Christoph Knecht & Christina Machau KnechtChristoph Knecht and Christina Machau were married in Russia in 1889. They came to the United States in 1901, living first at Bowdle, S.D. In 1910 they moved to Mercer County and homesteaded eleven miles north of Hazen, N.D. Christoph Knecht was March 24, 1864, in Paris, Bessarabia, Russia. He died Nov. 2, 1918. Christina Machau was born Oct. 22, 1867, in South Russia and died May 6, 1954, in Hazen, N.D. Together they are buried in the St. John's church cemetery, Krem, N.D. Two Generations -- Mother & Son & Daughter-in-law Regina (Sailer) Knect, Christina Knecht & Edward Knecht
Children of Christoph & Christina Knecht
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