Christian (of Eggiwil) Stauffer

Male Abt 1580 - Aft 1672  (~ 93 years)


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  • Name Christian (of Eggiwil) Stauffer 
    Birth 1579  Rottenbach, Berne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ref: Stauffer Descendant Register: https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/164484/P24556/-/registry and supported by https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/stauffer/510 
    Born Abt 1580  Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref: Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners Vol 1, Davis pg 357.
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1582  Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    When Christian Stauffer was 90, reportedly in 1672, with a second wife (aged 70), he was father, grandfather and great-grandfather to 94 descedants, of whom 78 were still living. Ref: Stauffer Stouffer Stover Family of Penn (Colket), pg 3. 
    Death 1671  Ibersheim, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Aft 1672  Ibersheim, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref: Stauffer Stouffer Stover Family of Penn, Meredith Colket, pg 3.
    Person ID I292242508105  Barton
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 

    Father Niclaus Stauffer,   b. Abt 1555, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1615, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Mother Trini Leeman,   b. Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1737  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Adelheid Opplinger,   b. 21 Nov 1588, Rottenbach, Berne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1632, Ibersheim, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married Bef 1611  Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Madlena Stauffer,   b. 6 Oct 1611, Rottenbach, Berne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Johannes Hans Stauffer,   b. 18 Apr 1613, Rottenbach, Berne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1695, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +3. Christian Stauffer,   b. 19 Mar 1615, Rottenbach, Berne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Anna Stauffer,   b. 13 Apr 1617, Rottenbach, Berne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Elsbeth Stauffer,   b. 1620, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Peter Stauffer,   b. 28 Apr 1622, Rottenbach, Berne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Barbara Stauffer,   b. 1625, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Margaret Stauffer,   b. 1627, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
    +9. Ulrich Stauffer,   b. 1629, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
    +10. Daniel Stauffer,   b. 1632, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1695, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Asenath Friedrich,   b. Abt 1701, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Aft 1633  Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ref: Stauffer Families, RW Davis pg 11.
      Christian Stauffer b. 1579 Anabaptist of Eggiwil and Ibersheim. Ancestor of the vast majority of Stauffer immigrants.

      This entry for Christian Stauffer follows this descendant register:
      https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/164484/P24556/-/registry
      This registry conflicts with information from Stauffer Stover Family History 1899 pg 195.

      Supporting ref also at : Confusion, Real Father of Hans Stauffer,
      https://Iwww.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/stauffer/510

      Christian Stauffer b.abt 1579 (or 1582), is attributed as the father, grandfather and great-grandfather of 94 descendants, when as of 1672 (when he was 90) 78 were still living and 16 were dead. Ref: Genealogical Memoranda, Stouffer, 1903, by Kate Snively. Also Stauffer Stouffer Stover Family of Penn, Meredith Colket, pg 3.


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