Maria Christina Hollenbach ⁸⁴⁹

  General Notes:

Johann married Maria Christina Hollenbach on 8 Sep 1785. Maria was born on 4 Jan 1760 in Greenwich Twp, Berks, Pa. She was christened on 1 Jun 1766 in Greenwich Twp, Berks, Pa, NewBethelZionChr. She died on 30 Nov 1855 in East Penn Twp, Carbon, Pa. She was buried on 2 Dec 1855 in East Penn Twp, Carbon, Pa, Ben Salem Cem.

There are several dates of birth for Maria Christina, 1760, Jan 4 1766, and Jan 5 1766. There are also two dates of death, Sept 10 1855, and Nov 3 1855. However, a letter dated Aug 5 1992 from Joan A. Meyers contains her transcript of burial records of Rev. E. A. Bauer, from the originals in his handwriting on file at the Lehigh County Historical Society: Christine Steigerwald - wife of Peter Steigerwald - died Nov 30 1855 - buried Dec 2 1855 - died East Penn - buried East Penn - age 95-10-26 - born Greenwich Twp., Berks Co. Jan 4 1760. Rev. Bauer's death date agrees with the newspaper notice. Meyers suggests that her tombstone may have been erected several years after her death, and the cemetery copied its record from the tombstone. She notes that Rev. E.A. Bauer's records appear careful and detailed.
Obituary: Above Meyers indicates that "Der Friedens-Bote", Allentown newspaper, issue of Dec 12 1855, reports "Died Christina Steigerwald of E.
Penn Nov 30, aged 95 yrs. 10 mos. 26 dys. Rev Bauer". This implies born Jan 4 1760. The inscription on her tombstone in Ben Salem Church Cemetery says she had 299 descendants at the time of her death.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptism Locatio, Jun 1, 1766, New Bethel Zion Church. ⁶⁷

• Baptism, Jun 1, 1766, Greenwich Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania. ⁶⁷

Maria married Peter Steigerwalt, son of Johann Frederic Steigerwalt and Catherine Heuser. (Peter Steigerwalt was born about 1762 in Florsbach, Hessen, Hanau, Germany ²⁰⁴ and died on Sep 15, 1840 ^67,204.)