Pierre Oyer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1807, Niderhoff, Moselle, FR

Notes:

Birth:
Hingsange farm

Residence:
Hans and his wife took possession of the farm/mill, with five children.

Johannes married Catherine Kennel on 23 May 1817 in LaGarde, Chateau Salins, Moselle, FR. Catherine (daughter of Jean Kennel and Barbe Schertz) was born on 26 Nov 1794 in Diffenbach-lès-Hellimer, Moselle, FR; died on 2 Sep 1830 in LaGarde, Chateau Salins, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer, In 1798
• Occupation: Miller/Farmer, 1807-1830
• Religion: Amish
• Residence: 1795, Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR
• Residence: 1817, Niderhoff, Moselle, FR
• Immigration: Oct 1830, New Orleans, LA

Notes:

Also known as “Hans Oyer der Junge.”

"Mennonite" at Hermersbergerhof, Palatinate, Germany, in 1776 and 1777. At Hingsange near Morhange, Moselle, FR, in 1796. At Turquestein, Moselle, FR, 1829-1830.

Hermersbergerhof was originally a farm belonging to Eusserthal, a Cistercian monastery. Then it became part of the Duchey of Zweibrücken. In 1774 the Dukes leased it to a Mennonite named Michel Albrecht, and by 1776 both Johannes’s worked there for leaseholder Albrecht.



In marriage record of Joseph to Katherina Schrag, Johannes is called a “laborer.”

Between 1807 and 1830, the family operated a mill at Niederhof (Niderhoff). They were probably a part of the Repaix congregation.

According to research by Gordon Oyer in 1999, “The village of Niderhoff is where the extended Oyer family that emigrated to Butler County Ohio, in 1830 was formed. Local records include sixteen Oyer births, six deaths, and one marriage. Since the two brothers, Joseph and Jacob, are listed as millers at Niderhoff in many of these records, their place of residence can be pinpointed. The community actually has three nineteenth-centuy mills, however, so the task was not as easy as it seemed. One, le Moulin des Caillaux” was not built until the 1820s, so it could be ruled out. Another, named ‘Neuve Grange’ is situated in the nearby countryside; and the third is on the edge of the village. The fact that records consistently refer to the brother as millers at Niderhoff--never at Neuve Grange--coupled with the recent discovery of one of the Oyer mill lease contracts, establishes the village mill as the Oyer residence.”

Proprietors at Niderhoff at the time of son Johannes’ and Catherine’s marriage in 1817.

The family departed LeHavre 12 Oct 1830 on the ship SUPERIOR; landed New Orleans 4 Dec 1830 (53 days). Amish passengers arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, 25 Dec 1830.

Residence:
also, abt 1789-1793?

Residence:
Proprietors at Niderhoff at the time of son Johannes’ and Catherine’s marriage in 1817.

Immigration:
Ship Superior, arriving 4 Dec.

Johannes + Jakobine Regle’ (Ruschli, Roeschly). Jakobine was born about 1750 in Scheppach, Haut-Rhin, FR; died on 20 Mar 1820 in Niderhoff, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Upper Rhine according to her death record.

Birth:
Imbrehof

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miller at Moulin de Cany at Burlioncourt.

Notes:

In 1817 was working in a mill on the road LeGue de l’Exat (near Niderhoff).

Jean married Barbe Schertz about 1790. Barbe was born in 1767; died on 29 Jul 1845 in Vic-sur-Seille, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miller

Notes:

Probably the son “Hans Jakob Eyer” listed as son of Benedict “Benz” Eyer.,
Also known as “Hans Oyer der Alte.”

Referred to as "Mennonite" at Hermersbergerhof, Palatine, Germany in 1776 and 1777.

In 1776, both Johannes Oyers are listed among subjects of the Duchy of Zweibrücken and were living at Hermersbergerhof. In both 1793 and 1796 records, Johannes was listed as a day worker/miller at Hingsange in Lorraine (Linstroff community, half way between Saarbrucken and Nancy). The Amish congregation there was named "Morhange" after a nearby town and it originated in the 1720s, when Anabaptists first appeared here.
See IMH Sept 1989, p. 19, for a photo and description of Hingsange.

Notes:

Died:
This death is not mentioned in the 10-yr civil index.