Urfer, Christian Sr.

1829 - 1853  (24 years)

• Name	Urfer, Christian
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	1829
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	URFE.C001
  Death	20 Mar 1853	Illinois
  	Cause: pneumonia
  Burial	Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois
  Person ID	I12706	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Schilt, Magdaline 'Mattie',   b. 12 Jul 1830, Bönigen, Kanton Berne, Switzerland
  Children	+ 1. Urfer, Magdaline 'Mattie',   b. 10 May 1849, Kanton Bern, Switzerland d. 23 Oct 1928, Grand Prairie, Richland County, Illinois (Age 79 years) + 2. Urfer, Lucinda,   b. 13 Dec 1851, Kanton Bern, Switzerland d. 18 Oct 1925, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 73 years)   3. Urfer, Christian 'Chris' Jr.,   b. 1 Jul 1853, Richland County, Illinois d. 26 Mar 1933, Richland County, Illinois (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F5967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - Cause: pneumonia - 20 Mar 1853 - Illinois Burial - - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Notes from Mary Giera for CHRISTIAN URFER, SR.: "Christian died of pneumonia en route to IL from Switzerland, aged 24 years. In Switzerland he owned and operated rock quarries in Lucerne, Switzerland. Listed in "Cemetery Inscriptions - Richland County, Illinois" by Barbara Craddock (c. 1969) are 2 Lutheran Cemeteries in Claremont Twp (#1 and #2) renamed sequentially Utterback and Brinkley. In neither of them {or any other in Claremont Twp, IL} are any Urfers recorded More About CHRISTIAN URFER, SR.: Burial: St. James Lutheran Church Cem, Claremont, Richland Co, IL"