Christoph Wilhelm Christian Friedrichs

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About Christoph Wilhelm Christian Friedrichs

Came to South Africa with the German Settlers in 1857 (German Legion) with his young wife, also 23, and was granted land in Kingwilliamstown. His wife bore him 7 boys and 2 girls and she died in 1870 when the youngest child was almost 2. George Friedrichs was her second son. Christian Friedrichs then married again in 1883 and they had another 6 girls and 3 boys. Christian was a tailor by trade but he then owned a double-storey department store selling clothes, groceries, books, toys and games which they imported from Germany..

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Christoph Wilhelm Christian Friedrichs's Timeline

1835
May 26, 1835
Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1859
July 1859
King William's Town, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1861
October 7, 1861
King William's Town, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1865
July 1865
1866
September 1866
1875
October 21, 1875
1877
1877
1907
January 8, 1907
Age 71
King William's Town, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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