Christoph Knecht & Christina Machau Knecht

Christoph 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

Edward Knecht, b. 1891
Lydia Knecht Ziemann, b. 1893
Rebecca Knecht Sailer, b. 1896
Jacobina Knecht Rahn, b. 1898
Bertha Knecht Stanley
Melita Knecht Bankson
Amelia Knecht Hebeler, b. 1904
Ida Knecht Lemp
Martha Knecht


 


 

 

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