Ancestry of
Ellen DeGeneres

Comedienne and TV Personality

William Pfeffer

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• • Great-grandfather of Ellen DeGeneres — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Philip Pfeffer 
  • Mother:
  • Augusta Koch   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Oct 1869 
  • Birth Location:
  • New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • Feb 1945 
  • Death Location:
  • New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Masonic Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Pauline S. -----
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1894 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  William Dick Pfeffer (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Pfeffer's given name is also seen as Wilhelm.

• Sources for William Pfeffer

  • ¹ Federal Census, LA, Orleans Parish, 1910, New Orleans Ward 10, E.D. 160, Sheet 7A, Image 13 of 18.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/21/2023).
  • ³ New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Birth Records Index, 1790-1915, Birth record for Wilhelm Pfeffer.
  • ⁴ New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Death Records Index, 1804-1949, Death record for William Pfeffer.

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