Christian Knauss was born in 1785, in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Catharine Straw about 1809, in Adamsburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 4 December 1850, in Snyder, Burrell Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Barners Lutheran Church Cemetery, Liverpool, Perry, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
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German: variant of Knaus . This surname is also found in France (Alsace).
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Possible Related NamesChristian was of Prussian descent, he was a native of Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. Upon the death of his father, his mother married George Oberdorff and moved the family to Northumberland Co. when Ch …
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