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Portions of the text that follow, are from the Christlieb-Chrislip-Crislip Family Association-sponsored history
and genealogy publication, Ancestors and Descendants of Friedrich Carl and Anna Catharina Christlieb.

William Christlieb

1817–1895

William Christlieb, born 9 September 1817; baptized, 29 March 1817, at Ziegler’s Log Church, Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania by Pastor Rev. Benjamin Keller; died 15 December 1895, Brown County, Kansas; married 1st, 31 December 1846, Margaret Ann Sipe, born 26 January 1826; died 1 September 1865; married 2nd, Miranda Hoch; married 3rd, 17 July, 1890, Fannie Houston.

Signatures of William Christlieb

“In 1855, he removed to the region of Lexington, McLean County, Illinois, where his wife died ca. 1860. A few years later, he married Miss Miranda Hoch of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with whom he had one child, Benjamin Edward Christlieb. This union was of short duration. In after years, he remarried and removed from Illinois to Kansas.” The Christlieb Family, pp. 26-27.

“After the death of his first wife, William Christlieb was remarried on July 17, 1866 to Miranda Hock, daughter of George and Mary Hoch of Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. In the 1870 United States Census, the William Christlieb family was living in Newcomb Township, Champaign County, Illinois.”

“William Christlieb’s second wife, Miranda Hoch, was born ca. 1832 and died February 15, 1877. She is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Mahomet Township, south of Newcomb, where the Christlieb farm was located.”

“In the 1880 census for Newcomb Township, widowed William Christlieb, age 62, is farming with the aid of his two youngest sons, William Francis, age 16, and Benjamin “Eddie”, age 13. William Christlieb married for a third time on July 17, 1890 to Fannie C. Houston, in Gage County, Nebraska.”

“William Christlieb died December 15, 1895 in Brown County, Kansas. He is reported to have been buried at Horton, Kansas.” Wendell F. Lauth, Bristolville, Ohio.


Children of William Christlieb and Margaret Ann Sipe

  • John Sipe Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, George Christlieb3, William Christlieb4) [923], born 23 May 1847 near Lexington, Illinois; died 15 February 1954; married Mary Margaret Heath, born 27 June 1853 in Lexington, Illinois; died 29 June 1931, Emporia Kansas.

  • Henry Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, George Christlieb3, William Christlieb4) [941], born 13 May 1849; died 29 March 1921; married, 25 April 1876, Monica “Nica” Ellen Mullvain.

  • George Washington Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, George Christlieb3, William Christlieb4) [941], born 29 June 1851; died, 9 April 1930 in Kearney County, Nebraska; married, 25 December 1883, Dora Horn.

  • Margaret Elizabeth Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, George Christlieb3, William Christlieb4) [942], born 19 July 1853; died 6 July 1920 in Brown Township, Champaign County, Illinois; married, 24 January 1878, Samuel McKinney, born in New Jersey ca. 1850.

  • Charles Albert Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, George Christlieb3, William Christlieb4) [943], born 21 January 1856, Lawn Dale Township, McLean County, Illinois; died 9 November 1914; married, 28 October 1883, Alice DeGrofft, born 21 November 1865 in Illinois; died 26 May 1950.

  • Samuel Alexander Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, George Christlieb3, William Christlieb4) [943], born 22 December 1857, Lawn Dale Township, McLean County, Illinois; died 31 October 1930 in a crash between a wagon and two automobiles; married, ca. 1884, Susanna “Susan” A. Zumzlt. Samuel and Susan Christlieb settled in Paxton Township, Ford County, Illinois. In the 1900 census, Samuel is listed as a “teamster owner.”

  • Mary Jane “Jennie” Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, George Christlieb3, William Christlieb4) [944], born 8 August 1860, Lawn Dale Township, McLean County, Illinois; married George Chatman.

  • William Francis Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, George Christlieb3, William Christlieb4) [944], born 22 December 1863, Lawn Dale Township, McLean County, Illinois; died 18 September 1899 in a fall from a windmill; married 12 March 1891, Gertrude Wolfe, daughter of John and Matilda (Gray) Wolfe in Gage County, Nebraska. William and Gertrude settled at Wymore, Nebraska.

Child of William Christlieb and Miranda Hoch

  • Benjamin Edward “Eddie” Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, George Christlieb3, William Christlieb4) [944], born ca. 1867, Illinois.


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