Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Krook, Carl W. A. 1834 - 
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CARL W. A. KROOK.

    A venerable and honored citizen of Brown county, whose life has been lived
along useful and commendable lines is Carl W. A. Krook, now in his eighty-second
year and living in retirement in New Ulm. He was born m Sweden, November 21,
1834, and is a son of Lars and Marie Anderson. He took the name Krook when he
came to the United States on account of the name Anderson being so common. His
mother's parents died when she was quite small, and she went to the town of
Malmo where she received a good education and later studied medicine. Lars
Anderson was a mason by trade, which he taught to his son, Carl W. A., who
followed the same for fourteen years, and he also did plastering. He had little
opportunity to attend school, having begun working some when only nine years old
as a sheep and goose herder. He came to the United States in 1869, landing in
New York on May 11. He came on West to Chicago, but after looking for work in
vain for a few days he went to Missouri and was employed on railroad
construction work one month, then came to Minnesota, locating first in St. Paul.
He had married before leaving his native land and while in the Twin Cities he
wrote his wife to sell the home in Sweden (she having remained there) and join
him in America. She did so and they came to Leavenworth, Brown county, to
reside, he buying land there on which he built a house and this was their home
for three years. After the first year he worked at his trade as a brick-mason in
New Ulm, during the summer. After selling the farm he bought property in New Ulm
and started a grocery store, also kept boarders for a period of twenty-six
years, when he sold his store and also closed his boarding house, then retired
from active life and built his present cozy home in Washington street, New Ulm,
in 1900, where he has lived ever since.

     Carl W. A. Krook was married in Horby, Sweden, in March, 1861, to Hanna
Johnson, who was born on September 18, 1831, in Sibarp, Sweden. To this union
six children have been born, four of whom were born in the old country and three
of them died in Sweden. They were named as follow: Lewis, born on March 20,
1864, in the town of Horby, married Alma Vogel and they have one child, Francis
Bertha Juthilda. Carl Gustave was born in Brown county, Minnesota, he is
unmarried. He received an excellent education and became a successful lawyer,
was district judge for some time in Arizona, where he still resides. Franz
Hilding, the third child to grow to maturity, was born in Brown county,
Minnesota, married Linsie Hirsch, a daughter of Doctor Hirsch, and they have
five children, Beata, Aimee, Marjory, Helen and Florence. Thus Mr. Krook has six
granddaughters but no grandsons, a fact which he very much regrets as the name
will die out with the present generation. Although there were six children in
his father's family, he and his sister, Beata, are the only ones living at this
writing. She makes her home in Sweden in the town of Wexio. Mrs. Hanna (Johnson)
Krook is the only one living of her family.

     Mr. Krook has been a member of the New Ulm school board for a period of
sixteen years, being a member at the time the new high school in New Ulm was
built. He is at present treasurer of the board. For many years he was a
Republican, but now votes independently. His eldest son was active in local
politics, having been county auditor, also postmaster in New Ulm and held other
minor offices. Mr. Krook was one of the trustees of Dr. Martin Luther College at
the time it was built. He was also treasurer of that institution for many years.
He and his family were formerly members of the Lutheran church, but finally
joined the Congregational church. Mr. Krook's youngest son is cashier in the
Citizens State Bank at New Ulm.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana



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