Nicholas Martin

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Obit: Herald of Truth, March 1905:
On the 19th of Feb., 1905, near Beemer, Cuming Co., Neb., Nicholas Martin; aged 71 Y., 11 M., 4 D. Deceased was born in Saarburg, Alsace, came to America at the age of twenty, settling first in Tazewell Co., Ill., where he united in marriage with Katharine Litwiller, April 1, 1855. From Illinois he moved to Decatur Co., Kansas, in 1887, and in 1894 to Cuming Co., Neb. He leaves a wife, one son and four daughters, also 34 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services on the 22nd by J.H. Birky and Peter Oswald. Burial in the Beemer cemetery."

Nicholas married Catherine (Katie) Litwiller on 1 Apr 1855 in Tazewell Co., IL. Catherine (daughter of Joseph Litwiller and Barbara Ulrich) was born on 21 May 1834 in Milford, Butler Co., OH; died on 1 May 1930 in Milford, Seward Co., NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Barbara A. Martin was born on 25 Dec 1855 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 15 Apr 1944 in Milford, Seward Co., NE.
2. Joseph Martin was born on 14 Apr 1858 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 20 Mar 1924 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.
3. Mary Ann Martin was born on 9 Apr 1864 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 27 May 1952 in Creston, Flathead Co., MT; was buried in Kalispell, Flathead Co., MT.
4. Emma Martin was born on 24 Oct 1865 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 15 Oct 1957 in Kouts, Porter Co., IN; was buried on 17 Oct 1957 in Kouts, Porter Co., IN.
5. Catherine Martin was born on 15 Jul 1869; died on 8 Nov 1946 in Manson, Calhoun Co., IA.

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Christian married Elizabeth (Marie Barbe) Zehr on 13 Dec 1810 in Domevre-sur-Vezouse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR. Elizabeth (daughter of Christian Zehr and Catherine Litwiller) was born in 1789 in Hellering-lès-Fénétrange, Moselle, FR; died on 3 Mar 1873 in Imling, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Their civil marriage entry described the groom as cultivator Christianne Martin, a resident of Zilling, a son of cultivator Christianne Martin and Elizabeth Kog [Barbe Koch] who were present and consenting. The bride was described as Elisabethe Zert, a resident of Domèvre, daughter of cultivator Christianne Zert and Catherine Littviller who were present and consenting. Witnesses included cultivator Christianne Zert, 49, father of the bride; Christian Kerbre [Gerber], 49, friend of the bride living at Herbéviller; Christian Martin, cultivator, 68, father of the groom living at Zilling; and Jean Frey, 40, friend of the groom living at Zilling.

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Died:
age 100!

Christian + Barbe Koch. Barbe (daughter of Nikolaus Koch) was born about 1750; died on 30 Dec 1822 in Zilling, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Domevre-sur-Vezouse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR

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Residence:
At the time of marriage to Elisabeth

Christian + Catherine Litwiller. Catherine was born in 1765; died in 1838. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rauschenburg (Rauschenbourg), an estate near Ingweiller (Ingwiller) in Alsace listed in the Dutch [[Naamlijst der tegenwoordig in dienst zijnde predikanten der Mennoniten in de Vereenigde Nederlanden|Naamlijsts]] of 1775 and 1780 ("Ruseburg" in the district "Leeuwenhoff") as the seat of an Amish Mennonite congregation, of which Nikolaus (Nicolaas) Koch was an elder and Abraham Oesch (Esch) a preacher. According to Hermann Guth, Amish Mennonites were leaseholders on the estate at the middle of the 18th century and the district was then known as Löwenhaupt. Oesch was likely the son-in-law of Koch.
https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rauschenburg_(Alsace,_France)

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: 1734, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR

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"The Zehrs originated in Niederstocken in Canton Bern in Switzerland, and from there they emigrated to Struth in "Crooked Alsace", Bas-Rhin. Here several branches of the family developed, and they emigrated by way of Lorraine and Bavaria to the USA and Canada. Related to the Zehrs in Struth were the Zehrs in Sulztal, Windstein, Wilenstein, and Knoringen. Inscriptions by Christian Zehr from the years 1786 and 1790 can still be found on a door beam in Sulztal."

Zehr is listed as a surname in the 1798 Bürgerverzeichnisse (census) of Canton Bern, Switzerland.

Source gives the parents of Christian as Christian Zehr (1757-1818) and Barbara Sommer (d. 1818).
Source does not list this Christian as a child of Peter and Barbara.

Christian married Elisabeth Koch about 1733. Elisabeth (daughter of Hans Jacob Koch and Elisabeth SCHUEBLI) was born in 1715 in Niederstocken, Bern, SW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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With birth year as is, son Daniel was born before his mother and father were 12 years old.

Birth:
Born abt 1715 in Niederstocken, SW according to Keith Zehr (keithwiedzehr)