Joseph A. Krauser

Joseph, husband of Lydia Coniston (maiden name according to her daughter's death certificate) was born around 1843 in Bavaria. He is found with his wife and a few children in the 1880 census in Washington, DC.

The Washington Post has two articles on him, the second being rather funny unfortunately.

KRAUSER- Departed this life on Wednesday, March 13, 1918 at 1 a.m. at Georgetown University Hospital, JOSEPH A., beloved husband of the late Liddier Krauser, in his seventy-seventh year.
Funeral from his late residence, 514 Twenty-third street northwest, Saturday, March 16, at 9:30 a.m., thence to St. Stephen's church where mass will be said. Relatives and friends invited.

JOHN HALE DIDN'T DIE
Undertaker and Wife Thought He Did - Nurse Mixed Names.

While an undertaker was preparing for burial yesterday a body thought to be that of John Hale, civil war veteran, Hale was very much alive in Georgetown University Hospital. Later developments showed that the undertaker had the body of Joseph A. Krauser, who died early yesterday morning in the same ward where Hale is a patient. The night nurse got matters mixed and notified Hale's family. Mrs. Hale arranged for the funeral today and did not discover the mistake until she called the hospital to learn what time her husband's supposed death occurred.

His son, also called Joseph, died fairly young.

KRAUSER- On Thursday, August 24, 1911, at 4:05 o'clock, JOSEPH, beloved son of Joseph and the late Lydia Krauser. Funeral services at his late residence 720 Twenty-fourth street northwest on Monday, August 28 at 8:30 a.m., thence to St. Stephen's Church at 9 o'clock.

So Lydia died before 1911.