Ulrich Schrag

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist

Notes:

Resided in Mistelberg and Munstertal. Had six children.

Ulrich’s children were all born in Eschert. Ulrich’s second son Christian b. 1729 appears to have lived in France when he married his wife who was from Alsace. One logical explanation might be that as a young single man he went to visit his father’s cousin Petter b. 1694 who is mighthave lived in Saales. Christian’s oldest son, Karl, was born at nearby Colmar, Haut-Rhin in 1760. Soon they returned to the Jura and lived in such places as Munsterthal and Perrefitte. Miller also has him at one time living back at Mistleberg At some point, Karl moved back to the Wynigen area and the last several of his children were born at Kaltacker, about a mile southwest of Leumberg.
Ulrich b.1760’s fourth son Johannes b.1812 married Barbara Lantz in 1850. The couple moved to Allen County Ohio sometime before 1855 where their son David was born in 1855. A second son Aldoph was born to them in 1869.
Ulrich’s second son Bendicht lived in Eschert all his life. Bendicht’s oldest son Bendicht b. 1767 married three times and his last wife died in 1807. Of all of his children only his oldest Son Ullrich b. 1789 remained in Europe. He stayed in the Jura. His son Peter moved temporarily to the Haut-Rhin area of France, but soon moved to Pruntrut in the Jura, but there seems to be considerable movement back and forth between the Jura and the Haut-Rhin area by the Schrag family.
Bendicht moved to Ohio in 1817, accompanied by his single children of whom at least 5 were still living. They are: Barbara b.1788, Peter b. 1791, Jacob b.1792, Verena b.1799, Elisabeth b. 1805.

Ulrich married Maria Ulrich on 8 Mar 1796 in Wynigen, Bern, SW. Maria was born in 1770 in Alsace Lorraine, FR; died on 15 Dec 1834 in Colmar, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1826, Perrefitte, SW

Notes:

“1821 den 21. Januar wurde auf Geheiss des E. Gemeindraths dem Ulrich Scharg, Christens sel. Sohn, von Mistelberg, als Wiedertäufer in der Kirchgemeind Münster Wohnhaft, nach Zurückgabe eines auf seinen Vater und seinen Nachkommen lautenden und auf Pergament geschriebenen Burgerbrief d. d. 21. Weinmonat 1763, und erneuert d. 9. Jenner 1792 /: Zugleich auf dessen Sohn Ulrich in Kraft er?wennten? ein neuer Heimathschein ertheilt. Daher sollen nachfolgende von ihm erzeugte Kinder in dieses Burger-Taufbuch eingeschrieben werden, nach einem behörig legalisierten eingelegten Verzeichnis d. d. 11. Januar 1821.   Eltern: Ulrich Schtag, Christens seel. [&] Maria Ulrich. Kinder: Kathaina geb. 31. Wintermonat 1796. Christen geb. 10. Winterm. 1798. Ulrich geb. 16. Christm. 1803. Jacob geb. 2. Heum. 1805. Johoannes geb. 6. Jenner 1812.  Joseph geb. 28. August 1815

[1821, 21. Jan, on request of the city council, Ulrich Schrag, the late Christian's son, of Mistelberg, anabaptist residing in Münster parish, after returning a citizen-certificate issued for his father and descendants, written on parchment, dated 1763, and renewed 1792 /: at same time issued, based on said certificate, issued a new certificate of citizenship for his son Ulrich. Thus, following children he procreated are registered in this citizens' baptism record ...]
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Extrait de registres de Naissance & Baptimes de la paroisse de Moutier G.-V. au Canton de Berne :     Baptisé à Moutier le 24. Sept. 1826.   Père & Mère Christ Schrag de Wyningen demeurant à Perrefitte, fils de Ulrich Schrag & de Marie Ulrich, [&] Henriette fille de Catherine Girod, marié à Chalière le 15. Juillet 1826. Enfant : Susanne Emalie née le 20 Sept 1826 legitime. Parraine et Marraine (lokale Namen) 

[Excerpt of the birth & baptism registers of the parish of Moutier-Grand-Val, Canton Bern: Baptized on 24 Sep 1826, father Christian Schrag ob Wyningen, residing at Perrefitte, son of Ulrich Schrag and Marie Ulrich, mother Catherin Girod, married at Challière on 15. July 1826. Child Susanne Emalie born 20. Sept 1826. Godfathers and Godmothers (names pf locals)]”

Residence:
Near Eschert

Christian + Maria Ulrich. Maria was born in 1731 in Alsace Lorraine, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist
• Baptism: 29 Apr 1687, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Residence: 1713, Eschert, Munster, Bern, SW

Notes:

“In the Bernese State Archives, two brothers--Christian and Bendicht Schrag, sons of Ulrich Schrag--are mentioned in a 1765 list of Anabaptists. They had moved from Wynigen-Launberg to the Munster Valley. However, at that time, other Schrags were already residents in the Zweibrücken area.”

“In 1738 Ulrich Schrag, age fifty, was living in Eschert in the Jura, thus born in 1689. He had a wife Marguerite, age forty-five, and children Houle (Uli in French), Christian, age nine, Bendit, age seven, Barbelet, age five, and Annelet, age two.”

“He went to Eschert in 1713. Eschert is on the south side of the French-speaking valley Val Moutier/Grand Val/Münsterthal in the Jura Mountains of Canton Bern, approximately 16 miles northwest of Wynigen. At the time it would only have been reached from Wynigen by traveling a roundabout road for 44 miles. From Lüsslingen it would have been only seven miles to the northwest if a direct route were possible over the mountains, but was actually 35 miles by roundabout road. On its south side Eschert touches Canton Solothurn. Bernese authorities were prohibited from chasing Anabaptists across that boundary (and so, based solely on his relocation, we strongly suspect that ?llrich had chosen adult baptism). A fire destroyed most of the village of Eschert in 1733. ?llrich married Margreth Röthlisberger. In 1738 a census at Eschert identified Ulrich Schrag, 50; Marguerite, 45; Houle [?li], 13; Christian, 9; Bendit [Bendicht], 7; Barbelet [Barbli], 5; and Annelet [Anneli], 2.“

“This was probably the Ulrich Schrag who was a native of Laumberg near Wynigen, Bern, Switzerland when he moved to the commune of Eschert in the Munstertal, Alsace, France in 1713. He was an Anabaptist. He was married to Margreth.”
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(The material from this summary is taken from the family tree of Peter Schrag unless noted.)
Ulrich b. 1687 (son of Bendicht b. 1667) married Margrit Rothlisberger-- some family traditions say in 1709. His cousin Caspar b. 1685 could well have been married about the same time in an un-recognized Anabaptist marriage before being officially married in France in 1711. Perhaps the two couples fled the Wynigen area together thru the Jura , but where Caspar ended up with the Amish in Zweibrucken, Germany; Ulrich b. 1887 stayed in the predominantly Mennonite Jura area. We know Ulrich lived at Eschert in 1713, but know little else of him until his first child Ulrich is born at Eschert in 1725. Some of his children settled here for several generations.

Just where Ulrich had been in the intervening years, one can only guess, but the path of many fleeing Anabaptists led to caves in the Jura Mountains, near Souboz and they were also known for meeting under the bridge over the gorge at Courtelary. This might especially be true for the Schrags who lived a mere 25 miles to the southwest. After things settled down a bit, the Jura district appeared to be much more accepting of Anabaptists than the Bern area was.

J. Virgil Miller in the book “Both Sides of the Ocean”
hints of a sort of dual citizenship where the Schrags, although having moved to the Jura, had kept Wynigen as their Heimat. }

Birth:
Leumberg

Baptism:
Named for witness Ulli Wyss of Louenberg.

Ullrich + Margareth Rothlisberger. Margareth was born in 1695. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Sep 1667, Affoltern, Bern, SW

Notes:

Called “Banz Schrag the younger of Loumberg” in son Niklaus’ [Ulrich?] birth record in 1687.
In 1689 he was called “Bani Schrag der Jung” of Loumberg. He was called son of Clausen of Loumberg when his son Ulrich was baptized in 1687.

“Some of the first Anabaptists who requested Heimatscheine from their home communes in Bern were refused on the grounds that they were Anabaptists. Other cases were referred to the state government at Bern. One of the first Heimatscheine that was issued to an Anabaptist was received by the brothers Christen and Bendicht Schrag from Laumberg near Wynigen who were living near Court in the Munstertal. This was granted on October 20, 1763.”

In 1738 lived in the Eschert, Jura, SW region as an Anabaptist.

“This paternal Schrag line [Bendicht] appears to have died out.”

Birth:
Leumberg

Baptism:
Named for witness Benedict Wiss.

Bendicht married Barbe Gugger before 1687. Barbe was born in 1660 in Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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