Caspar Schrag

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• HIST: "Schrag-Schrocks came to America at various times and by a number of routes--before 1800 via northern Alsace and the Palatinate, and after 1870 via Volhynia, Russia. The Schrags were one of only three prominent Amish names that originate in the Emmental (along with Troyer and Schwarzentruber)." (This couple may have had a daughter Elisabeth (b. 1722) who is now linked to Caspar Schrag who married Elisabeth Weiss. () It is possible that the Johann Schrag family of “The Children’s Blizzard” was a descendant of Caspar and Elisabeth Leyenberger.
• Religion: Anabaptist
• Baptism: 13 Dec 1685, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• EMPL: 1711, Jebsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR
• Residence: 1712, Jebsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR
• Residence: Aft 1712, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1713, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1714, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1733, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: Aft 1733, Somerset Co., PA

Notes:

The Schrag surname is interpreted as a nickname for a carpenter or a cabinetmaker. "Schrage" in German means a holder or frame from crossed woods used for framework building. The spelling of the surname changed to Schrack, or Chraque in France--Schrock in America. "Schrag/Schrock comes from Schrage (an old name for a special wood combination.)"

In Southern Alsace along the Rhine River, south and east of Colmar, refugees came directly to these towns from Switzerland. Among the refugees listed at Jebsheim after 1700 were: 1700-Ulrich Birky, Steffisburg, worker; 1712-Gaspard (Casper) Schrag and Elisabeth Leyenberger of Wynigen.

!!This individual, Caspar b. 1685, who married Elsbeth Leyenberger, can be traced back to Switzerland, and through him all of the other Anabaptist Schrag branches. 

Virgil Miller, in his book "Both Sides of the Ocean" lists the refugees at Jebsheim, Alsace after 1700 and includes the fact that Gaspard (Caspar) Schrag and Elisabeth Leyenberg of Wynigen were married in 1712 (evidently in Jebsheim). Virgil Miller's research is probably correct.  This means son Caspar was born no later than September/October of 1711 (in Wynigen?), since Anne was born in June of 1712. 

Caspar, as well as other Schrag families moved into the Palatinate area around Zweibrücken. They lived in various places in the Palatinate, including Heckenaschbacherhof, Kaplaneyhof and Ingeweilerhof before leaving for America or going to Lorraine.


Schrag-Schrocks came to America at various times and by a number of routes--before 1800 via northern Alsace and the Palatinate, and after 1870 via Volhynia, Russia. The Schrags were one of three prominent Amish names that originate in the Emmental (along with Troyer and Schwarzentruber).

"In a list of Anabaptists in the Staatsarchiv in Bern, Switzerland, two brothers, Christian and Bendicht Schrag, sons of Ulrich Schrag, are named in 1765. They move from Wynigen-Leumberg in Switzerland to the Munstertal. About this time Schrags of Zweibrücken were already living here. Ulrich Schrag, who is leaseholder (Bestander) on the Ernstweilerhof in 1735, was a son of Caspar Schrag. A Casper Schrag is on the Ingeweilerhof in 1761. It is not clear whether these two individuals were father and son or brothers; the author assumes the latter. In that case, they would both be sons of Caspar Schrag, the father of Ulrich Schrag, who does not otherwise appear in the Palatinate. The following arrangement of descendants of the two brothers has not been proven and is based in part on assumptions."

Birth:
Leumberg farm

Baptism:
Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche (Reformed Church)

EMPL:
Transient farm workers

Residence:
Ingweilerhof

Residence:
Ernstweiler

Caspar married Elsbeth Leyenberger on 9 Aug 1711 in Jebsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR. Elsbeth (daughter of Ulrich Leyenberger and Anni Zougg (Zaug, Zaugg, Zook)) was born in 1690 in Jebsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
They were given a Catholic marriage ceremony, even though they were Anabaptists.

1. Caspar Schrag was born in 1711 in Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW.
2. Anna Schrag was born on 22 Jun 1712 in Jebsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR.
3. Ulrich Schrag was born in 1714 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR.
4. Johannes Jacob Schrag was born in 1715 in Ingweilerhof, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR.
5. Niclaus Schrag was born in 1717; died in 1748.
6. Elisabeth Schrag was born in 1722.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist
• Residence: 1684, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1685, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1688, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1693, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW

Notes:

The record of child Hans Schrag (b. 1684) reads: “Niclaus Schrag zu Leumberg, Wittlig (widower) ...Dises Kinds Eltern habend einander die Ehe versprochen...(The parents of this child have promised to marry). They married 30 May 1684.”

Nicolaus noted as Widower at baptism of Hans in 1684.?

Birth:
Leumberg farm

Niklaus married Christina Schneider (Scheidegger) on 30 May 1684 in Wynigen, Bern, SW. Christina (daughter of Uli Schneider (Scheidegger) and Barbeli Cunrad) was born on 12 Feb 1655 in Hauseren, Wynigen, Bern, SW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Feb 1655, Wynigen, Bern, SW

Notes:

Married:
The entry described them as parochiales – residents of the parish.

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y
• Religion: Anabaptist
• Baptism: 28 Feb 1623, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1660, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1662, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW

Notes:

Resided in Leumberg.

“There is a Bible donated to “The Lancaster Historical Society” that was brought to America by Ullrich Schrock (1251??) b.1740. The Bible states that it was given to a Nikolas Schrag in 1634 who in turn gave it to his son Ulrich. This date has been the source of much confusion to Schrag historians. However, if one thinks of the term “son” as the Biblical “Son in the Faith” as Timothy was to Paul, then Nikolas (1X) b. 1623 and Ulrich (125) b. 1641 fit the bill. “

Birth:
Leumberg farm

Baptism:
Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche (Reformed Church)

Died:
At age 50

Niklaus married Margreth Reinhard on 22 Mar 1666 in Affoltern, Bern, SW. Margreth (daughter of Claus Reinhard and Elsbeth Ryser) was born in 1624 in Sumiswald, Bern, SW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 23 Nov 1624

Notes:

Uli + Barbeli Cunrad. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Reformed
• Baptism: 15 Aug 1573, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1600, Mistelberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1605, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1607, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1613, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1614, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1615, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1619, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1621, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1623, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW

Notes:

He was first called “iunior” at the baptisms of his children.

Another Hans Schrag was born about 1587 in Wynigen, Switzerland.} Many Schrags lived in the hofs at Leumberg and Mistelberg, Canton Bern. These villages are in the Solothurn region.

In 1682 a home, Leumburg, was purchased by the Wyss family from a Hans and Ulrich Schrag. It could have been Hans and Uli, sons of Hanns and Maria/Margaret (?)

Peter Schrag writes: I have found Hans 1587 in data from Lorentz and Family Search, but I cannot find an entry for him in the Church Books. Possibly there is only Hans 1573 who married Barbly Leuenberger 1600 and Barbly died after 1607 and Hanns 1573 married Margret Hiltbrunner 1612. As there are no books for deaths for that time, I cannot prove it.”

Baptism:
Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche (Reformed Church)

Hanns married Margret Hiltbrunner on 28 May 1612 in Wynigen, Bern, SW. Margret was born in 1580 in Wynigen, Bern, SW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Nov 1580, Wynigen, Bern, SW

Notes:

Claus + Elsbeth Ryser. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]