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Christina (Becker) Pfeiffer (1831 - 1893)

Christina Pfeiffer formerly Becker aka Walther
Born in Staufenberg, Hesse, Germanymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 26 Jun 1857 (to about 1858) in Frederick County, Marylandmap
Wife of — married 1860 in Lutheran Church, Cumberland, Allegany Co., MDmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , and
Died at age 62 in Grant, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Birth

Christina Becker was born on 3 Feb 1831 in Staufenberg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany to Ludwig and Anna Barbara Elisabetha (Klinkel) Becker. She was christened in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Staufenberg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany. Ludwig was a forester, husbandsman, and vinter's farm-hand. Her ancestors lived in the area of Staufenberg, Lollar and Ruttershausen from at least the 1500s..[1]

Immigration

At the age of 20 along with some of her family, she arrived on 25 Jul 1853 in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Maryland having sailed from Bremen, Germany in steerage on the Ship Favorite, captained by H. Meyerdirk.[2]

Marriages and Children

Albert Walther (abt.1830-abt.1859) married 26 June 1857, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick County, Maryland Lewis Walter (1859-1921)

John Pfeiffer (1836-1907) married 2 January 1860, St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Cumberland, Maryland. George Fredrich Pfeiffer (1860-1926), Mary Ann Pfeiffer (1863-1943), Anne E Pfeiffer (1865-), John David Pfeiffer (1866-),Charles Franklin Pfeiffer (1868-) andDora May Pfeiffer (1871-1871).

Death and Burial

16 MAY 1893 Grant, WV residence listed as Oakland (infer Oakland, MD)[3] A memorial has been created at FindAGrave[4]


Sources

  1. ↑ Becker Family; Staufenberg, Germany Town Records
  2. ↑ Germans to America /ifa/co_355toc.html - intro </ifa/co_355toc.html>/ifa/co_355toc.html - intro </ifa/co_355toc.html>Data Introduction </ifa/co_355toc.html> http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/odl_browse.cgi?SUBDB=USC&DEC=1860&CD=438&SEC=Maryland&CH=ALLEGANY-2C-20Roll-20456-20Book-201
  3. ↑ West Virginia Deaths, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. From originals housed in county courthouses throughout West Virginia. "Death Records.".
  4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192898073/christina-pfeiffer

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Beth Golden for creating WikiTree profile Becker-1705 through the import of for wiki 2.ged on Apr 17, 2013.





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