My Genealogy Hound

Albert Kroeger, editor of the Missouri Volksfreund, is a native of Germany, born near Meppen, Hanover, December 25, 1850, and is the son of Gerhard Henry and Anna Adelheid (Wangelpohl) Kroeger, also natives of the Kingdom. The parents immigrated to America in October, 1863, and came immediately to Jefferson City, where the father carried on the cooperage business, it being his trade. He died in January, 1871, and was buried in full communion with the faith of the Roman Catholic Church. The mother is still living, and makes her home with her son Albert and her daughter Anna H., the only surviving members of this family. Albert Kroeger grew to manhood in Jefferson City, and at the age of sixteen began the trade of type-setter in the office of the Missouri Staats Zeitung, completing his trade there. He then worked as a journeyman in different parts of the West, and in February, 1876, purchased the plant of the Fortschritt, and began publishing the Volksfreund, at Jefferson City, which he has ably conducted since. He was married in Jefferson City, October 16, 1882, to Miss Matilda Wengert, daughter of John and Crescentia (Wagner) Wengert. Mr. and Mrs. Wengert were natives of Bavaria, and settled in Jefferson City in early times. Mr. and Mrs. Kroeger are the parents of three children: Otto, Christina and Leo. Mr. Kroeger has served his ward as alderman two terms, from 1884 to 1887. He and wife are worthy members of the Roman Catholic Church; he is a member and president of the St. Peter’s Benevolent Society, and has been a member of the choir of St. Peter’s Catholic Church of Jefferson City for twenty years.