Brief Life History of Sophia
When Sophia Pehl was born on 14 February 1837, in Holler, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, her father, Peter Pehl, was 28 and her mother, Gesina Magdalena "Helene" Stein, was 28. She married Alfred Frank Hunter on 31 December 1852, in Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Gillespie, Texas, United States in 1870 and Weed, Otero, New Mexico, United States in 1900. She died on 4 June 1914, in Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Sophia Hunter in household of Alfd Hunter, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sophia Pehl Hunter - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Sophia Pehl Hunter
- Sophie Sale, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
Spouse and Children
1833–1912 Male
1837–1914 Female
Children (2)
1854–1940 Female
1857–1938 Male
Parents and Siblings
1808–1860 Male
1808–1880 Female
Siblings (7)
1834–1894 Male
1837–1914 Female
1838–1866 Male
1840– Male
1841–1841 Male
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World Events (8)
1848
Age 11
1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
Age 15
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
Age 24
Name Meaning
German: either from an Old Prussian name of uncertain origin, or a shortened form of North German Pehlgrimm ‘pilgrim’ (from Latin peregrinus; German Pilger ), which was also used as a personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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