Amelia Sybilla (Emily) Ringenberger

Notes:

Amelia was born and raised on a farm near Pekin, Illinois, just west of the present day Sommer Seed Company located on Route 9. She lived with brother Joseph Ringenberg near Mackinaw, Illinois per 1880 census. After the death of her husband, John R., Amelia moved to live with her daughter, Ida, in Davenport, Iowa. According to her obituary, Amelia suffered with heart disease. However, she also was a resident of the St. Elizabeth Asylum, Davenport, Iowa as insane according to the 1930 census.



Children of AMELIA RINGENBERG and JOHN WHISLER are:
i. IDA SYBILLA 7 WHISLER, b. 04 Dec 1891, Tazewell County, Illinois; d. Abt. 1955, Davenport, Scott County,
Iowa; m. EDWARD J. FISCHER; b. Abt. 1872, Wisconsin; d. Aft. 1930, Iowa.
Notes for IDA SYBILLA WHISLER:
Lived in Mackinaw, Illinois per the 1915 Tazewell County Directory.
More About IDA SYBILLA WHISLER:
Residence 1: 1920, Davenport, Scott County Iowa census, p. 6b
Residence 2: 1900, Mackinaw, Tazewell County, Illinois census, p. 6b
Residence 3: 1910, Mackinaw, Tazewell County, Illinois census, p. 11A, #332
Residence 4: 1930, Davenport, Scott County Iowa census, p. 6B, district 29
Notes for EDWARD J. FISCHER:
No issue.
More About EDWARD J. FISCHER:
Residence 1: 1930, Davenport, Scott County Iowa census, p. 6B, district 29
Residence 2: 1920, Davenport, Scott County Iowa census, p. 6b
20. ii. SUSIE EMELINE WHISLER, b. 08 Jun 1896, Minier, Little Mackinaw Twp., Tazewell County Illinois; d. 26
Jul 1989, Rock Island, Rock Island County Illinois.
iii. EMERY JOSEPH WHISLER, b. 14 Apr 1898, Elm Grove Twp. Tazewell County Illinois; d. 11 Oct 1918,
France.
Notes for EMERY JOSEPH WHISLER:
Emery Joseph Whisler attended the Mackinaw schools. He was a barber by trade and was employed at a Barber shop in Deer Creek, Illinois and engaged to a local girl, Glady Phillips also of Deer Creek at the time of his enlistment. He enlisted in the National Guards March 20, 1917, and was sworn into the Regular Army in July the same year. He did guard duty in this country for nearly a year, going to France the early part of 1918. Official notice of his death did not reached his mother at Davenport, Iowa until February 2, 1919.
Private 1st class, Emery died October 11, 1918, from wounds received in battle October 10, 1918, near Consenroge, France. He was buried in the American plot of the French cemetery "Glorieux" Verdun, Meuse, France. After his death, the Mackinaw VFW was named in his honor, The Emery Whisler Post. Also in the Mackinaw village park is a small monument in his honor. The village Mackinaw would hold a Memorial Day parade that ended with services held for the deceased veterans of all wars, and a service held at the grave of
Private Emery. Taps would be blown, volleys fired and flowers placed on the grave by his sister, Jessie

Whisler Dorward-Unsicker.
More About EMERY JOSEPH WHISLER:
Burial: Mackinaw Cemetery, Mackinaw, Illinois
Obituary: 1918, Obituary, unknown source
Residence 1: 1900, Mackinaw, Tazewell County, Illinois census, p. 6b
Residence 2: 1910, Mackinaw, Tazewell County Illinois census, p. 11b
Tombstone: 1918, Mackinaw Cemetery, Mackinaw, Illinois
21. iv. JESSIE AMELIA WHISLER, b. 10 Sep 1901, Little Mackinaw Twp., Tazewell County, Illinois; d. 17 Jul 1981,
Eureka, Woodford County, Illinois.
v. JOHN EUGENE WHISLER, b. 16 Sep 1907, Mackinaw, Tazewell County, Illinois; d. 13 Apr 1928, Peoria,
Peoria County, Illinois.
Notes for JOHN EUGENE WHISLER:
John lived with his sisters Susie Hasty and Jessie Dorward. He worked as a farm hand and for a period of time he worked for the George Dorward farms of Woodford County Illinois. He contracted pneumonia which was the cause of his death and before antibiotic treatments were available. He was a member of the Mackinaw Christian Church and is buried next to his mother in the Mackinaw Cemetery, Mackinaw, Illinois.

Buried:
Mackinaw Township Cemetery

Amelia married John Raymond Whistler on 12 Jan 1890 in Minier, Tazewell Co., IL. John was born on 15 May 1846 in Crawford Co., OH; died on 28 Jul 1915 in Danville, Vermillion Co., IL; was buried in Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 12 Sep 1838, New York, NY From Bremen
• Census: 1850, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1860, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1870, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1880, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth , Vol. XXX, No. 3, February 1, 1893 - Page 53, 54, 55
RINGENBERG - On the 31st of December, 1892, in Seward county, Nebraska, suddenly, Peter Ringenberg. He appeared as well as usual and was sitting on a chair beside the stove when, without warning, he fell from the chair. They laid him on a lounge near by, but he was dead a moment after. His age was 82 years, 5 months. Funeral services by Joseph Schlegel and Jacob Stauffer.



Mar 2007: Just a quick F.Y.I.
 I am still working on obtaining substantial evidence but confident in saying that I believe the Peter Ringenberg who married Sybilla Garber, died in Seward County Nebraska in 1892, not in Gridley, Illinois.
 I wrote to the Seward County Genealogy Society. They could not find an obituary on Peter Ringenberg but he is buried in the Germantown Cemetery (now Garland Cemetery), Seward County, Nebraska. Peter was born in 1810 and died December 24, 1892 and buried next to his son, Joseph Ringenberg. They did have an obit for Joseph Ringenberg which mentioned my great-grandmother as a surviving sister. I also have my mother's Autograph Book in which some of the Ringenberger's from Seward County who were mentioned in Joseph's obit signed in 1932.
 I plan on locating a death certificate for Peter in order to complete my documentation. I located the farm in Fondulac Township, Tazewell County where the Ringenberg family lived.  Unfortunately, that site is now being used as a landfill.
 
Regards,
Randall McClallen}

Birth:
Alta Detweiler gave year as 1810, as does Randall McClallen. Calculating back from his death obituary, his birth date would be 31 Jul 1810.

Immigration:
From Bremen on the bark Atlantic. He is found in steerage with his second cousin Christian Ackermann (1813-1903), later Ackerman.

Census:
Peter Ringenberger, 35, GR; Siba, 23, Ohio; and farm laborer Christian Schlabach, 30, GR.

Census:
Peter Ringenbarger, 48, Bavaria; Phebe, 33, Ohio; Catharine 9, Joseph, 8, Jacob, 3; and Daniel, five months; all children born in IL; they lived next door to Sybilla’s brother Emanuel Garber.

Census:
Farmer Peter Ringenberg, 60, Bavaria; Sibilla, 44, Ohio; Joseph, 18, IL; Jacob, 13, IL; Emily, 9, IL; and Mary, 6, IL

Census:
Peter Ringenberger, 69, Germany; Katie, 29, IL; Mary, 16, IL; Katie Saltons, 8 (Katie Saltonstall, Mary’s daughter), IL; J. (Jacob) Ringenberger, 23, IL; and Sam Rahler, 20.

Died:
Death and burial info from Randall McClallen. FAG gives death as 24 Dec 1892

Buried:
Germantown Cemetery (now Garland Cemetery)

Peter married Sybilla Garber on 7 Feb 1848 in Tazewell Co., IL. Sybilla (daughter of John Garber and Eva Caroline Paithe) was born in 1827 in Lancaster Co., PA; died on 2 Jul 1876 in IL; was buried in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Other names found for this woman: Sybil (Sovilla) (Family called her “Libby”)

Died:
Listed on 1870 census but 1880 census lists Peter as a widower

Buried:
Railroad Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
By Andrew Rogle (Ropp?)

Notes:

Birth:
LaForge Mill

Died:
Samhof estate

Christian married Katharina Reidiger in 1796. Katharina (daughter of Sebastian (Baschi) Reidiger and Anna Lederach (Lederer)) was born about 1775 in Ichenheim, Baden, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Ottenweierhof estate

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: Asiatic Cholera
• Immigration: 28 Aug 1818, Philadelphia, PA
• Residence: Abt 1819, Mifflin Co., PA
• Residence: 1827/1835, OH
• Census: 1840, OH
• Residence: Abt 1841, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Gerber/Garber = tanner.

All the graves of John and Eva’s children in Elm Grove Twp. Cemetery use the name spelled GERBER.

“Sometime near 1840, John Garber and wife, Eva Caroline Paithe, came from Butler Co., Ohio and moved into a log house on the John Young farm about 80 rods southeast of Andrew Ropp. He was a native of Switzerland, born in 1799. His passport gives his departure for Philadelphia as June 18, 1819. His wife was born in New York City in 1801 of Holland Mennonite parents who went to Mifflin Co., Pa where this marriage took place. Their married life was in Lancaster Co and few years in Ohio. A short time after his arrival he returned to Ohio on business and dies there of cholera. His widow remained on the Young farm supported by the children, who married in the families of the community. They numbered 11. Samuel's wife was Mary Litwiller, their home at Eniden. Emmanuel's wife was Fannie Switzer, they lived on the east eighty of the Sommer Seed Corn farm. Sybil married Peter Ringenberger and lived on the west eighty. Mary, wife of Samuel King, lived in the field a mile northeast of the school house. Lydia, wife of Uncle Mose Ropp. Dave, whose wife was Lena Kinsinger on Dillon Creek. Katie, wife of Jacob Kennel north of Morton; Nancy, wife of Peter Schrock; John and Noah, and Dannie who died in his teens following an accident at a horse power.

“About 1860, when Man Garber lived on the Sommer farm, Mr. Young had a field of corn down at the road. One morning Garber noticed him out looking around to see how it was coming up and turn suddenly and come over to where he as working. "Garber", he said, "your chickens are rooting up all my corn." All right, all right, shoot em, shoot em. After a while (Garber) heard a shot and over came Young, and Garbers had chicken for dinner. A year or so later Garber had rye on his, with Young's field in corn again. May and June were dry and warm and one day in came Mr. Young all excited, "Garber, your chinch bugs are coming across the road to my corn. All right, Mr. Young, shoot em, shoot em!

“Way long ago, the church corner was the Nieukirk corner, named after a very early settler with two sons, Tom and Mace, in the old brink house across from the church. This place was a station where horses were changed on the stage coaches before 1800.”

According to Grubb in “Mennonites of Butler County, Ohio” a second Amish settlement in Ohio began when Jacob Yoder moved to Wayne Co. in 1817 from Mifflin Co., PA. Since John and his family had lived in Mifflin Co. at one time there is the probability that he had connections in Wayne Co. (or even lived there briefly before moving to Butler Co. since one of his children was born in Wayne Co.). Therefore when he returned to Ohio on business and died there, he could be buried in either Butler or Wayne Co.

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“When they left Ohio for Illinois in 1840, they sold their household goods and implements and with their eleven children started their journey down the Ohio River, up the Mississippi to St. Louis on a large steamboat. The last night before arriving at St. Louis no one could sleep. Every few minutes a sentinel would cry out, “Look out for pickpockets!”. From St. Louis, they boarded a smaller vessel and arrived at Wesley City.” Arrived with wife and 11 children in Tazewell Co., IL, via Wesley City, from Butler Co., OH.

"Moved to Ohio 1827, to Illinois 1840. Had eleven children, older born in Lancaster Co. Pa, the younger in Butler Co. Ohio. Eva, wife was born in New York City in 1801. They lived in Butler Co. a number of years before moving to IL. Their new home was a log house on the John Young farm. It now has the Bethel Mennonite Church located on the north corner. At the time it was the Nieukirk corner with a brick house that was the stopping place for stage coaches on the Peoria-Indianapolis road. Now Illinois Highway #9. Soon after their arrival John Garber went back to Ohio on business quite likely by stage and died there during an epidemic of Asiatic Cholera. This left his widow and her family in that house in Young's field for quite a number of years supported by her children Emmanuel the oldest, being around 21 and Nancy was the baby.

“In the peaceful little country of Switzerland, in the year 1788, 25th day of July, John Garber was born. When he reached early manhood, exciting news came to the village where he, his widowed mother and four sisters lived. The Americans were sending passports for young men to use, providing they agreed to work a certain length of time after arriving in America to pay for their passage--the time to be agreed upon by the two contracting parties. The government seal in the family tells us this was the method John Garber used to get to America.

“His passport was issued on March 19, 1813, and was good for five years. The passport was used April 7, 1818, and bears the seal of a Notary Public in the County of Bern, Switzerland. On May 26, 1818, he entered into contract with Joseph Rush, Captain of the ship Susquehanna, for his passage to America, at the cost of two hundred francs, amounting to about fifty American dollars, leaving his widowed mother and four sisters in Bern.

“Family tradition indicates that John Garber worked two years for a Pennsylvania planter to pay off his travel contract. As far as we know, John was the only one of his family to come to America. He later married Eva Caroline Paithe (b.1799).”

Birth:
Other dates found 1792, 1798 (near Steffisburg)

Immigration:
From Amsterdam on ship Susquehannah, John Rush, Captain

Residence:
Butler, Monroe, or Wayne Co.

Census:
Listed in the Rush Creek, Fairfield County census

Residence:
Walter Ropp history

Died:
Probably Butler or Wayne Co.

Buried:
B. Lorenz says in one place Elmgrove Twp. Cemetery, Tazewell Co., IL. But it is logical he was buried in either Butler or Wayne Co., OH, as cholera victims were generally buried immediately.

John married Eva Caroline Paithe on 30 Jun 1824 in Mifflin Co., PA. Eva (daughter of John (Emanuel?) Paithe (Paight?) and Barbie Bressman) was born on 20 Mar 1799 in PA; died on 26 Nov 1874 in Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Could Not Read Or Write, Signed With Her X
• Religion: Dillon Creek Amish Congregation
• Census: 1870, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Her father was a native New Yorker, mother was from Holland. Walter Ropp’s notes say Eva was born of Mennonite parents from Holland, who went to Mifflin Co., PA.


“Barbara Lorenz says it has been handed down in her family that Eva Caroline’s father, John Paithe, was a Hessian soldier who stayed in the US after the Revolutionary War.”

“Eva Caroline Paithe, the girl who later became the wife of John Garber, was born on March 20, 1799, near New York City. Her mother was born in Holland, but her father was a native of New York state. When Eva Caroline was quite young, her parents moved to Pennsylvania. After her marriage to John Garber they resided in Mifflin County, PA. Eleven children were born to this union. In 1835, the parents with their seven children moved to Butler County, Ohio where they lived until 1840. Here four more children were born.

“In 1840 John and Eva sold their household goods and implements and with their eleven children started their journey down the Ohio River, and up the Mississippi to St. Louis on a large steamboat. The last night before arriving at St. Louis, no one could sleep. Every few minutes a sentinel would cry out, "Look out for pickpockets!" From St. Louis, they boarded a smaller vessel and arrived at Wesley City, Illinois, in Tazewell County. They made their home near Pekin.

“The following year, 1841 (probate says 1845), John Garber went back to Ohio to collect sale notes. He died there and was buried before the news reached his family. His wife, Eva, and her second son, Emanuel and his family, shared their home until her death in 1874.”

After John’s death, Eva lived with Emanuel until her own death.

Birth:
Charles W. Finch gives date 20 Mar 1794; Carr 1801

Census:
Listed as 70 years of age, born in PA, living in the household of Emanuel Gerber

Buried:
Railroad Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer at La Forge, Imling

Jean married Marie EngelImling, Moselle, FR. Marie (daughter of Christian Engel) was born about 1747; died on 27 Jan 1813 in Bébing, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Of Xouaxange.

Died:
Rinting farm. Death reported by son-in-law André Rediger.

Notes:

Married:
At the mill la Forge near “Imlang.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Anabaptist

Notes:

“Sebastian Reidiger became the manager of the Lords of Dungern at the estate at Ottenweier in 1763. With his family he had come from the valley of Emmental in the Kanton of Bern in Switzerland. He belonged to the Anabaptist movement, the Mennonites. In the Ottenweier estate records as in the community records the name Reidiger has also been spelled as: Reitiger, Reitenger, Riediger, Rediger, Rodiger, Reutiger and Reudinger. As did his predecessor, the Mennonite Johann Georg Rieder who managed the estate from 1720-1763, Sebastian (Basch) Reidiger, conducted religious meetings at the estate and at the close by forest, the Anabaptist forest, for his family and the hired hands. There, one can still find a huge, round table made from sandstone on which the adult baptismal candidates have been registered.”

Part owner of the Meier farm.

Sebastian married Anna Lederach (Lederer) before 1774. Anna was born about 1725; died after 1796. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Rohr farm by Bruehl.

Notes:

Wife’s name was Mary.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1800, Mifflin Co., PA

Notes:

John + Barbie Bressman. Barbie was born in 1750 in Holland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes: