Maria Gingerich

Family/Spouse: John Rentsch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The name of his first wife is unknown.

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Georg married Maria OeschBavarian Palatinate, GR. Maria (daughter of Andréas Oesch and Katharina Augsburger) was born on 20 Sep 1828 in Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR; died on 10 Aug 1896 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; was buried in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Maria was the widow of an Eichelberger.

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Notes:

Birth:
B

Died:
Pössing

Christian married Elisabeth Unzicker on 30 May 1831. Elisabeth (daughter of Georg Unzicker (Hunzicker), Sr. and Jacobine) was born in Sep 1809; died on 30 Jul 1880 in Landsberg, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She came from Pössing near Landsberg, Bavaria.

Died:
Pössing

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Became a “minister of the book” in 1835-36.
• Religion: Mennonite

Notes:

Andreas has not been found in America, and was not mentioned as a bequeathed heir in his father’s 1869 probate will.

Birth:
Sarre-Buckenheim

Andréas + Katharina Augsburger. Katharina (daughter of Noah (Noe) (II) Augsburger and Anna Muller) was born on 1 Apr 1793 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 15 Oct 1850 in Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Canardiere estae Neuhof, Wissembourg

Notes:

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Residence: Feldkirchen, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

He came, like his brothers and sisters, to Wolfersdorf via Oberndorf and spent his youth there.

While at Oberndorf, near Munich, Christian, along with four other Mennonite elders, sent a letter to King Maximilian 1 regarding the education of Mennonite children.

Residence:
Oberndorf farm

Christian + Magdalena Nafziger. Magdalena died on 12 Apr 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Wolfersdorf farm

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Day laborer in Nymphenburg
• Religion: Mennonite
• USR1: Dropsy heart (weak heart resulting in water retention in the lungs)

Notes:

He may have been an uncle of Elizabeth, wife of Valentin Birki.

Died:
At 10:30 am. Lived at Nyphenburg 34, widower

Buried:
Buried by his family near the apple tree in Gern. (Neuhausen?)

Georg + Jacobine. Jacobine died before 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

• Occupation: Plowman (laboureur)
• Residence: 1786, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR

Notes:

“Noe Augsburger, Hanfeld, realizes his real estate on 9-30-1818 with the permission of Knight von Ertl’s administration of properties.”

Residence:
Arrived within the jurisdiction of Strasbourg in 1786

Noah married Anna Muller before 1784. Anna died on 6 May 1806 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]