Elisabeth Oesch

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1860

Notes:

Descendants of Elisabeth Oesch Generation 1
ELISABETH1 OESCH was born on 27 Sep 1834 in Forsthof, Neuburg, Bavaria, Germany. She died on 21 Sep 1911 in Lancaster, Nebraska. She married Jacob C Rocke, son of Jakob Rocke and
Katharina Bu?rcky, on 24 Jun 1860. He was born on 07 Sep 1834 in Oettingen, Donau-Ries,
Bavaria, Germany. He died on 18 Jun 1909 in Lancaster, Nebraska.

Jacob C Rocke and Elisabeth Oesch had the following children:

i. MARY EMMA2 ROCKE was born on 23 Dec 1864 in Danvers, McLean, Illinois. She
died on 15 Mar 1922 in Hallam, Lancaster, Nebraska. She married Joseph Rocke,
son of Joseph Rocke and Mary Nafziger, on 03 Apr 1887 in Lancaster, Nebraska.
He was born on 28 Oct 1856 in Illinois. He died on 17 Nov 1925 in Hallam,
Lancaster, Nebraska.
ii. WILLIAM F. ROCKE was born on 25 May 1869 in Illinois.
iii. LOUIS PETER ROCKE was born on 16 Feb 1872 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
iv. JOHN CHRISTIAN ROCKE was born on 11 Apr 1874 in Illinois. He died on 03 Jul 1954
in Kings, California. He married Mary M Steinke on 23 Jan 1902 in Hallam,
Lancaster, Nebraska. She was born on 18 Mar 1883 in Hoya, Nienburg, Lower
Saxony, Germany. She died in 1984 in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California.
v. GEORGE JACOB ROCKE was born on 30 Nov 1878 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He died
on 17 May 1962 in San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California. He married JOSIE
ANN MULLINS. She was born on 01 Jan 1890 in California. She died on 22 Dec 1965
in California.

Birth:
Forsthof (29th?)

Elisabeth married Jacob C. Rocke on 24 Jun 1860. Jacob (son of Jakob Rocke (Roggy) and Katharina Bürcky (Birki)) was born on 7 Sep 1834 in Oettingen, Donaukries, Bavaria, GR; died on 18 Jun 1909 in Lancaster County, NE, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Became a laborer and farm manager on the Forsthof estate.

Notes:

“Christian Oesch, single, son of the landowner of Forsthof, Berta Holli nee Oesch, wife of Josef Holli, Gerpolding, Court of Ebersberg, Veronika Gascho nee Oesch, wife of Christian Gascho of Egelbrunn near Regenstauf and Maria Augsburger nee Oesch, wife of Daniel Augsburger in Illinois, USA, agree that their mother Katharina Oesch give the farm to their sons Christian and Josef on 27 Sep 1809 in Neuburg/Danube in the notary’s office.”

Christian Suttor of Hellmannsberg, and Christian Oesch of Hanfeld paid 18,3009 Guilders for the property, Forsthof.

Died:
Forsthof

Christian married Katharina Suttor (Sutter) in 1820. Katharina (daughter of Johannes Sutor and Magdalena Stähli) was born on 24 Aug 1794 in Munchweiler, Palatinate, GR; died on 27 Nov 1872 in Neuberg-an-Donau, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish

Notes:

Died:
Forsthof

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Mennonite
• Immigration: Abt 1803, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1803, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Oesch Swiss roots begin in Oberlangenegg, a district far in the valley beyond Schwarzenegg. Here lived Taufer named Oesch. The Steffisburg, Switzerland records speak of Uli Osch, "The exiled disobedient Anabaptist," whose son Christian was baptized in 1684. It is easy to conclude that the family had to flee to the hills. This family later moved on to Alsace and the Palatinate and produced a large progeny of Amish Mennonites.

It was in connection with the resettlement of Amish tenants from the Alsace and the Palatinate to Bavaria, encouraged by the Elector Max (the later King Max I. Joseph of Bavaria) that Christian Oesch (1755) and his wife, Katharina Burki, and seven children immigrated to Hanfeld near Starnberg about 1803.

Christian and his family came from Saarbuckenheim (Sarre-Union in French) in the "crooked Alsace" and was born on the Waderhof (beo Diemeringen in Unterelsass, 1803 nach Hanfeld) near Lorenzen about 1755. At Hanfeld, Christian owned the "zum Streicher" estate in this purely-Catholic village south of Munich. The native population was not friendly to these new Mennonite settlers.

They refused to permit any Mennonite burials in their cemetery and forced the Mennonites to bury their dead in a meadow instead. The local Catholic priest even insisted upon the Mennonites paying him for his usual fee when someone died. Christian, as well as his son, Andréas, refused to make the payment after Christian's wife, Katharina's, death. As a result, the priest informed the government and was told that he could sue for the fee at court. The Munich State Archives reports that apparently no action was taken. The old Mennonite cemetery at Hanfeld no longer exists today.

Birth:
Waderhof

Immigration:
Court Starnberg, with seven children. Besitzer des Streicherhofes

Residence:
Moved here from Sarre-Union

Died:
Court Starnberg

Buried:
Oesch Cemetery

Christian married Katharina Burki in 1783. Katharina was born in 1764 in Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 6 Mar 1829 in Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR; was buried in Mar 1829 in Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer’s daughter
• Religion: Mennonite

Notes:

Who was Katharina/Catherine Bürki, who married Christian Oesch/Christian N. Oesch, and died at Hanfeld March 6, 1829?  We could make two reasonable guesses, but the information to verify them is lacking.  She may have been a sister to Christian 'Christel' Bürcky/Bircki ('Big Birkeys'), who was born circa 1760; this would make sense because of Christel's link to the Gentersberg estate (and presumably to the nearby Dorsterhof estate) where Oesches farmed.  Or, she may have been a sister to Johannes Birky or Bircki ('Little Red Birkys'), who was born circa 1748.  This would make sense because his son Andreas/André/Andrew owned property at Söcking, which is now part of Hanfeld.

According to Rudolf Ingold and Hermann Guth, the Mennonite tenants at Hanfeld fell into a disagreement with local Catholic clerics, and were obliged to bury their dead in a meadow. When Katharina/Catherine Bürki died in 1829, one priest asked for a death fee. Christian refused, and the priest complained to the local administration. He was told that he could take the matter to court, but no action was taken.

Birth:
Waderhof estate

Died:
Court Starnberg

Buried:
Oesch Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y
• Occupation: Estate Manager/Farmer
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Residence: Bef 1796, St. Goarshausen, Nassau-Weilburg, GR
• Residence: 1796, Probfeld, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: Bef 1804, Annweiler, Palatinate, GR
• Residence: 1804-1811, Kaisheim, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1 Oct 1811, Neuberg-an-Donau, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Suttor/Sutor/Sutter/Suter is a Mennonite family name with Swiss origins. More than likely this surname is derived from the Latin expression for a shoemaker-- sutor.

“Before it began to be drained, the Donaumoos (Danube marsh) was the largest bog in Southern Germany. In 1790 the Bavarian elector Charles Theodor began to invite Mennonites to settle in the inhospitable 120-square-mile area area, offering incentives for recaimation and cultivation. In 1802 over 120 Mennonite families were permitted to settle there, and many of the families remained until the '48er wave of emigration. Entries for Mennonite families in the Donaumoos such as Sutter, Oesch, and Ingold can also be found in Catholic records at Karlskron.”

Johannes Sutor and three of his children were born at Hellmansburg. Many family members are buried there also. The largest of the markers in the cemetery reads:

Here rest the bones (remains) of the deceased Christian Sutterich family.
Father, Mother, Wife, Children. God has received (accepted) them so he
will receive (accept) me too. Before God's face we will meet (see each other) again.
Johannes Sutter, the ancestor (forefather) born 1765, died June 1, 1844
left 2 sons and 2 daughters and 33 grandchildren. Of the Mennonite religion.

Birth:
“Johannes Suttor was born circa 1764. A report for the birth of one of his children gives his birthplace. The document – written by a municipal clerk at Karlskron, 7 miles south of Ingolstadt – stated that he was born on the 'Lindenbrunnerhof bei Annweiler.' This may have been either of two locations. The first possibility is the LindeLbrunnerhof farm between Darstein and Münchweiler am Klingbach, about 4 miles from Annweiler. However, there is a good case to be made for the LindeNbrunnerhof farm at Heltersberg, only a few miles from Lemberg, Pirmasens, and Münchweiler an der Rodalbe but 18 miles from Annweiler. One strong clue seems to point to the Lindenbrunnerhof: an Ingold family that lived there also lived with them in other locations, intermarried with the Sutters, and now has descendants in Tazewell County.”

Residence:
at the Rhine River

Residence:
at the time of Johannes’ and Barbara’s birth

Residence:
Lindelbrunnerhof, 4 mi. from Annweiler

Residence:
Former Cistercian monastery (tenant, along with Friedrich Hage). This estate had belonged to a Catholic abbey before it was secularized in 1803. During the time the Sutters lived there the grounds were used to grow food for the Bavarian army; after 1811 it was used to house displaced Franciscans, then converted into a prison.

Residence:
Forsthof, a Jesuit estate (with Friedrich Hage). In this time frame about 50 Mennonite families were given formerly Catholic properties between Neuberg and Ingolstadt, as the government encouraged cultivation of the Danube Marsh.

Buried:
Hellmansburg Sutter Cemetery

Johannes married Magdalena Stähli in 1788 in Palatinate, GR. Magdalena (daughter of Johannes Jorg Stähli (Staehly) and Anna Kinzinger) was born in 1765 in Oberstraysa, Fränkisch-Crumbach, GR; died in Hellmannsburg, Bavaria, GR; was buried in Hellmannsburg, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

From Frankish-Crumbach (Odenwald), according to Guth.

Birth:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/w/Susan-J-Howard/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0186.html

Buried:
Hellmansburg Sutter Cemetery

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]

Notes:

Birth:
Northeast of Kaiserslautern

Johannes married Anna Kinzinger on 23 Feb 1723 in Sembach, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]