Michael and his family came to America in 1773, by way of Rotterdam, on the ship "Brittania", landing at Baltimore on 15 Jul 1773, his wife having died during the crossing. Buried a daughter in Baltimore after they arrived and moved to Bedford Co., PA where they lived for 8 years. Then crossed the Alleghany Mountains and settled in Somerset County where Michael died at age 81.
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
Name: Johann Michaël Kueffer/Küffern
Gender: männlich (Male)
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Baptism Date: 15. Feb 1728 (15 Feb 1728)
Baptism Place: Wallhalben, Bayern (Bavaria), Deutschland (Germany)
Residence Place: Wallhalben, Bayern, Germany
Father: Hanß/Hans Adam Kueffer/Küffern
Author: Evangelische Kirche Wallhalben (BA. Pirmasens)
FHL Film Number: 193211
Immigration:
Ship: Brittania
Captain: Master James Peter
From: Rotterdam
Arrival: Philadelphia, 18 Sep 1773
Passengers: Michael Kieffer
Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929 Ancestry.com
Name: Johann Michel Kieffer
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 7 Okt 1749 (7 Oct 1749)
Marriage Place: Evangelisch, Mittelbrunn, Pfalz, Bavaria
Spouse: Anna Margretha Mueller
FHL Film Number: 193055
Walhmohr German Church document FHL 1442011 includes the marriage and all the children of Leonhardt Kiefer and Anna Margaretha Heyel verifying Michael is not their son.
The attached History of Wayne Co., OH source data on John Jacob Kieffer verifies that this Kieffer line goes up to Le Tonnelier with Michael's Great Grandfather being Theobald (DeWald) Kieffer abt 1647-1698.
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
Name: Johann Michaël Kueffer/Küffern
Gender: männlich (Male)
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Baptism Date: 15. Feb 1728 (15 Feb 1728)
Baptism Place: Wallhalben, Bayern (Bavaria), Deutschland (Germany)
Residence Place: Wallhalben, Bayern, Germany
Father: Hanß/Hans Adam Kueffer/Küffern
Author: Evangelische Kirche Wallhalben (BA. Pirmasens)
FHL Film Number: 193211
Immigration:
Ship: Brittania
Captain: Master James Peter
From: Rotterdam
Arrival: Philadelphia, 18 Sep 1773
Passengers: Michael Kieffer
Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929 Ancestry.com
Name: Johann Michel Kieffer
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 7 Okt 1749 (7 Oct 1749)
Marriage Place: Evangelisch, Mittelbrunn, Pfalz, Bavaria
Spouse: Anna Margretha Mueller
FHL Film Number: 193055
Walhmohr German Church document FHL 1442011 includes the marriage and all the children of Leonhardt Kiefer and Anna Margaretha Heyel verifying Michael is not their son.
The attached History of Wayne Co., OH source data on John Jacob Kieffer verifies that this Kieffer line goes up to Le Tonnelier with Michael's Great Grandfather being Theobald (DeWald) Kieffer abt 1647-1698.
Michael and his family came to America in 1773, by way of Rotterdam, on the ship "Brittania", landing at Baltimore on 15 Jul 1773, his wife having died during the crossing. Buried a daughter in Baltimore after they arrived and moved to Bedford Co., PA where they lived for 8 years. Then crossed the Alleghany Mountains and settled in Somerset County where Michael died at age 81.
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
Name: Johann Michaël Kueffer/Küffern
Gender: männlich (Male)
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Baptism Date: 15. Feb 1728 (15 Feb 1728)
Baptism Place: Wallhalben, Bayern (Bavaria), Deutschland (Germany)
Residence Place: Wallhalben, Bayern, Germany
Father: Hanß/Hans Adam Kueffer/Küffern
Author: Evangelische Kirche Wallhalben (BA. Pirmasens)
FHL Film Number: 193211
Immigration:
Ship: Brittania
Captain: Master James Peter
From: Rotterdam
Arrival: Philadelphia, 18 Sep 1773
Passengers: Michael Kieffer
Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929 Ancestry.com
Name: Johann Michel Kieffer
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 7 Okt 1749 (7 Oct 1749)
Marriage Place: Evangelisch, Mittelbrunn, Pfalz, Bavaria
Spouse: Anna Margretha Mueller
FHL Film Number: 193055
Walhmohr German Church document FHL 1442011 includes the marriage and all the children of Leonhardt Kiefer and Anna Margaretha Heyel verifying Michael is not their son.
The attached History of Wayne Co., OH source data on John Jacob Kieffer verifies that this Kieffer line goes up to Le Tonnelier with Michael's Great Grandfather being Theobald (DeWald) Kieffer abt 1647-1698.
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
Name: Johann Michaël Kueffer/Küffern
Gender: männlich (Male)
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Baptism Date: 15. Feb 1728 (15 Feb 1728)
Baptism Place: Wallhalben, Bayern (Bavaria), Deutschland (Germany)
Residence Place: Wallhalben, Bayern, Germany
Father: Hanß/Hans Adam Kueffer/Küffern
Author: Evangelische Kirche Wallhalben (BA. Pirmasens)
FHL Film Number: 193211
Immigration:
Ship: Brittania
Captain: Master James Peter
From: Rotterdam
Arrival: Philadelphia, 18 Sep 1773
Passengers: Michael Kieffer
Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929 Ancestry.com
Name: Johann Michel Kieffer
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 7 Okt 1749 (7 Oct 1749)
Marriage Place: Evangelisch, Mittelbrunn, Pfalz, Bavaria
Spouse: Anna Margretha Mueller
FHL Film Number: 193055
Walhmohr German Church document FHL 1442011 includes the marriage and all the children of Leonhardt Kiefer and Anna Margaretha Heyel verifying Michael is not their son.
The attached History of Wayne Co., OH source data on John Jacob Kieffer verifies that this Kieffer line goes up to Le Tonnelier with Michael's Great Grandfather being Theobald (DeWald) Kieffer abt 1647-1698.
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