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Obituary Online notes for Anna Christina SCHEHERER
Anna Christina Scheherer was born 1698 in the Rhineland-Palatinate Pfalz region of Germany. She married Johannes Nicholas Michael in 1720, in the Bavarian state.
She was the mother of Nicholas Michael, Johann Frederick Michael, Bernhardt Barney Michael, Fredrick Michael, and several other children.
It is believed that she arrived to Colonial America at the Port of Philadelphia, in 1738. However, she is not specifically listed on the ships manifest. The ship Glasgow arrived Sept. 9, 1738, with 349 Palatinates imported, Walter Sterling, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes, England. She was a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1754, along with her husband Johannes Nicholas Michael.
They relocated to Augusta County, Virginia, and she died Sept 11, 1799. 470, Anna Christina Scheherer Michael