Ophelia Louisa  CROUSS

1870 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Crouss, George, 36, wood dealer, b. Saxony
Crouss, Augusta, 29, b. Prussia
Crouss, Henry, 12, b. MA, at school
Crouss, Herman, 7, b. MA, at school
Crouss, Alwine, 5, b. NY, at home
Crouss, Charles, 3, b. MA, at home
Crouss, Ophelia, 6/ 12, b. MA, at home
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1880 Baptism
Krausch, Luise Ophilie, daughter of Johann George Krausch and Amalie Christiane Auguste Vogel Krausch
b. Aug 8, 1868

27 Feb 1880 - baptism
Witnesses:
Charles Vogel
Jacob Gemlich


The German Evangelical Lutheran church - In 1859, when the Protestant German population of Pittsfield was about 400, arrangements were made by a portion of them for devine service in their own language. These services were first held in private houses, and with occasional visits by clergymen from New York. But in April, 1859, Rev. Augustus Grotrain, a learned and able minister of Albany, accepted a call, and organized the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pittsfield. The town subsequently granted a pleasant site in the corner of First street burial-ground, where the church was erected, at a cost of $2,274.00 and which was dedicated September 14, 1865. There present pastor is Rev. John D. Hagar.

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1880 Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Ophelia Crouss
residence: Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1870
birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: George Crouss
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's name: Augusta Crouss
mother's birthplace: Germany
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 10 years
occupation: At School
nara film number: T9-0535
page: 350
page character: C
entry number: 279
film number: 1254535
Household Gender Age
parent George Crouss M 46
parent Augusta Crouss F 39
Herman Crouss M 17
Alvina Crouss F 15
Charles Crouss M 12
Ophelia Crouss F 10
Willard Crouss M 8
Anna Crouss F 6
Edith Crouss F 2

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August 11, 1892
The Gazette and Farmers' Journal
Baldwinsville, Onondaga Co., N. Y.

Miss Ophelia Crouss, of Agawam, Mass., is visiting her cousins, Mr. William Laumeister and sisters.

NOTE: Not sure who the Laumeisters are -- William appears to have been married to Julia? Julia died in Baldwinsville on Monday, Dec 1, 1919, at ages 63 - obit in Baldwinsville Gazette Farmers' Journal states that she is survived by her husband and two sons.

Rootsweb.com indicates that William Laumeister was the son of Frank Laumiester and Wilhelmina Crouss from Germany. William married Julia Sizeland. He died in 1926 in Baldwinsville, NY. Laumeister Family Plot, Riverside Cemetery, Baldwinsville NY, east of third driveway, east of Chapel, north section, including lots 14 through 31

Wilhelmina Crouss would have been the sister of Ophelia's father, George John Crouss.

Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts - 1899
Date: 1899-11-11
Paper: Springfield Republican

'Mrs. George Crouss has gone to Hartford to spend a short time visiting her daughter, Mrs. George N. Ahl.'


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1900 East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Ahl, Michael, head, b. Mar 1830, age 70, widowed, b. Germany
George, son, b. July 1863, age 37, married 6 years, b. MA
Opehlia L., daughter-in-law, b. Jan 1870, age 30, b. MA, parents b. Germany, mother of 1 child
Ophelia T., grand-daughter, b. Nov 1895, age 4, b. CT
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1908
'Mrs George Ahl and her two children from Hartford, Ct., have been spending a few days at C. T. Crouss's.'

Agawam
Date: January 30, 1908
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Springfield Republican

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1910 East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Name: Ophelia Ahl
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Residence: East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Family Number: 36
Page Number: 2
Collection: United States Census, 1910

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1916 Death
Name: Ophelia L. Crouss Ahl
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place: East Hartford, Connecticut
Death Date: 1916
Death Place:
Age:
Birth Date: 1870
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: George N.
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03762-9
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
Source Film Number: 3331
Reference Number: p 116
Collection: Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934

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Burial
SECT LOT LASTNAME FRSTNAME BY DY
CE 0026 AHL OPHELIA L. 1870 1916

1920 Hartford, Connecticut
George N. Ahl, 58, widowed
Arline Ahl, daughter, 18, b. CT
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