Kroetsch Family Band

Joseph married Angeline Chartrand in 1871 in Bruce Co., Ontario. They immigrated to Kansas. He died in 1897 from heat stroke while helping a friend shuck wheat in Illinois. Joseph left a substantial life insurance policy. His wife, Angeline used the proceeds wisely and financed some of her sons in building a lumber mill in Idaho. Their eldest son, John Baptiste Henry Kroetch (1874 - 1945) is the great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather of the family that began AncientFaces.

John Baptiste Henry Kroetch was born to Joseph Jacob Kroetch (1849-1897) and Angeline (Chartrand) Kroetch (1853-1943), and had siblings Joseph John Kroetch (1872-1872), Angeline (1873-1873), Rosabel Orilla (Kroetch) Connolly (1876-1970), Albert Aloysius Kroetch (1878-1939), Mary Josephine (Kroetch) Melius (1879-1953), Joseph Jacob Kroetch (1881-1962), Margaret Angeline (Kroetch) Gray (1882-1974), Elizabeth Ann Kroetsch (1884-1985), Lawrence Francis Kroetch (1887-1973), Frederick Martin Kroetch (1889-1970), and Leo Victor Kroetch (1894-1958). John was married Hellen Isabell 'Nell' Steeples (1879-1968) on January 9th 1901 and they had children Juanita Josephine (Kroetch) Maxwell Bailey (1901-1935) and Hollis Joseph Kroetsch (1903-1979). John and Nell got divorced in September 1909, and he later married Sarah 'Sadie' Elizabeth (Quick) Kroetch (1876-1953) on January 21st 1913 and they had a child Mildred Marguerite Kroetch (1914-1992).

Henry Kroetsch was born on May 18, 1851. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry Kroetsch.