Anna Catharine Pelsy: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Anna Catharine Pelsy

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Anna Catharine Pelsy was born on 11 Sep 1893 (daughter of Joseph Pelsy (Pelzel, Bellesley) and Madeleine Esch).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 13 Oct 1977, Rhodes, Moselle, FR


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Pelsy (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born on 4 Apr 1863 (son of Jacob Pelsy (Pelzel, Bellesley) and Madeleine Schertz); died in 1933; was buried in 1933 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    This grave stands almost by itself in the middle of the cemetery. No name can be found on it, but there is a monogram at the intersection of the two branches of the cross made of the letters P and E. No doubt, this is the grave of Joseph Pelsy and his wife Madeleine Esch (her parents are buried a few meters away). Joseph, who died in 1933, was the last person to be buried in the cemetery.
    Ever since, and until very recently, this place of remembrance was pretty well abandoned, for some unknown reason.

    Heartfelt thanks to the Rhodes municipality and in particular to Jean Luc Rondot, the mayor, for wanting to restore this place. Thanks to all of those who committed to support the Association for the rehabilitation of this cemetery. Cimetière Anabaptiste-Mennonite de Rhodes - Moselle

    Buried:
    Last person to be buried in the Mennonite Cemetery

    Joseph + Madeleine Esch. Madeleine (daughter of Nicholas Esch and Marie-Anne Schertz) was born on 1 Feb 1861; died on 7 Jul 1923. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Madeleine Esch was born on 1 Feb 1861 (daughter of Nicholas Esch and Marie-Anne Schertz); died on 7 Jul 1923.

    Notes:

    Of Gosselming, farm Bromsenhoff.

    Children:
    1. Marie Pelsy was born in 1892; died on 27 Jun 1957 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.
    2. Emma Pelsy (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born in 1895.
    3. 1. Anna Catharine Pelsy was born on 11 Sep 1893.
    4. Rosa Lydie Pelsy was born on 30 Nov 1899; died on 23 Jan 1992 in Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jacob Pelsy (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born on 3 Feb 1822 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR (son of Christian Pelsy and Catherine Verkler (Wirckler)); died on 29 Oct 1910 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; was buried in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Maurice Hebert

    Buried:
    Pelsy family Cemetery

    Jacob married Madeleine Schertz on 15 Mar 1847 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR. Madeleine (daughter of Jean Schertz and Catherine Abresol) was born on 3 Oct 1827 in Recherey, Moselle, FR; died on 1 Jun 1897 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; was buried in Chassey Beaupré, Meuse, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Madeleine Schertz was born on 3 Oct 1827 in Recherey, Moselle, FR (daughter of Jean Schertz and Catherine Abresol); died on 1 Jun 1897 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; was buried in Chassey Beaupré, Meuse, FR.

    Notes:

    Around 1920, after the departure of her sons who rented a farm near Thionville, Barbe went to join her daughter in Chassey, where she was buried.

    Birth:
    near Herbeviller

    Died:
    Personnes citées : 1. PELSI ; PELSY Christian Christophe - 504 - , né en 1814 à Rhodes (57), Famille 6 cultivateur Rhodes 1846, Frère

    Notes:

    Married:
    Maurice Hébert

    Children:
    1. Marie Pelsy (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born on 13 May 1847 in Ehoswa, Moselle, FR; died on 28 Oct 1892 in Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL.
    2. Catherine Pelsy was born on 20 Apr 1851; died in 1935.
    3. Madeleine Pelsy (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born on 16 Jun 1854; died in 1902.
    4. André Pelsy was born on 2 Aug 1858 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; died on 20 Aug 1914 in Schneckenbusch, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR; was buried in Buhl-Lorraine, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR.
    5. 2. Joseph Pelsy (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born on 4 Apr 1863; died in 1933; was buried in 1933 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.

  3. 6.  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]


  4. 7.  Marie-Anne Schertz was born on 18 Sep 1828 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR (daughter of Pierre Schertz and Anne Nafziger); died on 4 Dec 1907 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Fenétrange Alzing/Bromsenhof

    Buried:
    Do not know where she was buried. After living in Gosselming, Bromsenhof, they retired to their daughter's house in Rhodes.

    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. 3. Madeleine Esch was born on 1 Feb 1861; died on 7 Jul 1923.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Christian Pelsy was born on 2 Jul 1772 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR (son of Rudolf Pelsy and Anne Zehr (Zeer, Zorny)); died on 10 Jun 1836 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Famille 62 Cultivateur Rhodes 1846 (Ste. Croix)
    • Residence: until 1810, Azoudange, Moselle, FR

    Notes:

    Christian was at Rhodes in 1774. He was mayor of Rhodes from June to September 1819.

    Christian and Catherine had a total of ten children, all of whom stayed in Rhodes, except for Joseph, Jean and Catrina.

    “At Hellocourt ‘Christianne Belzele’ appeared as a witness on two wedding entries: André Vercler and Barbe Rupp on Feb. 1, 1804 (he was a brother-in-law of the groom), and Jacob Bachman and Barbe Vercler the following day (he was a brother-in-law of the bride). He is described as a worker in Hellocourt. On the second entry, another witness was minister Joseph Engel (son of elder Christian Engel), later to be an Amish Mennonite elder, who was also described as a brother-in-law of the bride.”

    In Rhodes Christian was a successful cultivator and served as interim mayor June 9-July 6, 1819, signing four etat civil entries in that capacity. His farm, close to Rhodes, was St. Croix.
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    Cimetière Anabaptiste-Mennonite de Rhodes - Moselle Jan 4, 2016 FB post

    While their older brothers Joseph (Red Joe), John and Peter, as well as their sister Catherine emigrated to the USA one after the other, Christian, Jacob and Nicolas Pelsy all chose to get married and settle in their hometown. Christian and Nicolas got married to 2 Abresol sisters, Catherine and Barbe, who were both from Rhodes. As for Jacob, he found his wife Madelaine Schertz in Rehere (Meurthe et Moselle), a village near the town of Baccarat. All of them are burried in the cemetery.

    It should be noted the existence in the 19th century on the levee of the pond of the mill (Farm of bachats) of a mill operated by the family abresol.
    This one is now destroyed, only remain the two wheels in the gardens of the field.
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    Residence:
    Domaine de Hellocourt-fFour children were born here

    Died:
    Sources : 1. Maurice hébert 2. Swic ucgl, 12/06/1837: 3. Robert boehm

    Christian married Catherine Verkler (Wirckler) before 1802. Catherine (daughter of Joseph Verkler and Marie Abresol) was born on 1 Jan 1778 in Oberstinzel, Fenetrange, Moselle, FR; died on 4 Apr 1860 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Catherine Verkler (Wirckler) was born on 1 Jan 1778 in Oberstinzel, Fenetrange, Moselle, FR (daughter of Joseph Verkler and Marie Abresol); died on 4 Apr 1860 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    (57)

    Died:
    (57)

    Children:
    1. Joseph “Red Joe” Belsly was born on 28 May 1802 in Hellocourt, Maizieres-les-Vic, Moselle, FR; died on 24 Dec 1872 in Spring Bay, Washington Twp., Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL.
    2. Jean Pelsy was born in 1805; died in 1805.
    3. Mary (Marie) Belsley (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born on 3 Sep 1806; died on 29 Jan 1810 in Azoudange, Moselle, FR.
    4. Johannes Pelsey (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born on 14 Oct 1809 in Azoudange, Moselle, FR; died on 26 Apr 1854 in Metamora Twp., Woodford Co., IL.
    5. Catherine (Catrina) Pelsy (Pelzel, Belsley, Bellesley) was born on 4 Oct 1811 in Azoudange, Moselle, FR; died in 1887.
    6. Christian (Christophe) Pelsy was born on 3 Oct 1814 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; died on 16 Nov 1886 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; was buried in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.
    7. Madeleine Pelsy was born in 1815; died in 1815.
    8. Pierre Pelsy was born in 1816; died in 1816.
    9. André Belsley (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born on 15 May 1819 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; died on 26 Jul 1842 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.
    10. 4. Jacob Pelsy (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born on 3 Feb 1822 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; died on 29 Oct 1910 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; was buried in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.
    11. Mary (Marie) Belsley (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born on 5 Sep 1823 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; died in 1841.
    12. Nicolas Pelsy (Pelzel, Bellesley) was born on 3 Jan 1826 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; died on 17 Nov 1896 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; was buried in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.
    13. Pierre Pelsy (Pelzel, Belsley, Bellesley) was born in 1826 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.

  3. 10.  Jean Schertz was born in 1758; died on 5 Mar 1808 in Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Miller

    Notes:

    From Guermange. Lived in Reherrey, below Herbeviller, Moselle. He was in Gondrexange for several years during the Revolution.

    Jean evidently had a first marriage that produced Andrés.
    Madeleine’s birthdate is after Catherine's death. Was there a third wife?
    ———————
    Jean had lost a child by accident with a firearm in 1794.
    A boy of 10 years playing with his companion manipulates a loaded firearm that has killed the small boy. The drama happened in the Ketzing gap. The captain of the National Gendarmerie in Blamont made the following report [summary]:
    “A child about four years old was accidentally killed with a shot of a gun. I stopped at citizen Jean Chertz’s house to get necessary information. I asked the mother of the child, but she could not give details.
    A young man aged ten, joking to amuse the child actually aimed a loaded weapon toward the child on a bench opposite. The weapon discharged and killed the child.
    Questions were asked:
    To whom did the gun belong? Jean Schertz, to another Anabaptist family from Ketzing? To a ranger from the forest of Ketzing? Why was a weapon in a Ketzing family? What kind of arms was it, a hunting weapon or rifle? Hunting, in our opinion, was not allowed by the peasants of the Old Regime.”
    The report of the Captain gives no answers.

    Birth:
    (1758-60)

    Jean married Catherine Abresol on 16 Sep 1807 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR. Catherine was born in 1760; died on 23 Aug 1812 in Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Catherine Abresol was born in 1760; died on 23 Aug 1812 in Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    Witnesses:
    Jacques Abresol, 28, brother of the bride; Christopher Rocher, 40 of St. Croix; Michael Salzman, St. Croix, 50; and Jean Gingerich, cultivator and owner of St. Croix.

    (Oct 27,2004 email from Joe Staker.)

    Married:
    Witnesses: Jean Gerack [Schrag] (1777-1838), and Anna Engel (1772-1809)

    Children:
    1. Andrés Schertz was born on 10 Sep 1792 in Gondrexange, Moselle, FR; died on 19 Mar 1837 in Lorquin, Moselle, FR.
    2. 5. Madeleine Schertz was born on 3 Oct 1827 in Recherey, Moselle, FR; died on 1 Jun 1897 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; was buried in Chassey Beaupré, Meuse, FR.

  5. 12.  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]


  6. 13.  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. 6. Nicholas Esch was born in 1814; died in 1888; was buried in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.

  7. 14.  Pierre Schertz was born in 1783; died in 1853.

    Pierre + Anne Nafziger. Anne was born in 1788; died in 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Anne Nafziger was born in 1788; died in 1865.
    Children:
    1. 7. Marie-Anne Schertz was born on 18 Sep 1828 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died on 4 Dec 1907 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR.


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