Christine
Bolch
formerly [surname unknown]
Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Gottfried Bolch Sr
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Daniel Bolick Sr., Jacob (Bolch) Bolick, Catherine (Bolick) Smith, David (Bolch) Bolich and Godfrey Bolch
Died before
in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Jun 2011
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Christine (Unknown) Bolch lived in Appalachia, in North Carolina. See Appalachia Project.
Biography
Research Notes
Research has shown that Christian Treffenstatt & Mary Eckerd did not have a daughter named Christine. The maiden name of Gottfried's first wife has never been proven to have been Treffenstatt. And Christine's exact birth & death have never been known. I believe the maiden name Treffenstatt, the parents, & birth & death dates should be removed from Christine's profile, to avoid any confusion & misinformation. A descendant of Gottfried sent me (Clayton Martinez) an email some time ago stating this about Christine:
"[M]y research years ago indicated that "Christine Treffenstatt" is a construct, a fictional character. It started when a family history author -- decades after Godfrey's death -- briefly mentioned Godfrey Bolch's (first) wife as a Catherine Treffenstatt. That was the *only* citation of that wife's full name, and the name was wrong. Somebody later realized, hey, Catherine Treffenstatt actually married a different guy, not Godfrey. And somebody *else* found a single contemporary reference to Godfrey Bolch's own (first) wife as "Christina." Nothing with a maiden name, or anything else about her.
"Benjamin Bolick's paternal grandparents were Godfrey (Gottfried) and Christina Bolch. A 1790 baptismal record for Godfrey's nephew, written in German, refers to witnesses 'Gottfried Bolch and his wife Christina.' A much later writer states that Godfrey Bolch's wife was Catherine Traffenstadt. However, the Catherine Traffenstadt from that area married Martin Eckard, not Godfrey Bolch. A woman named Catherine Eckard, possible daughter of that couple, wound up marrying Godfrey Bolch's son William. Also, after his wife Christina's death, Godfrey Bolch married a widow named Catherine Hartle -- herself born an Eckard, not a Traffenstadt -- and there were no children of that marriage. Basically, there are endless possibilities for name confusion but there is no good citation for the maiden name of Benjamin Bolick's father's mother, Christina Bolch.""
Sources
- Ancestral File: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: FV4L-VL
- Find A Grave: Memorial #259821552
- See also: Christine at FamilySearch
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christine:
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~1.56%
~12.50%
James Green 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M135854 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A927923 [compare], Ancestry member jwg3
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T606342 [compare], FTDNA kit #177402
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Susie MacLeod :
23andMe, GEDmatch M400136 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A897955 [compare], Ancestry member Susie_MacLeod_72
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Shea (Sweat) Donaldson :
23andMe, GEDmatch UX5591675 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A909966 [compare]
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~0.39%
~3.12%
David Alford :
23andMe
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Categories: Unsourced Profiles | North Carolina Appalachians
"[M]y research years ago indicated that "Christine Treffenstatt" is a construct, a fictional character. It started when a family history author -- decades after Godfrey's death -- briefly mentioned Godfrey Bolch's (first) wife as a Catherine Treffenstatt. That was the *only* citation of that wife's full name, and the name was wrong. Somebody later realized, hey, Catherine Treffenstatt actually married a different guy, not Godfrey. And somebody *else* found a single contemporary reference to Godfrey Bolch's own (first) wife as "Christina." Nothing with a maiden name, or anything else about her.
"Benjamin Bolick's paternal grandparents were Godfrey (Gottfried) and Christina Bolch. A 1790 baptismal record for Godfrey's nephew, written in German, refers to witnesses 'Gottfried Bolch and his wife Christina.' A much later writer states that Godfrey Bolch's wife was Catherine Traffenstadt. However, the Catherine Traffenstadt from that area married Martin Eckard, not Godfrey Bolch. A woman named Catherine Eckard, possible daughter of that couple, wound up marrying Godfrey Bolch's son William. Also, after his wife Christina's death, Godfrey Bolch married a widow named Catherine Hartle -- herself born an Eckard, not a Traffenstadt -- and there were no children of that marriage. Basically, there are endless possibilities for name confusion but there is no good citation for the maiden name of Benjamin Bolick's father's mother, Christina Bolch.""
edited by Clayton Martinez