Christoph Gottfried von Loewe and Maria Johanna Vorrenter

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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
         Buried: 

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         Father: Anton Wilhelm von Loewe (Abt 1750-      ) 1
         Mother: [Unk] Werner (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1833 1

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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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Wife Maria Johanna Vorrenter ¹

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           Born: 22 Apr 1808 1
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           Died: 1884 1
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Children

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1 M Christian Augustus Lyon ²

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            AKA: Christian Augustus von Loewe 1
           Born: 1834 - Mühlhausen, Thüringia, East Prussia 2
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Mary Wilson (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1856 2

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2 F Maria Sophia Amelia Lyon ^{2 3}

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            AKA: Maria Sophia Amelia von Loewe 1
           Born: 1837 - Mühlhausen, Thüringia, East Prussia 2
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           Died: Sep 1865 - ? Washington Co, PA 2 3
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         Spouse: Jacob Overholt (1827-1885) 2 3
           Marr: 1858 2

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3 M Charles Christopher Lyon ²

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            AKA: Charles Christopher von Loewe 1
           Born: 19 Mar 1840 - Mühlhausen, Thüringia, East Prussia 2
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           Died: 3 Oct 1909 - Altoona, Blair Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Emmeline Brainard Newmyer (1839-1888) 2
           Marr: 22 Mar 1864 2

         Spouse: Anna Elizabeth Bair (      -Aft 1913) 2
           Marr: 1890 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.

3 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 70.