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Nicholas Esch

Male 1814 - 1888  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Nicholas Esch was born in 1814 (son of Jean Esch (Oesch) and Catherine Martin); died in 1888; was buried in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR

    Notes:

    Becomes farmer at Bromsenhof farm near Gosselming about 1850. Has eleven children before 1872. Later they retired to their daughter in Rhodes. Previously, Christophe Martin and his wife Marie Zehr farmed Bromsenhof.

    Residence:
    Bromsenhof farm near Alzing farm

    Buried:
    Mennonite Cemetery. It is suspected that his wife is also buried there.

    Nicholas married Marie-Anne Schertz on 11 Feb 1850 in Dalem, Bouzonville, FR. Marie-Anne (daughter of Pierre Schertz and Anne Nafziger) was born on 18 Sep 1828 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died on 4 Dec 1907 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Marie Esch was born on 9 Jun 1855 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died on 19 Mar 1938 in Moussey, Vosges, FR; was buried in Moussey, Vosges, FR.
    2. Chrétien Esch was born in 1857; died in 1935.
    3. Madeleine Esch was born on 1 Feb 1861; died on 7 Jul 1923.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jean Esch (Oesch) was born in 1770 in Asswiller, Gutenbrunnen, Bas-Rhin, FR (son of Christian Oesch and Barbe Schertz); died in 1821 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR.

    Notes:

    From 1815 Joseph Esch and Catherine Martin of Zilling were on the farm of Alzing where they died in 1841.

    Jean + Catherine Martin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Catherine Martin (daughter of Christian Martin and Barbe Koch).

    Notes:

    Of Zilling.

    Children:
    1. Jean Esch
    2. Joseph Esch
    3. Chrétien Esch died in 1892.
    4. 1. Nicholas Esch was born in 1814; died in 1888; was buried in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Christian Oesch was born in 1734 in Asswiller, Gutenbrunnen, Bas-Rhin, FR (son of Daniel Esch (Oesch) and Barbara Leyenberger); died on 2 Jul 1802 in Abreschviller, Moselle, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Farmer
    • Residence: 1769, Asswiller, Gutenbrunnen, Bas-Rhin, FR

    Notes:

    Residence:
    Drulingen

    Died:
    At age 68 ans

    Christian married Barbe Schertz in 1762. Barbe (daughter of Nicholas Schertz and Barbe Birki) was born in 1740 in Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 10 Apr 1820 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Barbe Schertz was born in 1740 in Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR (daughter of Nicholas Schertz and Barbe Birki); died on 10 Apr 1820 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR.

    Notes:

    Her death certificate she is named as widow of Jean Esch: remarriage or error?

    Children:
    1. Barbe Oesch was born on 15 Aug 1764 in Asswiller, Alsace, FR; died on 14 Sep 1825 in Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR.
    2. Joseph Oesch was born in 1767 in Gondrexange, Moselle, FR; died on 11 May 1848 in Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR.
    3. 2. Jean Esch (Oesch) was born in 1770 in Asswiller, Gutenbrunnen, Bas-Rhin, FR; died in 1821 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR.
    4. Christian Oesch was born in 1774; died in 1807.
    5. André Esch (Oesch) was born in 1774-1776; died after 1806.

  3. 6.  Christian Martin was born about 1737 (son of Martin); died on 8 Jun 1837 in Imling, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    Died:
    age 100!

    Christian + Barbe Koch. Barbe (daughter of Nikolaus Koch) was born about 1750; died on 30 Dec 1822 in Zilling, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Barbe Koch was born about 1750 (daughter of Nikolaus Koch); died on 30 Dec 1822 in Zilling, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    Children:
    1. Christian Martin was born on 11 Nov 1789 in Zilling, Moselle, FR; died on 3 May 1873 in Imling, Moselle, FR.
    2. 3. Catherine Martin


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Daniel Esch (Oesch) was born in 1704 in Oberlanenegg, Bern, SW (son of Christian Oesch and Elsbeth Stutzman (Stutz)); died in 1765 in Asswiller, Gutenbrunnen, Bas-Rhin, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 7 Oct 1704, Schwarzenegg, SW

    Notes:

    Leaseholders on the Kirschbacherhof estate in Zweibrücken with Barbara’s brother Andréas Leyenberger in 1742. They later moved to Altviller, near Bistroff in Moselle, and lived on the grounds of the Gutenbrunnen castle estate in Saarland, GR.

    Birth:
    Below Schwarzenegg and Eriz near Thun

    Daniel + Barbara Leyenberger. Barbara (daughter of Ulrich Leyenberger and Anni Zougg (Zaug, Zaugg, Zook)) was born in 1700; died in Gutenbrunnen, Zweibrucken, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Barbara Leyenberger was born in 1700 (daughter of Ulrich Leyenberger and Anni Zougg (Zaug, Zaugg, Zook)); died in Gutenbrunnen, Zweibrucken, GR.
    Children:
    1. Josef Esch (Oesch) was born about 1740 in Schlossgut, FR; died on 30 Jun 1813 in Hengstbach, Zweibrücken, GR.
    2. 4. Christian Oesch was born in 1734 in Asswiller, Gutenbrunnen, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 2 Jul 1802 in Abreschviller, Moselle, FR.
    3. Suzanna Esch (Oesch)

  3. 10.  Nicholas Schertz was born between 1720-1728 (son of Jacques Schertz and Barbe Zehr (Serre)); died before 5 Jul 1804.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Meunier at Lorentzen in 1776

    Notes:

    Of Kupfermuhle.
    Of the copper mill at Hambach.

    Did this Nicolas marry Jeannette Riesin of Lorentzen? He had a son Jean who fell in love with the Catholic Jeannette Kaltebacher and abjured to be married in June 1774.

    Nicholas married Barbe BirkiKeskastel, Bas-Rhin, FR. Barbe was born in 1727; died on 5 Jul 1804 in Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Barbe Birki was born in 1727; died on 5 Jul 1804 in Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR.

    Notes:

    Of Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, France (near Saar-Union).

    Children:
    1. Johann (Jean) Schertz was born in 1740 in Bellegrade Bei Grosstannchen Lothringen (?); died on 30 Sep 1805 in Burbach, Saarbrücken, Saarland, GR.
    2. Magdalena Schertz was born in 1743; died in 1801.
    3. Joseph Schertz was born in 1742 in Hambach, Moselle, FR; died on 1 Feb 1829 in Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, FR.
    4. David Schertz died before 1791.
    5. 5. Barbe Schertz was born in 1740 in Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 10 Apr 1820 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR.
    6. Barbe Schertz was born in 1769; died in 1828 in Gros-Réderching, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; was buried in Gros-Réderching, Moselle, Lorraine, FR.

  5. 12.  Martin

    Notes:

    Children:
    1. Nicolas Martin was born about 1732; died on 19 Jan 1814 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR.
    2. Madeleine Martin was born in 1733 in Zilling, Moselle, FR; died on 11 Apr 1805 in Hanviller, Moselle, FR.
    3. 6. Christian Martin was born about 1737; died on 8 Jun 1837 in Imling, Moselle, FR.

  6. 14.  Nikolaus Koch

    Notes:

    Rauschenburg (Rauschenbourg), an estate near Ingweiller (Ingwiller) in Alsace listed in the Dutch [[Naamlijst der tegenwoordig in dienst zijnde predikanten der Mennoniten in de Vereenigde Nederlanden|Naamlijsts]] of 1775 and 1780 ("Ruseburg" in the district "Leeuwenhoff") as the seat of an Amish Mennonite congregation, of which Nikolaus (Nicolaas) Koch was an elder and Abraham Oesch (Esch) a preacher. According to Hermann Guth, Amish Mennonites were leaseholders on the estate at the middle of the 18th century and the district was then known as Löwenhaupt. Oesch was likely the son-in-law of Koch.
    https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rauschenburg_(Alsace,_France)

    Children:
    1. Christian Koch was born about 1731; died on 3 Feb 1798 in Bitche, Moselle, FR.
    2. Anna Koch died before 14 Aug 1836 in Hanviller, Moselle, FR.
    3. 7. Barbe Koch was born about 1750; died on 30 Dec 1822 in Zilling, Moselle, FR.


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