Christ Fiechtner

1891 - 1944  (52 years)

• Name	Christ Fiechtner
  Born	20 May 1891	Hoffnungstal, Odessa, Ukrayina
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Feb 1944	Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	Eureka Cemetery, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA
  Person ID	I104176	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Johannes Jacob Fiechtner,   b. 25 Jul 1860, Hoffnungstal, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 9 Jun 1915, Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Wilhelmina Sophia Kienzle,   b. 30 Sep 1859, Hoffnungstal, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 15 Jun 1923, South Dakota, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Married	1886	Hoffnungstal, Odessa, Ukrayina
  Family ID	F45971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Bitz,   b. 7 Jan 1895, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 28 Dec 1978, South Dakota, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Mar 1916
  Children	1. Emelia Fiechtner,   b. 1913, South Dakota, USA ,   d. Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA   2. Esther Fiechtner,   b. 1924, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 18 Dec 1969, South Dakota, USA  (Age 45 years)   3. Emanuel Fiechtner   4. Edmund Fiechtner   5. Ellwood Fiechtner
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F45957	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: http://www.genealogy.com/users/c/h/r/David-Alan-Christianson/FILE/0004text.txt CHRIST AND ELIZABETH FIECHTNER Christ Fiechtner was born May 20, 1891 to Jacob and Sophia Kienzle Fiechtner in Hoffnungstal, South Russia. He came to America with his parents as a young boy and settled on a farm north of Lehr, North Dakota. Jacob Fiechtner passed away in 1914. In 1915 Sophia married Fred Reiner from Hosmer, South Dakota. Christ had two brothers and two sisters all living in North Dakota. Christian J. Fiechtner and Elizabeth (Bitz) Fiechtner Christ married Elizabeth Bitz in March 1916. Elizabeth was born June 7, 1895 to Daniel and Fredericka Walz Bitz. Daniel Bitz passed away in 1943 and Mrs. Bitz in 1958. Christ and Elizabeth farmed in North Dakota for a short time then moving to the Bitz farm five miles south of Eureka. In 1920 they built a home and moved into Eureka where Christ worked for Eureka Equity Exchange. In 1925 he and his brother, Jacob, bought the elevator from Mr. Bohle. The elevator burned in 1938. Christ then did various kinds of work before purchasing a service station from Erwin Weisz which Christ sold to Mike Pfeifle in 1943. Christ also served as a volunteer fireman and city alderman. Shortly after he sold his business he passed away, February 1944, at the age of 53 years. Elizabeth Fiechtner continued to live in Eureka until 1973 when she became a resident of the Aberdeen Nursing Center after leaving the Lutheran Home in Eureka. She passed away December 29, 1978. The Fiechtner's are buried at the Eureka Cemetery. Christ and Elizabeth had five living children while some died in infancy. The children are Emelia, Mrs. Henry Neuharth, Aberdeen, South Dakota; Emanuel, Casper, Wyoming; Esther, Mrs. Theo. Neuharth, died December 19, 1969; Edmund, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Ellwood, Casper, Wyoming, married to Robbie Tyler.