Peter Neuhauser

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Lockjaw

Notes:

There are two stories about this person: one, he died of lockjaw and the other, he died fighting a fire in Valentine’s shoe shop. He may have had lockjaw before the fire and might have contributed to his death. Researchers to follow might look into locating a news story about either the fire or about Peter Neuhauser.

Died:
19 Aug 1865?

Peter married Magdalena S. Smith on 21 Oct 1860 in Tazewell Co., IL. Magdalena (daughter of Christian Smith (Schmitt) and Magdalena Schrock (Schrack)) was born on 11 May 1841 in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL; died on 14 Apr 1916 in Harper, Harper Co., KS; was buried in Harper, Harper Co., KS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel Neuhauser was born on 16 Sep 1861; died on 8 Nov 1877; was buried in Gridley, McLean Co., IL.
2. Mary Ann Neuhauser was born in 1864; died before 1866.
3. Peter Neuhauser was born in 1865; died before 1866.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Immigration: 1831, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1831, Lancaster Co., PA
• Residence: 1835, Butler Co., OH
• Naturalization: 1847, Butler Co., OH
• Residence: 1852, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, May 1, 1890, pages 141 and 142
NEUHAUSER.-On the 23d of July 1889, in Tazewell county, Ill., of the infirmities of old age, Bro. Peter Neuhauser, aged 93 years, 5 months and 3 days. He was born on the 20th of Feb. 1796 in Upper Alsace, near the city of Basle, Switzerland. In the spring of 1831 he emigrated to America, settling in Lancaster Co., Pa. Here he was married on the 23d of Jan. 1835 to Mary P. Schmidt. In the fall of the same year they moved to Butler county, Ohio, and in the spring of 1852 to Illinois, settling in Tazewell county, where he spent the remainder of his life. Sister Neuhauser died several years ago. Their union was blessed with 7 children, of whom two sons survive the parents. Bro. Neuhauser leaves many grandchildren and great-grand children. He retained his mental faculties to the last. He was a faithful, peace-loving member of the old Amish Mennonite church. Funeral services by Daniel Roth and Peter Ropp.

Sources and say Peter’s father (Jacob?) was born near Basel and died in Lorraine. His mother, Catherine (Sommers?), was born in Alsace Lorraine and died in Ohio.

Parents are possibly Jacob Neuhauser b. and d. Upper Alsace near the Swiss border, and Catherine Sommers (b. Lorraine and d. Butler Co., OH)

Birth:
near Basel SW

Buried:
Buckeye Cemetery

Peter married Anna Maria (Mary P.) Schmidt (Peterschmidt) on 23 Jan 1835 in Lancaster Co., PA. Anna (daughter of Jacob Peterschmidt and Barbara Lauber) was born on 22 Jul 1804 in Altkirch, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR; died on 21 Feb 1884 in Livingston Co., IL; was buried in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: Bronchial infection
• Immigration: 1832

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, March 1, 1884, Page 76, 77
NEWHAUSER - On the 2d of February, in Waldo Twp., Livingston Co., Ill., Sister Mary Newhauser, (maiden name Schmidt), and wife of Peter Newhauser of bronchial affection, aged 76 years, 6 months and 10 days. On the 4th she was buried in the Waldo twp grave-yard, followed by a large concourse of friends. Services by Daniel Steinman and Joseph P. Schmidt and Chr. Schlegel. She was a faithful member of the Amish Church. She leaves a husband 88 years of age, and two sons to mourn their loss, but they need not mourn as those who have no hope. She had a desire to go and be with Jesus, she remarked a few days before her death, "For me to live is Christ, for me to die is gain." Oh let us all be in earnest to work for the glory that awaits us beyond.

Birth:
(Altkeneck)

Buried:
Waldo Cemetery

Notes:

Lived close to Basel.

Jacob married Catherine Sommer in 1793. Catherine was born in FR; died in Butler Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Weaver, Before 1792/93, When French Civil Record Keeping Began

Notes:

Jacob married Barbara Lauber before 1792-1793. Barbara (daughter of Christian Lauber and Katharina Schwartz) was born in 1771 in Alsace, FR; died after 1832 in Butler Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: OH
• Immigration: 1832?

Notes:

Ten children, seven of whom, together with their widowed mother, immigrated to America in 1832 after Jacob Peterschmidt died in Hirsingue. According to family tradition, Barbara Lauber died in Butler Co. OH.

Died:
according to family tradition

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

A farmer in Mussig by 1767.

The patriarch Christian Lauber was buried in a part of the church cemetery in Mussig set aside for non-Catholics. The records show little about him except that he was dedicated to the Anabaptist sect and lived in Mussig.

Died:
Recorded by Catholic Church in Mussig

Christian + Katharina Schwartz. Katharina was born in 1729; died on 8 Jan 1800 in St. Blaise, Haute-Savoie, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Was widowed and before 1794, married Georg Risser, a miller.