Ernst Ludwig "Louis" Kraus

1871 - 1951  (79 years)

• Name	Ernst Ludwig "Louis" Kraus
  Born	23 May 1871	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157304781
  Name	Louis Kraus
  Residence	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-121108
  Died	5 Feb 1951	Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I121108	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Christopher Kraus,   b. CALC 10 Oct 1820, Kaltenbach, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 13 Feb 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Elise" Bernhardt,   b. 8 Mar 1834, Boston, Erie, New York, United States ,   d. 1 Dec 1914, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	21 Dec 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F30229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Katherine Weiler,   b. 24 Oct 1871, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1925, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F300656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Funeral on Wednesday Of Late Louis E. Kraus Funeral service for the late Louis E. Kraus 'of Owen Sound, who passed away in the G. and M. Hospital on Monday, was held Wednesday afternoon at the Breckenridge - Ashcroft Funeral Home. The service was conducted by Rev. C. F. Johnson of St. George's Anglican Church. There was a very large number of floral tributes. Pallbearers were Floyd Robertson, Adam Wood, J. M. Telford, Frank Rabnett, Herb Myatt and Joseph Weiler. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery. Among those from a distance present at the service were Clara Weiler, Joseph Weiler, Mrs. Jack Steifilmeyer and Harold Giasser, all of Baden, Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Brignell of Burlington, Mrs. Harold McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kraus and Miss Betty Kraus, and Mr. and Mrs. William Kraus, all of Toronto. The Sun Times, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada Thu, Feb 8, 1951 Page 5

  
  

• Sources

  [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 31. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 5417 (1871), Ernst Ludwig Kraus, accessed 24 May 2010. Ernst Ludwig Kraus Date of Birth: 23 May 1871 Gender: Male Birth County: Waterloo Father's Name: Christoph Kraus, carpenter of Wilmot Mother's Name: Elizabeth Bernhart [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Christoph Kraut, joiner of Preston married 21 Dec 1852 in Greenbush by license to Elisabeth Bernhardt of Preston, wit: Hubert Kratzmeyer of Preston and Balthasar Mogk of Preston [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Fredereck W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226. Christoph Kraus, Joiner, to Elisabeth Bernhardt, both of Preston. Rev. Bindemann. Wit. Hubert Kratsmeyer and Balthasar Mogk, both of Preston.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1871 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Feb 1951 - Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth