ChristineChristiana Unknown…, –1805

Name
Christine/Christiana /Unknown/
Given names
Christine/Christiana
Nickname
Perhaps Anna
Surname
Unknown
Birth of a sonJacob Frederick Garst
September 2, 1795
Birth of a daughterRosanna Garst
1799
Birth of a daughterElizabeth Garst
1800
Birth of a sonNicholas Garst
February 11, 1801
Birth of a sonChristopher (Christian) Garst
May 18, 1805 (0 after death)
Death May 1805

MHN in relation to Theobald Gerst b. 1702:
117s
2000 (194 years after death)

Family with Jacob Garst
partner
1766–1854
Birth: January 14, 1766 38 34 — Lancaster Co., Pa
Death: February 7, 1854 — Roanoke Co., Va
herself
son
daughter
daughter
1800–1860
Birth: 1800 33 — Virginia
Death: 1860 — Probably Iowa
daughter
–1850
Death: June 1, 1850
son
1795–1865
Birth: September 2, 1795 29 — Botetourt Co., Va
Death: October 14, 1865 — Muhlenberg Co., Ky
daughter
–
son
1801–1834
Birth: February 11, 1801 35 — Virginia
Death: 1834 — Putnam Co. IN
-13 months
daughter
1799–1880
Birth: 1799 32 — Virginia
Death: 1880 — Probably Putnam Co. IN
7 years
son
1805–1881
Birth: May 18, 1805 39 — Virginia
Death: July 1881 — Carroll Co. GA
daughter
Jacob Garst + Eve Minter
partner
1766–1854
Birth: January 14, 1766 38 34 — Lancaster Co., Pa
Death: February 7, 1854 — Roanoke Co., Va
partner’s partner
Marriage Marriage — December 3, 1805 —
11 months
step-daughter
1806–1849
Birth: October 16, 1806 40 — Roanoke VA
Death: February 17, 1849 — Putnam Co. IN
Jacob Garst + Magdalena Landers
partner
1766–1854
Birth: January 14, 1766 38 34 — Lancaster Co., Pa
Death: February 7, 1854 — Roanoke Co., Va
partner’s partner
1771–1851
Birth: September 24, 1771
Death: July 8, 1851
Marriage Marriage — June 16, 1807 — Botetourt Co., Va
3 years
step-son
1810–
Birth: October 14, 1810 44 39 — Virginia
Death: Clark Co., Ia
-7 months
step-daughter
5 years
step-daughter
1814–1870
Birth: about 1814 47 42 — Roanoke VA
Death: 1870
Note

The name of Jacob's first wife in the early Garst files was given as Sally or Sarah Anna Frantz. However, her given name, based on deed information, was Christine or Christiana--or some variant of that.

According to Betty Crawford Garst (study of Garst Fort at Garstfamily.com) deeds indicate Jacob's wife was a Christianna or Christine. Dwayne Wrightsman has confirmed that Jacob's wife in all of the et ux deeds he checked was some version of Christiana. A message from him dated 28 April 2003:

"The following six et ux deeds of Jacob Garst and wife Christiana can be found at the Botetourt County Circuit Court in Fincastle:

Deed Book 6, page 441 (1798 Deed to Daniel Dillman)

Deed Book 6, page 579 (1798 Deed to Mathias Furrow)

Deed Book 8, page 184 (1803 Deed to Christian Holdeman)

Deed Book 8, page 429 (1804 Deed to Christian Houtz, 40 acres)

Deed Book 8, page 430 (1804 Deed to Christian Houtz, 75 acres)

Deed Book 8, page 468 (1804 Deed to John Bowman)

All six deeds name Jacob's wife as Christine, Christina, Christiana, and/or Christianah. No other name is given in any of the six deeds.

I made copies of the two deeds to Houtz and the one deed to Dillman. The other three I took notes on at the courthouse."

If her name was Christiana, it's possible she was called Anna as some Garst records claim, and if she was a daughter of Michael Frantz, her grandfather was probably Christian Frantz (see notes under Michael Frantz II) for whom she was perhaps named.

A number of files give her name as Sally/Salome, but this may be the result of confusion with the Sally Frantz who was the second wife of Frederick Garst II.

It is also a given in Garst lore that Anna was a Frantz, one of 5 children of a Michael Frantz who married Garsts. This has, however, not been proven as of August 2004, and until it is, her surname remains unknown. (Notes by Karen Dale)