The Children of Johann & Auguste W. Kreitlow

This is information on 4 of Johann's 9 children.  As you can see, there are still a lot of Kreitlows that haven't been flushed out yet!  If you have family tree information that traces back to one of the missing siblings, please let us know.  Thanks!

August Kreitlow (1852-1940) married Paulina Goetske (1851-1930) and had 6 children.     Burt, our resident genealogist, refers to August's family as "The Howard Lake Line" because he     eventually settled in Howard Lake, Minnesota, after coming to America.

Pauline Kreitlow - Keller (1878-1911) Minnie Kreitlow - Gerard, Sather Marie Kreitlow - Adams  (1883-1980) William Arthur Henry Kreitlow  (1885-1969) Elsie Kreitlow - Linn Lydia Kreitlow - Diers

Herman Otto Kreitlow (1862-1951) married Bertha Block (1861-1949) and had 7 children.  This group of "kids" and their descendants are referred to as "The Montrose Line" because Herman, a mason, built a stone homestead near Montrose.  His granddaughter explains in the box below.

Elsey K. Kreitlow - Robison  (1886-1952) Fred "Fritz" Kreitlow  (No dates available) Herman William "Happy" Kreitlow (1892-1966)

Harry Albert Kreitlow (1894-1968)

Wilhelmina Louise Kreitlow - Nelson  (1898-1984) Ernest "Cy" Kreitlow (1899-1987) LeRoy Arthur Kreitlow (1906-1994)

Wilhelm ("William") John Kreitlow married Anna Schwalbe and had 11 children.

Amil Kreitlow  (d. 7/22/1980) George Lenhard Kreitlow (1901-1980) Edwin Kreitlow  (1912-1994) Otto Kreitlow (1884-1982) Lillian Kreitlow - Ferrell (1894-1982) Walter Kreitlow William Kreitlow  (1883-1986) Robert Kreitlow  (1881-1969) Elizabeth Kreitlow - Kottke  (1897-1975) Ethel Kreitlow - Karnstedt  (1903-1977) Anna Kreitlow  (1886-1973)

Richard Kreitlow apparently is the one son of Johann who did not emigrate to America.  He married Marie Popp and had five children, two of whom were killed in Russia during World War II.  Burt has been in contact with the Ruthing family and the children of Fritz.

Walter Kreitlow  (b.1900) Johanna Kreitlow - Ruthing  (1989-1989) Mieges Marie Kreitlow  (b.1906) Fritz Kreitlow (1902-1945) Richard Kreitlow (1904-1945)

In July, 2001 I asked Carolyn Kreitlow McCanless (now of Fountain Hills, AZ) about her grandfather Herman and his original home in Montrose.  He was the mason of the family: "Montrose is a very small town and I'm not sure they even have street addresses.  Anyway, Herman & Bertha's original property (that they homesteaded) is barely west of Montrose -- on the north side and bordering Hwy. 12.  In later years, they lived right in Montrose (that's the place I knew as I was growing up).  My Dad, Harry, became a farmer when I was 1 year old -- the farm is half way between Montrose and Buffalo (all in Wright Co.) and my sister, Ruth lives on that property and in the old house.  Harry was a carpenter on the railroad and lived  in Montrose and Minneapolis during that time.  I was born in Montrose, the rest of my siblings were born on the farm (none of us in a hospital)."