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Susanna Catharina Best 1735–1796 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1735

Birth Location: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 1796

Death Location: Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: Johan Jr

Mother: Anna Best

Spouse(s): Christian Lauffer

Children(s): Bartholomew Lauffer, Peter Lawfer, Magdalena Bash, Christian Jr, Bartholomew Lauffer, John Lauffer, Susanna Drum, Henry Sr

In 1735, Susanna Catharina Best entered the world in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA, born to Johan Wilhelm Best Jr And Anna Susanna Best. Susanna Catharina Best married Christian Lauffer, and had children including Bartholomew Bartol Lauffer, Bartholomew Lauffer, Christian Loffer Jr, Henry Lauffer Sr, John S Lauffer, Magdalena Bash, Peter Lawfer, Susanna Drum. Susanna Catharina Best passed away in 1796 in Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1735, Susanna Catharina Best entered the world in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA, born to Johan Wilhelm Best Jr And Anna Susanna Best.
  • Susanna Catharina Best married Christian Lauffer, and had children including Bartholomew Bartol Lauffer, Bartholomew Lauffer, Christian Loffer Jr, Henry Lauffer Sr, John S Lauffer, Magdalena Bash, Peter Lawfer, Susanna Drum.
  • Susanna Catharina Best passed away in 1796 in Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Susanna Best's Ancestors

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Susanna Best
1735–1796
Birth Place: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Johan Wilhelm Best Jr
1713–1762
Switzerland, Palatinate, Rheinland Pfalz, Allemagne
Anna (Susanna) Best
1717–1769
Germany
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Susanna Best's Descendants

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Susanna (Catharina) Best (1735–1796) m. Christian Lauffer (17 May 1723–June 1796)
  1. 1. Bartholomew (Bartol) Lauffer 1754–1822 m. Mary (Ann Maria) Laufer 1753–1814
    1. 1. Mary (Ann Magdalena) Lauffer 1780–1860 m. Jacob Barger 1773–1857
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Seybert 1808–1896
      2. 2. Elizabeth Rumbough 1797–1885
      3. 3. H. (L.) Truby 1821–1857
      4. 4. Mary (Isabella) Barger 1811–1887
      5. 5. Charlotte Wally 1815–1894
    2. 2. Charlotte Caples 1790–1852
    3. 3. Henry Laffer 1781–1835
    4. 4. Susanna Truby 1770–1872
  2. 2. Peter Lawfer 1752–1830
  3. 3. Magdalena Bash 1762–1838
  4. 4. Christian (Loffer) Jr 1771–1823
  5. 5. Bartholomew Lauffer 1749–1822
  6. 6. John (S.) Lauffer 1769–1851
  7. 7. Susanna Drum 1756–1822
  8. 8. Henry (Lauffer) Sr 1759–1827

Susanna Best's Timeline

2 Records

1735
1735
Birth of Susanna Catharina Best in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
1796
1796
Age 61
Death of Susanna Catharina Best in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1735
    Event Place: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1796
    Event Place: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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