Andrew Springer

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Birth:
Gravestone date

Family/Spouse: Katherine L. (Katie) Camp. Katherine was born on 13 Jan 1862; died on 15 Mar 1951. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Residence: Metamora, Woodford Co., IL
• Immigration: 1891, Metamora, Woodford Co., IL

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Buried:
Stewart-Harmony Cemetery

Valentine married Marie Esch on 25 Aug 1861 in Saint-Médard, Moselle, FR. Marie (daughter of Jean Esch and Barbe Suisse) was born on 27 Jun 1843 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died on 10 Jan 1934 in Metamora, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Metamora, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite

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Birth:
Obit says St. Medard is birthplace

Buried:
Stewart-Harmony Cemetery

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Parents John & Elizabeth Esch

wife of Valentine Springer
married 1861 France

8 children:
Peter
John
Joseph
Benjamin
Andrew
Valentine
son & daug. passed in France

immigrated 1891 with children & Marie's Mother Elizabeth

Marie Springer, daughter of John and Elizabeth Esch, was born June 27, 1843, in St. Medard, Alsace Lorraine, France; died Jan. 10, 1934; aged 90 y. 6 m. 13 d. Her father having passed away before her birth she and her mother lived at the home of her grandfather. In the year 1861 she was married to Valentine Springer of St. Medard, France. To this union were born 8 children. In 1891 she with her family came to America and settled in the vicinity of Metamora, Ill. They were engaged in farming here for a time and then moved to Fisher, Ill. When she and her husband retired they returned to Woodford County and resided in Metamora. In 1913 her husband passed away and 7 years later she made her home with her children. Her last years were spent in the home of her son, Peter Springer, near Metamora. She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, and a daughter who died in France, another son John and grandson Benjamin of Fisher, Ill. Those who remain are her 5 sons Andrew, Joseph, and Peter of Metamora; Valentine of Fisher; Benjamin of Washington, 24 grandchildren, and 29 great-grandchildren. Sister Springer united with the Mennonite Church in her youth and remained a constant and faithful follower of her Savior throughout her entire life. She was of a lively personality and had a kind heart that won many friends for her. Children and grandchildren will ever remember her devotion and tenderness for her own.
"Mother's gone beyond this world of sorrow, pain and care,
Gone to be with Jesus; Oh, will we miss her there?"
Services were held at the home of her son Peter Springer on Friday, Jan. 12, in charge of A. A. Schrock and at the Metamora Mennonite Church in charge of H. R. Schertz. Text, Rev. 6. Burial Harmony Cemetery.

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]

Notes:

Birth:
Phalsbourg

Notes:

Married:
Phalsbourg
Witness: Christian Nafziger b. 1771

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cultivateur at Alzing

Jean married Barbe Suisse on 7 Jan 1842 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR. Barbe (daughter of Christophe Suisse and Marie Farni) was born on 12 May 1806 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

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”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

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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]

Notes:

Birth:
Rauschenbourg estate

Jean + Catherine Martin. Catherine was born in 1777; died in 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses to marriage were

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]

Notes:

Died:
1 Oct 1847?