 Jan 1838 Rev Johann Oesch m. Christian Kropf to Miss Maria Koenig, both of Wilmot.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Jul 1843 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 May 1926 - Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States Buried - - Darby Cemetery, Lancaster, Schuyler, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth