Alexander Pfiffner was born November 25, 1796 in Weisstannen, St. Gallen, Switzerland to Johann Josef and Maria Anna Pfiffner. Alexander is my 5x great grandfather.
He married Anna Barbara Schneider (born October 8, 1796 to Johann Joseph Schneider and Maria Barbara Albrecht also in Weisstannen) on January 18, 1819 in Weisstannen – they were both 22.
The union produced the following known children: Joseph, Anna “Marianne”, Barbara, Catharina, Alexander, Marie, Agnes, Elizabetha, Regina, Franziska, Anton, and Amanzia.
On May 19, 1843, the Pfiffner family arrived in New Orleans aboard the Bark or Barque Eliza Thornton from Le Havre, France with many other Swiss immigrants. Alexander bought 60 acres of land April 10, 1848 in Bond County, Illinois. On the 1850 census Alex is recorded along with his eldest son, Joseph, as living with the Bleisch family in Marine, Madison, Illinois working as a cooper and is most likely widowed.
Most of the family, including my 4x great grandfather, also named Alex Pfiffner, seem to have stayed in Illinois. Alex settled in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois prior to serving in the last year of the civil war.
Resurrecting Memories 
my last name is pfiffner and ive traced my family tree back to 1600s Switzerland. maybe we’re related?
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just noticed that we’re from the same village in Switzerland as well
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