Christopher Ludwig Glaser

Christopher Ludwig Glaser

• Father: Christian Friederich Glaser b. 29 August 1800
• Mother: Anna Maria Essig b. 12 October 1803

• Christopher Ludwig Glaser was born on 2 May 1841 in Württemberg.
• He was known as Louis in the United States.
• Christopher Ludwig Glaser arrived in the Port of New York on 8 October 1868, from Bremen aboard the Nordduetscher Lloyd passenger steamship Deutschland, traveling in steerage class.
• He married Josephine (?), daughter of Johannes Engstler and Agathe Seiler, on 29 November 1868 in Manhattan, New York, at First German Presbyterian Church, Rivington Street.
• Christopher Ludwig Glaser and Josephine (?), appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in New York County, New York. Other members of the household included Caroline Engstler and Reinhold Engstler. The enumerator recorded all of their surnames as "Classer."
• He was a cabinet maker, according to the 1870 census.
• Christopher Ludwig Glaser became a widower at the 1 December 1873 death of his wife Josephine (?)
• He married Anna Knoll, daughter of John Knoll and Victoria Kepfel, on 24 January 1875 in Manhattan, New York.
• Christopher Ludwig Glaser and Anna Knoll appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Manhattan, New York, at 436 Thirteenth Street. Other members of the household included Theodore Glaser, Caroline Glaser and Louis Glaser.
• He was a cabinet maker, according to the 1880 census.
• He was naturalized on 20 September 1887 at the Common Pleas Court, New York, New York. While living at 96 Cortland Street. Witness was Louis Schaefer, 355 East 8th Street in New York City.
• Christopher Ludwig Glaser and Anna Knoll appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, at 181 Richmond Road. Other members of the household included Caroline Glaser, Louis Glaser, Kathryn Augusta Glaser and Henry Xavier Glaser.
• He was employed as a carpenter in a paper factory, according to the 1900 census.
• Christopher Ludwig Glaser died on 8 April 1901 at age 59 in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York.
• Anna Knoll became a widow at his death.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 2010