This is the ninth in a series of deep-dive studies into each of the eleven children of John Wolfgang and Catherine Dafler. Christian Wolfgang Dafler was the third of the Dafler children. He was born on Sept. 17, 1847 - the first child to be born to John and Catherine after becoming U.S. citizens two years prior. Christian is unique as the only one of his siblings for which a baptism record has been found. According to the transcribed and translated records of Zion Evangelical

This is the eighth in a series of deep-dive studies into each of the eleven children of John Wolfgang and Catherine Dafler. Charles Ezra Dafler, the tenth of the eleven Dafler children, was born on May 7, 1866. While we have no direct record of his birth, the 1870 census records state he was born in Maryland, which leads me to believe he was born at his parents' final Carroll County farm near Hempstead. Records also give us varying first names: older records use "Cornelius",

Those of you keeping track on your scorecards can tell we have four more First-Generation Daflers posts to go. It usually takes me about two weeks to research, document, and write these posts, but I had to put the work on hold as I plan a trip to Ohio for a memorial service. While I’m in the area, I’m hoping to visit some of the local genealogy rooms to get some details that have eluded me online thus far. While I’ve been researching the recent stories, a few more tidbits wer

This is the seventh in a series of deep-dive studies into each of the eleven children of John Wolfgang and Catherine Dafler. Margaret Anna Catherine Dafler was born in Maryland on July 6, 1858. Once again, we have no birth or baptismal records other than those recorded in the Dafler Book. From property records, she appears to be the last child born to her parents John and Catherine during their time at their first farm near Westminster. As the seventh child and third daughter