Census data: John Krieser and family
I have found the Krieser family in WI census data.It appears as tho. John (my GGGrandfather)was still alive in 1880 and living in the same place - Cooperstown Twp., (Rosecrans P.O), Manitowoc Co., WI.Clearly it's the same John Krieser, but he's 67 - i.e., born in 1813, not 1825 as reported in the 1870 census.His wife's name has changed from Mary to Wilhelmine - hard to know if Mary Wilhelmine was her name and she just reported a 1st name in 1870 and her middle name in 1880 or if Mary (1870) died and John remarried.There is no doubt, however, that this is the same family as found in the 1870 census (spelled Kreiser then).I think the diff. in spelling was just carelessness in reporting or recording, not a real change.You have to wonder how clear their English was in 1870 - four years after leaving Pommern.