Joseph Litwiller

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Wheelwright (Carter/charron)
• Immigration: 1831, Butler Co., OH
• Residence: 1850, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Joseph and Barbe sailed from Le Havre with Barbe's brother Peter in May 1830, arriving at New York in July. They raised their family in Butler County. After Barbe's death Joseph brought his children to Dillon, where Joseph appears on the census in 1860 and 1880.

Joseph married Barbara Ulrich on 19 Sep 1829 in Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR. Barbara (daughter of Peter Ulrich, Jr. and Katharina Lauber) was born on 20 Mar 1804 in Walheim, Upper Alsace, FR; died on 29 Dec 1847 in Butler Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Peter Litwiller was born on 1 Jun 1830; died before 1839.
2. Barbara Litwiller was born on 25 Sep 1831 in Butler Co., OH; died on 12 Jun 1899 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.
3. Joseph Litwiller was born on 13 Mar 1833 in Butler Co., OH; died before 1836.
4. Catherine (Katie) Litwiller was born on 21 May 1834 in Milford, Butler Co., OH; died on 1 May 1930 in Milford, Seward Co., NE.
5. Christian Litwiller was born on 15 Sep 1835 in Butler Co., OH; died on 13 Aug 1917 in Waldo, Livingston Co., IL.
6. Joseph Litwiller was born on 12 Dec 1836 in Butler Co., OH; died on 28 Mar 1914 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.
7. Veronica (Fannie) Litwiller was born on 28 Oct 1838 in Butler Co., OH.
8. Peter Litwiller was born on 9 Sep 1839 in Butler Co., OH; died on 28 Jun 1900; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.
9. John Litwiller was born on 27 Feb 1841 in Butler Co., OH; died on 15 Jul 1922 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.
10. Magdalena Litwiller was born on 19 Oct 1844; died before 1846.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Residence: 1819, Repaix, Moselle, FR

Notes:

No doubt part of the Hochburg congregation on the Hochburg estate in Baden-Durlach, Germany before 1800.

Buried:
Repaix Cemetery, (Association Francaise d’Histoir)

Johannes + Francoise (Veronica) Zehr (Serre). Francoise (daughter of Christian Zehr and Veronique (Frenni) Elisabeth Martin) was born in 1766 in Diane-Capelle, Moselle, FR; died on 9 Aug 1819 in Repaix, Moselle, FR; was buried in Repaix, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Domevre-sur-Vezouse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR

Notes:

Residence:
At the time of marriage to Elisabeth

Christian + Veronique (Frenni) Elisabeth Martin. Veronique was born in 1765; died on 4 Apr 1806 in Nitting, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
NASL says 1729/30

Died:
(57)

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: 1734, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR

Notes:

"The Zehrs originated in Niederstocken in Canton Bern in Switzerland, and from there they emigrated to Struth in "Crooked Alsace", Bas-Rhin. Here several branches of the family developed, and they emigrated by way of Lorraine and Bavaria to the USA and Canada. Related to the Zehrs in Struth were the Zehrs in Sulztal, Windstein, Wilenstein, and Knoringen. Inscriptions by Christian Zehr from the years 1786 and 1790 can still be found on a door beam in Sulztal."

Zehr is listed as a surname in the 1798 Bürgerverzeichnisse (census) of Canton Bern, Switzerland.

Source gives the parents of Christian as Christian Zehr (1757-1818) and Barbara Sommer (d. 1818).
Source does not list this Christian as a child of Peter and Barbara.

Christian married Elisabeth Koch about 1733. Elisabeth (daughter of Hans Jacob Koch and Elisabeth SCHUEBLI) was born in 1715 in Niederstocken, Bern, SW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

With birth year as is, son Daniel was born before his mother and father were 12 years old.

Birth:
Born abt 1715 in Niederstocken, SW according to Keith Zehr (keithwiedzehr)