Peter Knauss

Originally the Knause family came from Dudelsheim in the Palatinate region of Germany. Dudelsheim belongs to a district in Budingen, Provence Oberhessen, in the free state of Hessen. It is located in the valley of Sremenbach through which flows the river Nidder which empties in to the Nidda. The latter joins the river Main. Nidder divides Dudelsheim in to two parts> it is surrounded by forest covered hills.

The Knause family in America orginated from these ancestors who adopted the Moravian teachings. after years of persecution and banishement in their native land, they fled. First to Englanad and then to America where they settled and formed part of one of the earliest Moravian communities in America in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.

The Knauss family were members of the Reformed Church in the Village of Dudelsheim. Through the efforts of the Parish Pastor, Rev Miller the family was traced back.

Thanks to Jeanne L Trump for sharing the Knause family history.

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