Joseph Springer: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Joseph Springer

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  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]

    Children:
    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: 2

  1. 2.  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. 3.  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. 1. 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 2. Andre Springer was born on 15 Jun 1788 in Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR; died on 2 May 1861 in Saint-Médard, Moselle, FR.

  3. 6.  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. 7.  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. 3. 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.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Rudolph Verkler (Wurkler) died in 1794.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Religion: Anabaptist
    • Residence: Jun 1789, Mattmille, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR

    Notes:

    Owner of the Verkler 1560 Froschauer Bible.

    Residence:
    At time of Christina’s death.

    Rudolph + Barbe Schertz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Barbe Schertz
    Children:
    1. Joseph Verkler was born on 23 Sep 1751 in Bébing, Moselle, FR; died on 6 Mar 1815 in Hellocourt, Maizieres-les-Vic, Moselle, FR.
    2. Christina Wurkler was born on 8 Feb 1768; died in Jun 1789.
    3. 5. Madelaine Verkler (Wurkler) was born on 8 Jul 1760 in Bébing, Moselle, FR; died in Mattmille, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR.

  3. 12.  Abraham Oesch (Esch) was born in 1730 in Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR (son of Johannes Oesch (Esch)); died on 14 Aug 1830 in Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • CLER: Y
    • Occupation: Ancien De Rauschenbourg Fermier
    • USR1: Mennonite
    • Residence: 1776, Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR

    Notes:

    Settled at Hagenau, Lower Alsace (14 miles east of Ingwilller) in 1755; became a minister under his father-in-law Nikolaus Koch; and died before Aug. 14, 1836.

    In 1776 Abraham and Anna lived on the Rauschenburg Estate near Ingweiler, Alsace, France. Abraham was an elder of the Rauschenburg congregation near Ingweiler, according to a Dutch list of preachers.

    Birth:
    Rauschenbourg esstate

    Residence:
    Rauschenbourg estate

    Died:
    Rauschenbourg esstate

    Abraham + Anna Koch. Anna (daughter of Nikolaus Koch) died before 14 Aug 1836 in Hanviller, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Anna Koch (daughter of Nikolaus Koch); died before 14 Aug 1836 in Hanviller, Moselle, FR.
    Children:
    1. Christian N. Oesch was born about 1755 in Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 29 Mar 1834 in Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR; was buried in Mar 1834 in Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR.
    2. Madeleine Oesch (Esch) was born in 1756 in Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR; died on 18 Jan 1807 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR.
    3. Barbara Oesch (Esch) was born in Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR; died on 7 Sep 1821 in Gilchenbach, Bavaria, GR.
    4. Catherine Oesch was born in Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR.
    5. 6. Nicolas Oesch was born in 1760 in Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR; died on 17 Dec 1813 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR.
    6. Anna Esch was born in 1763 in Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR; died on 14 Aug 1836 in Hanviller, Moselle, FR.

  5. 14.  Michael Baechler

    Michael + Marie Mosimann. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Marie Mosimann
    Children:
    1. 7. Barbe Madeleine Baechler was born in 1769; died on 13 Apr 1805 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR.


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