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People > Pioneers > Johannes and Magdalena Krieger

Johannes and Magdalena Krieger

Johannes (John) Krieger was born in Norka, Russia on December 10, 1831, the son of Johannes Krieger (1810) and Anna Maria Mohr (1812). 

Johannes married Magdalena Schwindt on June 17, 1852 in Norka. Magdalena was born March 20, 1835 in Norka, the daughter of Johannes Schwindt (1798) and Catharina Jacoby (1801).

Johannes and Magdalena had at least 10 children and several were settlers in Portland, including:

Elisabeth Krieger, born October 5, 1852. She married Heinrich Schleicher.

Magdalena Krieger, born January 18, 1857 in Norka. Magdalena, arrived in Portland in the summer of 1891 with her husband Peter Schmidt.

Margaretha Krieger, was born on March 18, 1859. She married Heinrich Aschenbrenner.

Johannes Krieger was born on September 8, 1863. He married Elisabeth Wolf.

Louisa Krieger was born on August 25, 1870. She married John Sinner.

Johannes (John Sr.) and Magdalena arrived in Portland around 1891. They were founders of the Ebenezer German Congregational Church.

John Sr. died on June 14, 1892. He was buried at the Historic Columbia Cemetery.

​Magdalena died on June 28, 1899 and was buried with John Sr.
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Sources

Passenger lists, 1891 Albina City Directory, Portland City Directories, 1900 1910, 1920 U.S. Censuses - Ancestry.com

Krieger, Joanne, trans. Ebenezer Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon 1892-1908. Portland, OR: n.p., 1999. 14-15. Print.

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