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Kratzer/Moody Family Bible Records
The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. Published by the American
Bible Society, New York, 1866. Inscription on front page: "Jacob Kratzer
Greenfield Saratoga Co NY Nov 28th 1867". This leather-covered Bible measures
7" x 4 ½" and contains four family record pages and notations on the
page facing the first family record page. Transcribed in January 2008 by Pat
Peck
Facing family record page 1:
Jacob Kratzer Died Aug. 23 1933 9:30 a.m. Saratoga Spgs. N.Y.
Died January 24th 1923 (opposite Sarah Jane Moody)
Family record page 1:
Jacob Kratzer Born July 8th 1854 Prov. Of Bavaria, Germany
Sarah Jane Moody Born June 28th 1858
Viola Agnes Petitt April 23 1908
John Jacob Kratzer Born Sept 14 1908
Thomas Horsfield October 17 1911
Isadore E. Pettit Jan 16 1912
Family record page 2:
William H. Kratzer Born April 11 1877
Minnie E. Kratzer Born June 3 1878
John Henry Kratzer Born March 24 1880
Percy Evitt Kratzer Born November 1 1882
Emma Jane Kratzer Born November 10 1884
Clifton Otis Kratzer Born October 28 1885
Family record page 3:
Died August 5th 1877 (opposite William H. Kratzer)
Died Jan 8 1955 (opposite Minnie E. Kratzer)
Died Dec 20 1958 (opposite John Henry Kratzer)
Died May 13 1946 (opposite Percy Evitt Kratzer)
Died November 16 1884 (opposite Emma Jane Kratzer)
Died March 28, 1887 with diptheria (opposite Clifton Otis Lratzer)
Family record page 4:
Elsie Louisa Kratzer Born May 30 1887 (written in pencil below Elsie: Petitt)
Francis Pauline Kratzer Born Nov 3 1889 (written in pencil below Francis:
Horsfield)_
Isadore Mary Kratzer born Jan 21 1892 (written in pencil below Isadore:
Hammond)
Died Dec 30 1960
Marguerite Caroline Kratzer (written in pencil below this name: Deur?)
March 17 1895
Died May 12 1960
(Also in the Bible are 2 sheets of
paper, one hand-written, one typed)
Handwritten sheet:
Brother of my Grandmother Moody
William H. Dingman enlisted Nov 7 - 1863 at Saratoga Spgs - mustered in as a
private
Co L Dec 31 1863 - to serve 3 yrs
Died of Disease June 15 1864 at Fort Dauche La
He was in the Cavelry [sic] when he died
Jacob Kratzer - born July 8 - 1854 Prov of Bavaria Germany
S. J. Moody - Born June 28 1858 at Saratoga Springs
J.J. K - Sep 14 Frances
- Nov 3 - 1889
Tom Oct 17 Isadore
- Jan 21 1982
Minnie - June 3 - 1878 Mary -
Mar 17 1895
John Mar 24 - 1880 Percy
Nov 1 1882
E May 30 1887
Typewritten sheet:
Jacob Kratzer. Born. July
8-1854
Died. Aug 23-1933
Sarah Jane Moody Kratzer Born. June 28-1858
Died. Jan 24-1923
William Henery Kratzer Born.
April 11-1877
Died. Aug 5-1877
Minnie Elizabeth Kratzer Born. June 3-1878
Died Jan 8 1955
John Henery Kratzer Born. March 24-1880
Died Dec 20 1957
Percy Evitt Kratzer Born. Nov 1-1882
Died May 13 1946
Emma Jane Kratzer Born.
Nov 10-1884
Died. Nov 16-1884
Clifton Otis Kratzer Born.
Oct 28-1885
Died. March 28-1887
Elsie Louise Kratzer Born.
May 30-1887
Died. Aug 4 1969
Francis Pauline Kratzer Born.
May 30-1889
Isadore Mary Kratzer Born.
Jan 21-1892
Died. Dec 20 1960
Marguerite Caroline Kratzer Born. March 17-1895
Died May 1960
The above Bible record was previously posted to
NYSARATO-L by Pat Peck on 20 Jan 2008.
Julie Eason Smith, an attorney in
Central Florida, posted information from another Kratzer family bible on the
Kratzer Family Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com) on May 27, 1999. This Bible record contained:
Andrew Kratzer b. April 24, 1837 in Germany
Lydia Tracy b. Aug. 15, 1855; married Andrew April 7, 1875 in Saratoga Springs
Children:
Hartley Kratzer, b. April 6, 1878
Millie Kratzer, b. Oct. 2, 1879
Edus L. Kratzer, b. June 18, 1886
Luther J. Kratzer, b. Oct. 1, 1889
Almy L. Kratzer, b. April 15, 1893
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