Hi George,
I was forwarded your email from Loren Dahling regarding Christ Klopfenstein. In your records you have Christ married to Lena Petrich and also married to Cora Pouden.
This is not correct. Christ Klopfenstein b. 12 Sep 1848 was first married to Sophia Ruch in Germany (Alsace Lorraine). They had 4 sons:
1. Christian b. Feb 1873 in Alsace (He married Cora Pouden)
2. Michael b. 25 Dec 1875 in Alsace
3. Phillip Klopfenstein b. Jan 1878 Germany
4. William b. 17 Mar 1886 in Indiana
When his first wife died in 1892, he married Adelina (Lena) Petrich in 1892. They had one daughter, Clara. Lena died in 1895.
Christ married Marie Has in 1896.
Are you related to this family?
Jannis Frederick