Carl
William Albert
"Charlie"
Lefever
Born in Benwood, Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Jules Louis (Lefebvre) Lefever
and Dorothea Knauth
Brother of
Rosa Marie Lefever, Martha Juliette Lefever, Louis Julius Lefever, Amelia Louise (Lefever) Oman, Julius Richard Lefever and Katharina Louisa Lefever
Husband of
Louise Augusta Reitz
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ormand Lefever
Died
at age 53
in Pana, Christian County, Illinois, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Apr 2018
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Biography
Born 08 NOV 1890. Benwood, Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana, USA. Source: Death certificate for Carl William Lefever, Christian County, Illinois, 1944.
Occupation: Coal Miner.
Note: Benwood is located three miles north of Brazil, Indiana. It was an area where coal miners lived in the 1880s and 1890s. Carl was reportedly born in a railroad boxcar.
Sources
Birth & Death, Death certificate for Carl William Lefever, Christian County, Illinois, 1944.
United States Federal Census of 1900, Census Place: Pana, Christian, Illinois; Roll: T623_242; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 16, family of "Julius" and "Dora" Lefever. search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=100036 09&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
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- Joel Lefever
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 838 markers, haplogroup R-FT89285, FTDNA kit #481082
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