When Peter Joseph Albus was born on 30 September 1854, in Siegkreis, Rhineland, Prussia, his father, Johann Franz Albus, was 46 and his mother, Anna Margaretha Steimel, was 38. He married Catharine Behrend on 13 October 1885, in Gilbertville, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 7, Knox, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 12 October 1929, in Rhineland, Knox, Texas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Smith Cemetery, Knox, Texas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1858: Knox, Texas, United States
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