Peter Knieriem was born in Iba, Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hessen, Germany, and emigrated to the United States in the mid 1800s. U.S. immigration records indicate that Peter Knieriem, age 15 1/2, arrived at the port of Baltimore from Bremen on May 3, 1855 on the ship Johannes. He listed himself as a miner and indicated he was headed for Frostburg, Maryland.
In 1862, Peter married Rachel (nee Degtary) and they lived in Frostburg with their daughter and two sons:
Christena Knieriem Weiszenborn (1862-1913)
Conrad Knieriem (1865-1939)
George Knieriem (1867-1950)
Peter was active in local Frostburg City Council politics and played a role in the 1869 establishment of Frostburg's Salem Evangelical & Reform Church which offered English and German services.
The 1800 U.S. Census lists Peter's occupation as coal miner but in the 1900 U.S. Census it's listed as carpenter.
Peter and his sons Conrad and George are mentioned in a Monday April 9, 1894 Cumberland Evening Times article on the Bowery Mine cave-in accident that resulted in the death of fellow miner John Keer, Jr.
Peter died on November 30, 1924 and was buried in Frostburg Memorial Park near his wife Rachel.
NOTE: Some records confuse Peter with another German immigrant Peter Knieriem who was a farmer in Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
In 1862, Peter married Rachel (nee Degtary) and they lived in Frostburg with their daughter and two sons:
Christena Knieriem Weiszenborn (1862-1913)
Conrad Knieriem (1865-1939)
George Knieriem (1867-1950)
Peter was active in local Frostburg City Council politics and played a role in the 1869 establishment of Frostburg's Salem Evangelical & Reform Church which offered English and German services.
The 1800 U.S. Census lists Peter's occupation as coal miner but in the 1900 U.S. Census it's listed as carpenter.
Peter and his sons Conrad and George are mentioned in a Monday April 9, 1894 Cumberland Evening Times article on the Bowery Mine cave-in accident that resulted in the death of fellow miner John Keer, Jr.
Peter died on November 30, 1924 and was buried in Frostburg Memorial Park near his wife Rachel.
NOTE: Some records confuse Peter with another German immigrant Peter Knieriem who was a farmer in Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
Peter Knieriem was born in Iba, Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hessen, Germany, and emigrated to the United States in the mid 1800s. U.S. immigration records indicate that Peter Knieriem, age 15 1/2, arrived at the port of Baltimore from Bremen on May 3, 1855 on the ship Johannes. He listed himself as a miner and indicated he was headed for Frostburg, Maryland.
In 1862, Peter married Rachel (nee Degtary) and they lived in Frostburg with their daughter and two sons:
Christena Knieriem Weiszenborn (1862-1913)
Conrad Knieriem (1865-1939)
George Knieriem (1867-1950)
Peter was active in local Frostburg City Council politics and played a role in the 1869 establishment of Frostburg's Salem Evangelical & Reform Church which offered English and German services.
The 1800 U.S. Census lists Peter's occupation as coal miner but in the 1900 U.S. Census it's listed as carpenter.
Peter and his sons Conrad and George are mentioned in a Monday April 9, 1894 Cumberland Evening Times article on the Bowery Mine cave-in accident that resulted in the death of fellow miner John Keer, Jr.
Peter died on November 30, 1924 and was buried in Frostburg Memorial Park near his wife Rachel.
NOTE: Some records confuse Peter with another German immigrant Peter Knieriem who was a farmer in Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
In 1862, Peter married Rachel (nee Degtary) and they lived in Frostburg with their daughter and two sons:
Christena Knieriem Weiszenborn (1862-1913)
Conrad Knieriem (1865-1939)
George Knieriem (1867-1950)
Peter was active in local Frostburg City Council politics and played a role in the 1869 establishment of Frostburg's Salem Evangelical & Reform Church which offered English and German services.
The 1800 U.S. Census lists Peter's occupation as coal miner but in the 1900 U.S. Census it's listed as carpenter.
Peter and his sons Conrad and George are mentioned in a Monday April 9, 1894 Cumberland Evening Times article on the Bowery Mine cave-in accident that resulted in the death of fellow miner John Keer, Jr.
Peter died on November 30, 1924 and was buried in Frostburg Memorial Park near his wife Rachel.
NOTE: Some records confuse Peter with another German immigrant Peter Knieriem who was a farmer in Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
