From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 769. City of La Crosse FRED KRONER, hardware merchant; is a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, born in 1834; came to America in 1854, lived one year in Indiana and one year in Janesville, Wis., coming from there to La Crosse in 1856; has been in his present business since 1867. In that year he built a store on Pearl street and occupied it till 1875, when his business requiring more room, he built another store on Third street, No. 16, 23x100, three stories high, where he has since carried on his business and keeps a general stock of stoves, tinware, shelf-hardware, farming tools, etc. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]