Ferdinand (Frederick) Kropp and his wife Caroline [Lena] (Hock) Kropp. Ferdinand was born in Germany on March 15, 1858 and died in Chicago, Illinois, USA on July 1, 1920.
Caroline (Hock) Kropp was born in Prussia on April 14, 1859. She was called Lena. She died on January 13, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ferdinand and Caroline had nine children: Louis, George, Martha C., Wilhelmina, Emma, Stella, Pearl, Charles, and Ernst.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
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Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
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The 1920s Changed Our Daily Lives & Not How You Might Think . . .
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