Peter Friedhofen was born at the beginning of 1819 on a small farm in Weitersburg as the sixth of seven children to Peter Friedhofen and Anna Maria Klug [REF].
Friedhofen died in the early hours of 21 December 1860 in Koblenz after six weeks of being bedridden due to tuberculosis and was buried at the motherhouse of the order in Trier [REF].