Sixteenth Generation

8511. Virginia Mable Irwin was born on 20 March 1906 in Belle Plaine, Scott Co., Minnesota, USA. She died on 27 December 2009 at the age of 103 in Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA. She was buried in Lakewood Cmtry., Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA. Virginia appeared in the census 1910/1920 in Belle Plaine, Scott Co., Minnesota, USA. She appeared in the census 1930/1940 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA. Minnesota, Births and Christenings
Name: Virginia Mable Irwin
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1906
Birthplace: Belle Plaine, Scott, Minnesota
Race: White
Father's Name: Alex J. Irwin
Father's Birthplace: Belle Plaine, Minnesota
Father's Age: 33
Mother's Name: Nellie Rosenberg
Mother's Birthplace: Jordan, Minnesota
Mother's Age: 27
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C59680-7 , System Origin: Minnesota-EASy , GS Film number: 1379417 , Reference ID: 24
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Burial Plot: Lawn Crypt Sect 400 Tier 412LC grave 10.
Find A Grave Memorial# 123456509
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Virginia Irwin Kruger, A resident of Minneapolis since 1929, died December 27, 2009 at Hennepin County Medical Center after a brief illness. She was 103 years old. Mrs. Kruger was born March 30, 1906 in Belle Plaine, MN. She was the great- great-granddaughter of pioneer Minnesota jurist Andrew Gould Chatfield who came to the Territory of Minnesota in June, 1853 at the behest Gen. Henry Hastings Sibley to serve as an associate justice of the territorial supreme court. In 1854 Judge Chatfield founded the town of Belle Plaine, and made his home there. As the judge's oldest living descendant, Mrs. Kruger was named honorary grand marshal of Belle Plaine's sesquicentennial parade in July, 2004. A life member of the Minnesota Territorial Pioneers and the Belle Plaine Historical Society, Mrs. Kruger was initiated in the Order of the Eastern Star in 1924 when she was eighteen years old. She also was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of American Colonists, Daughters of the War of 1812, and the PEO Sisterhood. She was a member of St. Marks Episcopal Church in Minneapolis for more than 65 years. Mrs. Kruger and her husband, Archie R. Kruger, who died in January, 1980, were inveterate travelers whose journeys took them to all fifty states and to three continents. Her daughter, Mrs. Anne Smith of Minneapolis, died on May 10, 2009. Surviving are her son, James Irwin Kruger of Boulder, CO, Mrs. Kay Barnard of Benicia, CA., seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. Private inurnment planned at Lakewood Cemetery where Mrs. Kruger will be laid to rest next to her late husband.

Virginia Mable Irwin and Archibald Rutherford "Archie" Kruger were married on 18 July 1926. Archibald Rutherford "Archie" Kruger was born on 18 July 1905 in Jackson, Jackson Co., Minnesota, USA. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Albert Lea, Freeborn Co., Minnesota, USA. He died on 12 January 1980 at the age of 74 in Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA. Archie was buried in Lakewood Cmtry., Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA. He appeared in the census 1930/1940 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA. Minnesota, Births and Christenings
Name: Archie R. Kruger
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1905
Birthplace: Jackson, Jackson, Minnesota
Race: White
Father's Name: Albert Kruger
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Mother's Name: Martha Mikelson
Mother's Birthplace: Minn.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C74599-0 , System Origin: Minnesota-EASy , GS Film number: 1403139 , Reference ID: P 111
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Minnesota, Death Index
Typed or Handwritten: T
Name: Archie R. Kruger
Event Date: 12 Jan 1980
Event Place: Hennepin, Minnesota
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1905
Mother's Maiden Name: Michelson
Born in Minnesota: Y
Record Number: 2001983
Certificate Number: 000562
Certificate Year: 1980
File Name: 000562
Affiliate Batch Identifier: NF187DN
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Burial Plot: 412LC-400-10.
Find A Grave Memorial# 32477712
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USA Census, 1920
Name: Archie R Kruger
Event Place: Albert Lea Ward 2, Freeborn, Minnesota
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Birthplace: Minnesota
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Mother's Birthplace: Minnesota
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Albert A Kruger Head M 39
Martha Kruger Wife F 36
Archie R Kruger Son M 14
E Lawrence Kruger Son M 13
Pearl Ellen Kruger Dau F 9
Vera E Kruger Dau F 6
Loren B Nielsen Roomer M 40
District: 214 , Sheet Number and Letter: 8B , Household ID: 204 , Line Number: 64 , GS Film number: 1820830 , Digital Folder Number: 004312178 , Image Number: 00648
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USA Census, 1930
Name: Archie R Kruger
Event Place: Minneapolis (Districts 1-250), Hennepin, Minnesota
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Birthplace: Minnesota
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Mother's Birthplace: Minnesota
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Archie R Kruger Head M 24
Virginia M Kruger Wife F 24
Annette V Kruger Dau F 2
District: 0128 , Sheet Number and Letter: 12A , Household ID: 208 , Line Number: 35 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T626 , Affiliate Film Number: 1093 , GS Film number: 2340828 , Digital Folder Number: 004610047 , Image Number: 00777
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USA Census, 1940
Name: Archie Kruger
Event Place: Ward 8, Minneapolis, Minneapolis City, Hennepin, Minnesota
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Minnesota
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Archie Kruger Head M 34
Virginia Kruger Wife F 34
Annette Kruger Dau F 13
James Kruger Son M 9
Karolyn Kruger Dau F 3
District: 89-238 , Family Number: 199 , Sheet Number and Letter: 9B , Line Number: 66 , Affiliate Publication Number: T627 , Affiliate Film Number: 1985 , Digital Folder Number: 005454954 , Image Number: 00224

Virginia Mable Irwin and Archibald Rutherford "Archie" Kruger had the following children: