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| 11601 | The family immigrated to central Illinois in 1855, “to seek refuge, to find protection, and to have a settlement among ourselves.” | Schrag (Serach) (Gerard), Christian (Christophe) (I2123)
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| 11602 | The family lived at the “Fraiche Poule” commune at Rhodes. No doubt a poultry farm. | Jordy, Pierre (I13206)
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| 11603 | The family moved from Schildschwaig to Maierhofen, at Hemau near Riedenburg. His brother Andreas and family were living nearby on Flugelsberg near Prunn/Brunn. | Bircki (Burkey), Johannes (I192)
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| 11604 | The family residence was the farm called Taüfferhoff-within the farm Reidhoff or Reith. | Cender, Christian (I100)
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| 11605 | The family stayed in Lancaster six years. | Ringenberg (Ringenberger) (Rinkenberger), Pierre (I2230)
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| 11606 | The family stayed in Söcking near Starnberg at house number 2, the property (Stridl farm) purchased from Daniel Zehr in 1830, until their emigration. | Bircky (Burcky), Andreas Sr. (I2580)
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| 11607 | The father of ten. | Pelsy, Rudolf (I2371)
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| 11608 | The father was described as ?llrich Schrag alt der Schmidten z? Ferrenberg – senior, the blacksmith at Ferrenberg, a hamlet less than two miles northwest of Mistelberg). He may have been Hans, the Schumacher Sohn who died at Wynigen May 30, 1700. | Schrag, Hans (I15179)
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| 11609 | The father was described as ?llrich Schrag der Sch?macher z? H?seren – the shoemaker living at Häusern, a location in Wynigen. | Schrag, Jost (I15178)
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| 11610 | The first Anabaptist farmer listed in the parish registers is Christian Ringenberg in 1750. The priest Cornet records the marriage of his daughter Anne, whom he had with his wife Anne Kreyenbul, with Jean Schertz on the Bachats farm. Besides, his sons were also there, Christian husband of Marie Schertz, Joseph married Marie Lettwiller and Joseph with his wife Catherine Schwartz. After 1774, the records of the Ringueberg family are no longer mentioned [in Rhodes. In 1780 died at Quatre-Vents near Phalsbourg Christian Ringueberg, 86 years of Ketzing, Gondrexange, presumably the father. | Ringenberg, Christian (I10704)
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| 11611 | The first four children were born in Ohio, but the fifth was born in 1843 in Illinois. | Schrock, André (Andréas) (I472)
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| 11612 | The first of the family to come to America. Not known when.Went first to PA, then to OH, where in 1848 he purchased land. He and his wife returned to France to spend their last days and died on the same day, an hour apart. | Saltzmann, Joseph (I6309)
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| 11613 | The first person to be buried in the Mennonite Cemetery in Rhodes. The last was Joseph Pelsy who died in 1933, after serving as mayor for 30 years. | Sommer, Marie (I11075)
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| 11614 | The first six children were born in Fisher, IL, the last two in Morton. Their second child was Edna Marie: Obit EDNA MARIE REDIGER was born on 09 Mar 1903 in Fisher, Illinois. She died in May 1979 in Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois. She married George S. Corl on 16 Jan 1971 in Maxine and Alex Hopkins stood up at their wedding. He was born on 14 Dec 1905 in Buda, Illinois. He died on 07 Nov 1999. Edna Marie Rediger was buried in Rt. 20 Cemetery, outside Elgin, Illinois. Notes for Edna Marie Rediger: Edna Rediger Corl died in May or June of 1979. She is buried in the cemetery outside of Elgin, Illinois on Route 20. Her best fried Maxine Hopkins (Mrs. Alex) married George S. Corl in August 7, 1980. | Rediger, Edward W. (I13963)
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| 11615 | The first Stalter to live at Wahlerhof. Had nine children, listed in source. Became an elder in the Zweibrücken congregation., , | Stalter, Christian (I10174)
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| 11616 | The following from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Huffman-94#Biography Biography John Hoffman (Huffman) was christened Johannes Hoffmann in Siegen, Germany on May 6, 1692. He was from Eisern, south of Siegen in Catholic Siegen. He settled in the Germanna Colonies, which lies within Orange County, Virginia today. Early description by John Fontaine who first visited the colony in 1715 was as follows: 'The place that is paled in is a pentagon, very regularly laid out, and in the very center is a block-house, made with five sides, which answer to the five sides of the great enclosure, there are loop-holes through it, from which you may see all the sides of the enclosure. This was intended for a retreat for the people in case they were not able to defend the palisadoes, if attacked by the indians. They made use of the block-house for divine service. They go to prayers once a day, and have two sermons on Sunday. We went to hear them perform their service, which was done in their own language, which we did not understand, but they seemed to be very devout and sang the psalms very well.' Huffman was a very wealthy plantation owner. On Sept. 27, 1729 he bought 800 acres near the Robinson River at Germantown. In the book 'Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegan Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750' it states that Timothy Redding, father of Sarah Redding, who was married to Peter Martin, rented land of John Huffman, at Germantown after 1742. Redding finally bought 100 acres from Huffman. Before his death he sold 50 acres to John Marshall (U.S. Supreme Court Justice) and the rest was sold to William Redding Jr., to John Ariss on Nov. 22, 1766. In his last will and testament, dated Sept. 30, 1769, John Huffman willed 292 acres each to none of his sons, and 297 acres, including his mill, to the tenth son. He willed 150 acres to each of his four daughters, one of which was Margaret, wife of John Back. Margaret's sister Elizabeth married Henry, brother of John, and the third son Harman. Will. "Jno. Hoofman. (written) Dec. 30, 1762, wills his two bibles, in addition to his large estate, to his ten sons, 'the two eldest to take them the first year, and then deliver them to the the two next until they have had them around, and beginning again with the eldest and so continue as long as the bibles shall last.' children were: Frederick, John, Nicholas, Michael, Jacob, Paul, William, George, Henry, Tilman, Margaret, Catherine, Elizabeth, and Mary. (probated) Aug. 17, 1772" [1] | Huffman (Hoffman), Johannes (I16424)
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| 11617 | The following information has been provided by The Parke Society: “Roger Parke was baptized in the Priory Church in Cartmel, Lancashire Co.,England on June 25, 1648. Roger Parke came to America from Hexham, Northumberland, England. June 1682 his letter of removal to theChesterfield Meeting near Burlington, West Jersey was dated. He may have arrived on ship the "Greyhound" in 1682 - no passenger list has been found with his name on it. Bought land in Crosswicks, NJ abt. 16 milesNE of Trenton, abt. 10 miles SE of Chesterfield to Hopewell, NJ on May24/25, 1682 from Edward Byllinge, one of the largest proprietors. (This was purchased while he was still in England). He purchased more land onJan 13, 1686 from Anthony Woodhouse in Burlington Co. NJ. He sold this land to John Watkins on Nov. 11, 1686. He lived on Crosswick's Creekbut he traveled so often to Wissaminson to study medicine under an oldIndian squaw and medicine men that his path there was called "Roger'sRoad". This road today is the road from Trenton to Hopewell, Rt. 31.About 1700 he moved his family to Hopewell as one of its first white settlers (Jonathan Stout being the first). He was a Quaker, but baptized his children in the Episcopal church in Burlington Co. so that his children would have their inheritance rights protected by being baptized as Anglicans. The Rev. John Talbot baptized them. (Historical andGenealogical Miscellany by John E. Stillwell, MD, Vol. II, Gen. Pub. Co.In. 1970, page 49) He became Baptist in 1703/4. Some of his Crosswick's neighbors also moved to Hopewell - JonathanEldridge, Dr. John Houghton, John Wilsford, Mary Stanisland, John Bryerley, Capt. Moses Petit, and Benjamin Clark. Roger Parke's land inHopewell was along Stony Creek near present day Mine Rd. on the north. The Indian name for Stony Brook was Wapowog. His land was adjoined byJohn Moore, George Hutchinson, Sam Bunting and Marmaduke Houseman. In1696 Edward Hunt had 200 acres near him, Andrew Smith (for ThomasSmith-1709) was next to Roger in 1698. John Gilbert, weaver, JamesMelvin, Thomas Stevenson, Nathaniel Pope, Edward Burroughs and GeorgeWoolsey became neighbors as well. In the "Account Book of William Penn, Quaker," in 1685, it was indicated that he paid Roger Parke, 9 pounds....shillings to "cure" aNegro. Source PA Mag. of History & Biography, Vol 35, 1911 p. 201.Roger studied with the Indian medicine men and learned to use herbs to heal his patients. He had an abundance of herbs growing in his garden. Just prior to coming to America he lived in Cumberland Co., England.His marriage to Ann Patison was recorded in the "Digest of QuakerMarriages for Cumberland and Northumberland Co., England" and also in theHolm Monthly Meeting, with reference to book 355, page 268. Society ofFriends, Allendaile Monthly Meeting (England). Roger became a Quaker shortly before or when he married Ann. His letter of removal from theQuaker church in England as dated June 11, 1682. His deed was dated May25, 1682 so he purchased the 200 acres from Edward Byllinge, while still in England. In 1685, Roger purchased 200 acres from Anthony Woodhouse, BurlingtonCo., West Jersey. In Nov. 1686, he sold the 200 acres of land he had purchased in 1682 from Edwardy Byllinge to John Watkins of Middlebrook. On June 12, 1697, Roger purchased 400 acres of land in Hopewell,Burlington Co., West Jersey which had just opened up to settlement. 1697June 12. Do. Thomas REVELL, as Trustee of the W. J. Society, to Roger PARK of Chesterfield Township, yeoman, for 400 acres of the Society's land above the Falls of Delaware, in the 30,000 acre tract. There was an old Indian village located near Roger's land, which still existed many years after he made his purchase of the land in 1697. This was the 400 acres at Wissamenson, on the North side of and along StonyBrook that he was given in April of 1697. Roger had 100 acres of land surveyed for his daughter Anne in May of1697, which adjoined his land. Prior to 1700, there was a break with the Quakers when he and neighbor Andrew Smith and others joined the Keithian movement (BurlingtonCourt Book - A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West Jersey, 1660-1709by H. Clay Reed and George J. Miller, American Historical Assoc.Washington DC 1944, p XXXIX and page Iii) In the same publication Roger became a Proprietor and Freeholder (p. 31) in 1684 and owned 200 acres of land. He served on the Grand Jury in 1688 (page 92) and was an Overseer in 1694 (page 185). Dr. Parke was very active in the community and held the position of "Justice of the Peace" as well as constable for several years. (Pioneers of Old Hopewell - Ralph Ege) From Cecilia Parke - Various church records have been checked in Cumberland and Lancashire counties, England, and after ruling out several Rogers circumstantial evidence seems to indicate that Roger Parke of Hopewell, West Jersey, was the Roger christened June 25, 1648, the son of Allan and Elizabeth Parke of Frith, Cartmel, Lancashire Co., England. Children of Allan Parke named in the Will of 1667 were: Roger, George, Thomas and James.Anne, John and Jane died as young children and were not named in Allan'sWill, but church parish records indicate they were christened as children of Allan Parke. To explain the names of place of birth and death, we have to go back to the history of the Cartmel Priory. The Priory was actually situated in the diocese of York, which then comprised not only the county ofYorkshire, but a small part of Cumbria and a little of Nottingham shire. Cartmel then pertained to the archdeaconry based at Richmond, far away in the North Riding area. Most of the priory's history has been lost. The history of the priory starts about 1202, when the first stone was laid for the foundation. However, the territorial law states "all my land of Cartmel" which at that time covered a lot of territory . Establishing a monastery site was difficult because of the lack of water supply, ponds, agricultural land, etc. They decided on Cartmel Valley, where they found enough water and fertile land. The loss of ownership records makes it difficult, but there was a small but useful piece of property in the Cartmel area. There was a grant made about 1162-90 by Thomas, son of Gospatric, of a toft with five acres of land in ALLITHWAITE, along with one area of meadow and pasture for ten cows. This would have been adequate for the Abbey. The only territorial gift recorded in Cartmel priory's foundation charter was the area afterwards known as "the Ancient Parish of Cartmel". This stretched from half-way up the east side of Windermere, along the side of the River Leven and around the sea coast to Winster, and border of Westmoreland. The inhabitants of the land of Cartmel in medieval times were mostly small tenant farmers, and laborers who were too few to contribute to the local resources. By 1215, the monastery had acquired other possessions, land by Gilbert of Bolton, Winterthwaite and Winder. In 1347, William de Kernotte by gave the priory certain lands in Broughton and Cartmel. Eight years earlier Robert de Walton gave the priory land "in Holker in Kertmell". Cartmel as a village existed in 1219. In 1444 the prior claimed two acres of land from Roger Rye of Halton. Carmel priory then acquired land in Furness Parish records indicate that a John Parke who married Ellen___?___ inJune 14, 1559 was from ALLITHWAITE. He might have actually died there, but his son, Sir John Parke, Jr., of Holker married Jane____?____November 1, 1595. Their children, no doubt were born there. However, son Allan's parish record indicates that he was from Richmond, Broughton, Furness and died in Frith, Cartmel, Lancashire Co., England.I have asked why all these names of places were noted and the answer was that Richmond and Broughton were of the North Riding area, whileFurness and Cartmel were in the Cumberland area, now Cumbria. Mr. Sutliff ,who is also a descendant of the Roger Parke line, has done some research on this. He stated that this could indicate the possibility that they were held as a" fee or messuage" and were the various properties of this family, some of which probably came to the family via marriage. This might suggest a family of means. Tax records were found for a John Parke in 1545 or 1595. The parchment roll was so fragile, that it was almost impossible to read, but John's name was on the tax list. Information was found in the" Registers of the Parish Church of Cartmel" in the County of Lancashire, 1559-1661, Vol. I, 1907.Numbering system used: Baptisms -1-117; Burials - 118-214 and Weddings -215-256. The "Ancient Parish of Cartmel" stretched from half-way up the east side of Windermere, along the side of the River Leven and around the sea coast and then along the border of Westmorland. The various estates in the area being owned by the very rich, thus, we find Cark, Holker, Broughton, Flookburg, Walton, Cartmel Fell and Bolton, The oldest wasWalton Hall where the priory had property in 1342. In this area, they found a deed dated 1545-46 called "Frith Hall grange" where the priory had fishing rights. The area depended heavily on fish for food . The"Frith " area seems to be where Allan Parke and his family lived. The Cark, Holker and Broughton areas within Cartmel had the Cartmel rectory, site of the priory and their lands. Cartmel Fell contained the rentals,, service, silver, customs, mills. Allithwaite in the Broughtonarea had a mill, while the Walton and Barngarth areas in Holker, Holker Mill, Cark of Cartmel were the shops in town. The "Frith" area had property for sale, rent, turbary and was in the Upper Holker area nearthe "Sands." Each area seemed to provide certain contributions to their livelihood. "The Priory of Cartmel" by J. C. Dickinson, England . The Priory of Cartmel is a very beautiful old parish which dates back to medieval times. We personally explored the inside of the church and was allowed to take some pictures. I then walked through the old cemetery that adjoins the church. The grounds are well kept with many old unreadable tombstones....guarded by a calico cat that has been living in the cemetery for many years. Of course, it was impossible to read some of the oldest tombstones, but the grounds were kept up. The old calico cat was lying on top of one of the very old tombstones, so of course, I had to take a picture of him. The name "Cartmel" is a place-name of Scandinavian origin, meaning "Sand bank by Rocky ground." The Village of Cartmel was founded by William Marshall, Earl of Pennbroke between 1189 and 1219. The priory had been ravished several times by the Scots starting about1313, who came from the Richmond area, and often had to be rebuilt. The priory owned many large farms, the oldest being "Walton Hall" in1342....other areas such as Holker, Broughton and Flookburg also were having to be rebuilt. Because meat was scarce and therefore expensive, they had to maintain extensive rights to various fishing areas in order to sustain themselves. There was also such a shortage of inhabitants, that there was never enough manpower to maintain the priory and its great grounds.Most of their trade was with Northern Ireland, establishing several monasteries there and asking in exchange, for their help if needed. Many inhabitants probably came over from Ireland to work in the Cartmel area and eventually settled there. Recent research in England demanded that records be checked for these areas and the following was found in "Registers of The Parish Church of Cartmel, Vol. 1 and Vol 2". Records Office, Kendal, Cumbria. We have no proof other than the above information found in parish registers, but have assigned the above family to Roger Parke of Hexham, Northumberland County, England to West Jersey in 1682. Research is ongoing. Other Roger Parkes, such as one in Croston, Lancashire Co., who married Elizabeth Rymig has been checked. From what records were available, it looks like Roger married Elizabeth July 3, 1638, but died March1, 1649, leaving a widow, Elizabeth and three children...no Roger that I could find. Endowment found for this family in the Logan Temple, LDS but we were unable to get complete records that were legible. Croston area shows the following: Roger Parke, born September 21,1615, father James Parke, Mother Elin. Film #452781, Ord. No. 10512.Christening date shown as the same. Batch P007951, 1543-1685, Call No.#844795, Film Printout 0455726. Next record shows Roger Parke, born about 1619, Croston, married Brigit Nelson, : Film #178043, p. 11285, Or.#24872. Also submitted by same person, Roger Parke, born Dec. 22, 1639, father, Roger Parke and mother, Brigit Nelson. Names are both spelled without the "e". Another submission was for a female Parke, about 1642, event?, spouse, Roger Parke, of Northumberland Co., England. No parents listed. Batch#f856081 sheet 45, Source No. 1395946, Film. Same submission: Roger Parke, born. 1664, father, Roger Parke, Northumberland Co., Eng. #Batch8560801, sheet 45, source: Film #2395946. These submissions were submitted by LDS members, not from an actual proven source as previous records and could only be what they believed to be true. Other records above were from church register records and are proven. These records submitted by LDS patrons who this information to substantiate their claim on ancestry and is not to be construed as the actual dates for Roger Parke of Hopewell, New Jersey. The conclusion is that the Roger Parke born in 1648 to Allan and Elizabeth Parke of Frith, Cartmel, Lancashire County, England is the same Roger Parke of Hexham who came to West Jersey, in 1682. There is a predominance of evidence to indicate this. Roger married Ann Patison, daughter of John and Margaret Patison of Northumberland County, England, April 10, 1676. The marriage record for Roger Parke of Hexham, Northumberland County, England was recorded in "The Digest of Quaker Marriages for Cumberland and Northumberland Co.,England". The marriage was also recorded in the Holmes Monthly Meeting, with reference to book 355, page 268. Society of Friends, Allendaile Monthly Meeting (England), LDS Film #0813511 (marriages 1663-1837). The marriage record indicates that Roger Parke was formerly from Cumberland County. Cumberland County at that time was very close to Lancashire and it would not have been impossible for Roger to have left his home in Cartmel and venture off to new horizons in Cumberland County. The Quaker movement was getting started in Cumberland county and from the "Letter of Removal" it is noted that Roger became a Quaker shortly before or when he married Ann Patison in 1676. The first confirmation on Roger Parke's arrival in America is found in the Quaker "Letter of Removal", given to him before he left England for West Jersey. The date on the Certificate was June 11, 1682, (fourth month) which indicated that he probably left England on the next available ship. His deed was dated 25th of May, 1682. Roger had purchased the 200 acres from Edward Byllinge, while still in England. (Society of Friends, Chesterfield, Burlington Co.,West Jersey, Hicksite, Film #0016513 #3, Removals) No passenger list has ever been found for Roger Parke or for the Patisons, who also made the voyage to Crosswicks, Burlington Co., WestJersey in 1682. However, it is possible that they arrived on the ship "Greyhound" which went aground in the Delaware River in the fall of 1682, and was reported to have carried over 350 passengers. The Bill of Lading needs to be checked which might contain names of who shipped merchandise over to Burlington County, West Jersey. Several of Dr. Parke's neighbors came over in the fall of 1682 as well as a James Parke. Another record was found in the "Account Book of William Penn, Quaker,"in 1685, indicating that he had paid Roger Parke, 9 pounds ...shillings, to "cure" a Negro. Source: PA. Mag. of History & Biography, Vol. 35,1911, p. 201. This seems to substantiate why he was referred to as"doctor". Roger Parke studied with the Indian medicine men and learned to use herbs to heal his patients. Herbal healing was very popular in the early colonies. Roger was described as having an abundance of herbs growing in his garden. We do not know if Dr. Roger Parke had previous medical training before coming to America, but it is possible that he did, as they were using herbal remedies in England for hundreds of years. Dr. Roger Parke made so many trips to Trenton, that the road he traveled on became known as "Rogers Road". It was customary for the Quakers to call someone by their first name, therefore, the road wasRoger's road, rather than Parke's road. It is also possible that he visited family members there. In 1685, Roger purchased 200 acres from Anthony Woodhouse, BurlingtonCo., West Jersey. In November 1686, Roger, late of Hexham, sold the 200acres of land that he had purchased in 1682 from Mr. Byllinge, to JohnWatkins of Middlebrook. On June 12, 1697, Roger purchased 400 acres of land in Hopewell, Burlington Co., West Jersey which had just opened up to settlement. There was an old Indian village located near Roger's land, which still existed many years after Roger Parke made his purchase in 1697. Over this path, many traveled to Stony Brook to fish and hunt. It was stated that Washington's Army passed through this area on June 23, 1778, to their encampment on the Golden and Hart farms. The wars of theRevolution were severely felt in the Hopewell Valley, during December,1776, when New Jersey was under the control of Lord Cornwall.. Roger Parke had 100 acres of land surveyed for his daughter Anne, in May of 1697, which adjoined his land. Historian Ralph Ege stated that they did not think this Anne had ever married. Ann's 100 acres of land might have gone to her brother, John. John Parke (I) purchased 300 acres near his father. By 1735, when he lost his land, John had 600 acres.Most likely, 100 acres from his sister, Anne and 200 acres from his father, Roger Parke Sr. (1722 tax list shows only 200 acres for RogerJr... none for Roger Sr., and 300 for John). Roger Sr., might have given 200 acres of his 400 to Anne, giving her 300 acres, which she then in turn, gave to her brother, John, now giving him a total of 600 acres. Prior to 1700, there was a break with the Quakers when Roger Parke and neighbor, Andrew Smith, and others joined the Keithian movement being promoted by the Rev. George Keith. (Burlington Court Book -A Record ofQuaker Jurisprudence in West Jersey, 1860-1709 by H. Clay Reed and GeorgeJ. Miller, American Historical Assoc. Washington, DC, 1944, p. XXXIX and page Iii) In the same publication, Roger became a Proprietor and Freeholder (p. 31) in 1684 and owned 200 acres of land. He served on the Grand Jury in 1688 (page 92) and was an Overseer in 1694 (page 185) In 1703/04, Dr. Roger Parke had his three children--Anne, John and Roger Jr., baptized in what was then St. Ann's Anglican Church (later became St. Mary's) in Burlington County. No other children were noted. Andrew Smith also had his grown children baptized at the same time. Rev. Mr. John Talbot baptized them. (Historical and Genealogical Miscellany by John E. Stillwell, MD., Vol. II, Gen. Pub. Co. In. 1970. page 49). Also, "Old and Historic Churches of New Jersey". St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church, erected in 1703. John Talbot became the first rector of St. Mary's in 1705. Seventeen men signed the petition for soliciting Mr. Talbot, six were Christian Quakers or Keithians, which demonstrated Keith's strong influence. The Parkes later became members of the First Presbyterian Church of Hopewell (1731), which many still follow today. By 1735, the Roger Parke family (Roger Sr., Jr., John Sr., Jr., Andrew and Joseph) were given "Eviction Notices" to vacate the land that they had been living on for over 35 years. Thirty thousand acres of land was sold in 1665 to Dr. Daniel Coxe of England, who in turn sold land to the settlers. However, after his death, his son, Colonel Daniel Cox, who was the governor of West Jersey from 1687 to about 1690, began to make changes. After the death of Dr. Coxe, the Coxe heirs began to reclaim the 30,000 acres. The land around Hopewell had been sold for the equivalent of about fifty cents an acre. Many settlers began to buy and settle there.....one being Roger Parke, his daughter, Anne and his son, John. However, when the Coxe heirs began to reclaim their land, fifty settlers in the area decided to sue for the right to keep their land and oppose the Coxe heirs, but they were overruled by twelve Quaker jurors. Many of the Parkes soon left the area, except for Roger Parke, Jr., and at least three of his children. Son William, who married Sarah Jewell; Keziah, who married James Larison and Grace who married Jacob Stout, evidently remained in the Hopewell area. Others moved to other areas in Hunterdon County, taking their records with them. John Parke, eldest son of Roger Parke Sr., had the most to lose. He was forced to leave the area about 1735. Details of the "tar and feathering" incident will be mentioned under John Parke (I). Eventually, Roger Parke, Jr.'s children began to move into northern Hunterdon County, where land was offered for sale. However, Roger was able to keep his 200 acres of land in Hopewell until his death. In the 1740o's, the land was put up for public auction and Jacob Stout and his wife, Grace Parke Stout purchased the land. Several years later, the land was transferred to James and Kesiah Parke Larison. Both Grace and Kesiah were said to be the daughters of Roger Parke, Jr. (Source: Ralph Ege,"Pioneers of Old Hopewell”.) Recent information has been received on the old Parke farm which has been sold several times. It is not known if Kesiah actually lived on the property since James and Keziah Larison already owned property, but the old Larison house still stands and is presently occupied. The property that once belonged to Roger Parke Sr., has now become a beautiful homesite. The time of Dr. Roger Parke Sr.'s death is not certain, but it is believed he might have died about 1739, as about this time," Jr."disappears from the Hopewell Town Meeting records and only Roger Parke is shown. Roger Sr., was very active in the community and held the position of" Justice of the Peace" as well as Constable for several years. (Source: Pioneers of Old Hopewell: Ralph Ege) Dr. Parke would have been very proud of his home site today. It is sad that the Parke-Larison burial plot set aside by Dr. Roger Parke, no longer exists. Time and neglect has taken its toll on the old cemetery. A great loss! It had been difficult to document the fact that Roger Parke of Hexham, England and Burlington Co., West Jersey, could possibly be the same Roger Parke, son of Allan Parke of Lancashire County, England because we had not been able to find a positive link to prove it. However, just recently, it came to my attention that the Old Park Valley cemetery in Hampshire Co., VA where John Park (II) and his family lived, had formerly been called "The Old Cartmel Cemetery", Coincidence???? (Thanks to Major Doug Park of NC, who brought it to my attention.) A Family by the name of Cartmell did originally live in the area and some were buried in the old cemetery. In checking further, it was found that the old Cartmell family history was traced back to the Cartmel area in England. Research is being done to find this family to see if there might be a possible connection to the Parkes in Cartmel. *See Bibliography for sources: "Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Descendants" by Thomas K. Cartmell. New Jersey Colonial Documents, pp. 112, 413.(Hopewell Town Meetings) 1689, July 16, Roger Parke witnessed the will of George Nicholson, Cal.of Wills, NJ, Doc. p. 339, Vol. I. 1697, Roger Parke purchased 400 acres of land at Wissamenson on the north side of StonyBrook . This is where he built his home in 1715 and was named in the Eviction Suit of 1731. New Jersey Archives: Hunterdon Co., NJ, History of the town ofBethlehem. "A piece of land situated on the sides of the mountain, above Jugtown was deeded by Nathan Parke and his wife, Mary, April 26 1763 toJohn Chambers of Bethlehem. Later signatures found relating to this deed were: Robert Johnston in 1765, Cornelius Anderson in 1767, PhilipJohnston and William Nixson in 1810. The writer has not been able to locate this area or find a copy of the deed. However, it is known that Nathan did own land in the area even when he left for North Carolina, as his wife returned after Nathan's death to sue for monies owned Nathan, deceased, for property he had sold. NJ Archives: First series, Vol. 29, p. 396 (1773-74). A list of letters at the post office at Trenton: James Park, Bethlehem; Robert Parke; Job Phillips, Hopewell. This places a Robert Parke from Hopewell during that time period. Town Records of Hopewell, NJ Society of Colonial Dames of America, p.74, Nov. 29, 1737. "John Parke, son of Roger Parke by the dictates of the law hath recorded a dark brown horse supposed to be about 7 years old with a white streake down his face and a small crop on the off ear a darke brand on his rearthye which cannot be discovered what it is, he is about thirteen handshye he came about His Fathers Plantation lst of May last". (John Parke, son of Roger Parke Sr, would not have been in the Hopewell area in 1737, having left the area rather suddenly in 1735. Therefore, the above, indicates that this John was a son of Roger Parke who still owned the land. Question: was this Roger Parke, the son of John Parke (I)? or was Roger Sr, deceased by then, and the Roger Parke mentioned was Roger Parke (II)? p.. 7. John Parke, son of Roger Parke, Nov. 29, 1739, p. 809, Nov.21, 1741; Roger Parke, son of John Parke p. 12, Roger Parke, Jr.Overseer of road on North side of Stony Brook. The Roger, son of John Parke, could have been just that, as this Roger did not leave forVirginia until after 1741. 1738 Poll list (Parke): Roger, son of John Parke, Hopewell, Roger Parke, Jr., (History. of Hunterdon Co., NJ) This would mean that RogerSr., was still alive in 1738 as Roger II was called "Jr" "Freeholders" of Hopewell Township., POH, in 1741 were: Parke, Roger;William and John Parke Jr. (This would be Roger Parke II, his son,William and John Parke, Jr., son of John Parke I). Research has also been done on a Richard Parkes who came to BurlingtonCo., NJ. per deed dated April 8, 1682, in which Richard sold his land toWilliam Evans. Did he leave the area? Next record of a Richard Parke/sis shown when Daniel and Richard Parkes sold land to George Marple in1752 (Gosion Neck, Burlg. Co., NJ. ) and Richard and Daniel Parke to John Inskeep, 1754, Gloucester, Burlg. Co., NJ. Daniel Parks sold land to Charles Reed in 1751. ( The author had copies of these deeds about fifteen years ago, but cannot locate them at this time) At one time, 1000 Acres of land was involved and they were noted as having a saw mill. I would say that this is the Park/e/s line from Gloucester Co., New Jersey. It is my opinion that there was only one Roger Parke who came toBurlington Co., NJ as a Quaker, became a Justice of the Peace for several years, moved to Hopewell, NJ and had children, Ann, John and then RogerJr. All Parke descendants of these children have been well documented. The name of Park/e/s/es has been noted on various descendants of the same line. Even Richard, Daniel and Paul Park/e/s of Burlington and Gloucester Co., NJ had their names spelled various ways. Richard did not have a son Roger Parke born about 1664!!!! - (Cecilia Parke) after viewing all the research material available and obtaining opinions from well known genealogists in New Jersey. Some say he died Nov. 5, 1737 but I have no idea where that comes from. So there is yet no basis in fact for it.” | Parke, Dr. Roger Sr. (I897)
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| 11618 | The following six generations are provisional. | Sommer, Hans (I15476)
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| 11619 | The fourth family living at Alzing is that of Joseph Engel, 6 members. Engel was mentioned only once in 1804 when his son Nicolas was born. as a farmer on the Alzing farm. He married Elisabeth Guerber in 1800 in Niderviller. | Engel (Lange), Joseph (I11258)
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| 11620 | The French marriage index says Catherine Hergi was no longer living at the time of Catherine's marriage in 1826. | Family: Johannes Schrock (Schrack, Gerrard) / Catherine (Elisabeth) Salzman (F200)
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| 11621 | The Garber family owned and ran a mill (see map at http://www.tcghs.org/images/mp1857MRLG.jpg) Grandson Peter Schrock (1895-1950) remembered his grandmother as a large woman, rather quiet and solemn, but his memories were vague since he was only seven years old when his grandmother died in 1902. Some who knew Grandma Nancy say she was a very good cook. Walter Ropp comments in his writings that Nancy loved beautiful things in nature like the sunsets, etc. | Garber, Anna (Nancy) (I447)
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| 11622 | The Gasser couple had seven children. | Hirchy (Hergi), Christiane (I5047)
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| 11623 | The grandfather of the Big Birkeys (who immigrated to Illinois) died at Bitche at 7 a.m. 26 Thermidor 5 - Aug. 13, 1797 (we had circa 1800). The 10 a.m. entry describes him as Christian Bircki, 38, husband of Barbe Koch, of la cense de la Rosselle. Witnesses were his father-in-law Christian Koch, anabaptiste de Gendersberg, 65; and Jacques Berguste, secretary of the municipality, 36. Christian and Barbara/Barbe were residents of a 297-acre farm called Freydenberg in the neighborhood/parish of La Rosselle within Bitche [Fr. la cense de la Rosselle dit Freydenberg]. Up until the early 20th century potatoes were raised there and processed through a distillery. BITCHE Bitche is the site of an historic fortress [Fr. Citadelle de Bitche], standing 250 feet over the town. It was constructed in 1624. Beginning in 1744 army officer Louis de Cormontaigne rebuilt it to be self-sustaining with its own water supply. On Nov. 17, 1793 a 739-man garrison held off an assault by 1,200 Prussian troops. The siege is found in military histories as an engagement in the First Battle of Wissembourg. During the Napoleonic wars the citadel was used to confine prisoners of war. It was common to see them marched to the citadel in chain gangs. Officer prisoners under guard were routinely permitted to leave the citadel and purchase food at the town's markets. Accounts of imprisonment there can be found online in Edward Fraser's Napoleon the Gaoler; Personal Experiences and Adventures of British Sailors and Soldiers during theGreat Captivity (1914). During Napoleon's 100 days in 1815, the French commander repulsed a siege by Austrian troops. | Birki (Bircki), Christian (I35)
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| 11624 | The groom was 17 and the bride 35 on their wedding day, and what’s more, she was seven months pregnant with twins! | Family: David Reschly / Magdalena Wagler (Berse) (F3398)
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| 11625 | The Hauters were well established at the mill at Ixheim near Zweibrücken. They were conservative “Haftler” and several men in the family were successful and prosperous millers in the area. | Hauter, Katherine (I2080)
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| 11626 | The Hohwald “Le Hohwald is a hill village, with altitude above sea level in the commune ranging from 450 meters to nearly 1100 meters, positioned some fifty kilometres to the west-south-west of Strasbourg and some ten kilometres to the south-west of Mont Sainte-Odile.” (Wikipedia) | Sommer, Christian (I14655)
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| 11627 | The illegitimate child of Barbe Farny, probably not the child of her eventual husband, Josephe Stecker/Staker in 1802. | Farny, Christian (I5642)
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| 11628 | The Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database shows Peter Zehr purchasing 40 acres in Section 36 between Deer Creek and Mackinaw at $10 per acre on April 30, 1867. | Zehr, Peter Sr. (I306)
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| 11629 | The Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database shows that Daniel Zehr of Woodford County purchased 45.6 acres at Congerville for 25 cents per acre (total $11.41) Dec. 15, 1854 | Zehr, Bishop Daniel (I328)
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| 11630 | The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists an entry for the marriage of Peter Zehr and 'Fanny Lettweiler' in Tazewell County Feb. 3, 1861. | Zehr, Peter (I9956)
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| 11631 | The IMHC Library contains extensive obituary files. Here is one from the Gospel Herald, Aug. 22, 1935, which celebrates a really lovely woman, Elizabeth Birkey (or Burcky) Albrecht: Albrecht.- Elizabeth, eldest child of a family of 13 children of Valentine & Elizabeth Birkey, was born near Tremont, Ill., July 2, 1851; died at the home of her daughter (Mrs. F. I. Smucker) near Tiskilwa, Ill.; aged 84 y. 21 d. She united with the Mennonite Church in her youth & was faithful until the end. She was very unselfish & was always ready to do for others even at a sacrifice to herself. On Feb. 9, 1873, she was united in marriage to John A. Albrecht of Bureau Co., Ill., & they lived in wedlock for fifty-four years, her husband having preceded her in death in July, 1927. To them were born 6 children, all of whom survive except the youngest daughter (Annie) who passed away in 1901. The 3 sons are Simon of Sycamore, Ill., John & William of Tiskilwa; the daughters, Mrs. Rufus Yoder of Lancaster, Ohio, & Mrs. Frank Smucker of Tiskilwa, with whom mother had made her home since the death of her husband—except for a number of years she had preferred to go back to the little house on the Albrecht homestead she & her husband had built for themselves, during the summer months. Mother was almost blind for several years & unable to read, but she delighted in having the Scriptures read to her. Her voice was often heard in audible prayer when she was in her room by herself, & who shall say that her prayers & petitions to God were made in vain. Twelve days before her death she was seized with an attack of angina pectoris, but she rallied from the attack & looked forward to the time when she might again be with her loved ones at mealtime, but on Tuesday evening she suddenly collapsed & in a very short time she passed on to the other shore. She leaves, besides the 5 children, 20 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, 3 brothers, & 3 sisters. Funeral services were held July 23 by her pastor, Bro. C. A. Hartzler, at the Willow Springs Mennonite Church. Interment in the adjoining cemetery. " Sleep on. beloved, sleep, & take thy rest Lay down thy head upon thy Savior's breast; We loved thee well, but Jesus loved thee best, Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight." | Birkey, Elizabeth (I4126)
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| 11632 | The information of this couple and their children is taken from Maurice Hébert’s genealogy cards (see Multimedia) and from Source . Note from Source Death witness: Michel SALZMAN (1752-1818), witness The Saltzmanns were Mennonites. Michel was an "elder" in Salm in 1759, after having lived in Lachamp (Bellefosse) in 1750. The function of the elderly was highly esteemed in the Anabaptist community. The Saltzmanns were already installed in the Münchhof (Still) before the Revolution. Michel died there in 1800.} His son Michel, husband of Catherine MAURER, died at Château-Salins in 1818. He had a brother, Jean, a weaver in 1795. Their sister Barbe married in 1787 at the Lutheran church of Kehl a François MULLER, Katzmatt (perhaps at Rosheim or at the Hohwald). Ulrich, married twice, had at least eight children, some of whose descendants became Catholic. Abjuration in Still on 22.5.1746 of Jean Joseph SALTZMANN, born in the census of the Münchhof of the parish of Haslach, son of Michel SALTZMANN and Anne GERBER, anabaptist of the said cense, aged 20 years. Would it be a brother of Michel? | Salzmann, Michel (I14673)
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| 11633 | The Jacob Beller Family Record, 1803-1970. Barbara was born at Bambois de Plaine (above Plaine) March 22, 1847. The clearing of Bambois between Les Quelles and Plaine was the site of a lumber mill and Anabaptist cemetery, and was home to Ropps before they migrated down from the Vosges Mountains. Barbara Beller arrived in America on September 13, 1878 on the Ship "Neckar" from the port of Bremen. She was the last passenger listed on the ship's passenger list (Ancestry.com, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1878, September 13 > Neckar) She did work for a Mrs. Schertz in Tiskilwa, Illinois. Barbara became the second wife of Christian Eigsti in Bureau County in 1882 after Christian's first wife, Elizabeth (Orendorff) died. According to their wedding certificate in Bureau County, it was Christian's second marriage and Barbara's first marriage. They were married In Indiantown in Bureau County, at the home of Andrew Hauter by Joseph Burcky. The Eigsti's lived and farmed near Morton, Illinois. They had one daughter, Mary. Barbara died when Mary was 9 months old. Before she died, she asked Mary's half sister, (Katie) Mrs. Jonas Litwiller, to care for Mary, and this is Mrs. Litwiller did. According to her death certificate, Barbara died of "exsanguination" (blood loss) suggesting hemorrhage related to pregnancy or miscarriage. Barbara is buried at Landes Mennonite Cemetery, where her stone in the Eigsti grouping says, "Barbara wife of C. died May 25, 1887 at 40 years, two months, three days." | Beller, Barbara (I6563)
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| 11634 | THE JOHN ENGEL FAMILY According to family tradition, John Engel was a sort of scout or pathfinder to the groups of emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine, France, who came to establish homes in America during the 1830's and later. He left France in 1829 and moved through Pennsylvania to a point in Ohio from which he walked across country to this community. Afterwards, he walked to Galena. Illinois, where there was a lead industry, then to Keokuk, Iowa, where there was a button industry. The buttons were punched out of mussel shells taken from the Mississippi River. He evidently satisfied himself that neither of these places were his cup of tea; so he came back to Metamora, where he purchased a farm within a mile west of that village. When the Metamora Courthouse was built, the timber for the interior structure was procured from the grove on his farm. John Engel married Barbara Detweiler, who was a sister of Henry Detweiler, the captain and owner of river steamboats operating between Peoria and St. Louis. Tradition has it that he became a friend of General Grant by helping transport Grant's Troops from Missouri to the eastern side of the river early in the Civil War. After the war he continued in the river business until late in the 19th century, when he joined the Woodruff brothers in the river ice business. His son Tom later bought and presented to the City of Peoria the old Payson Farm to be called Detweiler Park in honor of his father. In 1832 John Engel became the driver of a supply wagon for the troops in the short Blackhawk War. After this he engaged in farming and raising a family of two sons and five daughters. In 1833 John's father. Christian, who was an ordained minister of the Mennonite Church, came over from France accompanied by his brother Peter who settled on a farm south of Metamora. In the same year, one historian relates, the first church in Woodford County was organized in the home of John; and later, in the year 1854, a brick church known as the Partridge Church was built on the road between Metamora and Germantown. A field stone monument on the south side of the road marks the spot today. The oldest son, Christian II, who married Elizabeth Nafziger purchased a farm northwest of Washington just across the road from the old Union Church and raised a family of two sons and four daughters. A daughter of John II, Evelyn Smith, resides in Washington as do the children of Matilda, who married John Summer. Her children are Clayton, Harvey, and Lester Summer. Two sons, Ira and Earl, and one daughter, Verna (Foley), are deceased. All of the other daughters of John, the pioneer, married and moved away from this community except the youngest, Rachel, who married Peter Sweitzer and bore two sons, Willard and Fred, the latter of whom is still living. The other son, Joseph, never married. He died in 1921 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. | Engel, John (I10285)
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| 11635 | The Jordi family ancestral village is Steinen, Switzerland. Jordi/Jordy= Jordan/Jordanus, a first name from the times of the Crusades. ———————————— Obit: “Peter Yordy was born June 12, 1815 in Alsace, France according to his headstone. However, according to official documents, he was born July 26, 1815. Civil Register, Windstein, Alsace, France (FHL Microfilm #1069482)states "7/26/1815 Pierre Jordi (masculine)born 2 a.m., son of Jacques Jordi (37, Laboureur) and Catharine Schantz of Jaegerthal near Windstein. Witnesses Jean Wolber and Pierre Mathis." In about 1819, Peter's family moved to Munich, Bavaria, Germany [ Woodford County Tax Records, 1868 located at the Illinois Mennonite Historical Society, Metamora, IL]. He grew up about 20 miles south of Munich. Peter had one known sister, Jacobina aka Philabena. It is possible that Peter had a second sister named Elizabeth, who emigrated to the US in 1849 and married Peter Gerber in 1850. Peter also had at least one brother, Christian Yotty, who emigrated with his future wife Katherina Stalter. Peter Emigrated in 1838. Peter "Jordte" or "Jodte" from France arrived in New York on the packet ship "Charles Carroll" from Le Havre on September 17, 1838. On the passenger list immediately before Peter's name is the name of Joseph "Heser" (Heiser, 20) and Andrew Burkey (29). Heiser and Burckey were from Hanfield, about 20 miles south of Munich. While there is little record of Peter's life immediately after his arrival in Illinois in 1839, it is likely that he worked within the Amish community for an established Amish farmer as a laborer. On February 9, 1847, Peter married Miss Mary Birkey, a Mennonite woman with a 9 year-old son, John Horn, at the Dillon Creek Congregation in Tazewell County. Peter and Mary had 8 additional children. Peter and family lived in Tazewell County until 1867 when they moved to Woodford County, residing 2 miles east of Roanoke on Panther Creek. Peter was a member of the Roanoke Mennonite Church and the Panther Creek Church of the Brethren. He was very interested in education and sponsored an English class for Amish children in his home. Peter died on July 2, 1897 and was buried in the Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery.” ————————————————— In 1866 Peter purchased 200 acres of land from Andrew Johnson and his wife in Woodford Co. for $8000. Peter Yordy hosted a private German school, conducted by the one-armed teacher Christian Erismann (1835-1904), in his home from 1870 to 1871., Peter’s probate record lists as heirs the following: Lizzie Bachman, Mary Orendorff, Chris Yordy, Jacob K. Yordy, Joseph Yordy, Barbara Yordy, Peter Yordy, Lizzie Erb, Bella Schrock, David Yordy, Mary Zimmerman, Simon Yordy, John E. Yordy, Emma Swartzendruber and Fannie Yeakley--seven of his own children and eight children of John Yordy, Mary’s son from her first husband. ————————————————— “He (Peter) arrived from the Dillon Creek congregation and he joined the Roanoke Mennonite Church, but was [also] active in the Panther Creek Church of the Brethren....Several of Peter’s descendants are buried in the Panther Creek Cemetery. Peter’s great great grandson, Peter Yordy, was the pastor of the Panther Creek Church of the Brethren in 2004.” ————————————————- “Peter Yordy (b. 1815) died in 1897 when Amos Yordy, son of Christian, was 13 years old. The Amos Yordy from northern Illinois was, of course much older (46). However, I find it highly unlikely that Amos Yordy of northern Illinois had any financial dealings with Peter Yordy (b. 1815). I have tried to find any kind of evidence of interaction between the Yordy's of northern Illinois and Peter Yordy (1815-1897) and have come up empty. So it would surprise me if Amos Yordy of northern Illinois had any involvement with Peter Yordy's death in 1897. On the other hand, Peter Yordy Jr. was killed when struck by lightening while picking grapes at the farm of his nephew, Amos Yordy, son of Christian Yordy and Salome Slagel. Such a death may well have prompted an inquest and Amos may well have incurred some expense since it happened on his farm. Peter Jr. was moderately mentally retarded. His sister Barbara was mildly retarded, or at least, mentally unstable. Both were cared for by their parents well into their adult lives. Peter and Mary deeded their home place to Peter Jr. and Barbara to assure that the children had sufficient assets of their own, and a place to live after Peter and Mary's deaths. In 1901, after Peter Sr.'s death, and with Mary being quite old and apparently senile, and on the brink of death, the Yordy children went to court and had Peter Jr. declared legally incompetent. The court order described Peter Jr. as "distracted". The court named his uncle, Christian Bachman (husband of Elizabeth Yordy) as his guardian or conservator [Case file reviewed at Woodford County Courthouse]. Christian Bachman remained Peter's conservator until Peter died in 1909. Peter was obviously not competent to have a will. His estate was eventually divided amongst his surviving siblings and the children of his deceased half-brother, John Birky Yordy, who had died in Nebraska on December 31, 1906. In 1915, Peter's sister, Barbara, was also declared mentally incompetent ("distracted"). Her brother, Christian Yordy, was named her conservator until his death in 1922. At that time, Christian's son, Amos, took over as guardian for a short time. Later, Joseph Yordy's son (and Barbara's nephew) Ezra Yordy acted as her guardian until her death in 1943 [Barbara Yordy Guardianship Procedures, Woodford County Courthouse]. Based on the above facts, I believe it more likely that the Peter Yordy estate in question is the estate of Peter Yordy Jr. And the "Amos Yordy" in question is the son of Christian Yordy and Salome Slagel and the grandson of Peter Yordy. I have not been able to find a thing on Peter Yordy (Sr.'s) death in 1897. I have been to the Woodford County Courthouse searching for a death certificate, estate file, obituary, or ANYTHING that would give me some information, but have found nothing on the deaths of Peter Yordy in 1897 or Mary Yordy in 1902. My belief is that they had transferred all of their assets to their children before they died in return for care during their senior years. This was apparently a common practice among Amish/Mennonites at the time and was very common among members of the Church of the Brethren (which Peter and Mary attended in their later years). Such an arrangement avoided probate, etc. I also suspect their funerals were conducted at the Church of the Brethren. It was located less than a mile from their home east of Roanoke. That might explain the total absence of historical documents on their deaths in the Roanoke Mennonite Church records, and the absence of any obituary (which was frowned upon by the Brethren Church.” ———————————————— According to Gary Yordy, a family story says that John's father was a German army officer. "It is possible that John B. Yordy's relationship to Peter Yordy as a foster son would have remained a family secret, were it not for the fact that John's daughter, Fannie Yordy, decided to marry Peter Yordy's nephew, Joseph Yeackley." "In about 1883, Peter and Mary temporarily moved to the home of their daughter Mary and her husband Daniel Orendorff in Flanagan. Their Roanoke farm home was occupied by their son Christian and his family at the time while a second smaller home was built on the farm for Peter and Mary. In 1884, Peter and Mary moved in to the new home at Roanoke and were shortly joined by his niece, Barbara Jordy and her son, Chris H.--recently arrived from Bavaria." (Gary Yordy) The family is found on the 1850 census of Tazewell County as farmer Peter Yatty, 45, Germany; Mary, 34, Germany; John, 12, Germany; Christian, 2, Illinois; and Mary, 1, Illinois. The proximity of neighbor Uriah Crosby suggests their first homestead was in the northern half of Morton. “Peter paid $1,400 for 154 acres of land Jan. 30, 1852. The land came in three parcels: two totaling 85 acres in south-central Groveland, and another 70 acres in north-central Elm Grove. The household of Peter and Mary can be found on the 1860 census of Elm Grove as farmer Peter 'Yarty,' 54 [he was actually 45], born in France; Mary, 49 [she was actually 44], born in Bavaria; John, 21, born in Bavaria; Christian, 11, Illinois; Mary, 10, Illinois; Jacob, 7, Illinois; Elizabeth, 4, Illinois; Philip [Peter Jr.], 3, Illinois; and Joseph, 2, Illinois. Their neighbors (Joseph Heiser, Joseph Ropp, Samuel King, Peter and Christian Gerber) indicate that they probably lived on the north side of Allentown Road, across from Joseph Heiser. The property must have been sold before 1864; the plat map published in that year does not show a Yordy property. On Feb. 10, 1865, Peter purchased 80 acres of land at Nebraska Township (later Flanagan), Livingston County. The farm was cultivated by John Birkey Yordy 1865-71, then occupied by daughter Mary and her husband Daniel Orendorff, while John moved to Lombardville, Stark County. In 1867 the family moved onto a 200-acre farm on Panther Creek at Roanoke, Woodford County. It was located about 3.5 miles north of Christian's farm. The household is found on the 1870 census of Roanoke as farmer Peter 'Yottey,' 54, Bavaria; Mary, 53, Bavaria; Christian, 22, Bavaria [Illinois]; Mary, 20, Bavaria [Illinois]; Jacob, 17, Ohio; Elizabeth, 16, Ohio; Peter, 14, Ohio; Joseph, 12, Illinois; and Barbara, 7, Illinois. Peter joined the Roanoke Mennonite Church, but also attended services at the nearby Panther Creek Church of the Brethren. The 1880 census of Roanoke shows them as 'Peter Yordie,' a 65-year-old farmer born in France, of parents born in France; and Mary, 64, born in Bavaria, of parents born in France. Children living with them include Elisabeth, 25; Peter, 24; Joseph, 23; and Barbara, 19. Mary can be found as an 84-year-old widow on the 1900 census of Roanoke, living with children Peter, 44, and Barbara, 39. On that form Mary (or someone in her stead) stated that she was born in Germany of French parents, and that she came to America in 1847. In about 1884, Peter and Mary moved into the household of their daughter Mary and her husband Daniel Orendorff at Flanagan. The Roanoke farm was occupied by son Christian and his family. “ —————————————————— In December 2007, genealogist Joseph Staker discovered the historic record of Peter’s immigration to America. Twenty-three-year-old “Peter Jordte” or “Jodte” from France emigrated to New York. He arrived on the packet ship, Charles Carroll, which arrived from Le Havre on September 17, 1838. This individual’s name falls directly in a crease in the paper, making it difficult to read clearly. On the passenger list immediately before Peter’s name is the name of Joseph “Heser” (20) and Andrew Burkey (29) and his wife, Barbara (29) and son Joseph (2). These people are thought to be Joseph Heiser; Andrew Burcky (son of Andrew Birki and first cousin of Peter Yordy’s future wife, Mary Birkey Yordy) and his wife, Barbara Eyer/Oyer and their son, Joseph. Joseph Heiser had lived at Hanfeld, and Andrew Burcky had lived at Söcking. The two villages are adjacent and the town squares only two miles apart, very near Starnberg, and approximately 20 miles south of Munich. The fact that Peter, Joseph, and Andrew emigrated together suggests that they knew each other prior to the trip. Further credence is leant to this theory by their actions after arriving in Illinois. In the 1855 Tazewell County Census and the1860 US Census, Peter, Joseph, and Andrew were all next-door neighbors in Elm Grove Township, Tazewell County. | Yordy, Peter (I513)
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| 11636 | The Jordi family shares nearly identical Y-DNA with the families Joder, Zimmerman, Martin, and Ernst. The DNA evidence implied that these five families share a common ancestor, born ca. 1000 AD. . . . The Jordi and Joders may have indirectly taken their names from Theodor of Graymont, the first bishop of Octodorum (now Martigny in Canton Valais). Jakob Jordi did not initially go far from Ste. Marie-aux-Mines. In 1715, he is identified as a member of the Amish congregation in Belfort, France, some 75 miles south of Ste. Marie-aux-Mines. Jakob Jordi of Belfort and his wife (identity unknown) had at least three sons. | Jordi, Jakob (I9944)
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| 11637 | THE LIFE OF JOSEPH VERKLER JOSEPH VERKLER, WAS BORN NEAR STRASBOURG, GERMANY, IN 1807, THE SON OF JOSEPH AND KATHARINA RINGENBERG VERKLER. WHEN 21 YEARS OF AGE HE WAS DRAFTED FOR THE REGULAR ARMY AND AFTER 2-1/2 YEARS OF SERVICE, WENT HOME ON A FURLOUGH OF TWO WEEKS. HIS MOTHER AND HIS STEP-FATHER PETER ENGEL, WHOM SHE HAD REMARRIED AFTER THE DEATH OF HER FIRST HUSBAND, JOSEPH, WERE PREPARING TO EMIGRATE TO AMERICA. KATHARINA HATED TO LEAVE YOUNG JOSEPH BEHIND AND THROUGH THE AID OF A FRIENDLY GENDARME ( A FRENCH POLICE OFFICER ), THE YOUTH'S ESCAPE WAS PLANNED. IN THE MENNONITE FAITH AT THAT TIME NO MAN WAS PERMITTED TO WEAR A MUSTACHE. JOSEPH, HOWEVER, BEING A SOLDIER, WORE A MUSTACHE. HIS FIRST MOVE IN PLANNING TO ESCAPE WAS TO SHAVE OFF HIS MUSTACHE; THEN, BY APPROPRIATING A FRIEND'S PASSPORT AND USING HIS FRIEND'S NAME JOSEPH GINGERICH, HE WALKED FROM STRASBOURG TO HAVRE. THERE HE MET SOME MENNONITE FRIENDS, NAUFSINGER BY NAME, WHO WERE ALSO EMIGRATING TO AMERICA AND HAD IN SOME WAY LEARNED OF HIS PLAN. WITH THEM HE SET SAIL AND HAD BEEN ON THE OCEAN SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE HIS FURLOUGH EXPIRED. THIS WAS IN THE WINTER OF 1829. UPON HIS FAILURE TO REPORT FOR SERVICE, THE GENDARME WHO HAD HELPED HIM TO ESCAPE, NOW PRETENDING TO BE VERY ANGRY AT NOT FINDING THE YOUTH, SCOLDED HIS MOTHER SOUNDLY. HAD HER SON JOSEPH BEEN FOUND HE WOULD HAVE BEEN COURT-MARTIALED AND SHOT. SMALL WONDER THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HE OFTEN DREAMED THAT HE HAD MET WITH SUCH PUNISHMENT. JOSEPH LANDED IN NEW YORK CITY AND THEN WALKED TO LANCASTER COUNTY, PENN., WHERE HE WORKED FOR $7.00 A MONTH. EIGHTEEN MONTHS LATER HE CROSSED THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS AFOOT. ARRIVING IN BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO, HE SECURED A JOB AT CUTTING WOOD FOR 25 CENTS A CORD. SIX MONTHS LATER HE STARTED FOR ILLINOIS WITH HIS ENTIRE SAVINGS OF $100.00. HE MADE THE TRIP BY BOAT DOWN THE OHIO RIVER THEN UP THE MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS TO PEORIA, THEN CALLED FORT CLARK. HE WAS MARRIED TO JACOBINA ENGEL ON DEC. 27, 1832 BY REV. CHRISTIAN ENGEL, WHICH WAS HER FATHER. CHRISTIAN ENGEL WAS A MENNONITE MINISTER WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME AS BENEDICT WEYENETH IN THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN FAITH. JACOBINA ENGEL, WAS BORN IN ALSACE-LORAINE, THE DAUGHTER OF CHRISTIAN AND BARBARA BRUNNER ENGEL. SHE EMIGRATED TO AMERICA WITH HER PARENTS WHEN SHE WAS QUITE YOUNG. THEY WERE ON THE OCEAN 65 DAYS, BEFORE LANDING IN NEW ORLEANS AND SETTLED IN METAMORA, ILLINOIS. AT THE AGE OF 21 SHE MARRIED HER HALF-BROTHER'S STEP-SON, JOSEPH VERKLER. THEIR FIRST HOME WAS A ONE-ROOM LOG-CABIN ON KICKAPOO CREEK, WEST OF PEORIA. IN 1834 JOSEPH AND JACOBINA VERKLER MOVED NEAR METAMORA, WHERE THEY CLEARED SEVERAL TIMBER FARMS. IT WAS AT THIS TIME WHEN JOSEPH BECAME INVOLVED WITH BENEDICT WEYENETH AND HIS NEW AMISH (NEU TAUFER) MOVEMENT AT THE PARTRIDGE CREEK CHURCH. IN 1864-1865 JOSEPH BECAME A CITIZENS OF PLEASANT RIDGE TOWNSHIP NEAR FORREST, ILLINOIS. WHERE HE BOUGHT 800 ACRES OF LAND. IT WAS HERE THAT THE NORTH SIDE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH WAS STARTED. 110 YEARS OF "NORTH SIDE" APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH BY BEN NUSSBAUM "AS ADDITIONAL FAMILIES MIGRATED TO THE AREA AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROUP WORSHIP PRESENTED ITSELF AND, UNDER VERKLER'S LEADERSHIP, SERVICES WERE SOON BEING HELD IN NEARBY HOMES. IF A HOUSE HAPPENED TO BE TOO SMALL THEY WOULD CONGREGATE IN THE BARN. ABOUT 1868 OR 1870 A SMALL TWO-ROOM CHURCH WAS BUILT ON VERKLER'S LAND AT THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE. BASICALLY THEN, THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE NORTH SIDE. THOUGH THE GROUND PROVED UNSATISFACTORY, THE BUILDING WAS ADEQUATE UNTIL ABOUT 1875 WHEN THEY RELOCATED TO A HIGHER ELEVATION BEFORE CONSTRUCTING AN ADDITION. JOSEPH WOULD SERVE AS THE FIRST MINISTER FOR NORTH SIDE CHURCH, AND LATER WOULD BE ASSISTED BY RUDOLF LEUTHOLD AND THEN JACOB HONEGGER. ON SEPT. 7, 1885 JACOBINA VERKLER DIED AND 16 DAYS LATER JOSEPH SEPT. 23, 1885, WOULD FOLLOW HER. THEY WERE BURIED IN THE VERKLER FAMILY LOTS. THE VERKLER FAMILY NAME IS LONG GONE FROM THIS AREA AND THE FAMILY LOTS IS ALL THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO REMEMBER THEM BY. WITH OUT JOSEPH VERKLER COMING TO LIVINGSTON COUNTY, THE CHANCES ARE THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN FAITH WOULDN‚T OF EITHER. ——— JOSEPH VERKLER‚S OBIT FAIRBURY BLADE SEPT. 25 1885 MR. VERKLER, LIVING NORTH OF FORREST, DIED TUES. EVENING. HIS AGED COMPANION PRECEEDED HIM SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. FUNERAL TODAY AT 2 P.M. FAIRBURY BLADE OCT. 2 1885 JOSEPH VERKLER, AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS OF MANY WEEKS, QUIETLY AND PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME NEAR FORREST, ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 23 1885, AGED 78. HE CAME TO PLEASANT RIDGE NINETEEN YEARS AGO, AND EVER SINCE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE DIED. ON DECEMBER 27 1832, HE WAS MARRIED, AND LIVED HAPPILY WITH HIS WIFE UNTIL HER DEATH, SOME TWO WEEKS AGO. NINE CHILDREN, WE BELIEVE, WERE THE FRUIT OF THIS UNION, OF WHOM EIGHT SURVIVE THEIR PARENTS. HIS REMAINS WERE INTERRED IN THE FAMILY CEMETERY ON THURSDAY. THE LARGE ATTENDANCE OF FRIENDS ATTENDED THE UNIVERSAL ESTEEM HE HAD WON, AND EXPRESSED THE GENERAL SYMPATHY WITH HIS BEREAVED FAMILY. HE DIED AS HE HAD LIVED, A PURE AND UPRIGHT MAN. | Verkler, Joseph Jr. (I5792)
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| 11638 | The marriage of this couple is the first mention of Anabaptists in the parish of Rhodes. | Ringenberg (Ringueberg), Anne (I15756)
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| 11639 | The marriage record included the information that Magdelaine Guerber was the mother of Barbe Guerber, who had been born 1 January 1830. The marriage was recorded as that of Joseph Guingrich of Montigny and 'Magdelaine Guerber' of Ste. Croix farm at Fribourg. Peter/Pierre Gerber, the father of the bride, was working on Ste. Croix farm and attended the wedding. The marriage entry also recognized that the couple had a child together. The birth of their daughter Barbe had been registered at Fribourg Jan. 1, 1830. The couple signed the entry as 'Joseph Guingrich' and 'M. Guerber.' | Family: Joseph Gingerich / Magdalena Guerber (F1482)
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| 11640 | The marriage record of Caspar’s son, Josef, names his mother as Barbe Ruvennach. The other children’s marriage records name Marie Blaser as mother. NOTE: Anne Rouvenacht [Barbe’s sister?] married Jean Hirschy b. 1752, who is listed as a witness to Anne Schrag’s marriage and is named as her cousin. | Rouvenac (Rüfenacht), Barbe (I2227)
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| 11641 | The marriage witness, Peter Christner, is from the Christner family that went from Windstein to Burgwalden by Augsburg, and some ended up in Central Illinois. | Family: Jakob (Jacques) Jordy / Catharina Zehr (Zahrin) (F7002)
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| 11642 | The mixup of Gerard for Schrag would continue until April 11, 1863, when Christophe Schrag (a son of Andreas/André’s brother Christian/Christophe) made a grievance at a public meeting of the civil tribunal in District 2 of the department of Meuse. He explained that the persistent error could only be explained by poor pronunciation of the word Gerard. This resulted in a lengthy remark inserted in the civil records of Chassey, detailing all the family events that had been misidentified because of it. See article with the full story “The Schrag-Gérard Mystery” at https://birkey.org/articles/schrock-schrag/the-schrag-gerard-mystery/ | Schrag (Gerard), Christophe (I9515)
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| 11643 | The name of his first wife is unknown. | Gingerich (Güngerich), Georg (I15895)
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| 11644 | The name of the newborn was given as 'Joseph Richely' in the entry and the index. His parents were described as cultivator Jean Rechely, 45, and Elizabeth Vocker. (Moussey is 10 km west of Strasbourg) | Roeschley, Johannes (Jean) (I584)
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| 11645 | The name Roeschley appears as being spelled in a variety of ways--Roeschli, Roeschle, Rechlin, Richly, Recheli, even Roeschi and Boeschli. M. Hébert’s records has Jean Richely and Madeleine Eichelberger as the parents of Jean Richely (b. 1742 at Ste. Marie/Mines: d. 30 Dec 1812 at La Croix aux Mines). In 1797 Jean and Elizabeth sold a windmill at Ste. Pole (Meurthe-et-Moselle). However, if they did live there, it was not a long time, as four of their eight known children were born at Hercholet (in 1761, 1763, 1786, 1790) and one at Saulxures in 1781. “In the early to mid-1700s Jean Röschli and Madeleine Eichelberger may have lived together at Echery, the hamlet below Ste. Marie-aux-Mines that had once been home to Jacob Amman. Jean is only known to us through an 1812 death entry for a son. By then Jean had died; Madeleine was living in old age at a place described as 'Echri.' “ | Reschly, Johannes (I605)
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| 11646 | The name Zehr is found in Switzerland although it is not very common. Struth in Lower Alsace seems to have been an early home of the Anabaptist Zehr family. Three brothers -- Jost, Nicolaus and Johannes were living in Struth in 1768. They were all born in Stocken, Switzerland. According to a 1768 document, they were authorized to receive three fourths of the 500 pounds which they had requested. The other fourth was to go to Barbara and Magdalena Schoeni from Reichenbach in the jurisdiction of Frutigen. The mother of Barbara and Magdalena was a daughter of Johannnes Zehr, who was also the father of the above three brothers. They were all grandchildren of Peter Zehr of Stocken, desceased, "who years ago left the land." The court record did not specify whether this was inheritance money or whether the Zehrs were Anabaptists. They were Swiss, however, and it is probably legitimate to speculate that they were the ancestors of the Anabaptist Zehrs who were still found in Struth many years later. The Zehr family in France is a large family whom researchers have not been able to place together into one extended whole. some left France and went to Bavaria, from whence they migrated to America. Others came directly to America, and still others have remained in France. It has not yet been possible to put all the Canadian Zehr immigrants into one family. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kipferbeller&id=I0452 | Zehr, Joseph (I8597)
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| 11647 | The older children went to Illinois, the younger to Indiana and Ohio. Source , page 10, tells a different story of Joseph’s death and burial. “According to Bishop Samuel Gerber, Joseph Sommer, his great grandfather, one day walked from his place to son Peter’s, a distance of about six miles. On the way he became ill. He arrived at Peter’s home and passed away there a few days later, August 4, 1856. He is also buried in the Slabtown Cemetery . Later his widow, Anna, became ill and eventually was moved to Allen County, Indiana, where she died and is buried.” | Sommer, Joseph (I6417)
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| 11648 | The oldest child of Christian Kinsinger was Johannes Kinsinger, who came to be known as John Kinsinger in America. He was born on October 21,1815 in Contwig, Germany. He was considered to be a very bright young man. At the age of 19 years, he determined that his future lay in coming to America and he traveled with a small group of Mennonite immigrants by ship from the Netherlands to New York, and on through Pennsylvania to Butler County, Ohio , a center of Amish and Mennonite life in the Midwest. John (Jean) Kinsinger (19) is listed on page 1 of the Passenger List of the ship "Sully" which arrived in New York from Le Havre on November 5, 1834. In Ohio, he was a hired laborer on Amish and Mennonite farms. In a few short years, the frugal John had saved enough money to operate his own farm. He continued the family tradition of leasing land. In 1836, he met another recently-arrived Mennonite immigrant, Barbara Smith and they were married in 1837. In 1840, the family (as John Kensinger) was living in St. Clair Township, Butler County, Ohio and consisted of 1 male and 1 female (John and Barbara) age 20-30 years, and 1 male and 1 female under 5 years (John Jr. and Magdalena). St. Clair Township in Butler County is in the far southwestern corner of Ohio surrounding the village of Overpeck. 1840 US Census, Ohio, Butler Co., St. Clair Township, Sheet #4. In 1850, the family was living in Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio and consisted of John (34), Barbara (34), Malinda (12), Barbara (10), Jacob (8), John (6), Anna (4), and Elizabeth (3 months) along with two laborers: John Reddigel (Rediger) and Wendel Greaser. It is unclear whether the family moved slightly south, or whether the township line moved north. They had seven children when Barbara died in 1860. Shortly after Barbara's funeral, the devastated widower loaded his children into a wagon and left for Illinois, stopping near Groveland in Tazewell, County. He knew some of the residents of Groveland (Christian Bechler) who had lived in Butler County before coming to Illinois and was able to lease some farmland almost immediately. One of those Groveland families was the Christian Wagler family. John knew Christian and his wife Catherine Ulrich Wagler and their children well. The Wagler's and John had all came to America around the same time and had been members of the same congregation in Ohio. Even so, it was a surprise to many when the 41 year-old widower with seven children married the 21 year-old daughter of Christian and Catherine Wagler, Barbara Wagler, in 1861. John and Barbara Wagler Kinsinger had eight children. John became a highly successful farmer in Tazewell County. In addition to raising a total of 15 children, the couple opened their home to several orphans. John was gregarious, articulate, and well-informed. He was very interested in politics and business. He also taught himself to read and write English. That made him an important man in the largely German-speaking Mennonite community. He often served as a translator or go-between for transactions between the German-speaking Amish and Mennonites, and the English-speaking locals. For this reason, he was frequently called to court. It is said that he provided this service free of charge and earned much good will among his brethren. John Kinsinger died in October, 1900 at the age of 85. Barbara Kinsinger died two years later. Both are buried in the Landes Cemetery, one mile southeast of Groveland. Of the 15 children of John Kinsinger, almost all grew to be successful. They spread from Pennsylvania to Wyoming and John Kinsinger's descendents are now present in every state of the Union. (Copied from FindAGrave website) | Kinsinger, Johannes (I411)
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| 11649 | The only child of Catherine and Johannes to have migrated to America. David lived at Solln, a southwestern Munich suburb, and sailed with his wife Elizabeth Guth on the Minnesota in 1849. On 1 Apr 1844, Elisabeth Springer authorized her husband in Solln to realize the real estate. | Springer, David (I1143)
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| 11650 | The only one of his family to graduate from high school, Del went on to earn a B.A. in Biblical Education, an M.Div, and a D. Min. Ordained at the age of 19. Over the years kept up an avocation of sign painting in addition to his ministry in churches. Also used magic effectively with children. Wrote his first book in 1988, The House Church, published by Herald Press. Second book, The Fall of Patriarchy, was published by Fenestra in March 2005. | Birkey, Delmar Gene (I2)
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