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Generations 5, 6 and 7 are kept confidential
due to many still living. If you think you see a connection, please mail me
privately and I will gladly share what information I have.
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The Christian Surname
is a very common one. Our line originates in Switzerland with Joseph
Christian born Abt. 1824. The lives of these
Christian ancestors and descendants continue with some interesting twists
and turns. The majority takes place in southwestern Illinois, particularly
the Polk Township, Carlinville, Illinois.
The only information known on our Christian roots is found throughout this
website. Joseph Christian was murdered in 1871 and his wife later
remarried a Jakob Gugger. So besides the Christian family information,
Gugger family information is also if interest.
Here are
some highlighted facts about our family ::
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This Christian line derives from Switzerland. Joseph Christian
immigrated the US; Date unknown.
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Joseph Christian married Magdalena Unknown of Prussia.
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In 1856, Joseph and Magdalena were living in Missouri. There they
gave birth to their first son, John.
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Between 1858 and 1866, this Christian family moved to Polk Township of
Macoupin, Illinois after the birth of their 2nd son, Joseph and gave
birth to their 3rd child, Elizabeth
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In April 1871, Joseph Christian was
murdered by a renter on his property and in Jun 1872, she
remarried to Jakob Gugger of Baden, Germany.
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