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Christoph Wolf^1,2,3

Photo of Christoph Wolf, May 1957. (Photo: robsgenealogy.net)

Facts and Notes

• Name:^4,5
• Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic⁶
• Birth: 17 October 1886; Burggaillenreuth, Forchheim, Bayern, GermanyBGO; No 115^2,7,1,8,3,9
• Birth: 18 October 1886; Forchheim, Bayern, GermanyBGO^5,4
• Description: 1908; He was 5' 4.5" tall (1m 64cm)⁵
• Occupation: Between 1910 and 1917; Forchheim, Bayern, GermanyBGO; Cement worker^4,10
• Marriage: 16 September 1910; Henriette Friedmann; Forchheim, Bayern, GermanyBGO; Christoph's brother and factory worker, 31-year-old Konrad, and the stonemason Johann Pfeufer, a 22-year-old Forchheim resident, were the groomsmen.^4,11
• Residence: 1914; Forchheim, Bayern, GermanyBGO; Age: 28^4,5
• Military: Between 1915 and 1918; FranceBG; Age: 29-32; Served as a corporal in a German Pioneer (combat engineer) company during World War 1. Took part in the battle at Verdun, France. He was slightly wounded by accident on 18 Oct 1917^4,5,12,6
• Occupation: Between 19 September 1921 and 4 January 1945; Weber & Ott, Forchheim, Bayern, GermanyBG; Age: 34-58; Master Weaver^7,6
• Residence: 30 May 1936; Buckenhofen, Forchheim, Bayern, GermanyBGO; Age: 49⁷
• Retirement: Between 4 January 1945 and 26 August 1946; He was working as late as 4 Jan 1945, and had retired by 26 Aug 1945, according to his "Arbeitsbuch" and "Kennkarte"^3,7
• Description: 26 August 1946; 5 foot 3 inches (161 cm) tall with a slim build and blue eyes³
• Death: 19 January 1962; Erlangen, Bavaria, GermanyBGO; Age: 75^2,8,13
• Burial: 23 January 1962; Forchheim Town Cemetery, Forchheim, Bayern, GermanyBG; The funeral services were held at 8 AM in St. Martin church, and the burial took place at 2:30 PM.^1,14

• Related Pages: Ancestors of Marianne Bauer; Forchheim Town Cemetery List of People; Veterans

Citations

1. [S580] Friedhof an der Birkenfelderstr. (Alter Friedhof) (Forchheim, Germany), Grave Markers, Friedhof an der Birkenfelderstr. (Alter Friedhof) (Forchheim, Germany). Grave markers., Cemetery Marker for the Wolf and Bauer Families
2. [S169] F.A. Streit, Forchheim, Memorial Notice (in German), F.A. Streit, Forchheim. Memorial Notice (in German). 1962. Privately held by Robert Reyes, Lorton, VA 22079. 2016., Memorial Notice for Christoph Wolf
3. [S749] Wolf, Christoph, Deutsche Kennkarte (German Identity Card), Card number 3184; Issued in Forchheim, Oberfranken, Bayern, Germany on 26 August 1946; date of expiration: 26 August 1951
4. [S485] Ancestry.com, Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=BavariaWWI&h=3727074&indiv=try, Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv; Munchen; Abteilung IV Kriegsarchiv. Kriegstammrollen, 1914-1918; Volume: 16145. Kriegsstammrolle: Bd. 1, Record for Christof Wolf
5. [S485] Ancestry.com, Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=BavariaWWI&h=3905877&indiv=try, Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv; Munchen; Abteilung IV Kriegsarchiv. Kriegstammrollen, 1914-1918; Volume: 16654. Kriegsstammrolle: Bd. 3, Record for Christof Wolf
6. [S584] Reyes, Marianne Bauer, Firsthand knowledge, Reyes, Marianne Bauer, Salinas, California. Firsthand knowledge., Related to Robert Reyes in the late 1990's.
7. [S579] Christoph Wolf, Arbeitsbuch (Work Record), Nr 287/34713
8. [S612] Reyes, Marianne Bauer, "Wolf Family Notes", Reyes, Marianne Bauer. "Wolf Family Notes". Report to Reyes Robert, Lorton, Virginia, circa 1996. Handwritten notes.
9. [S771] Official Records, Standesamt Forchheim (Forchheim Registry Office), Geburtsregister (Birth Registry) 1886, No. 195. Record for Christoph Wolf.
10. [S806] Professional Research, Edgar Hubrick (Genealogist, Forchheim, Germany), November 2021. Wolf Family Research.
11. [S771] Official Records, Standesamt Forchheim (Forchheim Registry Office), Heiratsregister (Marriage Registry) 1910, No. 60. Record for Christoph Wolf and Henriette Friedmann.
12. [S725] Genealogy.net (compgen.de), http://des.genealogy.net/eingabe-verlustlisten/search, Verlustlisten 1 WK (Casualty List for World War 1); Search results for Christoph Wolf, Ort Forchheim, Oberfr., Page Number 22740, Ausgabe 1807, Datum 1918-02-16, Liste Bayern 376; http://des.genealogy.net/eingabe-verlustlisten/search: accessed 1 April 2017, The URL for the search result is http://files.genealogy.net/verlustlisten/22740.jpeg; however, the following disclaimer is on the search results page: "Please note that the DES is a data entry system. The data shown here is just a working state. Therefore the current URL should not be used for references. After the transcription has been finished the data will be exported to a system that allows permanent referencing of the information"
13. [S771] Official Records, Standesamt Erlangen (Erlangen Registry Office), Sterberegister (Death Registry) 1962, No. 73. Record for Christoph Wolf.
14. [S36] Newspaper article, Newspaper and Date of Publication Unknown (Would have been a local Forchheim papers published between 20 and 22 January 1962). Funeral Announcement for Christoph Wolf.