1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Julius KRESSE (b. Jul 1894, MO) is living in Freedom, Lafayette Co., MO (p. 151B), with his parents, John KRESSE (b. Jun 1855, MO) & Annie (b. Jul 1853, MO), plus siblings, including Ottis KRESSE (b. Nov 1872, MO).

3.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Julius KRESSE (æ 15, b. MO) is living in Freedom, Lafayette Co., MO (p. 203A), with his parents, John KRESSE (æ 56, b. MO) & Anna (æ 56, b. MO), plus siblings.

4.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 28):  2108 Benton Blvd., Kansas City (Ward 14), Jackson Co., MO, Roll T625_929 (Book 2), p. 238A, SN 2A, SD 5, ED 236, enumerated 2 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Kresse Julius C

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Insurance Agent

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Life Insurance Co

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*Benton Blvd

5.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #8 of 76):  4541 Montgall Ave., Kansas City (Ward 16), Jackson Co., MO, Roll 1203, p. 110B, SN 4B, ED 48-237, SD 5, enumerated 5 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1930:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Kresse Julius C

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Agent

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Salesman

Fire Hose

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*Montgall Ave

6.  SSDI:  Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com):

Name	Birth	Death	Last Residence	Last Benefit	SSN	Issued	Post-em
Julius KRESSE	10 Jul 1894	__ Jul 1969	97123 (Hillsboro, Washington, OR)	(none specfied)	486-01-8380	MO	Yes
Lucille M KRESSE	30 Apr 1894	__ Dec 1990	(none specified)	(none specfied)	488-32-7222	MO	Yes
John C KRESSE	27 Aug 1925	01 Aug 1995	99207 (Spokane, Spokane, WA)	(none specfied)	488-22-0182	MO	Yes

7.  Anon.  1881.  History of Lafayette County, Mo... Missouri Historical Co., Saint Louis, MO (online in the archives of the Lafayette County MOGenWeb site; contributed by Joe Miller and Penny Harrell).  On p. 661, under the heading, "Freedom":

John Kresse is a native of Lafayette county, Missouri, born June 5, 1854.  Was raised on a farm and educated in both German and English.  In 1875, he was married to Miss Annie Heinbrook, a native of Chariton county, Mo.  Two children were born to them, both now living, viz.: Otis and Josie.  Mr. Kresse is now living on his father's farm, situated about two miles southeast of Concordia.  His father, Charles Kresse, is a native of Germany, where he was married to Henrietta Miller.  He came to this county in 1848 and has since resided here.  His youngest son John, is the only one of his children now living with him.  He and his wife are members of the German Baptist church of Concordia.  In 1880 he raised 1000 bushels of wheat on 40 acres, and 40 bushels of corn per acre.  Post office, Concordia.

8.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).