Jacob Oyer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miller at Hermersbergerhof farm near Landau
• Residence: Abt 1815, Turquestein, Meurthe, FR
• Immigration: 1830

Notes:

On the journey to America Jacob and his second wife were accompanied by Susanne and Anna, two daughters born to Jacob in his earlier marriage to Susanne Schertz. A son, Joseph, was born to Jacob and Elisabeth at sea, ten days before they disembarked in New Orleans. Jacob had married Elisabeth in February of 1830, only a few months before their departure. The aged Johannes lived with Jacob and Elisabeth in the community of Turquestein immediately before they emigrated. Jacob had a total of 10 children.

Peter Guth (Good) was administrator of Jacob’s estate.

Birth:
Hermersbergerhof, near Landau.

Buried:
Family plot on his farm

Jacob married Suzanne Shertz about 1807. Suzanne was born about 1780; died on 2 Jul 1829 in Turquestein, Meurthe, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Susanna Oyer was born on 4 Apr 1808 in Niderhoff, Moselle, FR; died on 12 Dec 1888 in Sunnyland, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Sunnyland, Tazewell Co., IL.
2. Catherine Oyer was born on 31 May 1810 in Niderhoff, Moselle, FR; died on 26 Aug 1822.
3. Marguerite Oyer was born on 1 Jun 1812 in Niderhoff, Moselle, FR.
4. Anna Oyer was born on 31 Aug 1815 in Niderhoff, Moselle, FR; died after 1877.

Jacob married Elizabeth Barbara Mosiman on 18 Feb 1830 in Turquestein, Meurthe, FR. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Mosiman and Anne Marie Zwalter) was born on 26 Jan 1799 in Imling, Moselle, FR; died about 1875 in Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joseph Oyer was born on 25 Nov 1830 in Born At Sea; died in 1904; was buried in Nevada, Vernon Co., MO.
2. Catherine Oyer was born on 16 Feb 1834 in Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL.
3. John J. Oyer was born in 1835 in Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL.
4. Christian Oyer was born about 1838.
5. Peter Oyer was born on 29 Jun 1841 in Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 10 May 1920 in Waldo, Livingston Co., IL.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer, In 1798
• Occupation: Miller/Farmer, 1807-1830
• Religion: Amish
• Residence: 1795, Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR
• Residence: 1817, Niderhoff, Moselle, FR
• Immigration: Oct 1830, New Orleans, LA

Notes:

Also known as “Hans Oyer der Junge.”

"Mennonite" at Hermersbergerhof, Palatinate, Germany, in 1776 and 1777. At Hingsange near Morhange, Moselle, FR, in 1796. At Turquestein, Moselle, FR, 1829-1830.

Hermersbergerhof was originally a farm belonging to Eusserthal, a Cistercian monastery. Then it became part of the Duchey of Zweibrücken. In 1774 the Dukes leased it to a Mennonite named Michel Albrecht, and by 1776 both Johannes’s worked there for leaseholder Albrecht.



In marriage record of Joseph to Katherina Schrag, Johannes is called a “laborer.”

Between 1807 and 1830, the family operated a mill at Niederhof (Niderhoff). They were probably a part of the Repaix congregation.

According to research by Gordon Oyer in 1999, “The village of Niderhoff is where the extended Oyer family that emigrated to Butler County Ohio, in 1830 was formed. Local records include sixteen Oyer births, six deaths, and one marriage. Since the two brothers, Joseph and Jacob, are listed as millers at Niderhoff in many of these records, their place of residence can be pinpointed. The community actually has three nineteenth-centuy mills, however, so the task was not as easy as it seemed. One, le Moulin des Caillaux” was not built until the 1820s, so it could be ruled out. Another, named ‘Neuve Grange’ is situated in the nearby countryside; and the third is on the edge of the village. The fact that records consistently refer to the brother as millers at Niderhoff--never at Neuve Grange--coupled with the recent discovery of one of the Oyer mill lease contracts, establishes the village mill as the Oyer residence.”

Proprietors at Niderhoff at the time of son Johannes’ and Catherine’s marriage in 1817.

The family departed LeHavre 12 Oct 1830 on the ship SUPERIOR; landed New Orleans 4 Dec 1830 (53 days). Amish passengers arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, 25 Dec 1830.

Residence:
also, abt 1789-1793?

Residence:
Proprietors at Niderhoff at the time of son Johannes’ and Catherine’s marriage in 1817.

Immigration:
Ship Superior, arriving 4 Dec.

Johannes + Jakobine Regle’ (Ruschli, Roeschly). Jakobine was born about 1750 in Scheppach, Haut-Rhin, FR; died on 20 Mar 1820 in Niderhoff, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Upper Rhine according to her death record.

Birth:
Imbrehof

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miller

Notes:

Probably the son “Hans Jakob Eyer” listed as son of Benedict “Benz” Eyer.,
Also known as “Hans Oyer der Alte.”

Referred to as "Mennonite" at Hermersbergerhof, Palatine, Germany in 1776 and 1777.

In 1776, both Johannes Oyers are listed among subjects of the Duchy of Zweibrücken and were living at Hermersbergerhof. In both 1793 and 1796 records, Johannes was listed as a day worker/miller at Hingsange in Lorraine (Linstroff community, half way between Saarbrucken and Nancy). The Amish congregation there was named "Morhange" after a nearby town and it originated in the 1720s, when Anabaptists first appeared here.
See IMH Sept 1989, p. 19, for a photo and description of Hingsange.

Notes:

Oyer/Eyer/Eymann - From Ey, which means meadow or wet meadow land (MFH Jan 1984) There are several places named Oy in Canton Bern, in the German Algau, Bavaria, and elsewhere.

Associated with Riggisberg, Canton Bern—Benedict thought to be born here late 17th century.

“Benedict Eyer, Mennonite, farmer. In St. Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch/Els.) in 1708. Named as a resident, leased in 1728 for six years along with Jacob Dettweiler the Steinichhof (Langensteinbach), two marriages and more than eight children.”

For fuller genealogical information about Benedict’s descendants, see source . (