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Christian Gerber

Male 1834 - 1911  (76 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Christian Gerber was born on 20 Dec 1834 in OH (son of Joseph Gerber and Magdalena Sommer); died on 16 Oct 1911 in Hickory Co., MO; was buried in Berne, Adams Co., IN.

    Notes:

    Christian Gerber, born December 20, 1834, Ohio; died October 16, 1911; buried in Hickory County, Missouri; married Rosina Mosser February 13, 1862; wife born March 19, 1842, Orrville, Ohio; wife died June, 1919; buried in Mennonite Cemetery, Berne, Indiana. His grandson Joseph Roman Gerber founded the Gerber Legendary Blade Company. (http://www.garver.org/19cggg.htm)

    Buried:
    Mennonite Cemetery


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Gerber was born on 6 May 1806 in Denting, Moselle, FR; died on 21 Feb 1882 in IL; was buried in Carlock, McLean Co., IL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Wagonmaker And Expert At Budding And Grafting Fruit Trees And Bushes. Expert mechanic.
    • USR1: Amish Mennonite
    • Residence: 1830, OH
    • Immigration: 10 Feb 1830, NYC
    • PURC: 1838, Woodford Co., IL
    • Residence: 1838, IL
    • PURC: 1850, Woodford Co., IL

    Notes:

    This couple had ten children.
    Purchased 240 acres in Montgomery Twp., Woodford Co., six miles due north of Danvers.

    “In their early years there, they would walk to church and back, a 40-mile round trip, in one day. The return trip required torches at night. The Gerbers’ were charter memebers of the Rock Creek Church....”

    PURC:
    240 acres

    Residence:
    Log Cabin

    Buried:
    Imhoff Cemetery

    Joseph married Magdalena Sommer in 1833 in OH. Magdalena (daughter of Joseph Sommer and Anne Marie Goerig) was born on 2 Aug 1815 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 2 Aug 1902 in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Carlock, McLean Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Magdalena Sommer was born on 2 Aug 1815 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR (daughter of Joseph Sommer and Anne Marie Goerig); died on 2 Aug 1902 in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Carlock, McLean Co., IL.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Sommerhof farm in the Vosges Mts.

    Buried:
    Imhoff Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 1. Christian Gerber was born on 20 Dec 1834 in OH; died on 16 Oct 1911 in Hickory Co., MO; was buried in Berne, Adams Co., IN.
    2. Jacob Gerber was born on 20 Oct 1837 in OH; died on 11 Jan 1864 in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL.
    3. Anna Gerber was born on 9 Feb 1840 in IL; died on 16 Feb 1924; was buried in Alliance, NE.
    4. John Gerber was born on 22 Feb 1843; died on 9 May 1843; was buried in 1843 in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL.
    5. Joseph E. Gerber was born on 28 Sep 1844; died on 14 Aug 1897; was buried in Danvers, McLean Co., IL.
    6. Peter S. Gerber was born in 1846; died in 1932.
    7. Eli Gerber was born in 1849; died in 1931.
    8. Samuel B. Gerber was born in 1851; died in 1940.
    9. Elizabeth Gerber was born in 1853; died in 1936.
    10. Daniel Gerber was born in 1857; died in 1930.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Joseph Sommer was born on 18 Sep 1775 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR (son of Jean Sommer and Marie Rubi (Roby)); died on 4 Aug 1856 in In Illinois?; was buried in Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., IL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1828, Butler Co., OH
    • Immigration: 16 May 1828, NY
    • Residence: 1828-1855, Paris Twp., Stark Co., OH
    • Residence: 1855, Woodford Co., IL

    Notes:

    The older children went to Illinois, the younger to Indiana and Ohio.

    Source , page 10, tells a different story of Joseph’s death and burial.
    “According to Bishop Samuel Gerber, Joseph Sommer, his great grandfather, one day walked from his place to son Peter’s, a distance of about six miles. On the way he became ill. He arrived at Peter’s home and passed away there a few days later, August 4, 1856. He is also buried in the Slabtown Cemetery . Later his widow, Anna, became ill and eventually was moved to Allen County, Indiana, where she died and is buried.”

    Birth:
    Sommerhof

    Immigration:
    Carolina Agusta with eight children (?)

    Died:
    or Paris, Stark Co., OH?

    Buried:
    Slabtown Cemetery ?

    Joseph married Anne Marie Goerig on 15 Jan 1806 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR. Anne (daughter of Jean Guengrich (Guerich) and Barbe Goldschmitte) was born on 14 Sep 1788 in Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died in 1859 in Paris, Stark Co., OH; was buried in Allen Co., IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Anne Marie Goerig was born on 14 Sep 1788 in Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR (daughter of Jean Guengrich (Guerich) and Barbe Goldschmitte); died in 1859 in Paris, Stark Co., OH; was buried in Allen Co., IN.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    At the farm Hang near Bruche

    Notes:

    Married:
    Sommerhof

    Children:
    1. Joseph Sommer was born on 13 Feb 1807 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 25 Aug 1847 in Springfield, OH.
    2. Christian Sommer was born on 7 Nov 1808 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died in 1900 in Allen Co., IN; was buried in Leo, Allen Co., IN.
    3. Peter Sommer was born on 28 Apr 1811 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 29 Mar 1880 in Gridley, McLean Co., IL.
    4. John Sommer was born on 24 May 1813 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 28 Aug 1893; was buried in Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL.
    5. 3. Magdalena Sommer was born on 2 Aug 1815 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 2 Aug 1902 in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Carlock, McLean Co., IL.
    6. Catherine Sommer was born on 19 Apr 1818 in Dossenheim-Kochersberg, Lower Alsace, FR; died on 30 Jun 1895 in Leo, Allen Co., IN.
    7. Elizabeth Sommer was born on 5 Jun 1821; died on 26 May 1885; was buried in Allen Co., IN.
    8. Barbara Sommer was born in 1822.
    9. Jacob Sommer was born on 29 May 1825 in Tours, Centre Val-de-Loire, FR; died on 24 Feb 1892 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH.
    10. Anna Sommer was born in 1830 in OH; died in 1852 in IL; was buried in Woodford Co., IL.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Jean Sommer was born about 1731 in Palatinate, GR (son of Jean Sommer and Marie Barbe Neuhauser); died on 9 Dec 1805 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Censier at Sommerhof
    • Immigration: 1828

    Notes:

    The previous six generations are provisional.

    Tenant farmer Jean Sommer, 63, was a witness to the death of Caspar Schrag (b. ca 1744-d.1794) on Sommerhof at Neuviller-la-Roche.

    “The origin of the name Sommerhof (literally “summer farm” or “Sommer farm”) appears to be unclear. Some say the name came from the fact that the Sommer family had been leaseholders at the farm since the 1730s.” ….It is known that the Sommerhof was a dairy farm where cattle grazed on high meadows and that in 1790 the family also raised some hogs and made large quantities of cheese for sale.”

    “Near the small chalet, hidden during our visit by logs felled during a fierce storm, M. Jeanpierre tells us there are the remnants of a Sommer cemetery , with the stones lying flat.”

    Died:
    Sommerhof

    Jean married Marie Rubi (Roby) between 1767-1772. Marie (daughter of Johann Rubi (Roby)) was born on 17 Jun 1747 in Riedelberg, Pirmasens, Palatinate, GR; died on 15 Jan 1820 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; was buried on 15 Jan 1820 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Marie Rubi (Roby) was born on 17 Jun 1747 in Riedelberg, Pirmasens, Palatinate, GR (daughter of Johann Rubi (Roby)); died on 15 Jan 1820 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; was buried on 15 Jan 1820 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Probably at Sommerhof

    Buried:
    Probably at Sommerhof

    Children:
    1. Ulrich Sommer was born on 4 Oct 1769 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 20 Jul 1833 in Raon l’Etape, Vosges, FR.
    2. Christian Sommer was born on 4 Oct 1769 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 9 May 1840 in Breitenbach , Bas-Rhin, FR.
    3. Christian Sommer was born in 1770 in Raon l’Etape, Vosges, FR; died on 7 May 1806 in Turquestein-Blancrupt, Moselle, FR.
    4. 6. Joseph Sommer was born on 18 Sep 1775 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 4 Aug 1856 in In Illinois?; was buried in Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., IL.
    5. Elisabeth Sommer was born on 15 Feb 1780 in Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 18 May 1825 in Savonnieres-Devant-Bar, Meuse, FR.

  3. 14.  Jean Guengrich (Guerich) was born in 1741/43 in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, FR (son of Christian Goerig and Anne Blanck); died on 3 Apr 1798 in Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1780, Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR

    Notes:

    Died:
    14 Germinal year VI

    Jean + Barbe Goldschmitte. Barbe was born in 1745/47; died after 15 Jan 1806 in Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Barbe Goldschmitte was born in 1745/47; died after 15 Jan 1806 in Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR.
    Children:
    1. Barbe Guengrich (Guerich) was born on 18 Jan 1777 in Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died about 1860.
    2. 7. Anne Marie Goerig was born on 14 Sep 1788 in Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR; died in 1859 in Paris, Stark Co., OH; was buried in Allen Co., IN.


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