Johann Adam Knauf

1824 - 1899  (74 Jahre)

• Name	Johann Adam Knauf  [1]
  Geburt	3 Jun 1824	Vollmerz, Schlüchtern, Hessen
  Geschlecht	männlich
  Beruf	Bauer
  Tod	29 Apr 1899	Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, USA
  Personen-Kennung	I12120	kohlstaedt1
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	3 Mrz 2024

  
  

  Vater	Johann Nicolaus Knauf,   geb. 18 Mai 1781, Vollmerz, Schlüchtern, Hessen gest. 26 Mrz 1855, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Alter 73 Jahre)
  Beziehung	natural
  Mutter	Barbara Catharina Weining,   geb. 4 Jun 1785, Vollmerz, Schlüchtern, Hessen gest. 1834, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Alter 48 Jahre)
  Beziehung	natural
  Eheschließung	25 Jun 1807	Ramholz, Schlüchtern, Hessen
  Familien-Kennung	F5349	Familienblatt  |  Familientafel

  
  

  Familie	Elisabeth Ifft,   geb. 18 Apr 1827, Elm, Schlüchtern, Hessen gest. 5 Jun 1905, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Alter 78 Jahre)
  Eheschließung	7 Apr 1846	Pennsylvania, USA
  Familien-Kennung	F5352	Familienblatt  |  Familientafel
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	3 Mrz 2024

  
  

• Ereignis-Karte		Geburt - 3 Jun 1824 - Vollmerz, Schlüchtern, Hessen Eheschließung - 7 Apr 1846 - Pennsylvania, USA Tod - 29 Apr 1899 - Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, USA  = Link zu Google Earth
  Pin-Bedeutungen	: Adresse       : Ortsteil       : Ort       : Region       : (Bundes-)Staat/-Land       : Land       : Nicht festgelegt

  
  

• Notizen

  Auswanderung nach USA, Ankunft in Baltimore am 28. Juli 1831

  
  

• Quellen

  [S106] Tricia J. McCall, Genealogy: The Cress and McCall Family Page, (Name: FamilyTreeMaker Online; Location: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com;), Ancestors of Lovetta Irene Knauff, Generation No. 5, Entry 16 and 17. From "The History of Mercer County", 1888: Adam Knauff, farmer, post-office Balm, was born on June 3, 1824, in Germany, to Nicholas and Anna (Vining)(sic) Knauff, natives of the same country, who came to America in 1831. Michael, the grandfather of Adam, started on the same vessel but died on the way and was buried in the ocean. The parents settled first in the woods of Butler County. There the father died in 1855 and the mother in 1834. They had five children: Nicholas, Michael, John, Michael (2), Adam, and Margaret, who married Michael Senkan. The parents were members of the German Lutheran Church. Adam Knauff was educated in the German schools of his native country and in Butler County. He learned the tailor's trade with his brother Michael, and followed it for some time. He was married April 7, 1846 to Elizabeth Ifft, daughter of Peter and Anna (Ginter) (sic) Ifft, natives of the same country, and who came on the same vessel with the Knauff family. Her parents settled in Beaver County, PA. They had six children: Peter, Jacob, John, Eliza, Barbara, and Gertrude. Our subject has had ten children, seven of whom are living; Adam, married Susannah Uber and has Anna, Maggie, Ida, Joseph, Clara, Rosa, and Mary; John, married Helen Reeher, and has Freddie, Harry, Mable, and Dennis; Herman, married America Harman and has Willis and Lestie; Jacob, married Magdalena Blumenshine, and has Clarence and Hattie (Sic); Anna, married Martin Bortz, and has Walter and Freddie; Mary and Charles are at home. Mr. Knauff came to the present farm of 126 acres in 1866. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church of Balm, and he is a Democrat.