Christian Fessler in the Lost 69 Project family tree at Ancestry.com
* Made the voyage to America in 1855
son of Johann Jakob Fessler & Katharina Barbara Mathei
b. November 11, 1812 - Lichtenau, Germany
d. May 3, 1871 - Elmwood, Michigan
Married November 16, 1845
Barbara Rohr * (FBC-89)
daughter of Johann Michael Rorh & Eva Salome Zimmer
b. September 26, 1812 - Lichtenau, Germany
d. December 3, 1893 - Ellington, Michigan
Children:
Christian (Rohr) Fessler * (FBC-90)
b. November 28, 1837 - Lichtenau, Germany
d.
Barbara Ann (Rohr) Fessler * (FBC-91)
b. February 10, 1844 - Lichtenau, Germany
d. May 29, 1919 - Michigan, USALudwig (Rohr) Fessler * (FBC-92)
b. April 20, 1842 - Lichtenau, Germany
m. 28 October 1867 - Friederika (Rachel) Eisenstein (FBC-74)
d. December 22, 1922 - Michigan, USA
Carolina (Rohr) Fessler * (FBC-93)
b. August 11, 1845 - Lichtenau, Germany
d.
Juliana Fessler * (FBC-96)
b. April 22, 1848 - Lichtenau, Germany
d.
August Fessler * (FBC-95)
b. March 28, 1850 - Lichtenau, Germany
d. July 31 1935 - Michigan, USA
Wilhelm Fessler * (FBC-94)
b. March 28, 1850 - Lichtenau, Germany
d. March 13, 1935 - Michigan, USA
(Wilhelm and August were identical twins)
The Voyage to America
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| Passenger list of the Francis B. Cutting, Antwerp to New York, Arrived March 1, 1855. |
On the voyage to America, the Feßler family traveled on the ship the Francis B. Cutting from Antwerp to New York. They left port in Antwerp on January 10, 1855 and arrived in New York on March 1, 1855.
Passenger records state that they brought "3 Chests of Wearing Apparel" and occupied 3 beds on the journey.
Passengers #88-96 as they appeared on the ships records:
(FBC-88) Christian Fessler - 42 years
(FBC-89) Barbara Fessler - 42 years
(FBC-90) Christian Fessler - 18 years
(FBC-91) Barbara Fessler - 11 years
(FBC-92) Ludwig Fessler - 10 years
(FBC-93) Carolina Fessler - 7 years
(FBC-94) Wilhelm Fessler - 4 years
(FBC-95) August Fessler - 4 years
(FBC-96) Juliana Fessler - 6 years
Descendants of Christian Feßler
Eric Slagh - Michigan, USA
3rd Great Grandson of Christian (FBC-88) & Barbara (FBC-89) Fessler
Charles Kocher - Michigan, USA
3rd Great Grandson of Christian (FBC-88) & Barbara (FBC-89) Fessler
2nd Great Grandson of Ludwig Fessler (FBC-92)