Christian Held

Christian Held

• Christian Held was born circa 1801 in Germany.
• He married Maria Katharina Pfeffer.
• Christian Held and Maria Katharina Pfeffer arrived in the Port of New York on 22 June 1840, accompanied by Frederick Held and Catharina Held aboard the Ship Emerald, master George W. Howe, burthen 518 tons.
• Christian Held and Maria Katharina Pfeffer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at Doad Street.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
• At the time of his death Christian Held was living in Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York.
• Christian Held died on 11 September 1880 in Cheektowaga, New York, at his residence on the Lancaster plank road.
• He was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• The following appeared on 13 September 1880 in the Buffalo Evening Republic: Mr. Christian Held, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Erie County, died suddenly at his residence in Cheektowaga on Saturday evening in the seventy-ninth yearof his age. He was born near the city of Mentz, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt, and came to Buffalo in 1840, just forty years ago. He lived here until a few years since when he bought a farm on the Lancaster plank road, where he resided until the time of his death. He was well-to-do in the world, not only in physical things but in the respect and affection of his friends. He was father of Mr. Fred. Held of the Buffalo Demokrat. The funeral will be held on Tuesday afternoon.
• Research Note: It appears that Conrad Heldt was not Conrad Held born in Walsheim in 1826, son of Christian Held and Maria Katharina Pfeffer, nor was this the family residing for many years in Erie County, New York: Christian and Katharina Held.

• Last Edited: 5 Nov 2016