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Christian Heinrich Virginis Elias

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Christian Heinrich Virginis Elias

Birth
Kassel, Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Death
23 Aug 1878 (aged 77)
Concord, Dodge County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Concord, Dodge County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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CHRISTIAN HEINRICH VIRGINIS ELIAS, was born February 3, 1801 in Heisebeck, Kassel, Germany to Christian Fredrich Elias and Dorothea Brand-Elias.

He was married in Heisebeck to Henrietta Christine on March 26, 1826. They left Germany and traveled to Holland for a time and on to the port of Bremen, Germany sailing to New York, USA, arriving on August 2, 1832. On the manifest NARA microfilm roll 17 he is listed as a farmer, peasant, landsman and agriculturalist. On the 1850 census in Euphratah, Fulton County, New York he is listed as head of household, 50 years; wife, Hennrietta and 6 children; occupation farmer.

Christian and his older sons, William and James left New York around 1865 and settled in Concord Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, son John came later. He left his wife and married daughters behind in New York. It is believed they never traveled to Minnesota and Henrietta and daughters are buried in Prospect View Cemetery, Montgomery County, New York.

Christian died on August 23, 1878 in Dodge County, Minnesota and is buried in the Concord Cemetery, Concord, Minnesota near his two sons, William and James and many of his grandchildren.

Sources: MFrederick family tree, Jones Family tree, Glamm family tree, immigration and census records. Research gathered by C Whitcomb in 2012-2018
CHRISTIAN HEINRICH VIRGINIS ELIAS, was born February 3, 1801 in Heisebeck, Kassel, Germany to Christian Fredrich Elias and Dorothea Brand-Elias.

He was married in Heisebeck to Henrietta Christine on March 26, 1826. They left Germany and traveled to Holland for a time and on to the port of Bremen, Germany sailing to New York, USA, arriving on August 2, 1832. On the manifest NARA microfilm roll 17 he is listed as a farmer, peasant, landsman and agriculturalist. On the 1850 census in Euphratah, Fulton County, New York he is listed as head of household, 50 years; wife, Hennrietta and 6 children; occupation farmer.

Christian and his older sons, William and James left New York around 1865 and settled in Concord Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, son John came later. He left his wife and married daughters behind in New York. It is believed they never traveled to Minnesota and Henrietta and daughters are buried in Prospect View Cemetery, Montgomery County, New York.

Christian died on August 23, 1878 in Dodge County, Minnesota and is buried in the Concord Cemetery, Concord, Minnesota near his two sons, William and James and many of his grandchildren.

Sources: MFrederick family tree, Jones Family tree, Glamm family tree, immigration and census records. Research gathered by C Whitcomb in 2012-2018


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