Re: Virgil Mangold Krick
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Virgil Mangold Krick
Yovanna Bieberich 8/24/05
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Name: Francis Krick
Sex: M
Change Date: 26 OCT 2002
Note:
Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania Volume I,
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1909, pg 627
KRICK. The Krick family is one of the most numerous and prosperous in
the Schuylkill section of Berks county. The name has been a familiar one
in that locality for a hundred and fifty years, associated invariable
with good citizenship, thrift and integrity, its members in every
generation having been jealous of their good repute and mindful of the
honorable traditions of their ancestors. All of the land purchased by
Frantz Kruck (as the name was originally spelled), the founder of the
family in America, is still owned by his descendants. His posterity is
especially well known in Cumru, Spring, Heidelberg, Windsor and
Tulpehocken townships, Berks county. Some of his descendants have also
located in Lancaster, Union and Mifflin counties.
Frantz Kruck was a native of Germany, born in the Rhein Pfaltz in
October, 1702. Having one night in a mischievous mood upset a sentinel
(Schilder) house he was found out, and in order to escape the punishment
came to America, arriving at Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 1731, on the good
ship Pennsylvania Merchant. Settling in the Cacoosing valley, along the
Cacoosing creek, in what is now Berks county, Pa., he became the owner of
considerable land, originally owning a tract of 350 acres, in five parts,
and later increasing his holdings to 750 acres. His property was in
Cumru (now Spring) township, and comprised what is now the finest and
most valuable agricultural land in the county. He devoted the rest of
his life to the improvement of his holdings, and his descendants have
followed in his footsteps to such an extent that his property is still in
their possession, and in some cases has been farmed by the sixth
generation. A part of the original land secured by him from the Penns in
1737 is now owned by Rev. Thomas H. Krick, a descendant of the sixth
generation. When the city of Reading was laid out, in 1749, Francis
Creek (as the name was Anglicized when he secured land from the Penns
became the owner of lots Nos. 490 and 491. In 1759 he paid £19 taxes in
Cumru township, an amount equal to $50.54, a Pennsylvania pound being
valued at $2.66. He was an industrious and well-to-do man, and the
records of his extensive land transactions and dealings with the early
settlers are proof that he was well educated, old papers that he signed
being written in a good German hand. There is a family tradition that he
was of royla blood, and it is certain that he was a man of intelligence
and standing. His will, made April 26, 1782,was probated June 4, 1784,
the year of his death, which occurred at a ripe old age. He was buried
at Sinking Spring, in the Baptist burial-ground back of the old
eight-cornered school-house still standing. He reared a large family of
sturdy sons and daughters, all of whom became useful men and women.
Thirteen children are mentioned in his will as heirs, and the sons
Francis and George were executors of the will. In February, 1782, Frantz
Krück sold some of his land to his son Frantz (Francis), who gave his
father bonds of £50 denomination each, and the will specified the dates
upon which these bonds were to be redeemed. We have the following record
of the family: (1) John, born in Germany, came to America with his
parents. In 1759 he paid £3 tax in Cumru township. His name appears in
the roster of Capt. Jacob Myers' Company, 6th Pennsylvania Battalion,
1782. This company had organized and was ready to respond to the call,
but there was no actual service performed, John was married but had no
children. He was a blacksmith by trade. He died in 1800. (2) Jacob also
came to America with his parents. His name appears among the single men
in the tax list of 1759. He was, however, married. as would appear from
the baptismal records of Hain's Church. He had the following children:
John Jacob, Maria and John George. He saw active service in the
Revolutionary war in Capt. Reehm's Company of the 1st Regiment of Berks
County Militia in an expedition to Newtown, Bucks county. (3) Francis is
mentioned below. (4) George (known as "Blind George"), born May 8, 1738,
died Sept. 9, 1825. He m. Margarita Seitzinger and was the father of a
large family, Solomon , William, John, George, Isaac, Philip, Samuel, and
eight daughters. He was a taxpayer in Heidelberg township in 1759. A few
years later he moved back to Cumru, now Spring township, and purchased a
farm between Sinking Spring and Reading, where he conducted a hotel for a
number of years. He is buried at Sinking Spring. (5) Adam (there is no
record of him). (6) Philip was captain of the 8th Company, Berks County
Militia, Aug. 5, 1777, to Jan. 5, 1778. This company joined the army
after the battle of Brandywine and took part in the battle of Germantown.
No doubt he spent the winter at Valley Forge. We have no record of his
family (7) Peter, the youngest son of Frantz Krück, was born June 27,
1756, and died July 31, 1829. He was a soldier in the Revolution in the
8th Company, 6th Battalion, and saw active service. He was known as
"School Teacher" Peter and taught school near Sinking Spring, and was
also teacher and "Forsinger" at the Muddy Creek Church. He m. Catharine
Rader, and was the father of a large family, as follows: Rachael m. Henry
Young; Elizabeth m. John Salladay; Katharine m. Philip Getz; John m. a
Hornberger; Lelia m. Frederic Auman; Susanna m. Jacob Buchart; Mary m.
Rudy Miller; Adam m. Catharine Fisher, and lived at Reading; Barbara m.
Daniel Neff; Magdalena m. John Luft; Christianna m. a Rupp; Jonas moved
to Hollidaysburg; William moved to Hamburg; Peter moved to Lancaster;
John Jacob. (8) Margareth m. Michael Seitzinger. (9) Elizabeth m. Philip
Worheim. (10) Maria m. John Philip Spohn. (11) Catharine, born Oct. 14,
1749, m. Jacob Ruth. (12) Eva. (13) Magdalena m. George Hain.
Frantz (or Francis) Krick, third son of the original settler, was
born Nov. 6, 1736, in Cumru (now Spring) township, and died April 20,
1814, aged seventy-seven years, five months, fourteen days. He was a
shoemaker by trade. In 1759 he paid £3 tax in Cumru. He was a private in
Capt. Charles Gobin's Company, in 1780, during the Revolution, serving
from Aug. l0th to Sept. 9th of that year, and saw actual service in the
war. In 1757 he married Maria Spohn, who died in 1785, and his second
marriage was to Catherine Schlegel, widow of Frantz Gehrling. She was
born March 1, 1736, was first married in 1754, and died March 1, 1830,
aged ninety-four years. No children were born to this second marriage.
The names of his children appear in his will, and the dates of birth are
given in the family Bible: Catharine, born Dec. 20, 1758, m. William
Brown; Jacob, born Aug. 27, 1760, moved to near Richmond, Va.; Maria,
born July 30, 1762, m. a Mr. Brown; John Adam was born March 4, 1765 (he
had a daughter Catharine, who married Henry Snider and had a son,
George); John was born April 11, 1767; Philip, born Oct. 4, 1769, moved
to Wooster, Ohio; George, born Sept. 8, 1771, m. Catharine Wagner; Crete
or Margaret (known by both names), born Aug. 29, 1773, m. William Fisher;
Francis, born Feb. 8, 1776, m. Hannah Gehrling; Peter, born Feb. 28,
1779, m. Elizabeth Hill. The son Francis, the third of that name, was the
sole executor of his father's large estate. The will was witnessed by
John Spyker and Jacob Lambert, and was probated June 8, 1814. Francis (2)
disposed of his farm to Francis (3) in the same way that Francis (1) had
sold it to Francis (2), by bonds. In February, 1782, Frantz Krück sold
some of his land to his son Frantz (Francis), who gave his father bonds
of £50 denomination each, and the will specified the dates upon which
these bonds were to be redeemed. We have the following record of the
family: (1) John, born in Germany, came to America with his parents. In
1759 he paid £3 tax in Cumru township. His name appears in the roster of
Capt. Jacob Myers' Company, 6th Pennsylvania Battalion, 1782. This
company had organized and was ready to respond to the call, but there was
no actual service performed, John was married but had no children. He was
a blacksmith by trade. He died in 1800. (2) Jacob also came to America
with his parents. His name appears among the single men in the tax list
of 1759. He was, however, married. as would appear from the baptismal
records of Hain's Church. He had the following children: John Jacob,
Maria and John George. He saw active service in the Revolutionary war in
Capt. Reehm's Company of the 1st Regiment of Berks County Militia in an
expedition to Newtown, Bucks county. (3) Francis is mentioned below. (4)
George (known as "Blind George"), born May 8, 1738, died Sept. 9, 1825.
He m. Margarita Seitzinger and was the father of a large family, Solomon
, William, John, George, Isaac, Philip, Samuel, and eight daughters. He
was a taxpayer in Heidelberg township in 1759. A few years later he moved
back to Cumru, now Spring township, and purchased a farm between Sinking
Spring and Reading, where he conducted a hotel for a number of years. He
is buried at Sinking Spring. (5) Adam (there is no record of him). (6)
Philip was captain of the 8th Company, Berks County Militia, Aug. 5,
1777, to Jan. 5, 1778. This company joined the army after the battle of
Brandywine and took part in the battle of Germantown. No doubt he spent
the winter at Valley Forge. We have no record of his family (7) Peter,
the youngest son of Frantz Krück, was born June 27, 1756, and died July
31, 1829. He was a soldier in the Revolution in the 8th Company, 6th
Battalion, and saw active service. He was known as "School Teacher" Peter
and taught school near Sinking Spring, and was also teacher and
"Forsinger" at the Muddy Creek Church. He m. Catharine Rader, and was the
father of a large family, as follows: Rachael m. Henry Young; Elizabeth
m. John Salladay; Katharine m. Philip Getz; John m. a Hornberger; Lelia
m. Frederic Auman; Susanna m. Jacob Buchart; Mary m. Rudy Miller; Adam m.
Catharine Fisher, and lived at Reading; Barbara m. Daniel Neff; Magdalena
m. John Luft; Christianna m. a Rupp; Jonas moved to Hollidaysburg;
William moved to Hamburg; Peter moved to Lancaster; John Jacob. (8)
Margareth m. Michael Seitzinger. (9) Elizabeth m. Philip Worheim. (10)
Maria m. John Philip Spohn. (11) Catharine, born Oct. 14, 1749, m. Jacob
Ruth. (12) Eva. (13) Magdalena m. George Hain.
Francis Krick arrived in Philadelphia PA on the ship Pennsylvania
Merchant on 11 Sep 1731.
Francis Krick will was probated in Berks Co PA 4 Jun 1784
I Frantz Krick in Cumru Township in Berks County in Pennsylvania being
old & Weak in my Body, But yet thanks be to god of good understanding &
Memory, But having considered the Mortality of Mankind, I therefore do
hereby make my last Will & Testament & Dispose of my Worldly Estate in
Manner following:
But in the first place, I Commend my Soul into the Hands of god & my
Body to be Buried in a Christianlike manner into the Earth out of Which
he was taken & that all my Just Debts shall be paid through my Executors,
Which shall be named hereafter.
Item Because I having Received in the Month of February 1782 Different
Bonds from my son Frantz Krick Jun for my Land Which I sold to him, Each
one thereof being Fifty pounds to be paid in Good Money Yearly on the
first Day of December in each Year -- So I give & Bequeath part of the
said Bonds in manner following --
Namely, to my Son Peter Krick the Bond which is due December the first
1783 of Fifty Pounds & to such to Receive from my son Frantz Krick.
To my Son John Krick the Bond of fifty Pounds on the first December
1784.
To my Son Jacob Krick the Bond of fifty pounds in 1785.
To my Son Frantz Krick the Bond of fifty pounds in December 1786.
To my Son Peter Krick the Bonds of fifty pounds on the first December
1787.
Item. To my Daughter Margareth the Bond of fifty pounds on the first
December 1788.--
To my Daughter Elisabeth the Bond of fifty pounds on the first December
1789.
To my Daughter Maria, the Bond of fifty pounds the first December 1790.
To my Daughter Catharine the Bond of fifty pounds on the first December
1791.
And to my Daughter Eve the Bond of fifty Pounds on the first December
1792.
And One Bond of fifty Pounds payable in the year one thousand Eight
hundred.
And yet a Bond of fifty pounds payable by Frantz Krick Junior on the
first December in 1801. Such two Bonds I Bequeath to the two first Born
Children of my Daughter Magdalena Helm ad their Legacy of my Estate.
Those two Last Mentioned Bonds each of fifty pounds Being the Last which
I Received of my Son Frantz Krick. --
I give & bequeath to my Daughter Magdalena Helm the Sum of five
Shillings Current Money of Pennsylvania in full of her Whole Legacy of
all my Estate. --
And All the Land so I Sold to my Sons John Krick, Adam Krick, and George
Krick before the Day of the date hereof, Saying Such I acknowledge &
Confirm to them their Hiers & Assigns for Ever, -- If in Case I Should
not have given a Substantial Right therefore to the true Intent & Meaning
hereof.
And Because my Sons as George, Adam & Philip Krick, each of them
Received of me One hundred pounds before this, for Which Reason they not
being Named Concerning the Bonds.
All the Remainder of my Estate not bequeathed heretofore Shall be
Divided Among my Sons & Daughters, as Johannes, Jacob, Frantz, George,
Adam, Philip & Peter Krick & Margareth, Elizabeth, Maria, Catharine &
Eve, in Equal Shares to the true Intent & Meaning hereof.
Lastly, I ordain, appoint & Nominate for Executors my Sons Frantz Krick
& George Krick & my Son in Law Jacob Ruth of this my Last Will &
Testament. Yet upon this Condition, that if my Executors or any one of
them, be Indebted to the Estate after my Death, that he or they Shall
Reckon the Same among the moveable Effects that everything Shall & may be
Brought to Rights to true Intent & Meaning hereof. In Witness Whereof I
have hereto Set my Hand & Seal the 26th Day of April 1782.
Frantz Krick (Seal)
Signed, Sealed by Frantz Krick as
his Last Will & Testmanet Declared in
the presence for & upon his Request
Signed as Witnesses hereto:
Christian Ruth
Abraham Trostel
A true Translation of the German Original
PA-1767-Township Tax & Census Lists
CUMRU TOWNSHIP A=ACRES B=HORSES C=CATTLE D=SHEEP E=TAX
George Krick 60 2 2 0 3
Francis Kreek, Sr. 150 4 4 6 16
Francis Kreek, Jr., shoemkr 0 0 1 0 1
John Krick 80 2 2 2 4
Jacob Kreek, blacksmith 0 0 1 0 3
Birth: OCT 1702 in Pfaltz, Palatinate, Germany
Death: 21 APR 1784 in Sinking Spring, Berks, PA
Burial: APR 1784 Baptist Burial Ground, Sinking Spring, Berks, PA
Note:
In 1913 the remains of Francis and his wife were moved to the St. John's
Church cemetery , N. Hull St., Sinking Spring PA. A monument was erected
in their memory. This large 4-ton monument is fashioned like the trunk
of a tree with its branches out and in each stump is carved the names of
his children. On the trunk is carved... "In grateful memory of Francis
and Catharine Kirkc, who came to America September 11, 1731, erected by
their descendants, 1915."
Marriage 1 Catharine Stoudt b: in Germany
Married: ABT 1732
Children
Elizabeth Krick
Eva Krick
Julia Krick
John Krick b: in Berks Co, PA
Jacob Krick b: BET 1732 AND 1734 in Berks Co, PA
Francis Krick b: 06 NOV 1736 in Sinking Spring, Berks, PA
George Krick b: 08 MAY 1738 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Philip Krick b: DEC 1745
Adam Krick
Maria Krick b: 1747
Catherine Krick b: 14 OCT 1749 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Magdalena Krick b: 1753
Peter KRICK b: 27 JUN 1756 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Margaret Krick b: 30 AUG 1763
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ID: I3
Name: Francis Krick
Sex: M
Change Date: 18 JUN 2003
Note:
Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsuylvania Volume
I, Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1909, pg 627-628
... Frantz (or Francis) Krick, third son of the original settler, was
born Nov. 6, 1736, in Cumru (now Spring) township, and died April 20,
1814, aged seventy-seven years, five months, fourteen days. He was a
shoemaker by trade. In 1759 he paid £3 tax in Cumru. He was a private
in Capt. Charles Gobin's Company, in 1780, during the Revolution, serving
from Aug. 10th to Sept. 9th of that year, and saw actual service in the
war. In 1757 he married Maria Spohn, who died in 1785, and his second
marriage was to Catherine Schlegel, widow of Frantz Gehrling. She was
born March 1, 1736, was first married in 1754, and died March 1, 1830,
aged ninety-four years. No children were born to this second marriage.
The names of his children appear in his will, and the dates of birth are
given in the family Bible: Catharine, born Dec. 20, 1758, m. William
Brown; Jacob, born Aug. 27, 1760, moved to near Richmond, Va.; Maria,
born July 30, 1762, m. a Mr. Brown; John Adam was born March 4, 1765 (he
had a daughter Catharine, who married Henry Snider and had a son, George:
John was born April 11, 1767; Philip, born Oct. 4, 1769, moved to
Wooster, Ohio; George, born Sept. 8, 1771, m Catharine Wagner; Crete or
Margaret (known by both names), born Aug. 29, 1773, m. William Fisher;
Francis, born Feb. 8, 1776, m. Hannah Gehrling; Peter, born Feb. 28,
1779, m. Elizabeth Hill. The son Francis, the third of that name, was
the sole executor of his father's large estate. The will was witnessed
by John Spyker and Jacob Lambert, and was probated June 8, 1814. Francis
(2) disposed of his farm to Francis (3) in the same way that Francis (1)
had sold it to Francis (2), by bonds. ...
In the name of God, Amen, I Francis Krick of Cumru Township, Berks County
in the State of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, being far advanced in years but yet
of good sound mind, memory and understanding, Thanks be unto God for the
same, Calling unto mind the mortality of my Body and knowing it is
appointed for all once to dye, do therefore make this my last will and
Testament in manner following, that is to say:
First, it is my will and I do order that in the first place, all my just
Debts shall be paid and satisfied by my Executor herein after mentioned
as soon as can be after my decease. I give and devise all my Plantation
and _____ of Land, situate in Cumru Township aforesaid adjoining lands of
Christian Ruth, Sebastian Miller, John _____, Jacob Ludwig and others,
containing two hundred and thirty acres be the same more or less,
Together with the Appurtenances unto my Son Francis Krick jun. To hold
the same unto him, his Heirs and Assigns forever _____ they paying the
_____ and therefore the _____ one thousand, two hundred pounds in _____
or other Money equivalent thereto, in payments following, to wit: one
hundred pounds first _____ unto my Son Jacob Krick on the first day of
April _____, Twenty-one pounds eight shilling and six pence unto my
Daughter Maria, the Wife of William Brown on the first day of April _____
after my decease, in one year thereafter the like sum of Twenty-one
pounds eight shilling and six pence unto my Son Adam Krick, in one year
thereafter the like sum of Twenty-one pounds eight shilling and six pence
unto my Son John Krick, in one year thereafter the like sum of Twenty-one
pounds eight shilling and six pence unto my Son Philip Krick, in one year
thereafter the like sum of Twenty-one pounds eight shilling and six pence
unto my Son George Krick, in one year thereafter the like sum of
Twenty-one pounds eight shilling and six pence unto my Daughter Margaret
the Wife of William Fisher, and in one year thereafter the like sum of
Twenty-one pounds eight shilling and six pence unto my Son Peter Krick.
And so again yearly and every year the like sum of Twenty-one pounds
eight shilling and six pence in rotation as aforesaid, so that each of my
Seven last named Children receive the Sum of one hundred and forty-two
pounds seventeen shillings. Which Sum of one hundred pounds to be paid
to my Son Jacob Krick, Sum of one hundred and forty-two pounds seventeen
shillings to be paid to my other children in manner as aforesaid shall be
in full of their Inheritance out of my Estate both Real and personal And
the remaining Sum of one hundred pounds and one shilling my said Son
Francis Krick his Heirs and Assigns are to pay my found Grand Children,
the Children of my Daughter Catharine, deceased, as follows, to wit:
fifty pounds and six Pence thereof ___ to Catharine the Wife of Adam
Witmer and John Brown to be equally divided between them and to be paid
unto them in one years time after the last payment to my Children
aforesaid is _____ the remaining fifty pounds and six Pence unto Barbara
the wife of Abraham Maurer and William Brown one year thereafter, which
shall also be in full of their Inheritance out of my Estate both Real and
Personal.
My said Son Francis Krick, his Heirs and Assigns are also to fulfil and
perform the Marriage Contract made and entered by me of the first part,
Daniel Swan and Peter Feather the younger, Esquire of the second parts,
and my wife Catharine by the name Catharine Gerling of the third part.
And he or they are also yet to pay unto her my said wife Catharine yearly
and every year _____ her natural life the Sum of Six pounds in _____
besides the Six pounds mentioned in the Marriage Contract aforesaid
provided She remains my Widow _____.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my aforenamed Son Francis Krick jun his
Heirs and Assigns All and _____ my Personal Estate whatsoever and
wheresoever and of which I shall be possessed of at the time of my
decease. To hold the same to be his Heirs and Assigns forever. And
lastly I hereby nominate and appoint my said Son Francis Krick jun Sole
Executor of this my last Will and Testament. Hereby making Null and void
all former and other Wills and Testaments by me made heretofore Ratifying
_____ and confirming that this and no other to be my last Will and
Testament. In Witness whereof the said Francis Krick have hereunto set
my Hand and Seal the twenty-second _____ day of May in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven.
Francis Krick (Seal)
Signed, Sealed, published and declared by the said Testator ____ his last
Will and Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers who at his
request, and in his presence Subscribed our names here to as Witnesses
Jacob Lambert
John Stryker
Birth: 06 NOV 1736 in Sinking Spring, Berks, PA
Death: 20 APR 1814 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Burial: APR 1814 Harris Churchyard Cemetery, Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Father: Francis Krick b: OCT 1702 in Pfaltz, Palatinate, Germany
Mother: Catharine Stoudt b: in Germany
Marriage 1 Maria Spohn b: 13 FEB 1737 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Married: 1757 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Children
Catherine Krick b: 20 DEC 1758 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Jacob Krick b: 27 AUG 1760 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Maria Krick b: 30 JUL 1762 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Adam Krick b: 04 MAR 1765 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
John Krick b: 11 APR 1767 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Philip Krick b: 04 OCT 1769 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
George Krick b: 08 SEP 1771
Margaret Krick b: 29 AUG 1773 in Sinking Springs, Berks Co, PA
Francis Krick b: 08 FEB 1776 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Peter Krick b: 28 FEB 1779 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Marriage 2 Catherine Schlegel b: 01 MAR 1736
Married: ABT 1785 in Pennsylvania
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ID: I33
Name: Peter Krick
Sex: M
Change Date: 18 SEP 2002
Birth: 28 FEB 1779 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Death: 13 MAY 1859
Father: Francis Krick b: 06 NOV 1736 in Sinking Spring, Berks, PA
Mother: Maria Spohn b: 13 FEB 1737 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Marriage 1 Elizabeth Hill b: 16 MAR 1776
Married: 14 JAN 1798
Children
Peter Krick
Hannah Krick b: 06 JUN 1803
Elizabeth Krick b: 06 DEC 1805
Samuel Krick b: 01 SEP 1807
George Krick b: 20 MAY 1809
John Krick b: 21 JUN 1811
Susanna Krick b: 19 APR 1812
Leah Krick b: 23 MAY 1814 in Heidelberg Twp, Berks Co, PA
Catherine Krick b: 18 JAN 1816
Isaac Krick b: 21 SEP 1821
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ID: I16867
Name: Peter Krick
Sex: M
Change Date: 13 SEP 2003
Father: Peter Krick b: 28 FEB 1779 in Cumru Twp, Berks, PA
Mother: Elizabeth Hill b: 16 MAR 1776
Marriage 1 Susanna Siegenthaler b: 05 JUL 1795
Married:
Children
Elias Krick
Elvira Krick
Hannah Krick
Susanna Krick b: 14 OCT 1829
George Krick b: 11 JAN 1831
Salome Krick b: 25 NOV 1833
John Krick b: 28 APR 1836
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ID: I16904
Name: John Krick
Sex: M
Change Date: 18 SEP 2002
Birth: 28 APR 1836
Death: 1901 in Reading, Berks Co, PA
Father: Peter Krick
Mother: Susanna Siegenthaler b: 05 JUL 1795
Marriage 1 Elizabeth Barnes b: 1837
Married:
Children
Hannah Krick
George Krick
Sally Krick
Francis Krick b: 17 AUG 1857
Wellington Krick b: 10 SEP 1858
Henry Krick b: 1861
Mary Krick b: 1863
Rosa Krick b: 1867
Ellen Krick b: 1869
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ID: I16907
Name: Wellington Krick
Sex: M
Change Date: 30 SEP 2002
Birth: 10 SEP 1858
Residence: Reading, Berks Co, PA
Note:
Wellington B. Krick, wholesale liquor dealer of Reading, and until
recently the proprietor of the Bissinger Cafe, the best appointed and
most popular cafe in Reading, was born Sept. 10, 1858, in Sinking Spring,
Berks county, son of John and Elizabeth (Barnes) Krick. Frantz Krick, the
great-grandfather of Wellington B. Krick, on coming to America settled in
Berks county, Pa., and his land has now been in the family for two
hundred years. Peter Krick, son of Frantz, married and lived in Berks
county. His son, John, father of Wellington B., was born in Spring
township, and died in Reading, in 1901, aged sixty-seven years. He was a
miller by trade. He married Elizabeth Barnes, born at Adamstown, who died
aged seventy years, eighteen days before her husband. A sister of hers
still survives, aged eighty-eight years. The children of John and
Elizabeth Krick were nine in number, the survivors being as follows: Mary
m. Joseph Bellman, of Reading; Rosie m. Charles Gring, of Camden, N. J.,
owner of tugboats and barges on the Delaware river; Ellen m. Edwin
Lengel, a machinist of Reading; Hannah m. Daniel Baer, a farmer of Berks
county; Wellington B. is mentioned below. The deceased children were
Francis, who died in infancy; George, who died aged eight years; Henry,
who was accidentally killed while crossing railroad tracks, just seven
weeks after his marriage, aged thirty years; and Sallie, who died aged
ten years.
Wellington B. Krick attended the public schools until he was nine
years old, at that age going on a farm, where he continued to work until
he was twelve. His father then moved to Birdsboro and the lad found work
in the Brooke nail factory, where he remained two years. He was then
employed by George W. Hain, in a grocery business, for a year, after
which he spent a year on a farm in Muhlenberg township. His next employer
was William Clyman, with whom he remained for two and a half years, and
then he went back to farming, working seven years for Thomas Moyer.
Mr. Krick came to Reading Jan. 13, 1879, and for thirteen months and
two weeks worked with Augustus Hassler, as a waiter in a restaurant at
the Washington Library, Penn street, entering the employ of Capt. Philip
Bissinger Feb. 22, 1880. He remained with this employer for sixteen
years, during the last four years of which period he was the
superintendent of the restaurant. On Jan. 1, 1895, he became proprietor
of this popular cafe, having the largest business of the kind in the
city. His patrons averaged eight hundred daily, and there are
accommodations for 1,200. His long experience made him a fine caterer,
and his services were in request on all festive occasions in the city
during his connection with the restaurant business. In 1908 he sold the
cafe to Aaron Brownmiller for $107,000 and he is now devoting his
attention to the wholesale liquor trade, having bought out William C.
Yoder. His place of business is at No. 635 Penn street, Reading.
Mr. Krick married April 6, 1886, Emma S. Shepp, the estimable
daughter of John Shepp, a farmer living north of Reading. They have had
four children, namely: Elnora died aged nine years; Philip died aged five
years; George died aged thirteen months; Estella, a graduate of the
Reading high school, class of 1908, who spent one year at the National
Park Seminary, Forest Glen, Washington, D. C., is now her father's valued
assistant, looking after the books, and in other ways proving herself a
capable business woman. The family home is at No. 109 North Fourth
street.
Mr. Krick is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has
reached the thirty-second degree; he belongs to Teutonia Blue Lodge, No.
367; Excelsior Chapter, No. 42; Harrisburg Commandery, K. T.; the
Consistory; the Scottish Rite; and Rajah Temple, Mystic Shrine. For
twenty-eight years he has been a member of Camp No. 61, P. O. S. of A.,
which is the oldest P. O. S. of A. Camp in the State and the only one
which did not disband during the war of the Rebellion. He also belongs to
the I. O. O. F., besides which he is a valued member of the Reading Press
Club and the Reading Board of Trade. He is interested in the Southwestern
Electric Railway Company, of which he is a director, and he is also a
director of the Murphy-Parker Company, book-binders of Philadelphia.
In politics Mr. Krick is a Republican, but he has always declined
office of a political nature. He is a member of the Second Reformed
Church of Alsace, and is a very liberal supporter of all its various
benevolent enterprises.
No resident and few visitors to Reading were ignorant of the really
fine accommodations offered at the Bissinger Cafe during Mr. Krick's
proprietorship, and in this connection he was best known. He gave regular
employment to thirty people, his patronage came from the most fastidious
citizens of both sexes, and the appointments and comforts of the
establishment compare favorably with those of much larger cities. Mr.
Krick was a careful, solicitous and genial host. In this connection he
naturally made an unusually wide circle of acquaintances, but aside from
any popularity due to his prominence in this line he has been one of the
best and most favorably known men in his section of Pennsylvania for
years. His standing is unquestioned and well deserved.
Father: John Krick b: 28 APR 1836
Mother: Elizabeth Barnes b: 1837
Marriage 1 Emma Shepp
Married: 06 APR 1886
Children
Philip Krick
George Krick
Elnora Krick b: 22 JAN 1887
Estella Krick b: 01 SEP 1889