Joseph Gascho

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer in Bavaria
• Residence: 1851, Probfeld, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Joseph and Magdalena initially settled at Probfeld in the Donaumoos or Danube Marsh. The family's passport was annulled by the Bavarian government Feb. 19, 1851 because their son Joseph had a military obligation. Medical certificates dated March 20, 1851 and March 31, 1851 declared him fit for service. He was prohibited from emigrating by a court order. The family departed without him. They probably took a coach to Donauworth, then a new rail line from there through Leipzig to Hamburg. We could not identify a passenger list or a date for their arrival in North America, though we found a note that the ship they sailed on was the Neptune. They initially settled at East Zorra, Ontario. 277 Note that they were in the area at the same time as Joseph's cousin Christian Gascho, who had moved up from Pennsylvania to Wilmot in 1848. Joseph and Magdalena later resettled at Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. On the 1881 census of Hay German Mennonite Joseph Gascho, 85, and Lanah, 77, are found in the household of their son John. Herald of Truth, March 1882: "On the 17th of Jan., in Hay, Huron Co., Ont., Joseph Gascho, aged 89 years. He left an aged companion, and four children with large families. He was for many years a faithful member of the Amish Menn. church and an early settler of the township when the surrounding country was yet a wilderness."

Birth:
16 May 1792?

Died:
Obit says he was 89 years.

Buried:
Lakeview Conservative Mennonite Cemetery

Joseph married Magdalena Ingold in Jan 1824 in Arzbach, Bavaria, GR. Magdalena (daughter of Jakob Ingold and Elisabeth Bachman (Baumann)) was born on 1 Nov 1803 in Annweiler, Palatinate, GR; died on 21 Feb 1891 in Zurich, Hay Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried in Blake, Huron Co., Ontario, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anna Nancy Gascho was born on 8 Nov 1824 in Bavaria, GR; died on 7 Jan 1912 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.
2. Magdalena Gascho was born on 24 Jun 1826 in Probfeld, Bavaria, GR; died on 8 Apr 1902 in Minier, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.
3. Joseph Gascho was born on 28 Jan 1830.
4. Barbara Gascho was born on 4 Dec 1831; died on 16 Nov 1875 in Zurich, Hay Co., Ontario, Canada.
5. Maria Gascho was born on 25 Dec 1833; died on 13 Nov 1893 in Lyon Co., KS.
6. Christian Gascho was born on 20 Jul 1836.
7. Johannes Gascho was born on 27 Oct 1838; died on 28 May 1919.
8. Andreas Gascho was born on 24 Apr 1841; died on 31 Aug 1927.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miller at Badonviller, (20 miles south of Gondrexange), then as a day laborer and domestic servant at Imling. Also a miller.
• Religion: Anabaptist
• Residence: Badonviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR
• Residence: Imling, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1797, Desseling, Moselle, FR

Notes:

Earliest mention of Andre is in records from the civil marriage entry of Magdalena Zwalter and Christian Neuhauser. They were married at Gondrexange April 20, 1794. He is listed as witness Andre Cachon, 26, brother-in-law of the bride. Andre signed that entry “Andres Gascho.”

Birth:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/41654453/person/19895026069

Residence:
In the Dieuze Ponds area of Moselle from 1797 to 1805

André married Anna Zwalter before 1794. Anna (daughter of Christian Zwalter and Marie Risser) was born in 1769; died on 14 Feb 1839 in Pellheim, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist

Notes:

Died:
At home of daughter Barbara and son-in-law Nicholas Augustin

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miller at Merlebach (near St. Avold, Moselle)
• Immigration: 21 May 1831, Baltimore, MD

Notes:

Immigration:
Arrived after 44 days at sea

François + Anna Schrag (Chraque). Anna (daughter of Caspar Schrag and Elisabeth Weiss) was born about 1748-1750; died before 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“It is strongly suspected that Anna Chraque was a daughter of Caspar Schrag and Elisabeth Weiss.

Anne Chraque's proposed family relationship is based on circumstance. Though there may have been other Swiss Schrags in Lorraine that we have not identified, only one branch of one family has been identified as Amish Mennonite. Caspar Schrag and Elisabeth Weiss had a son Caspar (circa 1744-1794) who married Barbe Rouvenacht and Marie Blaser. He worked as a miller at Bischwald Mill and a cultivator on Belgrade farm at Bistroff. Thus he was a business partner with the Engel family.

Their son Joseph Schrag (1772-1830) was born on Belgrade farm but lived at Gondrexange. He married Marie Engel (1774-circa 1800)…. Note that Anne's son Joseph Cachot/Gascho also lived at Gondrexange. This is a coincidence in a tiny community (though the population has grown in two centuries to its present 490). Note also that Joseph Cachot/Gascho's immigration companions in 1831 included Peter Engel. If Anne was a sister to Caspar (circa 1744-1794), the only documented Amish Mennonite Schrag in her age bracket in the region, then her parents were Caspar Schrag and Elisabeth Weiss.“

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Died:
Witnessed by Christiane Neyhauser, 29, and Jean Rechely, 27. The Tables Decennale index of death entries describes him as Christianne Zvalteur, 60, husband of M. Richard.

Christian married Marie Risser in 1768. Marie was born in 1736; died on 4 Oct 1800 in Gondrexange, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Réchicourt le Château - Marie's civil death entry describes her as Marie Riseur, 65, wife of Christianne Zvalteur. It was reported by her son-in-law, Jean Perquy [Birki], 23. Christian Neyhouser [1767-1809] was a witness.

Simon + Sarah Leibrock. Sarah died in 1765. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist/Amish
• Residence: Abt 1733
• Residence: 1744, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1750, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1761, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR

Notes:

On the Ernstweilerhof.

Named on the Ingweilerhof near Zweibrücken in 1761.The Schrags were part of the Amish “Haftler” (those who believed buttons were a luxury and instead wore hooks and eyes), along with families Stalter, Hauter, Oesch, Eyer, Gut, Nafziger, Gungerich, etc. This group formed their own congregation at Ixheim where they built their own “praying house.” This was separate from the Mennonite congregation who were following “Knopfler” (those who wore buttons); Bachmann, Lehmann, Steinmann, etc.

Birth:
or Jebsheim, Alsace

Residence:
Ingweilerhof, according to LDS info

Residence:
Ingweilerhof

Caspar married Elisabeth Weiss in 1730. Elisabeth was born in 1708 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish

Notes:

Birth:
Ingweilerhof

Notes:

Michael + Elizabeth Nafziger. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]