Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Krause and family moved to North Dakota from Minnesota in 1917 to the farm vacated by J. McDonald family - W1/2 Of Section 25, Lenora Township.

There were five children in the family:

Esther, Ernest, Irene, Russell and Stanley. They attended the Seim School, Lenora Township. Esther and Ernest graduated from eighth grade at Cooperstown. Later the Charles Krauses moved to Sharon, North Dakota

Ernest was killed in World War II.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 342