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Christian Lauffer Sr. THE PIONEER  Sex: Male
Birth Date 1723 MAY 17 Weisenheim Am Sand, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death Date  1796 JUN Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 
Father Johan Henrich Lauffer   Born: 1683 Weisenheim am Sand, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, German Died: 1730 
Mother Anna Catherina   Born:  
Christian Lauffer
Notes:
 

Notes: Christian and family arrived in Philadelphia on-board the Pennsylvania Merchant on September 10, 1731. The ship departed from Rotterdam with Captain John Stedman and traveled via Dover. There were 57 Palatines with a 175 total number of men women and children. The ships manifest shows Christian at age 8 with his stepfather Bartel, his mother, age 35, and his brother Laurence. Also traveling with them was his mothers sister, Maria Fronica, age 33, her husband Hans Michael Horiacher, and their daughter Maria, under 16 

Notes: Christian was naturalized in fall of 1765 in Lehi Twp., Northampton Co., PA. 

Notes: He is buried in the old Bash Cemetery, near Pleasant Unity, but no tombstone marks his grave.  

Spouse: Susanah Catharina Best   Sex: Female
Birth Date 1735 Germany 
Death Date 1796 JUL 19 Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 
Father Wilhelm Best Born: Died:
Mother Anna Susanna Schaeffer Born:
Married: 1751 Moore Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania 
Susanah Catharina Best Notes:  
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11 Children Birth Death Mother Spouse Grand Children
1 Bartol Lauffer   b.
d.  
Susanah Catharina Best Mary Angle Drumm
1 John Adam Lauffer b.1753
2 Christian Christopher Lauffer b.1778
3 Henry Lauffer b.1781
4 Johannes Lauffer b.1792
5 Phillip Lauffer b.1795
6 Peter Lauffer b.1797
2 Henry Lauffer   b.
d.  
Susanah Catharina Best
1 Hannah Lauffer
3 John Lauffer   b.
d.  
Susanah Catharina Best
4 Peter Johan Sr Lauffer   b.
d.  
Susanah Catharina Best Magdalena Susanna Grosher
1 Catherina Lauffer b.1778
2 Peter Lauffer b.1784
5 Adam Lauffer   b.
d.  
Susanah Catharina Best
6 Elizabeth Lauffer   b.
d.  
Susanah Catharina Best
7 Suzanna Lauffer   b.
d.  
Susanah Catharina Best
8 Catherine Lauffer   b.
d.  
Susanah Catharina Best
9 Mary Lauffer   b.
d.  
Susanah Catharina Best
10 Magdelenna Lauffer   b.
d.  
Susanah Catharina Best
11 Christian Jr Lauffer   b.1770
d.  
Susanah Catharina Best ? Hooker
1 John Laffer
2 Suzanna Lafter
3 Jakob Laffer
Ancestors Chart
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Johan Henrich Lauffer
b.1683 Weisenheim am Sand, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, German
d.1730
Joseph Lauffer
b.1660 Weisenheim am Sand, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, German
d.1713
  
 
Parents 2 4 persons 8 persons 16 persons 32 persons 64 persons 128 persons 256 persons 512 persons 1024-persons -
Anna Catherina


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