Joseph Sommer

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Farmer and Amish minister
• Religion: Amish
• Residence: Tazewell Co., IL
• Immigration: 1830

Notes:

“The couple lived for a short time in Ohio before moving to Elm Grove, Township, Woodford Co., IL, where Joseph bought a farm. After a time, Joseph returned to Ohio for a visit and was taken sick at Springfield, OH, where he died. His son Joseph sustained much of the burden of supporting his family after his father died.”

Birth:
Sommerhof

Died:
While on a trip to visit his sister.

Joseph married Mary Verkler in 1833 in OH. Mary (daughter of Joseph Verkler, Sr. and Catherine Ringenberg) was born on 12 Jun 1811 in Azoudange, Moselle, FR; died on 4 Nov 1855 in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Catharina Sommer was born on 12 Sep 1834; died on 12 Jul 1835.
2. Joseph Sommer was born on 1 Jul 1836 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 27 Jul 1912; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL.
3. Jacobina Sommer was born on 17 Dec 1839; died on 18 Jan 1908.
4. Maria Sommer was born on 17 Dec 1839; died on 11 Jun 1915.
5. Magdalena Sommer was born on 14 Jun 1842; died on 1 Jan 1843.
6. Peter Sommer was born on 6 Nov 1843; died on 16 Feb 1920.
7. Elizabeth Sommer was born on 13 Mar 1847.

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]

Notes:

Birth:
At the farm Hang near Bruche

Notes:

Married:
Sommerhof

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]

Notes:

Died:
Probably at Sommerhof

Buried:
Probably at Sommerhof

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Berger

Notes:

Lived at Sommerhof, at the birth of his oldest son, Joseph.

Jean married Marie Barbe Neuhauser before 1729. Marie was born about 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1729-1731, Bellefosse, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR

Notes:

Residence:
Ban de la Roche

Christian + Anne Blanck. Anne died in 1765 in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]