Daniel Zehr

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Apostolic Christian
• Census: 1880, Gridley, McLean Co., IL

Notes:

Daniel married Anna Marie (Mary) Wagler on 13 Dec 1855 in Tazewell Co., IL. Anna (daughter of Jacob (Jacques) Wagler and Magdalena Reschly) was born on 28 Nov 1834; died on 14 Feb 1894; was buried in Fairbury, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jacob D. Zehr was born about 1856.
2. Magdalena Zehr was born in 1858 in IL; died in 1929.
3. Daniel Wagler Zehr was born in 1860; died in 1928; was buried in Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., IL.
4. John Zehr was born on 25 Sep 1863; died on 28 Jul 1926; was buried in Wolcott, White Co., IN.
5. Phoebe Zehr was born in 1866; died in 1931; was buried in Wolcott, White Co., IN.
6. Mary M. Zehr was born on 6 Feb 1867 in Fairbury, Livingston Co., IL; died on 14 May 1935 in Peoria Co., IL; was buried in Peoria Co., IL.
7. Grace Zehr
8. Reuben F. Zehr was born about 1872.
9. Lydia Zehr was born about 1876.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Mennonite
• USR1: Cholera
• Residence: Fall 1803, Abstried, near Diessen, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 26 Apr 1831, Arzbach, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1832, Pettenbrunn, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: late 1853, Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., IL
• Immigration: 19 Nov 1853, Bremen to New York
• PURC: 15 Dec 1854, Montgomery Twp., Woodford Co., IL

Notes:

Daniel was born in Struth, but in the fall of 1803 his father and mother moved with him to Abtsried, Bavaria. In 1832, Daniel moved to Pettenbrunn near Freising, Bavaria. Here he remarried to Magdalena Rocke. On Aug 8 1853, Daniel sold his property and departed for America on 1 Sep 1853. They arrived sometime before Jan 1854 when Daniel Zehr bought land in Montgomery Township, Woodford County, Illinois.

Daniel was appointed bishop while in Europe.

In August 1855, Daniel was called to the bedside of Peter Smith, a neighbor dying of cholera. Daniel stayed until Peter died and later preached at his funeral. On the evening of 11 Aug 1855, Daniel died of the disease as well. His wife, Magdalena, died on 27 Feb 1899. The graves of both are preserved in a small, woven-fence enclosure in the Slabtown Cemetery.

"Bishop Daniel Zehr (1803-1855) died August 11, 24 hours after preaching at the funeral of another unnamed [the person was Peter Smith, son of Christian and Magdalean Schrock Smith, who both died of cholera as well] cholera victim. Many of these victims were buried in the now abandoned Slabtown Cemetery, eventually known as the 'Cholera Cemetery.'"

Residence:
Purchased Valentin Birki’s half portion of the Arzbach farm

Residence:
near Freising

Immigration:
Ship Germainia (1 Sept?) Passenger list:Daniel Zehr, 50, farmer; Mary, 45; Christian, 22, farmer; Magdalena, 18; James [Jacob], 16; and Mary, 14, and their place of origin as Pettenbrunn.

PURC:
The Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database shows that Daniel Zehr of Woodford County purchased 45.6 acres at Congerville for 25 cents per acre (total $11.41) Dec. 15, 1854

Buried:
Slabtown Cemetery (Section 17)

Daniel married Barbara Ingold on 12 May 1827 in Hilgertshausen-Tandern, GR. Barbara (daughter of Jakob Ingold and Elisabeth Bachman (Baumann)) was born on 8 Jun 1804 in Nassau-Weilburg, Palatinate, GR; died on 5 Aug 1831 in Pellheim, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Had one child, Joseph, before marrying Daniel.
(One source has Barbara as a daughter of Joseph b. ca 1769 )

Birth:
Lindelbrunnerhof

Died:
died at Arzbach bei Dachau Aug. 5, 1831 (an entry was created at nearby Pellheim), a daughter of Joseph Ingold and Elisabethe Gu?ngerich. She brought one child to the marriage
MFH, Oct 2008, p.219, gives date as 23 Aug 1831.

Notes:

Married:
Adjacent to Mannried

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: Cholera
• Residence: 1803, Abstried, near Diessen, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1810-1817, Laim, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1818-1827, Manried, Bavaria, GR
• Immigration: 1849, New York, NY
• Residence: 1828-1849, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1849, Woodford Co., IL

Notes:

At one time Daniel lived in the village of Struth in France, but moved to Bavaria in 1803, where he leased a cattle farm for two years. From 1810 to 1817, the family lived at Laim, near Munich. Daniel purchased property at Manried near Hilgertshausen on 2 Dec 1818, then resold it on 15 Dec 1827. The next move was to Hanfeld, near Starnberg, Bavaria. At the age of 72 and about ten years after the death of his wife (Magdalena Unzicker), Daniel emigrated to America with the David Springer family on the ship Minnesota. The ship departed from Liverpool, England and arrived in New York on 21 June 1849. From New York Daniel went to Illinois where his sons George, Christian, Peter, and Jacob had settled.

Also on board were Valentine Birkey (1794) with brother Christian's daughter, Barbara and her illegitimate son, and Mary Burkey Birky.

Daniel’s children’s names were kept in a 1780 edition of Martyrs’ Mirror that has been passed down in the Ingold family.
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While in Bavaria, Daniel was one of the signatories to a letter sent March 18, 1811, to King Maximilian I. Joseph (ruler from 1806-1825). In it the “Elders of the Menonists” of the dairy farm Oberndorf, appealed to the King for permission to hire their own private instructors to educate their children in their own catechism, since he had allowed them freedom of religion. But “some of the community have received legal orders to send their children to school a good half hour away.”

The answer came to them on Sept. 11, 1811, that “attendance of the local school remained compulsory, but the Mennonite children were not compelled to participate in religious instruction.”

Other signing the letter were: Christian Güngerich, Heinrich Stalter, Christian Bürcky, Johannes Bächler.

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Daniel’s estate was probated in 1858 (Woodford Co., IL), Jacob Summers, Administrator. Appraisers were Christian and Peter Farney and Peter Sommer.
Paid out was: Christian Zehr $825.79; Daniel Zehr $825.79; Magdalena Zehr $36.00; Magdalena Zehr two $40 payments.

Residence:
Bergerhof. Laim was very near Nymphenberg in Gern. Thus, surely he had dealings with the Stalter and Birkey families in Gern.

Immigration:
From Liverpool. Arrived 21 June 1849 on ship Minnesota. Only son Joseph stayed in Bavaria.

Residence:
Mang-Anwesen

Residence:
Mackinaw River area

Buried:
Thought to be Slabtown Cemetery

Daniel married Magdalena Unzicker on 6 Jun 1802 in Windstein, Wissembourg, Alsace, FR. Magdalena (daughter of Johannes Unzicker and Barbara Ullmann) was born on 8 May 1785 in Windstein, Wissembourg, Alsace, FR; died on 16 Dec 1838 in Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR; was buried in Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bas-Rhin

Died:
Dec 1 (Staker)

Notes:

On 17 Parairial 10th year of the Republic (6 Jun 1802), at Windstein, District of Wissembourg, France, Daniel Zohr, age19, sone of Daniel Zehr and Catherina Zohr, married Magdalena Hunzicker, age 17, daughter of Johannes Unzicker and Barbara Uhlmann of Windstein. The following persons were witnesses and signed the marriage record: Joseph Zohr, farmer, age 47 years; Jacob Stepp, farmer, age 54 years, both residing at Windstein; Christian Bock, farmer, age 35 of Windstein; Christian Zohr, farmer, age 45 of Stultzthal.

Married:
Marriage records of Windstein, Bas-Rhin, France, 1793-1862:
On 17 Prairial 10th year of the Republic (6 Jun 1802), at Windstein, District of Wissembourg, France, Daniel Zohr, age 19, son of Daniel Zehr and Catherina Zohr, married Magdalena Hunzicker, age 17, daughter of Johannes Unzicker and Barbara Uhlmann of Windstein. The following persons were witnesses and signed the marriage record: Joseph Zohr, farmer, age 47 years; Jacob Stepp, farmer, age 54 years, both residing at Windstein; Christian Bock, farmer, age 35 of Windstein; Christian Zohr, farmer, age 45 of Stultzthal.

Notes:

Co-tenant of Lindenbrunnerhof at Heltersberg until 1812 when they moved to Probfeld. Lindenbrunnerhof is still in operation as a horse breeding farm.

Birth:
Wilensteinerhof

Jakob married Elisabeth Bachman (Baumann) in 1798. Elisabeth was born in 1760; died in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer/Cultivator

Notes:

Birth:
La Petite Pierre

Died:
At home Of Son-in-law, Jean Springer, France La Petite Pierre
“Daniel died in the home of his son-in-law Johannes/Jean Springer at Struth May 21, 1819. His French-language civil death entry describes him as a cultivator, the 84-year-old widower of Catherine Zehr, and a son of Chrétien Zehr and Elisabethe Koch. It was witnessed by son-in-law and cultivator Jean Springer, 44 (he signed 'Johannes Springer'); and son and cultivator Joseph Zehr, 34.”

Daniel married Catherine Zehr in 1777 in Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR. Catherine (daughter of Jacob (Jacques-Jacki) Zehr and Elisabeth Koch) was born about 1750 in Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 24 Dec 1805 in Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR; was buried in 1805 in Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
At her home

Notes:

Lived in Windstein, Bas-Rhin, France, at time of daughter Magdalena's marriage in 1802.

Johannes + Barbara Ullmann. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Of Windstein, District of Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France (in 1802).

Christian + Magdalena Bauman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]