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- Heidrun Peters:
He came to North America to avoid conscription in Russia. He left his home in Tarutino March 29, 1909 at the age of 19. He sailed from Libau, Latvia on April 20, 1909 on the Russian-East Asiatic Steamship Co. Ltd. Russia-America Line. The ship was named the SS Lituania. He arrived at New York, N.Y. on May 06, 1909.
He wanted to look up his great uncle, John Krause, in S. Dakota, but John had since moved to Iowa and it was too far for Emil to travel. He then went to Edward Krause's in the Dakotas.
His description upon entry to the U.S. was: White, dark complexion, 5'8", 175 lbs., brown hair, blue eyes, with no distinctive marks.
He left the Dakotas and came to Canada in 19ll to Hilda, Alberta where he met Maria Kern. He was the closest neighbor of the Kerns. The first time he saw her was when one day he went to the Kerns and Maria and her brother, Gotthilf, were in a pit mixing manure and straw with their bare feet. This was used as mortar in the sod buildings. He wanted to have a good look at this young girl but all he could see was her thick curly black hair. In 1912 he asked her father to marry her. He was flatly refused because of her age. Her mother told Emil to come to her next time. So he did. He got her permission, drove to Irvine where Maria was working as a maid for some people named Kalmbach. He picked her up, then went to Medicine Hat to pick up Maria's two brothers, Jack & Fred, who were working there, and they were the witnesses. To pay them for their services, Emil took them to a show in Medicine Hat while Maria sat alone in the hotel.
Emil was naturalized in Canada September 24, 1914.
They farmed at Hilda, Alberta until 1944 when they moved to Chilliwack, B.C. They had an acreage there and grew fruits and vegetables, and had a few animals. Emil liked to brew his own wine and brandy, and when guests came they always had to tast a little of his "juice".
After Maria died, Emil remarried to a widow, but that widow was senile and had to be put in a home.
In the late 1970's his children moved him to Ponoka where he was under the care of his eldest daughter, Emma. He died in a nursing home in Ponoka.
www.findagrave.com:
Emil KRAUSE born on the 7th of January 1890 in Tarutino, Akkerman, Bessarabia, South Russia was the third son of Ferdinand KRAUSE and Justine BIERWAG.
In order to avoid conscription into the Russian military at the age of 19, on the 29th of March 1909 he left Tarutino, Akkerman, Bessarabia, South Russia. Emil the first member of the Ferdinand KRAUSE family to leave South Russia, then sailed from the port of Libau (Liepaja), LATVIA on the 20th of Apr 1909 and arrived at Ellis Island, New York aboard the "SS LITUANIA" on the 6th May 1909.
The ship's manifest revealed that his final destination was Kulm, LaMoure County, North Dakota, to meet up with his friend Ferdinand BIERWAGEN. On arrival in America Emil apparently also had 34 dollars in his pocket of whatever currency it may have been at that time. It is believed that while living in America he worked for an uncle in North Dakota.
However the "1910 US Federal Census" on the 14th of Jun 1910 revealed that Emil was living with and working on the CONRAD Family Homestead, which was located about 5 miles northeast of the village of Kulm, North Dakota. There he was recorded as a 20 year old single Russian born, German speaking Hired Man/Farm Laborer that immigrated to America in 1909. Emil's employer David CONRAD, was listed as a 27 year old Russian born English speaking married farmer that immigrated to America in 1902.
Emil immigrated to Canada in 1911 and shortly thereafter took up a 320 acre homestead 10 miles west of Hilda, Alberta on Sec 32, Twp 17, Rge 2, W4. He married the neighbor's daughter Maria (Mary) KERN shortly before her 16th birthday in 1912 in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
In 1927, Emil moved his family north of Ponoka where he rented a farm. They moved back to Hilda in 1928 to the homestead where they remained until 1944 when they moved to Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Death: Ponoka, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada
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