Caroline Kraeger

Caroline was born near Fish Creek to Balthazar and Mary (Hoffert) Lehn on 25 February 1874. About 1879 the Lehn family moved to Red Willow County, Nebraska, where they Homesteaded land in the Beaver Valley south of Indianola.
The Kraeger and Lehn families had been neighbors in Lewis County and evidently remained in contact after the Lehns moved from Lewis County, because William Kraeger went to Nebraska and married Caroline Lehn in St Catherine's Catholic Church in Indianola on 7 February 1893. Their first two children were born in Nebraska, but by 1896, William and Caroline had returned to Mohawk Hill in Lewis County, New York.
The 16 children born to this couple were: Albert H, Simon Harvey, Henry J, Amanda (Croniser), Sylvester G, Lawrence E, Magdelene, Walter A, Ambrose N, Raymond W, Edward J, Herman J, Margaret Mary, Benjamin J and Benjamin H.
In 1921 they sold the Mohawk Hill farm and moved to Constableville where she was a member of St Mary's Church and its Altar and Rosary Societies. She died unexpectedly in her home from Coronary Occlussion and Diabetes Mellitius.

Gravesite Details
Headstone appears to show Caroline born in 1875. The 1874 date shown above is taken from St Michael's Catholic Church registers, her obituary and the census of 1900
William Kraeger was acquainted with the Lehn family when they were neighbors on Mohawk Hill, Lewis Co, NY. William Kraeger went to Nebraska and married Caroline Lehn on Feb 7, 1893 in Indianola NE.

William and Caroline moved from Nebraska in 1896 and settled in West Leyden, New York. They moved to the Kraeger Homestead on Zimmer Road in 1902. They were the parents of 17: Albert, Simon, Henry, Amanda, Sylvestor, Lawrence, Magdeline, Walter, Ambrose, Raymond, Edward, Herman, Ernst, Joseph, Margaret, Ben. Joseph and another child died at birth. They lived on Zimmer Road until 1921, when the farm was sold to their son Henry.