of Bavaria, Germany · documented from the public record
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George C. Sterzenbach b. 1796
George C. Sterzenbach⚭ Eliza Heller
childrenJacob Sterzenbach
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Born 12 Dec 1796 in Bavaria.
A cooper by trade.
Conscripted into the German army and taken to South America, escaped aboard Commodore Perry's vessel and arrived in Philadelphia about 1820-1821.
Married Eliza Heller about 1827.
Located in Somerville, Butler County, Ohio in 1831 (traveling from Lancaster County, PA).
Father of Jacob Sterzenbach.
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