Christoph Wilhelm Franz Amelang 1844 - 1911

Christoph Wilhelm Franz Amelang of Davis County, Iowa USA was born on February 20, 1844 in Köthen, SA Germany to Johan Christoph Amelang and Maria Sophie Dorthea (Minsel ) Amelang. He had siblings Ludwig Erdmann Carl Amelang, Agustus Christian Amelang, Friedrich Wilhelm Amelang, and Christian Gottried Paul Augustus Amelang. Christoph was baptized on March 3, 1845 at Germany. He married Hannah L. C. (Ploschentz) Amelang on January 2, 1873 in Davis County, IA, and they were married until death separated them. He had children William Embry Amelang, Paul P Amelang, John Gotlieb Amelang, Robert Edward Amelang, Rosa Alvina (Amelang) Minor, Cora Elizabeth (Amelang) Evans, Martha Beatrice Beluah (Amelang) Skinner, Minnie Ann Alice (Amelang) Skinner, and Mary Viola (Amelang) Brookshier-Weineke. Christoph Amelang died at age 67 years old on November 29, 1911 in IA, and was buried in 1911 at Sherman Chapel Cemetery.