Leon Joseph Schrock

Notes:

Birth:
Woodsdale Farm

Leon married Laura Mosteller on 23 Dec 1909. Laura was born on 12 Sep 1887; died on 17 Mar 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Raymond Leon Schrock was born on 18 Aug 1913; died on 20 Jan 2013.
2. Warren Merlin Schrock
3. Alice Luella Schrock

Notes:

Died:
Woodsdale Farm

Buried:
Trenton Mennonite Cemetery

Joseph married Lina Augspurger on 19 Feb 1884. Lina was born on 29 May 1862 in Overpeck, Butler Co., OH; died on 4 Jun 1946 in Middleton Butler Co., OH; was buried in Trenton, Butler Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daughter of Dr. Rev. Joseph Augspurger 3rd (1816-1896) and Catherine Goldsmith (1825-1885).

Buried:
Trenton Mennonite Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite
• Immigration: 1831, Baltimore, MD

Notes:

May 1867 HofT OBIT of son Christian?: “ On the 5th of April, in Butler Co., of consumption, CHRISTIAN, son of Peter SCHRACK, aged 18 years, 6 months, and 29 days. He was buried on the 7th. C. G)

Birth:
NASL: “On Dec. 5, 1828, at midnight, in Dompcevrin, Meuse, Peter Garard was born to Peter Gerard, 27, miller at the mill in Cheppe outlying Dompcevrin, and Maria Zimmermann (“Semarmane”), 23; the corroborating witness was André Gerard, 23, living at the same mill in Cheppe, paternal uncle of the newborn; the civil birth record is dated the following day.”

Immigration:
with his sister and parents

Buried:
Trenton Mennonite Cemetery #30

Peter married Elizabeth K. (Lizzie) Augsburger on 13 Mar 1856. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Augsburger and Magdalena Elisabeth Kennel) was born on 26 Jan 1837; died on 28 Aug 1874 in Trenton, Butler Co., OH; was buried in Trenton, Butler Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Typhoid Fever

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth - November 1874 - Page 191
August 28th, in Trenton, Butler Co., Ohio, of typhoid fever, ELISABETH, wife of Peter SCHRACK, aged 37 years, 7 months and 2 days. She leaves a deeply bereaved husband and six children to mourn their loss. Appropriate remarks were made on the funeral occasion by Joseph Augspurger and Peter Kinsinger.

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetery #30

Notes:

Married:
Married by Nicholas Augspurger.
26 Jan 1856 is the date given by Peter’s family.

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Apprentice Miller At Robert-Espagne 1827. Miller At Cheppe Near Dompcevrin, Meuse 1828
• Occupation: Farmer In Butler Co., OH
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: Paralytic Stroke
• Residence: 1828-1830, Dompcevrin, Meuse, FR
• Immigration: 1831, Baltimore, MD
• Ordained: 1832, Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH
• Residence: 1832, Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH
• PURC: 22 Mar 1845, Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH
• Census: 1850, Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH
• Naturalization: 8 Oct 1855, Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH
• PURC: 1 Apr 1856, Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH

Notes:

Obit: HERALD OF TRUTH - October 15, 1887 - pp 318,319
SCHROCK. - At his home in Trenton, Butler County , Ohio, father Peter Schrock of a paralytic stroke brought on by old age, aged 85 years, 2 months and 20 days. He was faithful member of the Amish Mennonite Church, whose biblical teachings were his delight and guide until the close of a life which had reached beyond the scriptural limit. He leaves a wife, one son, eighteen grandchildren and one great - grandchild. His former wife, two sons and five daughters preceded him. The funeral services were held at the Mennonite Church by Pre. Werri, J. Yoder and P. Kinsinger.

Eight children were born to Peter and Magdalena, none to the second wife, Magdalena Rediger.

Peter served as a minister while living in Butler Co., OH. When the local church divided in 1835 over friction brought about by German Hessians arriving on the scene, Peter Schrock and Jacob Augspurger remained with the Augspurger group. Peter held meetings in his brick home and his descendants still call the front room of the home the “church room.” In 1863 a meeting house was built in St. Clair Township on Gephart Road. At about the same time the Hessian group was incorporated as the Apostolic Mennonite Society and they purchased land on Wayne-Madison road from John Good to be used for a church site and cemetery. Both meeting houses stood into the 1900s and the cemetery is still used today. After separating in 1835, the two congregations merged again in 1897.

In 1862 Peter attended the first Diener-Versammlung in Wayne Co., OH, where 400-500 people from up to 900 miles apart attended. On the agenda was the proper manner of baptism, the role of deacon, and the particular Butler County friction about luxurious dressing, musical instruments and worldly entertainment--all of which were voted as not permitted.

Peter's grandson, Homer, gave Willard Smith information about Peter's descendants. He is known as H.H. Schrock Implement Dealer, 801 Yankee Road, Middletown, Ohio, living in Butler County Ohio, where Peter first made his home. According to descendant, Jim Schrock, Peter established Fairview Farm (on SR63 between Monroe and LaSwordsville) about 1833, as that date was on the barn at the property. The farm and buildings no longer exist.

Among the records kept by Peter’s descendants, there appears the following 1916 recipe for beer:
5 gal water 6 oz hops Boil 1 hr. - 5 gal water 2 qts malt extract and 2 lb sugar Boil 20 min and cool to 60 add 3 cakes of year and ferment 48 hrs. Bottle as soon as fermented color w/2 oz carmel to 5 gal.

Peter had requested in his will that no appraisement be made of his estate, but on 1 Oct 1887, Executor’s Letters from the Judge of Butler Co. ordered that an appraisement be made. Among other items in Peter’s personal estate and property (made by John Good, F. Weaver, and Joseph Eicher) were the following:

Buggy, wagon jack, wheel barrow and ladder; tools; barrels, boxes and kegs; 19 bushel ear corn at .40 cts per bu. and 11 bu oats at .30 cts.

Loans due the estate included $370 from Sam’l Augspurger, with the notation “doubtful collection.”
Peter Schrock, Jr. and John Augspurger each owed $5000 (being a part of the purchase money on real estate sold by order of court).

Birth:
Probably at the mill in Gondrexange. (26 prairial an 10)
“The birth of Pierre Schrack, son of Joseph Schrack, miller, and Marie Neuhauser, took place on 26 Prairial X which should be converted to June 15, 1802, according to the most reliable conversion chart. The boy was born at 3 a.m., and the father dutifully registered the birth with local civil authorities later that very same day by carrying the newborn to the mayor's office. The two mandatory witnesses were not Anabaptists, and neither was a miller like the father. This tells me that the Schrack family may have been recruited to town to run the local mill -- there had to be a good source of water available -- and found themselves isolated from fellow believers, who, if available, would have been recruited by preference to witness the document. (Neil Ann Stuckey Levine)



Residence:
First two children were born here

Immigration:
Arrived in the spring with wife and first two children, along with brother Johannes and his family, and the Michael Salzman family. Included in the group was Jacob and Betsy (perhaps Barby?) Zimmerman, who were likely his wife’s parents.

Ordained:
Amish congregation, served after Bishop Krehbiel retired.

PURC:
After fulfilling two lease agreements for the then Ministerial Lands (first leased the south 81+ acres on 5 Jan 1829, then leased the north 81+ acres on 23 Mar 1833) Peter purchased from the State of Ohio the 162 76/100 acres he called Fairview Farm. This farm was sold in 1988 and no longer exists. It was on Rt. 63 (Formally R.R. #1 and the Hamilton Lebanon Rd.), Middletown, Lemon Township, once in view of LeSourdsville that lay to the west.

Census:
John Forney was living with the Peter Schrock family.

PURC:
Purchased 210 acres from Samuel and Susan Hull that was Woodsdale farm. The presend day address is 4870 Augspurger Rd., Hamilton, St. Clair Township. The home and bank barn can be seen from the highway on high ground overlooking the Great Miami River.

Died:
Gravestone date. Probate recording of his will says he died the 10th day of September 1887

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetery #20 (Date supplied by Jim Schrock)

Peter married Marie Zimmerman on 25 Aug 1827 in Robert-Espagne, Meuse, FR. Marie (daughter of Jacob Zimmermann and Elisabeth Becker (Becher,baechler?)) was born on 17 Apr 1801 in Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, GR; died on 31 Dec 1862 in Trenton, Butler Co., OH; was buried in Trenton, Butler Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Day Worker In France At The Time Of Marriage.
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Jacob and Betsey Zimmerman and their children Christopher, John, Madaline, Catherine and Anna were on the same immigrant ship with Marie and Peter, and were Marie’s parents.


“The 1840 census of Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio shows the household of Marie Zimmerman and son-in-law Peter Schrock: Peter Schrack, one male in the 30-39 year age range; two males 10-14; one female 30-39; one female 15-19; and two females under 5. It may be significant that the property next door had the name Elizabeth Bacher. That household has one female in the 30-39 year age range – too young to be his mother-in-law Elisabeth Becher/Becker – one female 10-14, and one female 5-9; one male 10-14, and one male 5-9. Did Peter and Marie place a house on or adjacent to their property in the name of Elisabeth Becher/Becker? If so, it is no longer apparent on the 1850 census.”

Birth:
[Grand] Duchy Of Baden] She was 27 in 1831 according to immigration ship list

Buried:
Augspurger Cemetery (no stone for Marie)

Notes:

Translation of marriage record by Neil Ann Stucky Levine:
 Here's what the marriage record says, with a few comments added.  I've used German spellings.  On Aug. 25, 1827, Peter Schrag, apprentice miller (compagnon meunier), 25, b. at Gondrexange, Meurthe [Moselle today], June 15, 1802, living in Robert-Espagne, son of majority age of Joseph Schrag, unskilled laborer (manoeuvre) and Maria Neuhauser, living at Rhodes, who did not attend the civil ceremony in Robert-Espagne but instead forwarded official notice of their consent via a royal notary at Sarrebourg in a document dated Aug. 22, 1827, married Maria Zimmermann, a day worker, 26, b. in Emmendingen, [Grand] Duchy of Baden, Apr. 17, 1801, daughter of majority age
of Jacob Zimmermann, unskilled laborer, and Elisabeth Becher [?Bächer or perhaps ?Baechler], his wife, both living in Robert-Espapgne, both of whom attended the civil ceremony.  
Banns at Robert-Espagne on Sundays, Aug. 12 and 19, at noon, and at Rhodes and Blâmont [?why here] on the same dates. All being in order, Peter Schrag and Maria Zimmermann are man and wife.  The four mandatory witnesses [the first two customarily for the groom, the second two for the bride]:
1) Joseph Engel, miller, 50, living in Robert-Espagne, friend of the couple;
2) Jean Pierre Olivier, locksmith (serrurier), 31, living in Robert-Espagne,
friend of the couple;
3) Jean Baptiste Hirat, tobacco retailer (débitant de tabac), 32, living in Robert-Espagne, friend of the couple; and
4) Hilaire Joseph Remy, operator of a boarding house (maître de pension), 29, living in
Robert Espagne.

Comments: No one of the four witnesses was a relative of either the bride or the groom, which indicates that there were likely no other relatives or fellow believers in town.  You will know the first witness, Joseph Engel, from my work on the Lange letters. The other three men just happened to be available in Robert-Espagne, and they were probably paid something to perform this civic duty.
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Married:
The bride was described as a 26-year-old day laborer born at Emmendingen, Baden April 7, 1801, a daughter of laborer Jacob Zimmerman and Elisabeth Becher, who were present and consenting. Witnesses included miller Joseph Engel, 50, a friend of the groom and resident of Robert-Espagne

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y

Notes:

His inheritance was a farm in Wayne Township.

Birth:
Family Bible says February 17, 1806

Died:
Year given by NASL

Buried:
Cemetery on homestead

Joseph married Magdalena Elisabeth Kennel on 9 Aug 1831. Magdalena (daughter of Johannes Kennel and Magdalena Katharina Naffziger) was born on 9 Mar 1811 in Bavaria, GR; died on 25 Jan 1902 in Trenton, Butler Co., OH; was buried in Trenton, Butler Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Drysen Canton’s Kircheimbalanden, Rheinkreis

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetery