Birth Born on June 25, 1851 in Hamburg, Germany Death Died on November 13, 1940 in Hudson, Columbia Co., NY Buried in Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery in Stuyvesant Falls, Columbia Co., NY Marriages SCHMAUS, Dorothea Married on June 25, 1876 in Manhattan, New York, NY Children FELTNER, Rosamund: April 30, 1880 - December 19, 1952 Notes Occupation: Tailor Historical Information: He was born as "John George Teifel" and used that name when he emigrated and when he married. By 1880 he was using the name "George Feltner". He changed his name from Teifel to Feltner because the name sounded too much like the German word for devil, teufel. He chose "Feltner" because he either was working with someone with the same name, or because it was a good name for someone working as a tailor. He was in the Uhlan Cavalry, stationed in Bamberg, Germany, where he met his future wife, Dorothea Schmaus. He deserted the army and swam to a ship where a friend had a ticket for his departure to the United States. He emigrated to the United States in 1876. He appears on a passenger list arriving in New York City as "Jon Georg Teifel" on April 01, 1876. Dorothea had emigrated before George. Sources New York Deaths: #62352 Images John & Dorothea (Schmaus) Feltner John Feltner Death John Feltner