CHRISTIAN FERNE (WILLIAM)
was born 15 January 1844 in , ,Germany, and died 05 November 1914 in Buffalo Twp, Butler, Pennsylvania. He married MARY ELIZABETH BRAUTIGAN. She was born 28 November 1843 in , ,Germany, and died 03 December 1915 in Buffalo Twp, Butler, Pennsylvania.

Children of CHRISTIAN FERNE and MARY BRAUTIGAN are:
i. CONRAD FERNE,
b. 1865, Sunset Station, , Pennsylvania; m. SUSAN; b. 1865.
ii. JOHN FERNE,
b. 1867, Sunset Station, , Pennsylvania.
iii. HENRY FERNE,
b. 1868, Sunset Station, , Pennsylvania.
iv. ANNIE ELIZABETH FERNE,
b. 16 October 1870, Sunset Station, , Pennsylvania; m. CHARLES ADAM WETZEL, 1892, Winfield Twp, Butler,Pennsylvania.
v. KATHERINE KATIE FERNE,
b. 1871, Sunset Station, , Pennsylvania.
vi. ADAM CHRISTIAN FERNE,
b. 09 September 1873, Sunset Station, , Pennsylvania; m. MINNIE SOPHIA KRADLE, Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania; b. 1881, , , Pennsylvania.
vii. JACOB WILLIAM FERNE,
b. 10 March 1875, Sunset Station, , Pennsylvania; m. GERTRUDE KRADLE; b. 1882.
viii. CHARLES FERNE,
b. 1876, Sunset Station, , Pennsylvania.
ix. MARY ANNIE FERNE,
b. 22 October 1878, Sunset Station, , Pennsylvania; m. HOWARD HUNDERTMARK; b. 20 November 1878.
x. EMMA FERNE,
b. 25 January 1881, Sunset Station, , Pennsylvania.
xi. FREDERICKA FERNE,
b. 09 October 1883, Sunset Station, , Pennsylvania; d. 23 June 1953; m. BARTHOLD SELL, 12 October 1904; b. 14 February 1880, Winfield Twp, Butler, Pennsylvania; d. 23 June 1954.
xii. ELIZABETH MARY FERNE,
b. 19 June 1886, , Butler, Pennsylvania; d. 14 April 1935, Harrison Twp, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; m. JOHN CALVIN KINNEY, 25 January 1908; b. 16 May 1890, Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; d. 27 January 1959, South Buffalo Twp, Armstrong, Pennsylvania.