Name: Christophel-WhittakerNew

Updated: 07-26-2021 05:07:57.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. George Peter Christopher: Birth: 27 JUL 1873 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Death: 29 SEP 1955 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio

  2. Elizabeth Christopher: Birth: 17 OCT 1874 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Death: 14 SEP 1875 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio

  3. John Joseph Christopher: Birth: 9 AUG 1876 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Death: 3 APR 1963 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio

  4. Peter Adam Christopher: Birth: 25 DEC 1878 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Death: 18 SEP 1954 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio

  5. Charles Frederick Christopher: Birth: 23 SEP 1880 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Death: 22 APR 1948 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

  6. Francis Christopher: Birth: 24 NOV 1882 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Death: 21 MAR 1953 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio

  7. Adam Joseph Christopher: Birth: 24 SEP 1884 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Death: 1 OCT 1884 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio

  8. Catherine Barbara Christopher: Birth: 19 OCT 1885 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Death: 15 JUL 1947 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio

  9. Joseph Adam Christopher: Birth: 16 JUL 1887 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Death: 15 JAN 1943 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio

  10. Ludovica Adamus Christopher: Birth: 4 MAY 1890 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Death: 19 DEC 1971 in Cheviot, Hamilton, Ohio


Sources
1. Title:   St Mary's Catholic Cemetery Tombstone
2. Title:   1880 US Census for Cincinnati, OH
Page:   50
3. Title:   Bistum Speyer Catholic Archives Records for Rohrbach, Pfalz, Germany
Page:   Birth Records give d.o.b. of 27 Aug 1843, so tombstone d.o.b. of 26 Aug 1844 is in error.
4. Title:   St John the Baptist Catholic Church Death Record 1892
5. Title:   Cincinnati Volksfreund
Publication:   08 Aug 1874
6. Title:   Cincinnati Birth & Death Records, 1865-1912
Author:   Cincinnati Ohio Health Dept.
Publication:   University of Cincinnati Library
7. Title:   St John the Baptist Catholic Church Marriage Record 1872
8. Title:   Hamilton County OH Application for Marriage License/Marriage Record Vol. B28 No. 383

Notes
a. Note:   Adam's birth record from the Catholic Church in Rohrbach, Pfalz, Germany, states that he was born 27 Aug 1843 rather than the date his tombstone gives: 26 Aug 1844. I believe the Catholic Church Records show the correct date.
  I wrote to the Archdiocese in Speyer, Germany in 2011. I received back from them the proofs of what I had long suspected; that Adam's family were born in Rohrbach. I was sent all the baptisms, marriages, and deaths for the Christophel families. I found among them that the father of Adam, Johannes, Louise, and a before unknown daughter named Catherine was Peter Christophel, who had died in 1851 before Adam and his mother, Maria Anna, had come to America. I was also told where to write for their emigration records. I did so and received documents showing that Maria Anna, Adam, and Louise (Ludovica) had left Germany for Le Havre 14 Sep 1852; but, they could not find them in the shipping lists over there. They had no
 papers for Johannes; but, armed with this much knowledge, I again searched shipping lists of the Port of New Orleans; and, this time, I found Johannes arriving aboard the Ship "Susan E. Howell" at New Orleans from Le Havre on 23 Dec 1848.
  Adam became a Citizen of the United States on 01 Oct 1866, according to the Hamilton County, Ohio Probate Court Journal, Volume 30, Page 6.
  Adam was a cigar maker. He listed himself in the Cincinnati City Directories under two last name spellings: Christophel and Christopher. Both listings, every year were at the same address, 189 Bremen Street; and both listings had the same occupation of cigar maker. I think he may have wanted to attract English speaking business by Anglicizing his name. All of his children began using the last name of Christopher; and, this is the name I was born with. However, I have decided to start using the original version of Christophel when using my maiden name as a part of my full name. Adam died at the age of 48 from a lung ailment which was described as either consumption or pneumonia, depending on the source. He is buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
 

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