LeFevre  is also spelled Ferber, LaFevre, LaFever, Lefebre, LeFever,and LeFevere. It is  from the original Northern French surname Lefebvre or Lefèvre. It means smith.
       
   
 
        Abraham LeFevre was born  on April 9, 1706 in Steinweiler, Germany. His parents were Isaac LeFevre and Catherine Ferree .
          He married his cousin, Elizabeth Ferree,  about  1728. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Abraham and Elizabeth LeFevre .
          Abraham died on November 20, 1735 in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 
         
  
    Steinweiler  is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  It was    in the Mayorality of Bittingheim. 
  
    Europeans who made the voyage to America  faced a difficult journey of several months.