Wesley Edwin Kraft ^{1 4 5 6 7 8}

   FamilySearch ID: 27RK-QLX.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Lower Windsor Twp., York, PA. ² The 1900 census recorded Wesley E. Kraft, carpenter, 23, born Jun 1876, living with wife Mary, cigar maker, 19, Nov 1880. They had been married for 4 motnhs when the census was recorded on 1 Jun 1900. She had not given birth to any children. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1910 in Lower Windsor Twp., York, PA. ⁴ The 1910 census recorded Wesley E. Kraft, 34, living with wife Caroline, 33; Verna, 9; Margarete, 2, and John, 0. Also in the home was hired man Curtis Hollinger, 17.

3. Occupation: cigar manufacturer on 12 Sep 1918 in Hellam Twp., York, PA. ⁵

4. Obituary: Obituary of Wesley E. Kraft on 7 Oct 1952 in York, York, PA. ⁸ Wesley E. Kraft
HALLAM, Oct. 7 -- Wesley Edward Kraft, husband of Mrs. Caroline Leber Kraft, Hellam R. D. 1, died at 3 a. m. today at his residence here. He was 77 years old, the son of the late Edward and Elizabeth Wolf Kraft. A retired cigar manufacturer and carpenter, Mr. Kraft had been ill for several years. He was a member of Riverside Lodge 503, F. and A. M., Wrightsville, and Katahdin Lodge 560, I. O. O. F., Red Lion. Besides his widow, he leaves these children, Mrs. Paul Beecher, Wrightsville; Mrs. John Abel, York R. D. 1; Mrs. Hollis Kocher and Mrs. Jacob Lehman, both of Hallan; 16 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Leber, East Prospect, and Flora Kraft, Hellam R. D. 1. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Etzweiler Funeral Home, 1111 East Market street, York. The Rev. Richard E. Shaffer, pastor of Canadochly Reformed Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Canadochly Cemetery.

Wesley married Caroline Leber on 11 Jan 1906 in Hellam Twp., York, PA.¹ (Caroline Leber was born on 20 Apr 1878 in Lower Windsor Twp., York, PA,^{4 9} died in Aug 1966 in , York, PA ⁹ and was buried in Lower Windsor Twp.: Canadochly Lutheran & Reformed Church Cemetery, York, PA ⁹.)

Wesley next married Mary Magdalene Stauffer on 4 Feb 1900 in , York, PA.^{2 3} (Mary Magdalene Stauffer was born in Nov 1880 in , , PA,² died on 19 May 1903 in , York, PA ¹⁰ and was buried in Lower Windsor Twp.: Canadochly Lutheran & Reformed Church Cemetery, York, PA ¹⁰.)