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Andre Springer

Male 1834 - 1915  (80 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Andre Springer was born on 3 Nov 1834 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR (son of Joseph Springer and Marguerite Suisse (Schweitzer)); died in 1915 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Flour Miller In 1900 In Tremont

    Notes:

    Son of Joseph Springer and and Marguerite Suisse/Schweizer.

    Buried:
    Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery

    Andre married Barbe Elisabeth Rouvenach on 13 Aug 1857 in Hermelange, Moselle, FR. Barbe (daughter of Christian Rouvenac and Maria Switzer (Suisse)) was born on 11 Apr 1837 in Assenoncourt, Moselle, FR; died on 20 Dec 1922 in IL; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Springer was born in 1812 (son of Andre Springer and Catherine Esch).

    Notes:

    “Joseph Springer, of the Rotmuhle of Sarrebourg, husband of Marguerite Suisse, is at the Seelenmuhle in 1844-45 (a birth certificate). He was married in Bisping in 1833 to the daughter of Nollweyer's miller, Jean Mayer's brother-in-law. From Haut-Clocher, he returned to Bisping in 1846 to return to Hermelange.”

    Joseph married Marguerite Suisse (Schweitzer) on 4 Nov 1833 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR. Marguerite (daughter of Christophe Suisse and Marie Farni) was born in 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Marguerite Suisse (Schweitzer) was born in 1815 (daughter of Christophe Suisse and Marie Farni).
    Children:
    1. 1. Andre Springer was born on 3 Nov 1834 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died in 1915 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Andre Springer was born on 15 Jun 1788 in Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR (son of Georges (Jörg) Springer and Madelaine Verkler (Wurkler)); died on 2 May 1861 in Saint-Médard, Moselle, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 1803
    • Residence: 1813, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR

    Notes:

    The couple raised a large family at Rothuhle, their last child born there in 1838, then they moved to Saint-Medard near Dieuze where they died. With the departure of Andre Springer, it was the end of the era of the Virkler and Springer families at the mills of Sarrebourg. For more than half a century the Virkler family and their descendants were at the head of mill Mattmuhle. First the patriarch Rudolph Virkler, at least since 1774, followed by his son-in-law George Springer until 1803. The pupil was taken by his grandson Joseph Engel and his wife until 1831. At the same time another grandson , Andre Springer, made Rotmuhle mill from 1813 to 1840. Between 1813 and 1831, the same family was at the head of two mills Faubourg de France.

    Residence:
    Rotmuhle

    Andre married Catherine Esch on 25 May 1809 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR. Catherine (daughter of Nicolas Oesch and Barbe Madeleine Baechler) was born in 1789 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR; died on 1 Sep 1866 in Saint-Médard, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Catherine Esch was born in 1789 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR (daughter of Nicolas Oesch and Barbe Madeleine Baechler); died on 1 Sep 1866 in Saint-Médard, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Phalsbourg

    Notes:

    Married:
    Phalsbourg
    Witness: Christian Nafziger b. 1771

    Children:
    1. 2. Joseph Springer was born in 1812.
    2. Valentine Springer was born on 25 Dec 1833 in Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR; died on 5 Nov 1913 in Metamora, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Metamora, Woodford Co., IL.

  3. 6.  Christophe Suisse was born on 1 Nov 1770 in Romécourt, Lorraine, FR (son of Jean Suisse and Anne Risser); died on 7 Jul 1861 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Miller

    Christophe married Marie Farni on 29 Apr 1799 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR. Marie (daughter of Joseph Jean Farni and Anne Schertz (Chertz)) was born on 1 Jan 1780 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died in Oct 1847. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Marie Farni was born on 1 Jan 1780 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR (daughter of Joseph Jean Farni and Anne Schertz (Chertz)); died in Oct 1847.

    Notes:

    Died:
    1 Oct 1847?

    Children:
    1. Anne Suisse was born on 15 Jul 1800 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; died in 1809.
    2. Jean Suisse was born on 30 Jan 1802 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; died on 4 Dec 1871 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR.
    3. Maria Switzer (Suisse) was born on 29 Nov 1803 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; died on 27 Oct 1883; was buried in Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL.
    4. Barbe Suisse was born on 12 May 1806 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.
    5. Catherine Suisse was born on 24 Jan 1809 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.
    6. Anne Suisse was born in 1811.
    7. Madeleine Suisse was born in 1813.
    8. 3. Marguerite Suisse (Schweitzer) was born in 1815.
    9. Veronique Suisse was born in 1817.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Georges (Jörg) Springer was born about 1753 in Lorraine, FR; died on 17 Dec 1813 in Hoff, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:



    Died:
    near Sarrebourg

    Georges + Madelaine Verkler (Wurkler). Madelaine (daughter of Rudolph Verkler (Wurkler) and Barbe Schertz) was born on 8 Jul 1760 in Bébing, Moselle, FR; died in Mattmille, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Madelaine Verkler (Wurkler) was born on 8 Jul 1760 in Bébing, Moselle, FR (daughter of Rudolph Verkler (Wurkler) and Barbe Schertz); died in Mattmille, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    A son died 10 Mar 1790, and the couple were living at the time at Mattmille. They had a total of nine children.

    Died:
    “grain mill”

    Children:
    1. Christian Springer was born on 15 Oct 1792 in Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR; died on 8 Oct 1879 in Stanford, McLean Co., IL; was buried in Stanford, McLean Co., IL.
    2. 4. Andre Springer was born on 15 Jun 1788 in Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR; died on 2 May 1861 in Saint-Médard, Moselle, FR.

  3. 10.  Nicolas Oesch was born in 1760 in Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR (son of Abraham Oesch (Esch) and Anna Koch); died on 17 Dec 1813 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Farmer

    Notes:

    Children:
    Catherine, m.André Springer
    Madeleine, m. Christian Roggy
    Anne,
    Barbe, m. Jean Rogi
    Veronique, died in infancy
    Nicolas, died in infancy

    Nicolas + Barbe Madeleine Baechler. Barbe (daughter of Michael Baechler and Marie Mosimann) was born in 1769; died on 13 Apr 1805 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Barbe Madeleine Baechler was born in 1769 (daughter of Michael Baechler and Marie Mosimann); died on 13 Apr 1805 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Rauschenbourg estate

    Children:
    1. 5. Catherine Esch was born in 1789 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR; died on 1 Sep 1866 in Saint-Médard, Moselle, FR.
    2. Madeleine Oesch was born on 8 Apr 1795 in Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR; died on 24 May 1814 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR.

  5. 12.  Jean Suisse was born in 1746; died on 7 Jan 1824 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Manoeuvre

    Notes:

    Birth:
    abt 1753?

    Jean + Anne Risser. Anne was born in 1736; died on 28 Mar 1799. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Anne Risser was born in 1736; died on 28 Mar 1799.
    Children:
    1. 6. Christophe Suisse was born on 1 Nov 1770 in Romécourt, Lorraine, FR; died on 7 Jul 1861 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR.
    2. Jean Suisse was born in 1770; died in 1847.

  7. 14.  Joseph Jean Farni was born in 1760 in Barst, Moselle, FR; died on 17 Sep 1830 in Barst, Moselle, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: One Time Miller At Nolweiher

    Notes:

    Joseph and his wife were dead at the time of their oldest daughter’s marriage to Jean Schrag.

    (Not sure this is the Joseph who was a son of Joseph and Anne)

    Birth:
    Frey Merlebach

    Died:
    Frey Merlebach

    Joseph + Anne Schertz (Chertz). Anne was born in 1764. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Anne Schertz (Chertz) was born in 1764.

    Notes:

    Died:
    bef 1810?

    Children:
    1. 7. Marie Farni was born on 1 Jan 1780 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died in Oct 1847.
    2. Anne Madeleine Farni was born on 30 Nov 1785 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died after 1856 in Vic-sur-Seille, Moselle, FR.


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