Ernestine Emilie Krüger

Ernestine Emilie Krüger was born on May 5, 1862 in Freesdorf, Niederlausitz, Germany. Her parents were Johann Gottfried Krüger and Johanne Christianne Sophia Emilie Berndt. She married Friedrich Wilhelm Müller in Dresden, Germany on May 2, 1891. She came to Fort Wayne directly from Germany with her children in 1903. Her husband had come earlier to get ready for them. She died on February 2, 1939 in the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was buried in Lindenwood Cemetery. In this photo shows Emilie and granddaughter Evelyn Mueller. It must have been taken about 1920.

Photo Courtesy of Jeanette Sherbondy jsherbondy2@washcoll.edu