Christlieb-Chrislip-Crislip Family Association

Portions of the text that follow, are from the Christlieb-Chrislip-Crislip Family Association-sponsored history
and genealogy publication, Ancestors and Descendants of Friedrich Carl and Anna Catharina Christlieb.

Elizabeth Jane Delong

1854–1947

Elizabeth Jane Delong (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Jacob Crislip Reed4, Sarah Ann Reed5) [212], born 26 March 1854, Polk County, Oregon; died 21 December 1947, Yreka, Siskiyou County, California; married 1 January 1872, John Baptiste Rohrer, born 2 February 1830, Alsace, France, died 10 September 1886, Yreka, Siskiyou County, California. He reportedly founded the town of Little Shasta in Siskiyou County, California, in May 1853. His great-grandson said he was a squatter and later purchased U.S. Government land. His cabin became the first schoolhouse. Unknown source.


Children of Elizabeth Jane Delong and John Baptiste Rohrer

  • Louis John Rohrer (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Jacob Crislip Reed4, Christina Jane Reed5, Elizabeth Jane Delong6) [212], born May 1873, California; died, 1935, Siskiyou County, California; married, 1909, Anna S. Hansen, born November 1882, California; died 16 June 1959, Jackson County, Oregon.

  • James Baptiste Rohrer (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Jacob Crislip Reed4, Christina Jane Reed5, Elizabeth Jane Delong6) [212], born 28 March 1875, California; died 21 February 1958, Siskiyou County, California; married 7 February 1900, Helen Louise Haight, born 1 November 1876, Little Shasta, Siskiyou County, California; died 28 March 1957.

  • Adda Jane Rohrer (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Jacob Crislip Reed4, Christina Jane Reed5, Elizabeth Jane Delong6) [214], born 26 June 1877, Siskiyou County, California; died 21 September 1959, Siskiyou County, California; married, 1926, ___ Farquarson.

  • Minnie E. Rohrer (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Jacob Crislip Reed4, Christina Jane Reed5, Elizabeth Jane Delong6) [214], born September 1879, California.

  • John Celestine Rohrer (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Jacob Crislip Reed4, Sarah Ann Reed5, Jesse Reuben Blue6) [214], born 13 August 1881, California; died April 1965, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California; married, 1905, Carolyn Brown, born 17 May 1880, Grass Valley, California; died 6 October 1974, Santa Clara County, California.


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