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Christian Friedrich Westpfahl

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1893 Christian Westpfahl

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Christian was born on September 29th, 1846 in Bremen.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 41 years on Marriage certificate of Mar-1888
  Aged 48 years at time of death in Q4-1893
  
  Christian Fredrich's father was Heinrich (recorded on Marriage Cert.)
  
  record title: Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
  name: Friedrich Christian Westphal
  gender: Male
  birth date: 29 Sep 1846
  birthplace: Bremen, Bremen, Germany
  father's name: Heinrich Christian Westphal
  mother's name: Sophie Albertine Meta Düssmann
  indexing project (batch) number: I01085-2
  system origin: Germany-EASy
  source film number:

Christian's father was Heinrich Christian Frederick Westpfahl and his mother was Metha (Margaretha) Sophie Albertine Düssmann. His paternal grandparents were Christian Westphal and Rebecca Fricken. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Heinrich, Johann, Sophie, Bertha and Louise. He was the fourth oldest of the six children. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Frederick, Carl, Engle and Annie. He died due to Phthisis (TB) 6 months, Asthenia 4 days at the age of 47 on December 5th, 1893 in Liverpool. His burial was on December 10th, 1893 at the Anfield Cemetery.²³

Death Notes
- Name: Christian Westpfahl
  Estimated birth year: abt 1845
  Year of Registration: 1893
  Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
  Age at Death: 48
  District: Liverpool (1837-1934)
  County: Lancashire
  Volume: 8b
  Page: 27
  
  From the death crtificate:
  Christian died 5th Dec 1893 as 22 Vestock St, U.S.D.
  Male, 48 years
  Occupation: Sugar House Labourer
  Cause of death: Phthisis 6 months, Asthenia 4 days
  Informant: S Westpfahl, Widow, Present at death
  Registered 5th Dec 1893
  
  Phthisis is another name for consumption or tuberculosis (TB)
  Asthenia is weakness or lack of strength.

General Notes
- Christian was a sugar refiner (labourer). Some of the Liverpool Dittmers were also sugar refiners, so they probably worked together.
  
  Probably arrived in Liverpool after 1881, although a C Westpfahl of Rostock Germany, did arrive at London from Hamburg on 4-Oct-1859.
  
  Father of Mary Bertha in 1883, and recorded as a Pork Butcher. Mothers address was 20 Linton St.
  
  25 Mar 1888, Christian Friederich Westpfahl (41) married Anne Sofia Dunkacke at Married at Kensington (Edge Hill) Christ Church, West Derby.
  
  in 1891, living at 89 Opic Street, Everton, working as a Labourer at the Sugar Refinary.
  
  In 1894, listed as a Sugar Refiner at 89 Opic Street, Livgerpool in the UK Trade Directory.
  
  Father of Freda recorded as Christian on marriage certificate of 1892. However, Christian was recorded as a Bachelor when he later married Anna Sopheia.

Occupation Details
- From 1883 Christian's occupation was Pork Butcher in sales.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Father was recorded as a Pork Butcher on Birth Certificate of Mary Bertha Westpfahl.
  From 1888 his occupation was Sugar Refiner in manufacturing in Liverpool.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1888 Recorded on Marriage certificate on Anna Sopheia and Christen
  From 1892 to after 1894 his occupation was Sugar Refiner in manufacturing in Liverpool.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1892 - Recorded on Marriage certificate on Freda and Henry and on death certificate.

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Christian lived on a temporary basis at 89 Opic Street for four years from 1891 to about 1895.¹
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Henry Dittmer was a Lodger with Christian and Sophie Westphahl and daughters Bertha and Merri in 1891

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Christian lived with Johann (Henry) Peter Heinrich Dittmer.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Henry was lodging with Christian and Sophie Westphal in Everton, Liverpool in 1891

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Christian Westphal
  - b.~  1790
  
  Heinrich Christian Frederick  Westpfahl
  - b.13 May 1817 in Bremen d.1871 in Bremen
  
  Rebecca Fricken
  - b.~  1790
  
  Christian Friedrich Westpfahl
  - b.29 Sep 1846 in Bremen d.05 Dec 1893 in Liverpool
  
  Metha (Margaretha) Sophie Albertine Düssmann
  - b.~  1820 in Germany d.1850 in Bremen

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1891 UK Census
² England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers (1800-2016)
³ Certificate - Death
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