Johannes Albrecht
(Albright John)
[uncertain]
Christen
Born in Bannwil, Aarwangen, Bern, Schweiz
Son of Johannes Christen Sr.
and Elisabeth (Schaad) Christen
Brother of
Johannes Christen Jr.
Husband of
Mary Ophelia Lord
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Maude Nickey Christen
Died
at about age 65
in Decatur, Adams Co, Indiana, USA
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Biography
Johannes Albrecht was born on 23 November and christened on 13 December 1840. He was the son of Johannes Christen and Elisabeth Schaad.[1] His father brought the family to the United States in 1850 and settled just north of Decatur Indiana. He served in the army from 1862 to 1865 with Company K of the 89th Regiment of the Indiana Infantry.
In the biography from his parents his name is given as John A. and also as Albright. Census records and his tombstone give Albright J. The 89th Infantry gives Albright T.
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John was born about 1840. He passed away about 1906.
Sources
- ↑ Aarwangen 8 Taufrodel (1840-1855) p. 2
See also:
- Biographical and Historical Record of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana, page 339
- Report of the adjutant general of the state of Indiana, Volume VI, page 453 (1865)
- Family bible.
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Patricia Roberts
Christen-392 and Christen-73 appear to represent the same person because: Albright Christen was the father of my ancestor, Maude Nicky Christen. He was the son of Johann and Elizabeth (Schaad) Christen. They immigrated from Switzerland on the Bark Heather Bell and settled in Adams County, Indiana in 1850 when he was 9 (according to the shipping manifest). Albright was a builder by trade. A cousin sent me pictures of a house still standing in Decatur that was built by him. He died from an overdose of Laudanum which he was taking for pain caused by cancer of the eye according to the newspaper of the day.
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Steve Allen
next we move on to merge the parents
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Steve Allen
Christen family was roughly the 3rd generation from Switzerland to Ohio/Indiana which in my line started after the eruption of Tambora caused the year with no summer followed by cholera epidemic. Jacob Shaerer emigrated 1819 to Ohio and then bought land in Root, Decatur, Indiana. Over the next decades successful Swiss folk in US returned to Canton Bern and facilitated successive waves of emigration from Switzerland to Ohio/Indiana.
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