Christoph Gottfried von Loewe and Unknown

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Husband Christoph Gottfried von Loewe ¹

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           Born: 8 Mar 1794 - Mühlhausen, Thüringia, East Prussia 1
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           Died: 1855 - Pennsville, Fayette Co, PA 1
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         Father: Anton Wilhelm von Loewe (Abt 1750-      ) 1
         Mother: [Unk] Werner (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Maria Johanna Vorrenter (1808-1884) 1 - 1833 1

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Wife Unknown

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Children

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1 M William C. Lyon ²

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            AKA: William C. von Loewe 1
           Born: 1832 - Mühlhausen, Thüringia, East Prussia 2
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           Died: 1910 2
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Ruby (      -1867) 2

         Spouse: Mary Buttermore (      -1912) 2
           Marr: 1868 2

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General Notes: Husband - Christoph Gottfried von Loewe

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He was born in Mühlhausen, Thüringia, in East Prussia, twenty-five miles northwest of Erfurt. He was the head of that branch of the family which emigrated to America. At the age of twenty he entered the German army and one year later, in 1815, was engaged under General Blücher in the battle of Waterloo. A bronze medal, made from captured French cannon, was presented to him. At the conclusion of his military service he was appointed superintendent of a boy's orphan school at Mühlhausen, and later, until his emigration, was superintendent of the Workhouse and Home for Men at Mühlhausen.

His two older sons were the first to emigrate to America, followed by the balance of the family in 1853. On the 6th of September of that year, after seven weeks of rough sailing, the family landed in New York, and proceeded to Pennsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The family were members of the German Reformed church, but after their emigration all united with the Baptist church. The name was also changed to Lyon, which was the original French form of the name. The given names were also altered to conform to the English pronunciation.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 580.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 581.