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Christopher Reff

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  • Name Christopher Reff  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    _UID E3ADC24F1A3F4B2D82B76205020514A0CDB7 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I733  Paul's Genealogy Tree
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2013 

    Father Pierre Reff,   b. 10 Sep 1819, Berthelming, Moselle, Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1852, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Mother Delia Wiley,   b. 1822, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [3
    Children 11 children 
    Family ID F259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S213] Child's Gazetteer, Town of Cape Vincent, Hamilton Child, (1890, N.Y. Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/childcap.htm) (Reliability: 3), 3 Dec 2004.
      Peter Reff, was a native of France and served under Napoleon. He came to America at the age of 40 years and died in Cape Vincent aged 86 years. His wife, Mary, a native of Germany, bore him four children, viz.: Peter, John, Michael, and Barbara. Peter, who was born in France, came to America with his father and located in this town, where he died in 1852 aged 35 yrs. He married Delia, daughter of Joseph Wiley, of Cape Vincent who was a native of Germany, and their children were Peter, John, Michael, Mary, Delia, Mary A., Eugens, Christopher, Julia, and Margaret. John Reff married Kate, daughter of Peter and Mary (Turney) Delmarsh, of Clayton, and their children are May L., Frances H., Carrie E., Lettie L, and Winfred E. He served in Co. B, 20th N.Y. Cav. three years and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He is now a resident of St. Lawrence village.
      Chauncey E. Sixbury & family, 1900 census, Boone County, Iowa
      Chauncey E. Sixbury & family, 1900 census, Boone County, Iowa
      Chauncey E. Sixbury & family, 1900 census, Boone County, Iowa
      Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9K3-H9V
      John Reff and family, 1865 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      John Reff and family, 1865 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      John Reff and family, 1865 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      Image source: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18045-92350-17?cc=1491284


    2. [S676] Watertown Re Union, New York. Watertown., "Peter Reff," July 18, 1908, col. 4; digital images, \i Northern New York Historical Newspapers\i0 (Reliability: 3), 12 Nov 2012.
      Watertown Reunion
      July 18, 1908

      Peter Reff
      Cape Vincent, July 17
      Peter Reff, who fell from a load of hay Monday, died from the result of his injuries Wednesday at 3 p.m. He was engaged in unloading with a horse fork and in pulling the fork back the rope broke and he fell to the barn floor, striking his head and back.
      Mr. Reff was 65 years old, and is survived by his wife and one daughter, Anna, and two sons, Clarence and Leonard; also by two sisters, Mrs. Giles Kilborn and Mrs. Eugene Bourcy, and two brothers, Christopher and Nicholas. Mr. Reff esteem of all and will be greatly missed by his friends and neighbors.
      The True Republican, Obituary of Chauncey E. Sixbury, Sep. 15, 1917
      The True Republican, Obituary of Chauncey E. Sixbury, Sep. 15, 1917
      The True Republican, Obituary of Chauncey E. Sixbury, Sep. 15, 1917
      Source: http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/imageserver.pl?oid=STR19170915&getpdf=true
      Peter Reff
      Peter Reff


    3. [S213] Child's Gazetteer, Town of Cape Vincent, Hamilton Child, (1890, N.Y. Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/childcap.htm) (Reliability: 3), 3 Dec 2004.
      Peter Reff, was a native of France and served under Napoleon. He came to America at the age of 40 years and died in Cape Vincent aged 86 years. His wife, Mary, a native of Germany, bore him four children, viz.: Peter, John, Michael, and Barbara. Peter, who was born in France, came to America with his father and located in this town, where he died in 1852 aged 35 yrs. He married Delia, daughter of Joseph Wiley, of Cape Vincent who was a native of Germany, and their children were Peter, John, Michael, Mary, Delia, Mary A., Eugens, Christopher, Julia, and Margaret. John Reff married Kate, daughter of Peter and Mary (Turney) Delmarsh, of Clayton, and their children are May L., Frances H., Carrie E., Lettie L, and Winfred E. He served in Co. B, 20th N.Y. Cav. three years and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He is now a resident of St. Lawrence village.