Chrischana (Pifer) Knowles (1829 - 1903)

Born 31 Mar 1829 in New York, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1903 at age 74 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

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Research Notes

The name on her handwritten Will (a copy may be viewed at her Find A Grave Memorial) and Federal Census records from 1850, 1880,1894, 1900 show the spelling of her name is "Chrischana". Despite having the Will, and referring to her as Chrischana in the Bio, the name "Christina" is at the top of the page. I only found one source recorded during her life that used "Christina" - the 1860 Federal Census.

Biography

Christina/ Chrischana was born to Jacob Pifer and Sophia Hess on 31 March 1829 in New York. She married Asa S. Knowles in about 1848, and they had six children together.

She passed away on 14 December 1903 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTK-BDV : 23 December 2020), Chrischana Knowles in household of Asa J Knowles, Persia, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDB-DLV?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LVDG-5V4)

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHH-V4P : 29 May 2021), Christiana Knowles in entry for Asa Knowles, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9P-3SQ : 14 January 2022), Chrischana Knowls in household of Asa Knowls, Hastings, Barry, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Michigan State Census, 1894," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKW-6PC : 12 March 2018), Chrishana Knowles in household of Asa Knowles, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing p. 407, State Archives, Lansing; FHL microfilm 915,315.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMP-D3T : 24 November 2021), Chrischana Knowles in entry for Asa S Knowles, 1900.

• Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952 [[1]]

Name: Cristina Knowles

Gender: Female

Race: White

Marital status: Widowed

Death Age: 74

Birth Date: 31 Mar 1829

Birth Place: New York

Death Date: 14 Dec 1903

Death Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Father: Jacob Pifer

Mother: Sophia Hess

File Number: 774

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25858427/christina-knowles: accessed 26 January 2023), memorial page for Christina Pfier Knowles (31 Mar 1829–14 Dec 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25858427, citing Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Jason Sampson (contributor 47943112).