Christian Knauss

Brief Life History of Christian

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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Family Time Line

Christian Knauss
1785–1850
Catharine Straw
1790–1855
Marriage: about 1809
Elizabeth Knauss
1809–1873
Samuel Knauss
–
David Knauss
1811–1857
Daniel Knause
1812–1897
Catherine Knause
1816–1868
Herman Knauss
1818–
Sarah Knauss
1820–1880
Magdalena Knauss
1820–1906
Margaret Knauss
1830–1900
Elizabeth Knauss
1866–

Sources (3)

  • Christian Knouse, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Christ Knouse in entry for Mary Magdaline Leiter, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
  • Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9S9-79YK?cc=1999196&wc=9PMR-DP8%3A268499001%2C282399501

World Events (7)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

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.

1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution

On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

German: variant of Knaus . This surname is also found in France (Alsace).

Americanized or Germanized form of Slovenian Knavs or Knaus 4, a surname of German origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Christian Knouse 1785 - 1850

Christian 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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