Johan Conrad Knerr ²

   Another name for Johan was Johan Conrad Knoerr.

  Christening Notes:

Sponsors were Johan Conrad Metzger and Maria Eva Hartmann.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1830, Lowhill Township: Lowhill Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ He is listed as Conrad Knerr on page 108.

• Book: Anniversary History of Lehigh County page 450 published, 1914. ⁵ John Conrad Knerr, born June 17, 1771 married, Aug. 14, 1803, Mary Gertrude, daughter of Rev. John Henry Heiffrich. He was principally engaged, besides farming, in blue dyeing, which he carried on extensively for many years in the homestead near Claussville. The materials were woven by weavers of the vicinity and after dyeing them he hauled them by team to Philadelphia and brought in exchange various kinds of merchandise.

He took an active part in political affairs as a Democrat and filled one term from 1823 to 1826 as a county commissioner, and was prominently identified with the movement which led to the establishment of the county poor house in 1845. He died March 14, 1865, aged nearly 88 years. His wife was born July 23, 1781, and died April 20, 1841.

He lived in retirement for a number of years at Claussville, where he had erected a commodious dwelling house opposite the hotel, which is still standing in a good state of preservation. He had a number of children, all of whom died young excepting Levi and Anna, who married Joseph Slough.

Johan married Maria Gertraut Heifrich, daughter of John Henry Heiffrich and Unknown, on 14 Aug 1803.¹