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Female Tevilla Knappenberger Click to view Tevilla Knappenberger in the family tree

Tevilla was born in 1817 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.  Tevilla's father was Johan Philip Knappenberger and her mother was Maria Barbara Stettler.  Her paternal grandparents were Johan Henrich Knappenberger and Anna Margaretha Desch; her maternal grandparents were Henry Stettler and Barbara Steininger. She had five brothers and five sisters, named Jonathan, John Philip, Henry, Jacob, Solomon, Lydia, Anna Maria, Judith K., Rebecca and Salome.  She was the youngest of the eleven children. She had a half-brother named Johan Philip Jr..  She died at the age of 68 on April 27th, 1885 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.


Tevilla's first family with Theodore Schell

‌Tevilla and Theodore were married in a religious ceremony about 1842.  They had a son and five daughters, named Nathaniel Addison, Ellamanda, Martha, Amelia, Alavesta and Albert.


Tevilla's second family with Benjamin Sr. Jarrett

They had a son named Benjamin Jr..

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