Johann Christian Trauger (1728-1811)

Johann Christian Trauger

Birth

30 Mar 1728

Bickenbach, Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany

Death

8 Jan 1811 (aged 82)

Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA

Burial

Saint Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery

Ferndale, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map

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Johann Christian Dracker/Trauger was born on or before March 30, 1728, in Bickenbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, the son of Johann Adam Dracker and his wife Maria Catherina. He immigrated to America arriving in Philadelphia on October 9, 1747 aboard the ship "Restoration." He fought in the American Revolution. He served in the Nockamixon Company under Captain Jacob Shoope. Circa 1750, he married his wife, Anna Barbara, who was allegedly a Stein by birth. Some researchers have her maiden name as Lumborn or Lamborn, but I believe this was confused with their daughter, Elizabeth Barbara Trauger Laubenstein. Christian and Anna Barbara were the parents of 10 children: Anna Barbara, John, Ludwig William, Elizabeth Barbara, Christopher, Philip, Catharina, John Frederick, Anna Maria and John Christian Trauger. Christian passed away January 11, 1811, in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and was buried in St. Luke's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Ferndale, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Inscription

Original stone has birth year as 1726. Bickenbach records indicate 1728.

New Memorial:

TRAUGER, Johann Christian 1728-1811

back side of Tombstone

On the 250th Anniversary in America THE TRAUGER FAMILY Placed this monument. Johann Christian and Ludwig Wilheim sons of Johann Adam and Maria Catharina Dracker, immigrated to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania from Bickenbach near Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. Christian arrived aboard the ship Restoration on Oct 9, 1747. Ludwig arrived aboard the ship Patience on September 16, 1748. Christian and Ludwig settled in Nockamixon township in Bucks County and established the Trauger family in America. --Trauger Family Reunion July 25, 1998.
This Monument marks the graves of Johann Christian and Anna Barbara Trauger. Anna Barbara 1729-1821
They had six sons four Daughters.