Christina Wegenast1

(6 September 1817 - 1865)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=26 Nov 2007
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Ancestors of Martha Josselyn (1909 - 2007)
Christina Wegenast was born on 6 September 1817 in Mühlheim am Bach, Württemberg, Germany.1 She was the daughter of Christian Wegenast and Christina Bernhard.1

Her daughter and granddaughter used the spelling "Christene Wegenist."2,3 The Illinois marriage records gave her maiden name as "Christinia Wignist."4 The death certificate of her daughter Mary (Mayer) Hannah, with information provided by her granddaughter Ella (Hannah) Josselyn, states that her surname was "Wagenosh" and that she was born in Holland.5

Christina Wegenast came to America on 1 October 1853 from Mühlheim am Bach, Württemberg, Germany.2

Christina Wegenast married John Jacob Mayer on 2 August 1857 in Paris, Illinois.4,2

Christina Wegenast appeared on the census of 14 July 1860 at Dolson Township, Clark County, Illinois, in the household of her husband.6

Christina Wegenast died in 1865.2

Child of Christina Wegenast and Georg Stierle

Children of Christina Wegenast and John Jacob Mayer

Citations

  1. [S626] Family record of Christian Wegenast (1781-1833). MS Word document sent by Dietmar Strobel of Mühlheim am Bach to H. DeVoe on 20 November 2007 as an e-mail attachment.
  2. [S486] Notes by Mary Christena Mayer, date unknown, in possession of Howard DeVoe.
  3. [S485] Interview, Ella (Hannah) Josselyn, date unknown.
  4. [S484] Dodd, Jordan R., Liahona Research, comp. Illinois Marriage Records, 1851-1900 (downloaded 15 August 2003 from Ancestry.com).
  5. [S532] M. Christina Hannah, death certificate no. 19_50 (1940), New Jersey Bureau of Vital Statistics.
  6. [S26] John J. Myer household, 1860 U.S. census, Clark County, Illinois, Dolson Township.

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