Peter Klein

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Peter Klein is not in my direct ancestry. He is related by marriage to Catharina Klein, and could be a nephew of Johan Jacob Klein or other Klein relative.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	21 Apr. 1804	expect Lehigh Co. PA
Marriage			To Catharina Klein
Death	7 Nov. 1880
Burial		Lehigh Church/Zion's Lutheran Cemetery, Lower Macungie Twp. Lehigh Co. PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6           Generation 7          
 
                                             
                                            
                     +-- Johan Jacob Klein  
                     |   (1766-1832/33)         
+--Catharina Klein --+                         
| (1805-1873)        |                                
|                    +-- Elizabetha Vogele
|                          (1775-1810)
|
|                +-- George Klein
|                |    (????-????)
+--Peter Klein --+
                 |
                 +-- Elisabeth Unknown

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Children

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Lower Macungie Twp., Lehigh Co.	? - 1873 (death)

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	Records of Lehigh Church/Zion's Lutheran Church Baptism of child of Jacob Kleyn & Elisabetha: Catharina Kleyn born Apr. 7, 1805; bapt July 14, 1805; sponsors Abraham Vogly & Catharina Desch, both single.	(See text)
2	Gravestones of Catharina and Peter Klein, Zion's Lutheran Church Cemtery, Lower Macungie Twp., Lehigh Co. PA, photographed and transcribed Sept 1991 by E. W. Williams with N. Walls & Ella Wilson. * "Hier ruhet in Frieden Catharina Klein geborne Klein, Gallin von Peter Klein, Geboren den 7 Juni, 1805. Starb d. 6 Feb. 1873 alt 67 Jahre 7 Mon. und 20 Tage" (Here rests in peace Catharina Klein nee Klein, wife of Peter Klein, born 7 June 1805, died 6 Feb. 1873, aged 67 yrs 7 mon. 20 days.) * "Heir ruher in Frieden Peter Klein, Sohn von George & Elisabeth Klein, Geboren den 21 April 1804. Starben 7 Nov. 1880 alt 76 Jahre, 6 Mon. und 17 Tage". (Here rests in peace Peter Klein, son of George & Elisabeth Klein, bor 21 Apr. 1804, died 7 Nov. 1880 aged 76 yr, 6 mon. & 17 da.)

Conjecture

|- ! 1 | A Collection of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, by Israel Daniel Rupp, Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore 1965, Appendix No.2 pg. 466:
"The first settlers in Tulphocken were Lutherans & German Reformed"...Members of the Tulpehocken Church from 1743-1746: George Klein, Jacob Klein.
Relationships unestablished. Peter Klein's father was a George Klein.