Jacob N. Stalter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 112
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: Palsey/Dropsy
• Immigration: 1849, Le Havre to New York
• Census: 1850, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1860, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1870, Nebraska Twp., Livingston Co., IL

Notes:

Translated from German Obituaries by A. Lloyd Swartzendruber (1962)

STALTER -- June 8, 1998 in Livingstone Co., Illinois from palsey, JACOB STALTER at the age of 74 years, 9 months, and 20 days. The deceased was born in Bavaria (Germany) in 1823. In 1849, April 30, he married Barbara Birky. In this marriage union he lived for 35 years. Six sons and six daughters were born to this union. Three sons and one daughter preceded him in death. He was laid to rest on June 10, in a funeral of large attendance. In the house of mourning Christian Zimmerman spoke and in V.H. (probably Versammlungs Hause,which could be an assembly house or church) Stephen Stähly, Chr. Zimmerman, and John P. Schmitt from Isiah 38:1-3. Joseph Kinsinger then spoke from I Thess. 4:13. The deceased was a member of the Amish church and stood in high esteem. Besides his eight children, he left 50 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren, one brother and two sisters.

"He has now arrived.
We journey there also.
He has now been received.
Death to him was a victory"

(He left”one brother and two sisters” probably is an error. It should read “two brothers and one sister.”)
Brothers: Chris and Henry
Sister: Mrs. Joe Good
All died in Hopedale, Illinois and buried in Hopedale Cemetery.
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Jacod died in the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Stalter. His wife Barbara(Birky)Stalter died March 31, 1885 at daughter Fanny Sutter's home in Hopedale, Illinois.

Birth:
Byron, according to census info
FAG: Munich (München), Stadtkreis München, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany

Immigration:
Arrival: 21 Jan 1849. On the ship Minnesota, along with a larger group. He was listed as Jacob Stalder, age 24. His wife, Barbara and her illegitimate son Jacob (listed as Inf), are listed separately.

Census:
Farmer Jacob Stalter, 27; Barbara, 26; Jacob, 6, and Mary 2 mo.

Census:
; Barbara, 38; and six children

Census:
Listed as farmer born in Byron, Bavaria, Germany, age 74; with wife Barbara age 64 born in same place; children Lizzie 17, Catherine age 14, Fanny age 11, Joseph age 9, Henry age 5 and Christian age 2; all born in IL

Buried:
Waldo Cemetery

Jacob married Barbara Birky on 30 Apr 1849 in GR. Barbara (daughter of Christian Birki and Maria Anna Gascho) was born on 19 Feb 1824 in Arzbach, Bavaria, GR; died on 31 Mar 1885 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried on 1 Apr 1885 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jacob Stalter was born on 8 Oct 1844 in GR.
2. Mary Stalter was born on 22 Jul 1850 in Tazewell Co., IL; died on 11 Dec 1917 in Gridley, McLean Co., IL; was buried in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL.
3. Christian Stalter was born on 18 Aug 1851; died on 22 Sep 1851.
4. Elizabeth Stalter was born on 13 Aug 1853 in Tazewell Co., IL; died on 9 Jun 1916 in Reedley, Fresno Co., CA; was buried in Reedley, Fresno Co., CA.
5. Magdalena Stalter was born on 4 Feb 1854; died on 19 Mar 1854.
6. Katherine Stalter was born on 20 Mar 1855 in Tazewell Co., IL; died on 20 Dec 1918 in Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL; was buried on 23 Dec 1918 in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL.
7. Barbara Stalter was born on 2 Feb 1857 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 12 Mar 1947 in Toluca, Marshall Co., IL; was buried in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL.
8. Fannie Stalter was born on 17 Apr 1858 in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL; died on 25 Mar 1943 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.
9. Joseph Stalter was born on 7 Feb 1861 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; died in Jan 1889; was buried in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL.
10. Daniel Stalter was born on 27 Jan 1864; died on 23 Feb 1864.
11. Christian B. Stalter was born on 14 Aug 1868 in Tazewell Co., IL; died on 8 Feb 1953 in Meadows, McLean Co., IL; was buried in Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL.
12. Andrew Stalter was born on 17 Dec 1865 in Tazewell Co., IL; died on 6 Sep 1931 in Waldo, Livingston Co., IL; was buried in Earlville, LaSalle Co., IL.
13. Jacob Stalter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, restaurant leaseholder
• Reference Number: 42
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• PURC: 1860, Weilheim, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Jacob Stalter owned Hemerten at one time. His daughter Katharina Stalter Guth (Good) was born there. Two subsequent families owned Hemerten, then in 1885 a baron named Legg bought it and his family still lived on the farm in 1984.

Birth:
Gersbergerhof

PURC:
Purchased the Lindauer farm in Ammerhöfe community where the Christner family lived.

Died:
At the time of Jakob’s death he was a leaseholder of a beer restaurant at Fu?rsteinried, a hunting lodge built to look like a baroque palace. It was constructed for Elector Maximilian II Emanuel in 1715, bordering the Fu?rsteinried Wald (forest) on the southwest outskirts of Munich.

Jakob married Katharina Stalter on 27 Apr 1816. Katharina (daughter of Jakob Stalter and Magdalena Nafziger) was born in 1800 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR; died on 17 Jan 1847 in Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 43
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Married her cousin.

“Marrying of cousins was NOT a an unusual occurrence in the past. In the general population, 'It is estimated that 80% of the marriages in history were between second cousins'. The population base was smaller. People lived in small communities and migrated within those same small communities. Transportation was slow and dangerous; by walking or by horse and people seldom, if ever traveled beyond the boundaries of the area in which they were born without some sort of armed escort. Our Amish ancestors had even more reasons to restrict their marriage-partner choices. They were a minority group within the general population. Amish principles forbid marriage with those of other faiths , the marriage partner always had to come from the community of Amish believers. Often a suitable partner could not be found among the limited number of members of the home congregation, so, in spite of the dangers of long-distance travel contacts had to be established over long distances. When a wedding did occur under these circumstances, it often happened that other potential marriage partners were discovered among the siblings of the bride and groom. Such doubled unions frequently took place and created a strong bond between two families. Pressure to marry within the Amish group came also from outside the group. There were rules from the local authorities forbidding the Amish/Mennonites from adding people from the communities to their congregations. They could not baptize others into their faith, other than those born into Mennonite families. Church leaders were chastised for baptizing and drawing young unmarried maids into their faith. (Davis, Richard Warren) With all of these restrictions it is understandable that our ancestors chose 'cousins' as their marriage partners in many cases.”

Birth:
Full name may have been Katharina Magdalena.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-422579201-1-561056/katharina-magdalena-stalter-in-myheritage-family-trees

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 48
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• RWDN: S15
• Residence: 1802, Donauworth, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1816, Ingolstadt, Bavaria, GR
• PURC: Abt 1820, Hemerten, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Before 1802 was living near Zweibrücken, probably on the Gersberger farm.

Bergstettener—this large estate near the Danube River once belonged to the Cistercian monastery of Kaisheim, which had been secularized in 1802. A small village has since grown up near the estate, but a huge rectangular courtyard of the original estate, with a small chapel built into one corner, remains.

Heinrich went to Bavaria in 1804. Leaseholder on the estate Bergstetten near Donauworth, then became owner of the estate Hemerten near Rain am Lech.

Heinrich. Born 1767, Gersbergerhof. Married Katharina Rogge, daughter of Christian in Neidenfels/Pfalz. Went to Bavaria in 1804. Leaseholder on the Bergstädten farm near Donauwörth, then owner of the Hemerten estate near Rain am Lech. Son: 151 and daughter Katherina Walburga, married to Xaver Reitmeier.

Went to Bavaria in 1804. Leaseholder on the estate (Hof) Bergstetten near Donauwörth, then owner of the estate Hemerten near Rain am Lech.

Birth:
Gersbergerhof

Residence:
Purchased and lived on Bergstettener estate by the Danube River near Donauworth. Owned the estate until 1816.

Residence:
Lives on the farm Stockerau.

PURC:
Purchased Hemerten estate near Rain on the Lech.

Heinrich married Katharina Roggy about 1797 in Neidenfels, Palatinate, GR. Katharina (daughter of Christian Roggy and Barbara Nafziger) was born in 1776 in Neidenfels, Palatinate, GR; died in 1846 in Hemerten, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 49
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Went to Bavaria in 1804. After living at Bergstetten near Donauworth, lived at Hemerten estate near Rain on the Lech as wife of Heinrich Stalter.

Is this Katharina Roggy attached to the correct parents?

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: Siebenthann
• Residence: 1799, Tenscherhof, Lorraine, FR
• Residence: 1803, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1812-1813, Donauworth, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1818, Niederbronn, Alsace
• PURC: 1830, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Document re: “Transfer and takeover agreement between the Jakob Stalter couple on the Kandlerhof in Gern, House No. 3, and their daughter Elisabetha and her husband, Valentin Birki for 8,140 guilders. 

Munich, 8 March 1833 

Jakob Stalter, land owner at Gern, House No. 3, and his wife Magdalena née Nazin [sic], for whom because of her illness the community representative Johann Wimmer of Nymphenburg is present, conclude a contract with their son-in-law Valentin Birky and his wife, Elisabetha née Hundsicher. Because of the latter’s illness Benno Erlacher, baker master from Nymphenburg appears with power of attorney.” 

Note: The contract is for transfer of property purchased from the King of Bavaria on 1 July 1830, namely House No. 3, its built-on cowstall, some other sort of stall, and some sort of house with a bake oven.


 

Birth:
Karlsbergerhof

Residence:
Lived first at Grafinthal.

Residence:
By Burglengenfeld

Residence:
Worked at Haras

Residence:
Moved there from France

Residence:
Erlockhof

Residence:
Herrenhof

PURC:
Jakob Stalter, along with his brothers Heinrich and Josef, buys from the Bavarian Queen Griederike Wilhelmine Caroline von Bayern, widow of the late King of Bavaria, the Kandler property: house number 3, with 219 days of work 3,200 guilders. He sold it agin about 1850. (A Bavarian daily work has 3407 sqm = 36,672.64 sqft)

Died:
Karlsbergerhof

Jakob married Magdalena NafzigerGräfinthal, Saarland, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 59
• Religion: Amish Mennonite, Deacon of the Zweibrücken congregation
• RWDN: S1

Notes:

Lived near Zweibrücken on the Gersbergerhof. Was a deacon of the Zweibrücken congregation. Went to Bavaria in 1803 and lived at Hemerten, after living at Bergstetten near Donauworth.

Deacon of the Zweibrücken congregation.

Birth:
Offweilerhof

Died:
Offweilerhof

Johannes + Maria Weiss. Maria was born in 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 60
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Lived near Zweibrücken, Germany.

Notes:

Died:
Armstorf Court

Christian + Barbara Nafziger. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Nafziger may not be the correct wife.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer at Tenscherhof in 1750
• Reference Number: 61
• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: 1750, Sarralbe, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1770, Homburg, Saarland, GR
• Residence: Abt 1776, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1777, Sarralbe, Moselle, FR
• Residence: Abt 1802-1803, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Heinrich was leaseholder on Kirschbacherhof (near Zweibrrücken, GR), a very old and sizable ducal estate which is known from documentary sources as early as 1295. The original buildings were destroyed during the Revolution and the present ones were rebuilt in the early 1800s.
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“ Henry Stalter, born in 1725 in Zweibrücken, was a farmer there since at least 1750 when his wife gave birth to a child named Christian, and that first wife died before 1776. Since that year, his second wife, Catherine Imhoff gave birth to two son to Homburg Saar, Henry named the youth, and Jacques (quoted above at Haras). The family is back at Tenscherhof in 1777, year of birth of a daughter. Two daughters died in 1794 aged 23 years, and Henry Stalter, father, dies Tenscherhof, February 23, 1800.“


A Brief History of The Kirschbacher Hof and the Ducal Family That Owned It

“The Kirschbacher Hof estate was the birthplace of our ancestor, Heinrich Stalter. This estate is located on the western edge of present-day Germany, near the city of Zweibrücken, close to Luxembourg and Lorraine, France.

“This estate is very old and is documented back to 1295. Duke Johann I purchased it at the end of the 1500s and gave it to his hunting master Christian von Bernstein. It was he, too, who built the Kirschbach mill.

“In 1737, the widowed Countess Palatine Caroline, née Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken, as ruling sovereign and guardian over her minor son Christian, bought the estate for 12600 guilders and leased it to the Mennonite Heinrich Stalter. Historians consider her an especially prudent and active sovereign.

“The members of the ducal family preferred to stay at this estate during hunting. The grandsons of the Duke’s mother, the Counts Palatine Karl and Max, and the Counts of Forbach, Christian and Willhelm, were frequent hunting guests and, in this way became acquainted with the tenant Heinrich Stalter, which later proved to be advantageous for the Stalter family.

“In 1762, Duke Christian IV took over the estate from his mother and granted it to his sons. Then Duke Karl II August seized the estate again and donated it as perviously mentioned, to his wife Amilie.

“During the French Revolution (started in 1789 and lasting about a quarter of a century), French troops moved across the border into German territory and set fire to the estate. (The French Revolution was about eliminating the ruling class so estates such as this became targets.) Heinrich Stalter and his family were forced to leave the estate and find temporary shelter on another estate, the Bickenaschbacher Hof, where Heinrich’s eldest son, Christian Stalter, was living.”

At the beginning of 1800 the family moved to Bavaria, near Munich, living on property in Gern near the Nymphenburg palace.

Heinrich was a friend of King Maximillian I Joseph of Bavaria. He is known to have at least six children, but probably had four more. Hermann Guth read documents in the archives in Neuburg telling how Heinrich complained to neighbors and acquaintances that a monestary at Thierhaupten (near Hemerten) was sold for too low a price. The story reached King Max, who insisted that the price be increased. He trusted Heinrich's judgement enough to act upon it.

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Birth:
(an hour away from Grostenquin/Linstroff)

Residence:
Tencherhof estate--son Christian born there

Residence:
Lingenhof estate--son Josef born there

Residence:
Kirschbacherhof: Three children born there: Heinrich, Johannes and Maria

Residence:
Tenscherhof

Died:
Tenscherhof

Heinrich married Katharina Imhoff before 1770. Katharina was born in 1744. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 62
• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: 1802, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Katherina was Heinrich's second wife. The first is not known.

Residence:
Left with her children for Bavaria after Heinrich’s death