9710 Individuals in our Database | | | | | | 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.
| |  | | 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: | | | Individual Notes: | | | More Notes: | | | Individual Notes: | | | |
Ancestors Chart | Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | 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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