The Kruses

The Kruse family of California began when Louie and Annie Kruse
along with Louie's brother Christian, emigrated from Baku on the
Caspian Sea in 1900. After arriving, they traveled first to Indiana, where the brothers split up. Louie then moved to Colorado where Henry was born. The family moved then to Wisconsin where Marie was born. Following work around the country, they moved back to Colorado where Anne was born. Then in 1923 they finally settled in San Diego where they founded a blacksmith shop, at what is now the fire station, in Bay Park region of San Diego Ca.

Annie Kruse Born: Russia 1883 Died: Fresno Ca 1976

Louie Kruse - about 1870 to 1948

Anne and Henry Kruse
with his wife Tracy circa 1932

Louie Kruse with his prize Chevrolet
Photo taken 1926

Barbara Wood, daughter
of Marie Kruse Wood with
Henry and Tracy Kruse
San Diego Zoo
Photo taken circa 1939

On the farm near Fresno Ca, with Louie and Annie Kruse
with Grand-daughter Barbara Wood Circa 1932

The Kruse family owned not only the blacksmith shop, but also interest
in a body and fender shop in Fresno, also a 40 acre vineyard in Kerman. Henry Kruse was a busy man with the vineyard in Kerman and the bodyshop.

The brothers, Frank Dailey and John Campbell, spent their summers on the vineyard or up on the 'Turkey Ranch' in Nipinawasi up in the Sierras.

Above: Downtown San Diego Photo taken 1940

Louie Kruse with son
Henry 'Hap' Kruse
Photo taken 1940

Hap visiting the San Diego Zoo
Photo taken 1939

Louie and Annie Kruse with Hap, Marie and Anne
visiting relatives back in Indiana.
Photo taken 1938

Henry 'Hap' Kruse with Tracy and Barbara Wood
Photo Taken 1927

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