Melchior Koffler was born in Durmersheim by Rastatt in the Grand Duchy of Baden 9 Sep 1826 to parents Conrad and Anna Maria (Klein) Koffler, their second-youngest of ten children. He and his most immediate brothers were all named after the Biblical magi. He was baptized as a Catholic at the St. Dionysius Kirche in Durmersheim, of which his ancestors had been communicant members since the 1600s.
After living in Alsace-Lorraine for several years, he emigrated to the United States in 1847 whereafter he settled in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, working as a gardener and laborer. In 1849, he married Anna Margaretha Opfermann, daughter of Franz and Dorothea (Ringleb) Opfermann, an emigrant family from Thüringia, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia.
Melchior made his home in Snowden Township, and he and his wife had eleven children, all but two of whom lived into adulthood. Melchior and several of his sons worked as farmers, and his children married into German Catholic families from the surrounding area, though primarily those from the Chartiers and McKees Rocks communities.
J.D. Smith, descendant
Sources:
1. Koffler Family Records
2. Records from the Katholische Kirchenbücher of Durmersheim
2. Notes and transcriptions from Kathleen Molcan
3. Notes from Birgit Weßbecher Gerstner
After living in Alsace-Lorraine for several years, he emigrated to the United States in 1847 whereafter he settled in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, working as a gardener and laborer. In 1849, he married Anna Margaretha Opfermann, daughter of Franz and Dorothea (Ringleb) Opfermann, an emigrant family from Thüringia, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia.
Melchior made his home in Snowden Township, and he and his wife had eleven children, all but two of whom lived into adulthood. Melchior and several of his sons worked as farmers, and his children married into German Catholic families from the surrounding area, though primarily those from the Chartiers and McKees Rocks communities.
J.D. Smith, descendant
Sources:
1. Koffler Family Records
2. Records from the Katholische Kirchenbücher of Durmersheim
2. Notes and transcriptions from Kathleen Molcan
3. Notes from Birgit Weßbecher Gerstner
Melchior Koffler was born in Durmersheim by Rastatt in the Grand Duchy of Baden 9 Sep 1826 to parents Conrad and Anna Maria (Klein) Koffler, their second-youngest of ten children. He and his most immediate brothers were all named after the Biblical magi. He was baptized as a Catholic at the St. Dionysius Kirche in Durmersheim, of which his ancestors had been communicant members since the 1600s.
After living in Alsace-Lorraine for several years, he emigrated to the United States in 1847 whereafter he settled in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, working as a gardener and laborer. In 1849, he married Anna Margaretha Opfermann, daughter of Franz and Dorothea (Ringleb) Opfermann, an emigrant family from Thüringia, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia.
Melchior made his home in Snowden Township, and he and his wife had eleven children, all but two of whom lived into adulthood. Melchior and several of his sons worked as farmers, and his children married into German Catholic families from the surrounding area, though primarily those from the Chartiers and McKees Rocks communities.
J.D. Smith, descendant
Sources:
1. Koffler Family Records
2. Records from the Katholische Kirchenbücher of Durmersheim
2. Notes and transcriptions from Kathleen Molcan
3. Notes from Birgit Weßbecher Gerstner
After living in Alsace-Lorraine for several years, he emigrated to the United States in 1847 whereafter he settled in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, working as a gardener and laborer. In 1849, he married Anna Margaretha Opfermann, daughter of Franz and Dorothea (Ringleb) Opfermann, an emigrant family from Thüringia, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia.
Melchior made his home in Snowden Township, and he and his wife had eleven children, all but two of whom lived into adulthood. Melchior and several of his sons worked as farmers, and his children married into German Catholic families from the surrounding area, though primarily those from the Chartiers and McKees Rocks communities.
J.D. Smith, descendant
Sources:
1. Koffler Family Records
2. Records from the Katholische Kirchenbücher of Durmersheim
2. Notes and transcriptions from Kathleen Molcan
3. Notes from Birgit Weßbecher Gerstner
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