When Christian D. Liechty was born on 24 May 1857, in Green Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States, his father, Peter Lichty, was 54 and his mother, Veronica Frances Eicher, was 41. He married Barbara Conrad on 19 February 1880, in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Plain, Stark, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Wayne, Ohio, United States in 1920. He died on 13 June 1943, in Orrville, Green Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Oak Grove Mennonite Church, Green Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States.
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Swiss German: variant of Liechti and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname Liechty, which is rare in Switzerland, is also found in France (mainly Alsace).
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