REFN: kidolly
In her birth record in Alsace, her name is clearly written as So
phie. Witnesses at her birth were Chretien Helmingler, 25, an
d Jacques Steinbach, 29. In the 1850 Census, Sophie?eaOs son Christ
opher is living with Peter, John and Catharine. Sophie is livin
g with the William Sharp family as a servant. It appears tha
t Mrs. Sharp may have died and left behind her husbandand 12 ch
ildren, and that Sophia had been hired to help care for the fami
ly. Sophie had a second son, Christian, in 1849. After marryin
g in 1852, she and her husband purchased land from her father. A
fter a short period of time, they sold the land in Allen Count
y and moved to Cape Girardeau County, MO.