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| 12851 | “Johannes Suttor was born circa 1764. A report for the birth of one of his children gives his birthplace. The document – written by a municipal clerk at Karlskron, 7 miles south of Ingolstadt – stated that he was born on the 'Lindenbrunnerhof bei Annweiler.' This may have been either of two locations. The first possibility is the LindeLbrunnerhof farm between Darstein and Münchweiler am Klingbach, about 4 miles from Annweiler. However, there is a good case to be made for the LindeNbrunnerhof farm at Heltersberg, only a few miles from Lemberg, Pirmasens, and Münchweiler an der Rodalbe but 18 miles from Annweiler. One strong clue seems to point to the Lindenbrunnerhof: an Ingold family that lived there also lived with them in other locations, intermarried with the Sutters, and now has descendants in Tazewell County.” | Sutor, Johannes (I521)
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| 12852 | “John and Barbara Sutter Bachman family also lived near Morton in Tazewell County. They had the misfortune of losing their first child. Thus, they gladly welcomed the opportunity to open their home to a homeless young lad by the name of John Grund. His name soon became John Bachman. The Bachmans also had twin daughters, Barbara and Lizzie, born June 15, 1861. Two more children, Lena and Joseph, were born but both died while young. Their youngest son was Andrew, who grew up in that area.” | Sutter, Barbara (I537)
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| 12853 | “John died May 19, 1881. His headstone in Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery says, "John Roeschley, starb. May 19, 1881, 69 Jahre, 5 Monat, und 11 Tag alt." This would yield a birth date Dec. 8, 1811. The longevity stated on the headstone must have been an incorrect guess made from the best available information. Someone who did not know his true date of birth simply took the date of his arrival in America (May 20, 1854) and deducted 43 years (the passenger list age) to guess his birth date, then calculated the longevity. Elizabeth's headstone in Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery says, "Elizabeth Roeschley, gest. d. 7 Jan. 1891, 60 Jahre alt." There is a Warranty Deed dated 31 Aug 1866 recorded for land transferred from Josephus Burton to John Roeschley. And the Atlas of Woodford County (1873) shows John Roeschley as a farmer on 160 acres in Section 31 of Roanoke, Worth Township, Woodford County. The 1880 census of Roanoke shows the family as retired farmer John Roschelz, 68, France; Elisabeth, 53, France; Jacob, 23; Lena, 22; John, 20; Elisabeth, 18; and Mary, 10; all children born in Illinois. In the French records this child born in 1812 is listed as Joseph, but erroneous registrations were not rare at this time--but it is also possible that Jean was born around 1810 in a temporary residence to these parents during their stay at Mussig and Moussey. Records received from Maurice J. Yordy put John's birth date at Dec. 8, 1811, but records from Germany give his date as July 6, 1812. The difference could be attributed to the change in the calendar. Johannes operated Hoser Mill at Spring Bay, IL, [1854 to 1863?] then farmed near Roanoke after 1863. The historical mill wheel now rests in front of the old courthouse in Metamora, IL, according to Maurice Yordy. https://www.historicmetamora.com/Mills.htm The story is told of Johannes being excommunicated from the church for working on Sunday. A customer arrived from a number of miles away on a Saturday when it was too late to grind the grain before dark, so Johannes told him to come back early Sunday morning and he would grind the grain so the customer wouldn’t need to make a second trip. Word of this got to the elders of the church, who were very displeased. Johannes would not back down since he felt he had done nothing wrong--only helped someone in need. Eventually the elders softened and reinstated him. [ | Roeschley, Johannes (Jean) (I584)
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| 12854 | “John P. Schmidt” served as minister of the Amish Mennonite congregation in Flanagan, IL in McLean Co., IL, for more than forty years, until just a month before he died. John, of Woodford Co., IL directed the dedication of the East Bend Mennonite Church in 1895. | Smith (Peterschmidt), John (Johannes) P. (I2747)
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| 12855 | “John Parks I (ca.1674-1757) was the settler who received a 1753 land grant, surveyed by George Washington in 1750....No will has been located....John I came to Old Frederick County, VA., during the early days of settlement and applied for a Fairfax grant, which he reassigned to a son named George Parks. His date of death has not been proven, but is believed to have been during the era of the French and Indian War." [George Washington was 18/19 years old in 1750.] ****************** "From 1750 to 1753, George Washington worked as a land surveyor and measured many of the properties in Northern Virginia. In 1750, at the age of eighteen years, George Washington surveyed land on or near the Capon River for John Park, Sr., and also for his presumed son, John, Jr., apparently an adult by that time. Records exist concerning three tracts thus surveyed: (a) a tract of 250 acres for John, Jr.: (b) a tract of 400 acres for John, Sr. (I); and possibly (c) a tract of 135 acres for an unknown John Park, Jr.... "In his letter of Sept 9, 1893, Moses' grandson James Parks confirms that his grandfather spoke of seeing George Washington more than once at the home of his father (John Park (II)) while the surveys were in progress.... "Mrs. Northcutt notes in her 1957 paper that John Park, Sr. (presumable the owner, John I), served as a chain carrier for surveyor George Washington in 1750. That is apparently indicated by the name "John Park" at the ends of the survey documents. One wonders, however, if this could have been John, Jr. (II), as John (I) was no longer a young man by then." (For info on Washington's notes of the survey, etc. see page 137, Park Origins.) "There seems little reason to doubt that John (I) married Sarah Smith, daughter of the Hopewell pioneer Andrew Smith, and that they and their son John Park (II) and others left Hopewell some time after 1735. That year saw the conclusion of a legal battle and the failure of the Parks' efforts to prevent Daniel Cox from ejecting them from the land around Hopewell on which they had lived for a generation. Possible the Parks and others went elsewhere in Hunterdon County, N.J. for a time, but no one is sure....It seems likely that John (I) and his brother-in-law Thomas Smith, Sr., were in Fairfax County by 1745." "....Both John and Thomas lost their land....due to a defect in their title. They forcibly ejected the new owners from their former land, and got into trouble with the law as a result." "...by 1731, the Parkes were listed as members of the First Presbyterian Church in Hopewell, Hunterdon County. The names included John Parke, Sr., John Parke, Jr….”. ———————————————————— Feb. 28, 1702/03 John and sister Ann were baptized at St. Mary's (St. Ann's?) church Burlington, NJ, by Rev. John Talbot, a traveling minister who traveled extensively in the area, marrying, baptizing and burying members in what was a very far flung parish. They were baptized as adults in order to be able to inherit their father's land. (Historical and Geneaogical Miscellany Vol. II, by John E. Stillwell - 1906 page 49. John bought land above the falls of the Delaware in Burlington Co. from theWest NJ Society on June 16, 1699. This is in book B page 648 of theIndex to Colonial Deeds prior to ca. 1795. John was appointed overseer of the poor in 1723, 1724 and 1725 in the Hopewell Town Meeting. One of the 50 signers of the compact to stand by each other and test the validity of Dr. Coxe's claim to eject those who did not pay for their land a second time in Hopewell. Not only did he and Thomas Smith refuse to pay for his land a second time he refused to vacate his land until forcibly evicted by Sheriff Bennett Bard who rented his homestead and Thomas Smith's to two yeomen, O'Guillon and Collier. This so enraged them that in July, 1735 they took their revenge by tar and feathering the interlopers on their land. Before this they got their families safely across the Delaware to Bucks Co. PA and then with about 10 others they broke into their former homes and tarred and feathered the two tenants, taking revenge and showing utter contempt for Coxe's dishonest officials. Tar is almost impossible to remove so it publicly shamed the two yeomen who sought to gain from injustice and they also burned their homes and barns and so reduced the profit to Coxe. John Parke, ThomasSmith and Bartholemew Anderson then escaped to PA while the other 10returned to their homes. Public sympathy was with the rebels however because in spite of great desperation in the community for money and their common knowledge of the identities of the perpetrators, nobody came forward to claim the large reward Coxe had offered for information on their whereabouts. A warrant was issued for their arrest. His land inHopewell may have the to the north of present day Broad St. between theGolden property and the present Greenwood Ave, part of a large tract held by John Parke, Roger's son and later by John Hixson. By mid century this belonged to John Hart, signer - on Hart Ave. Here is the Proclamation put out for their arrest: "In Council, A PROCLAMATION Whereas I have received information uponOath, that one Duncan Qguillon and one John Collier, were on the second day of July last past, severally put into the Possession of the DwellingHouses and Plantations lately in the Possession of John Parks and ThomasSmith, late of Hopewell in the County of Hunterdon, by Daniel Coxe Esq.;who then had possession of the said dwelling Houses and Plantations, delivered unto him by Bennet Bard, Esq.; High Sheriff of the said County of Hunterdon, by Virtue of a Writ of Possession to the said Sheriff, directed and issuing out of the Supreme Court of this Province of NewJersey: And that in the Night between the Thursday and the Friday following, divers Persons unknown, to the number of Twelve or more, being all disguised, having their Faces besmear’d with Blacking, and Armed withClubs, and Sticks in their Hands, Did in an Insolent, Violent, andRiotous Manner, break into and enter the said respective Dwelling Houses, and did Assault, Beat, and Wound the said Duncan Oguillon and JohnCollier, and other Persons then in the said several Dwelling Houses; and them did with Force & Arms, violently a move and turn out of possession,Cursing, Swearing, and Threatening in a most outrageous manner, that they would Kill and Murder the said Daniel Coxe, Esq; in Defiance of all Law and Government. To the end therefore, that the said audacious Offenders may be brought to condign Punishment; I have thought fit by and with theAdvice of his Majesty’s Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby promising his Majesty’s most Gracious Pardon, to any one of the saidOffenders, who shall discover one or more of their Accomplices so that he or they may be brought to condign Punishment. And as furtherEncouragement to any one who shall detect so unparallel’d and insolent anOutrage, I do hereby promise to Pay to the said Discoverer the Sum ofThirty Pounds, Proclamation Money, within one month after any or either of the said Offenders shall by his Means be convicted of the said Offence. Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at Perth Amboy, the TwentySecond day of August, in the Ninth Year of his Majesty’s Reign Anno Domini, 1735. By his Excellency’s Command, W. Cosby Lawr. Smyth, D. Secr. God Save the King Ed." Note: There appears to be no record of any neighbor coming forward to identify John Parke and Thomas Smith as the 'offenders' or to claim the substantial reward. John and Thomas and their families left shortly after for Virginia. John, brother-in-law Thomas Smith and friend BartholomewAnderson left right away in 1735. It is thought that Sarah and the rest of the children remained behind for awhile - possibly even as long as until 1745. I tend to doubt it was that long. I think they were just in various locations before finally purchasing their land inFrederick/Hampshire Co., VA - just keeping a low profile. Parke, Smith and Anderson eventually made their way to Morgan Bryan's settlement of Quakers on Opequon Creek in an area that became FrederickCo. VA and later Hampshire Co., WVA. Names of those who had resisted paying Coxe and later escaped Hopewell for debt appear in the names of those in this settlement in VA along with the two yeomen who were tarred and feathered!! - Duncan O'Quillon and John Collier, who after being beaten, tarred and feathered, realized they were not welcome in Hopewell!The greatest concentration of these folks from Hopewell were along BackCreek (the next creek west of Opequon) in a small, mountain community where a peak was named by its early settlers "Jersey Mountain." Back in Hopewell John had served as Constable and on the Grand Juryand was a respected member of the community. He had the most to lose ashe had 600 acres of good land with fruit trees etc. in Hopewell. Hepurchased 300 acres of this land in 1699 which was described as beinglocated in the north central part of what became Hopewell Twp. , north ofthe Village of Marshall's Corner. (Source Wm. Hunter & Richard L.Porter "Hopewell A Historical Geography." The three fled to Pennsylvaniaand may have spent some time there in Chester/Bucks Co. area. An unusualentry in Revel's Book of Surveys lists for a Thomas Parke (but in themargin it calls him John) for 300 acres next to Thomas Twigg on Feb. 27,1696-7. A time gap is found between the time John left Hopewell in 1735 and when he was recorded in land surveys in Hampshire Co. in 1745. It is possible that he was in Hampshire Co.(then Frederick Co., VA) before this time as were others as well whose land was not surveyed by GeorgeWashington, then a young 19 yr old surveyor until 1745 and after. Before these surveys were made, these settlers were living on their unrecorded land. John's first survey appears to be recorded by George Washington onApril 10, 1750 on Thomas Edward's Mill Run. I believe that John may have stayed a few years in the area of the Welsh settlement of PA (near present day Philadelphia) and came to Frederick Co.- Back Creek with the settlers that Morgan Bryan brought down from the Welsh settlement to the first of the Bryan Settlements there near Winchester - then calledHopewell (interesting!) Later of course Morgan Bryan was to take settlers further south to the second of the Bryan Settlements in Rowan Co. in present day Davie & Yadkin Co.s. John Parke's land was adjacent to Richard Arnold's land and they may have arrived in the area at the same time or together. This land aFairfax land grant, was later settled on by John Kale about 1774. No record has been found for a purchase of that land by John Kale. An 18th century mill mentioned in a courthouse land record in 1800 stood onKale's land. The graveyard on this land is known as the Kale family graveyard in present day but was the Parke family graveyard originally. John assigned his 400 acres in Hampshire Co. to his son George in1753. George Jr. and his mother Elizabeth (by then married to an Ashbrook) inherited it August 16, 1767. It was this land that John III, son of John II, George's brother, sued to get ownership of because being the son of John Parke Jr. he was rightful heir to the land of John Parke I, according to English law. John Parke I signed this survey assignment with the "e" at the end of his name. Also found in the Book of Survey of George Washington (July1749-October 1752), is a survey for 135 acres on Mill Run, a branch of the Capapon River, granted to John Park, Jr., 29 December 1760.( this is actually John III) On March 31, 1751, 30 acres of land was surveyed for Bartholomew Anderson. John and Bartholomew had left New Jersey togetherAnother record is found indicating that George Washington surveyed forThomas Parks, Sr. 127 acres, Frederick Co., River of Cacapon, April 12,1750. Memo of Survey, p. 37. "Park Origins" by Percival Park. (p.127). It is unknown if Thomas was related. In 1783 a John Park, wife Sarah of Hampshire Co., sold 135 acres onMill Run, a branch of Cacapon to George Horn. Rec: 11-11, 1783 Wit:none. This seems to the land survey by Geo. Washington above - however, why this was sold as late as 1783 doesn't make sense and John & Sarah were both long dead. (could it be 1753?) According to information from Mrs. Betty Northcutt, John Parke I had been killed by Indians, who propped up his body on a post for all to see. The exact date is not known for John's death. However his land warrant was assigned to his son George, who was also killed during theFrench & Indian War in which he served about the same time. Because George was soon dead also, this land went to George Jr. and was the land contested by John III. This assignment occurred about 1762. The date of his death has been narrowed down to sometime prior to Nov. of 1756 by this document found: 'Certificate James Smith heir to John Park's for a mare impressed Valued at 6 pounds to be laid before the counsel paying the money Nov 2nd 1756.Work of this nature are to be paid by the Colonel." "This is to certify that John Park's Mare was prest for an Express from Col. Washington to Col. Stephens she being valued at L 6.0 Henry Harris Fort Edwards April 29, 1756" James Smith had gone before the counsel to state that he never received the mare: "October 17th 1756 I sign over the within to James Smith Allen Park(s) November 2 day 1756 This day James Smith came before me the subscriber and made oath that the within roane mare prest at Fort Edwards was never returned to the owner nor his agent James under my hand this day and year above Tho. Swearingen" His land which bordered on the land (400 acres) of Richard Arnold Sr.& Jr. and later John Arnold was bought by Hans Jerg Kail/Kehl/Coehl/Kale/Cale about Bet.1760-1774. Great-grandson Samuel remembered that the house was situated on the land at the foot of the hill below the graveyard. He also remembered that George Washington stayed with them while he was doing the Fairfax land deed surveys. The land was near Bubbling Springs, a mineral spring and on the Great Capecapon River. Johann Georg/John George died in 1797 and was buried on the land in the graveyard first used as a family graveyard by John Parke Sr., Sarah Smith & their family and the Arnold family. The land was divided evenly between his 3 sons, Peter, John & George. Peter & John sold their share to brother George and they moved to Ohio. April 11, 1750 surveyed for Joseph Edwards - 400 acres on Cacapon River -granted to him in 1752, this property was immediately north ofRichard Arnold who witnessed the survey by Washington. This property was about 3 miles south of Capon Bridge on the Cacapon just north of Bubbling Springs, it was exactly one mile (320 poles) long and5/8 mile (200 poles) wide which is 400 acres and was oriented 33 degrees south of east. The western or northwestern boundary was at the foot of Dillon's Mtn. on the west side of the river. Arnold's Ford is another 2 miles south. Property is between Capon Chapel cemetery on the north andKale and Monroe cemeteries on the south. Joseph Edwards had a 400 acre grant immediately to the north which was patented by Robert Pugh in 1760, John Chenoweth had the grant to the south which was above John Parke and the Bubbling Springs Chenoweth's grant was surveyed for Silvenius Smith in 1750. Frederick County, 2:208, 5 March 1746 On the petition of James Coddy, Thomas Smith, John Parks, William Naylor, Josiah Arnold, George Potts, Darby McKeaver, Samuel Farrington, George Hoge, Peter Foster, and Walter D[illegible] for a road from Park's graveyard near Cape Capon water, over Dillon's Run, into the Wagon Road on Joseph Edwards's land, it is ordered that the said road be cleared bythe said petitioners and that they work on the same under James Coddy, who is hereby appointed surveyor thereof. And it is further ordered that the said James Coddy cause the said road to be kept in good repair and make bridges thereon where required according to law. From: History of Nixon Family in Hampshire County It is estimated that George Nixon was born about 1718 in Pennsylvania, and came to this area during the early 1740s, where he married ElizabethArnold, daughter of Richard Arnold Jr. Elizabeth was born circa 1722 inChester County, Pennsylvania, and died about 1783. Apparently, GeorgeNixon knew the Arnolds and Edwards in Pennsylvania. The Arnolds, whose land adjoined John and George Parks, and James Caudy, were among the first settlers along the Cacapon River south of present-day Capon Bridge.At least five children were born to the union of George and Elizabeth(Arnold) Nixon. William, Jonathan, Hannah, Nancy, and Elizabeth Nixon.In1758, George inherited from his father-in-law, Richard Arnold Jr, the plantation house and one-half of the Arnold’s Fairfax land grant.Arnold’s will named son-in-law George Nixon and friend Jesse Pugh to be executors. Witnesses to the will were Roger Parke, James Caudy, and John Ashbrook, all early pioneers in Cacapon Valley. In 1779, George Nixon Sr.received a Fairfax grant for 79 acres along Dillon’s Run. That land was first owned by Jacob Fout who was killed by Indians before he could secure a title.Some time after Elizabeth’s death, possibly in 1785,George Nixon married a young woman named Rachel Parks, daughter of Andrew and Rachel (Mosley) Parks. Ironically, they named their three childrenWilliam, George and Joseph. Troublesome and confusing! From his first marriage to Elizabeth Arnold, old George Nixon also named his oldest sonWilliam, whom he promised the plantation house and a portion of theFairfax land grant. Elizabeth, while on her death bed, made a passionate plea for her husband to transfer the land legally to their son William.The son had paid the fee simple but George did not follow through to issue a deed. Neither did George Nixon Sr. give the land to William (now deceased) nor his heirs, in a will dated February 15, 1793. Instead, the plantation was willed to son George Nixon Jr., who was less than three years old. Now, the first William Nixon (of George Nixon Sr.) had died in1781, and his property, by law, was to have been passed on to his eldest son, being also named George Nixon (1769-1857). But, without a legal instrument, he was unable to assume ownership. To receive his intended due, grandson George, of William Nixon, filed a chancery court suit against son George Jr., of George Nixon Sr. George Jr., whose legal guardian was Francis White, the Hampshire County Sheriff, was about eighty ears old when the chancery suit was filed. Charles Magill, attorney for the plaintiff, called a list of witnesses to testify that George NixonSr. had verbally verified his intention for son William to inherit the land being questioned. These depositions provide insight into the CaponBridge community during the second half of the 18th century. Depositions were given by Rees Pritchard, Jacob Clutter, Michael Capper, John Perrill, Joseph Wilkinson, Sarah Nixon, Thomas Wilkinson, Benjamin Webb, Elizabeth Webb, John Albion, Mary Pugh, John Muir, John Arnold, BenjaminMcDonald, Robert Pugh, Michael Lyon, Isaac Lupton, and John Brown. Hopewell Meeting -Quaker meeting house in Opequon Creek, Old FrederickCo., VA began in 1732 - Back Creek Meeting house began in 1759-1869 and was Jesse Pugh's Meeting. More About John Parke: Burial: Park (Kale) Cemetery, Near Capon Bridge, Hampshire Co., WVA To Fairfax Co. VA: 1745, Then to Capon Valley (Capacon?), warrant for land 1750., in Old Frederick Co. VA - Hampshire Co. - now W VA Unjustly evicted from his: 1731, Hunterdon Co., Hopewell Twp. NJ property | Parke, John Sr. (I874)
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| 12856 | “John Schrock, a native of Lorraine, was of German ancestry, but was educated in French, which he spoke like a native. He was wedded to a lady of Lorraine, Miss Catherine Saltsman, and when the couple were the parents of two children, Joseph and his sister Catherine, they came to America in 1831 leaving the port of Havre in the spring. The passage across the boisterous Atlantic consumed forty-four days. They at length disembarked in Baltimore, Md., very much fatigued from the hardships they had endured during the long journey. From there they went to Lancaster, Pa., and a year later, in 1832 removed to Ohio, and located on a farm which the father operated, and in connection with it rented a mill, which he managed very successfully, it being the business in which he was most proficient. While living in Butler County, Ohio, the family was increased by the addition of three children, namely: John, Peter and Magdalena, who were bright and intelligent, and their mature years have not disappointed the fond expectations, which their parents conceived of the little French-Americans. In the autumn of 1850, Mr. Schrock and his family removed to Tazewell County, Ill., and located near Pekin, taking up wild land, but subduing it by patient industry until at their decease they were surrounded by numbers of broad acres well cultivated and supporting numerous fine domestic animals. During life they were members of the old Amish Church, and died in that communion. The father entered into his rest in his seventy-fourth year and the mother in her fifty-seventh." (Although the newspaper article said Johannas rented a mill, I’m wondering if in fact he might have managed a mill owned by the Flenner family. Daniel Flenner bought a mill site in 1812 and sold it in 1853, according to the book “Woodsdale’s Story” by Doris Page. Johannas and his family lived in that area during that time. Amishmen Iutzi and Augspurger are mentioned also in connection with the mill. (DB) ————————————————————— Newspaper article 20 Apr 1935 (at event of son John’s death) “...Back in Ohio lived Johannes Schrock, German born and also a follower of Menno. Schrock found Ohio pretty well settled, but from the Mennonites in mid-Illinois he heard of a growing new land where acres were cheap and crops were abundant. So Johannes Schrock with three horses, pushed through from Trenton, Ohio, to Pekin and looked at this new west. He liked it. He left one horse here and drove the other two back to the Buckeye state. Arriving, he told the anxious wife, who had been Katharina Salzman in her girlhood days in Germany, that they were moving to Illinois. To Joe, the oldest youth, was given the task of driving through with the horses and cattle and what goods they had. The father and mother took the rest of the family to Cincinnati where they took a boat down the Ohio to Cairo and up the Mississippi and Illinois to Pekin. Joseph’s son, Jonathan, was later able to point out to his family an American elm tree along the road west of Bloomington where Joseph had camped under his wagon the last night of his trip from Ohio. He had the reputation of being an excellent marksman. —————————————————————— “The [Johannes Schrock] family located in a log house on what is now the Allen Miller farm five miles east of Pekin. They were made at home by the Mennonites here and kindly neighbors; and because they were honorable and thrifty, they prospered.” , —————————————————————— Johannes and his family were counted in the 1850 Butler Co. census and were still there in October. They turn up in Tazewell in November. Land records seem to indicate John made a trip to Illinois prior to taking the family in November, since he had made arrangements to purchase land from the Niewkirk family before arriving. The sale was completed in December 1850. He likely stayed with the Christian Ackerman family and happened to be there when the census taker knocked and was counted again—twice in 1850! ——————————————————————— From John Garber information, Walter Ropp records: “Danny Garber, whose death by blood poisoning followed a threshing accident, should come in about here. My old Uncle Christ Ropp, who remembered everything that ever happened around there, said that his grave was the first one in the Railroad Cemetery. John Schrock, six months older and much like him said, "I know your Uncle 'Crysthel' had an awful good memory but there's one time when he was mistaken. It was the third one." And now that they are both gone these twenty years, who is going to settle it!” Bishop Samuel Gerber many times officiated at weddings and funerals of East Bend Mennonite Church members in the early 1900s. While living in Tazewell County, the Schrocks were surrounded by Gerbers and Ropps, including Bishop Samuel Gerber and Bishop Andrew Ropp. The families were obviously close neighbors and friends, and attended church together. So it was natural for both Bishops to be involved in the marrying and burying of these people, even after they had moved to Champaign County. When Johannes and his family first lived in Tazewell Co., they probably worshipped in the old Railroad School just across the road from Johannes’ land. W. A. Ropp writes about the school: “This school was begun about 1840 and continued to operate until 1872 or 1873 ... about the year 1835, a company was organized to build a railway eastward from Pekin--the grade was finished nearly to Tremont when the panic of 1837 stopped the work. A primitive log school house was built near the newly-graded roadway and was named the Railroad school, altho there was no railroad within a hundred miles. “Most of the land already had been taken up by settlers, for it consisted of some small, rich, open glades just lying round to let the sunshine in, and a good grade of timberland covered by a magnificent growth of hardwoods and elms--tall, straight and clean-trunked--that gave the township the name Elm Grove. “The first settlers were families from a number of eastern states and several German families, immigrants from the Upper Rhine country... they said they were Amish. These folks came rapidly and bought out the earlier eastern settlers, so that by 1845 the neighborhood was predominantly German. Some of the early families were the Youngs, the Hodgsons, the Griggs, several Nieukirk families, three Garber families, six Ropp families, and the Unsickers, Sommers, Schrocks, Heisers, Kings, Yordys, Litwillers, Hochstettlers, Birkeys and a few others.“ ———————————————————————— The only known photo of Johannes has sometimes been purported as his passport photo. However, according to Wikipedia: “In Europe, general peace between the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) and the beginning of WWI (1914), and development of railroads, gave rise to international travel by large numbers of people. Passports were not usually required; there were limited wars which caused some exceptions.” And, photos would not have been used in 1831--photography in its infant form came later--about 1839. ————————————————————————— Joseph Staker, in his discussion of the Schrock family, describes the land on which they settled: “The Schrocks (and Salzmans) lived on ‘ministerial’ land they had purchased from the State of Ohio. On Jan. 7, 1796, the Ohio Company set aside Section 29 in each of the ten townships of its second purchase for the support of religion. This set a precedent. When John Cleves Symmes made the Miami Purchase on Oct. 15, 1788, it included parts of Hamilton, Butler, and Warren counties. Congress approved his purchase but followed the earlier model by reserving Section 29 in each of the three counties for religious purposes. The State of Ohio was authorized by Congress in 1833 to sell or rent unused parts of each Section 29. The money from sales was invested, and churches within the boundaries of the original township received the interest and rent income until 1968.” ————————————————————————— In Ohio, the family worshipped with the Augspurger congregation, where Johannes’ brother, Peter, was a minister. This group was the more conservative of the two congregations near Trenton (the other being made up mostly of Hessian Christians who were more “liberal,” using buttons on their clothes rather than hooks and eyes). No doubt the Augspurger group followed the customs of kneeling for prayer and foot washing with communion, since the East Bend Mennonite Church in Champaign Co., Illinois, continued these customs well into the 1940s. ———————————————————————— John and his brother Peter, and Catherine’s father, Michael Salzman, purchased adjoining land in Section 29 of Lemon Township. In 1855 John sold 81+ acres to John Shertz. ——————————— With regard to John Schrock in their household, John and his family were counted in the 1850 Butler Co. census and were still there in October. They turn up in Tazewell in November. Land records seem to indicate John made a trip to IL prior to taking the family in November, since he had made arrangements to purchase land from the Niewkirk family before arriving. The sale was completed in December 1850. He likely stayed with the Ackermans and happened to be there when the census taker knocked, and was counted twice in 1850. Donna } | Schrock (Schrack, Gerrard), Johannes (I458)
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| 12857 | “John Stalter of Bavaria” | Stalter, Johannes (I10123)
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| 12858 | “John Zehr grew up on (his father’s) this farm near Goodfield, IL. In 1889, at the age of 27 years, he purchased forty acres of land in East Bend Township, Champaign County, approximately five miles northeast of Fisher, IL....John served as a director of the Dixon School for a number of years and he was one of the early members of the East Bend Mennonite Church....John loved to travel and he took his family to California on two different occasions. In 1909, he and his family stayed in Upland, CA for the winter. In 1911, he and his family journeyed once more to CA and this time resided in the Upland area for a year. During his stay in CA, John worked in the fruit groves picking oranges and lemons. Resided in Foosland, Illinois. | Zehr, John (I1137)
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| 12859 | “Joseph and family immigrated in 1857 aboard the ship "Vision" from Le Havre, which landed in New York on 1/2/1857.” | Zehr, Joseph (I9518)
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| 12860 | “Joseph Oyer/Schrock died in Tazewell County Dec. 28, 1851. Probate Record H 1851-53 shows that Andrew Roth applied to become administrator of his estate at Pekin Feb. 2, 1852. Peter Good [Guth] stood as guarantor for his $300 bond. An unnamed widow is mentioned as heir, but not a daughter (Anna would have been almost three months old at the time of this Joseph's death). Estate appraisers included Nicholas Roth and Benjamin Rediger. Some of the names of people purchasing items at auction included Andrew Roth, Nicholas Roth, Daniel Roth, Joseph Oyer, and John Springer. The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, transcribed from original entries, lists a marriage between Joseph Schrock and Catharine Schrock (the widow Catherine Ringenberg) in Tazewell County June 12, 1859. The family origins of the groom are unknown - and it is very possible that this was not his true name. Apparently, Catherine became pregnant immediately. Source cites this second marriage doc as a new husband named Joseph Schrock, when in actuality it is probably/could be a correction of the first document. “It seems more probable that she had a second ceremony with Joseph to make a correct entry for inheritance purposes. The first entry was worthless. It doesn't seem likely that two Joseph Schrocks were floating around Tazewell County, and so little is known about them.” Possibly this is a record of Joseph and Catherine living with Joseph’s parents (John and Catherine)--but who were they? 1850 census of TC: farmer John Schrock, 77, Germany; Catherine [Oyer], 57 [actually closer to 53], Germany; farmer Joseph, 27, Germany; and Catherine [Ringenberger, Joseph's wife], 24, Germany.} ————————— i. Catherine Ringenberg or Katie Ringenberger was born Nov. 14, 1826, and died at Farmdale Jan. 24, 1905. She is thought to be buried in Guth Cemetery at Washington, though no headstone is found there. On Nov. 20, 1849 in Tazewell County she married Joseph Schrock. The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists this marriage as 'Joseph Snook' and 'Catherine Rinkenberger,' so it is likely that the misspelling appeared on their original county marriage entry. They had a second civil ceremony June 12, 1859 (perhaps to correct the earlier record keeping error for purposes of future inheritance). Joseph was a son of Catherine Oyer, and his stepfather was John Schrock (see SCHROCK, JOHN SCHROCK OF GROVELAND). They are found on the 1850 census of Tazewell County (in a part that became Groveland) as farmer John Schrock, 77, Germany; Catherine [Oyer], 57, Germany; farmer Joseph Schrock, 27, Germany; and Catherine [Ringenberger], 23, Germany. Joseph died before the 1860 census. Catherine appears as 34-year-old widow 'Catherine Schrock' on the 1860 census of Groveland, with two children, 7-year-old Anna and 3-month-old Peter, living next door to her widowed father Peter Ringenberger. On Nov. 7, 1869 in Tazewell County she remarried to neighbor Jean Springer/John Spring. See SPRINGER for more on this couple. | Schrock (Oyer), Joseph (I8383)
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| 12861 | “Joseph Schrock, a well-to-do and successful farmer and stock-raiser of Montgomery Township is located on section 22. The village of Congerville, which was begun in the spring of 1888, is situated on a portion of his farm.* He owns about 320 acres of land, which is divided into two farms. Some of this land was bought in 1864, in which year he first came to this county, buying wild land and improving it with fences, trees, buildings, etc., and as fortune smiled upon him, purchasing more land, which he also improved until he is now very comfortably situated. Before coming to Montgomery Township, he resided some seven years in Roanoke Township, which was the second place in which he had located after coming to the state of Illinois in 1850. “...reared in Butler County, Ohio, and attended the common schools of the district through the winter, and in the summer assisted on the farm and in the mill, thus acquiring a practical knowledge of agricultural matters, and getting a good insight into business transactions while an employee in his father's mill. He was of legal age, but unmarried, when he came to this state. While a resident of Tazewell County, he was united in marriage with the lady of his choice, Miss Magdalena Guingerich, a country-woman of his....” , “Mr. and Mrs. Schrock are good, intelligent German people, industrious, thrifty, and provident, and although not mingling in political matters, yet make excellent citizens, and are worthy members of the New Amish Church.” (Apostolic Christian) According to Illinois Public Land Purchase Records found at Ancestry.com, Joseph Guingerich purchased 20,000 acres of land between Oct 1861 and Mar 1869, paying $224,000. Joseph Guingerich, his father-in-law, along with Peter Farni, built a mill in Woodford County (near Farnisville, Mackinaw River area). The first Joseph and Magdalena Schrock reunion was held in 1949. Several Pekin Schrocks and Tillman Smith attended, but did not return other years. So it became known as the Jonathan Schrock reunion. *The History of Congerville (page 10, 17) tells the story of the town’s original intention of being named Schrock and the ultimate decision to name it Congerville. | Schrock, Joseph (I460)
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| 12862 | “Joseph served as a Pershing Army officer, deserted the army and came to America, according to source . [Did he join the army in Europe as a German and then come, or did he leave from America, desert and then return?] This source also claims he was supposedly quite wealthy and lived west of Washington, IL, near Peoria. He was a wine drinker.” In 1860 lived next door to Anna Oyer Schrock and her children (see census). “One of the Schick daughters married a Beck and had at least three daughters: Amelia, Otilla and Luella (who married John Miller). Another daughter married an Ingold.” (From a letter written by Frank Unzicker to Naomi Schrock) “My Grandmother Schick Schantz’s sister Magdalena married Andrew Schrock. Several years ago I had received a telephone call from a relative [who] wanted to know if I knew how and where Andrew died. I am glad you were able to find out about his death.” (email 18 Oct.2011 from Aline Combs) http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/state2/tazewell_hollands_grove.htm HOLLAND'S GROVE CEMETERY, Tazewell County, IL, Washington Township, Plat Section 19 Magdalena Schick Wife of Jos. Schick-German 04/11/1893 69 Y 10 M 28 D Joseph Shick 12/26/1818-06/06/1898 | Schick, Joseph (I2636)
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| 12863 | “Joseph Springer, of the Rotmuhle of Sarrebourg, husband of Marguerite Suisse, is at the Seelenmuhle in 1844-45 (a birth certificate). He was married in Bisping in 1833 to the daughter of Nollweyer's miller, Jean Mayer's brother-in-law. From Haut-Clocher, he returned to Bisping in 1846 to return to Hermelange.” | Springer, Joseph (I14813)
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| 12864 | “Joseph Stalter (b. abt. 1828) is also said to have immigrated with his father ca. 1842-1843. However, no historical record of him has been found to date. He is not identified in the 1850 U.S. Census. In the 1860 Census, Joseph Stalter (30) from Bavaria is working as laborer on the farm of John (illegible), in Elm Grove Township, Tazewell County. This may be the son of Heinrich Stalter. But this may also be the "other" Joseph Stalter who was born in 1831 (Joseph R. Stalter - the son of Joseph Stalter, Sr., and who emigrated in 1854) and who married Christina Eicher in 1866 in McLean County. “ | Stalter, Josef (I93)
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| 12865 | “Know all men by these present that we James Park and Mary Jane Park his wife of the County of Franklin and State of Missouri in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to them paid by Ira Valentine of the County and State aforesaid, the receipt whereof the said James Park and Mary Jane his wife acknowledge, and do grant bargain and sell convey and confirm, unto the said Ira Valentine and to his heirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of land situated in the County of Franklin and State aforesaid, and described as follows, to wit: It being the south half of south east quarter of Section fifteen in Township No. forty two of Range No. three west, containing 68? acres, together with all the privileges and appertenance to the said land in any wise appertaining and belonging, to have and to hold the abov granted premises to the said Ira Valentine his heirs and assigns to his use and behoof forever, and they the said James Park and Mary Jane his wife themselves, their heirs, executor and administrator warrant that they can lawfully _____ in fee?and that they are free from all incumberences and that they _____sell and convey the same to the said Ira Valentine as aforesaid and thaty they will and and their heirs executors and administrators shall warrant and defend the same to the said Ira Valentine his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful demands of all persons --In Testimony whereof, the said James Park and Mary Jane his wife have hereunto set their hands and seals this 28th day of January 1847. “ Attest: Payton B. Sawyers, (Jane?) E. Vallentine Filed February 23, 1848, Recorded May 26, 1848, Payton B. Sawyer J.P. Deeded land is north of Peters Ford Road. --------------------------- Children are Sarah J, Park,Margaret Park, William Park, James Park. All are born in Franklin Co. James Park the son went to Benton Co. Ark. | Park, James (I1871)
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| 12866 | “Lena was born November 26, 1903, in Milford, Nebraska, the oldest child of Mary and Chris. She married Isaac Schelkopf on November 29, l922. Isaac was born January 24, l898, the son of Martin L. and Elma R. Schelkopf, neighboring farmers. He was their only son; they had four daughters. He was a graduate of the College of Agriculture in Lincoln, Nebraska. Isaac’s father saw Lena when he went to the Schrock home to speak with Chris. Upon arriving home he said to Isaac, “I found you a wife today.” Isaac went to talk to Chris on a ruse, saying he had to talk about threshing but hoping to see Lena. Lena was barefoot and scrubbing the floor when he arrived. He decided after meeting her that his father was right. They were married about two years later. Lena was nineteen, and Isaac was twenty-eight. Following the wedding the celebration included dancing in the Schrock’s living room. Her mother was upstairs crying; she felt dancing was wrong and she didn’t want “that” in her home. They were blessed with a fine family. Their five boys in order of birth were named Dean, Robert (Bob), Russell, Sterling, Stanley, and Conly. Their two girls were Sharol and Mary. | Schrock, Magdalena (I4268)
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| 12867 | “Lived near Boltigen in the Simmental in the Emmental, Bern, SW. Theirs was a Reformed family. As a young man he worked as a farmhand on an Amish Mennonite farm near Hornbach in the Palatinate, near Zweibrücken. By his acquaintances with the Mennonites he became so convinced of their faith that he asked to be allowed to join the church--which he did. After an interrogation by the Reformed Church Council he was expelled on July 16, 1739, because he would not return to the Reformed faith and he had to leave the country. He went to Baden where he lived on the Ottenweierhof of the Lord von Dungren, near Lahr and Ichenheim.” | Reidiger (Reutiger), Johannes (I5267)
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| 12868 | “Louis C. Park, stock trader, was born in Franklin County, Mo., in 1843, and is the youngest of the six children, three sons and three daughters, of Wilson and Nancy M. (Frazier) Park. Wilson Park died when Louis was about one year old; his mother is still living with her son, and is now in her seventy-seventh year. Louis C. Park was brought up on a farm, receiving a limited education in the common schools of the county. He followed agricultural pursuits until the war broke out, when he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-sixth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Union army, and served two years; he was honorably discharged, and in 1865 was married to Martha Z., daughter of Levy Lovelace, and to their union have been born three daughters: Nancy S (now Mrs. Allen Bell), Effie S. (wife of Elijah McCallister), and Melvina E. (living with her parents). After his marriage Mr. Park settled in Bolivar, Polk Co., Mo., where he engaged in the drug business for a number of years; he also ran a livery stable, stage line, and was engaged in various pursuits until 1874, when he returned to Franklin County, and his since been engaged in stock trading. In 1883 he bought his present homestead and farm of sixty acres, upon which he has made many improvements. He is a member of Osage Lodge, I.O.O.F., and a staunch Democrat, politically. He is one of the substantial citizens of the county, and has never aspired to office.” | Park, Louis C. (I1438)
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| 12869 | “Made 17th day of March, 1829, between John Davis and his wife Rachel and John Miller for the sum of $210. Bounded as follows: Beginning at the north west corner of James Davis tract, which tract is of this date and was thence north eighty seven, east 20 chains to a post, thence south forty five chains and 55 links to a post, etc.---- in Section 32 Township 45, Range 2 west, according to the public survey, consisting of 90 and 4/100 acres more or less.” Both John and Rachel signed with their mark. Recorded July 29, 1837, Jesse McDonald, J.P. [Deeded land is east of New Haven--probably on the island.] Will of 1830 was signed and sealed in the presence of William Todd, James Davis, and Martain Blize. Executors were Samuel Cantley and William Todd. John Miller and Phillip Miller were bound to care for John, Rachel and Jean until their deaths in exchange for 100 acres of land. John Miller was to supply food, raiment, and a house to live in; and last, all the good corn whiskey that John Davis needed during the rest of his life. Although most wills of the time began with a reference to God Almighty, John’s will began with a much stronger affirmation of faith than most: It is my will that my body receive a Christian burial and that my soul return to God who gave it to me and be saved by the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in whom I trust for salvation. | Davis, John Sr. (I1353)
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| 12870 | “Maria Gajou from Nancÿ in Frankreich” “Christian's first wife was named Mary [Gascho]. On August 10, 1854, Christian Birky petitioned the court to be named legal guardian of his daughter Fronica (Veronica), as follows: To the County Court Tazewell County Illinois The undersigned respectfully shows that Fronica Birkey aged seventeen years in January last is a minor heir of his wife Mary deceased and that the said Fronica is his daughter, and that heir aforesaid she is entitled to certain property of about the value of $178---- and he preys that letter of Guardianship may issue to him the said Christian Birkey for his said daughter. Affirmed to this ?? (Signed) Christian Birki before me this 10th day of August, 1854 Jno M Bush. Also in the file is the Court's Order that appointed Christian the legal guardian of Fronica (Veronica) until she reached the age of 18. This suggests that Mary received a bequest (most likely from her father at the time of his death). Since she had apparently pre-deceased the benefactor, her bequest was divided among her natural children (Mary, Joseph, Magdalena, Barbara, Elizabeth, Andrew, Anna, Catharina, and Veronica). All save Veronica were of the age of majority in 1854. In order for her to collect her property, she needed a legal guardian, and that became her father. The person leaving the bequest may have been of some means since Mary's share was $1602, and an equal amount may well have been left to any of Mary's siblings or their issue. The entire process suggests that Mary Birki's father may have died intestate in Illinois in 1853 or 1854 and it thus may be possible to identify him through probate or other guardian records. “ Gary Yordy (Source: Tazewell County Probate Records, File 11 “Fronica Birkey”) | Gascho, Maria Anna (I2138)
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| 12871 | “Marie Birki, a husband, and children are found as emigrants from Gern in Friedrich Blendinger's Die Auswanderung nach Nordamerika aus dem Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern in den Jahren 1846-1852. Farmer/small landowner (Ger. Gütner) Georg Kettner left Bavaria and came to Illinois in 1851; Marie may have died shortly before or after. Blendinger's account from Munich records says he brought seven children, one illegitimate child, four illegitimate grandchildren, and 1,562 florins. A passenger list has not been identified; Kettner may have traveled with Valentine and Marie's brother Christian, whose passenger list has also not been identified. A George Kettner was naturalized in Tazewell County, and purportedly stated on the form that he was 39 when he arrived at New York in 1851. He may have been a son. He was living with Anna Elizabeth Haas at Pekin in 1860; the census describes the household of laborer George Kidner, 43, Bavaria; Anna, 37, Bavaria; John Bohn,4, Illinois; Frederic Smelzer, 24, Bavaria; and Cartroon, 23, Prussia. Anna had apparently brought a 2-year-old son John to her marriage with John Bohn Sr. in Tazewell County June 25, 1858, and John Sr. had died before 1860. The 1870 census of Pekin's Third Ward describes laborer George Keltner, 54, Bavaria; Anna, 46, Bavaria; and John Bohn, 14, Illinois. Although no entries for Kettner children were found on county censuses, the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index shows an obvious pattern. Four Tazewell County marriages took place in 1851-52 (spellings as found): Susannah Kitner married Jacob Zitler June 23, 1851; Saphrona Kitner married Joseph 'Kaughman' Aug. 17, 1851; Elizabeth Kitner married Casper Overmire Dec. 27, 1851; and Jackobina Kittner married Christian 'Renkenburger' March 14, 1852.” Gary L. Yordy found the passenger list of the bark Adhemar, which sailed from Le Havre and arrived at New York June 7, 1851: George Kether, 63; Magdalena, 39; Susanna, 37; Elizabeth, 35; Georg, 34; Catharine, 33; Veronika Kettner, 31; Jacobina, 29; Elizabeth, 5; George, 9; Magdalena Lindeler, 6; and Jacob Lindeler, 5. ——————————————— An article in the October 2023 Mennonite Family History by Herbert Holly gives a detailed desciption of Georg’s troubled life between the Catholic and Amish Mennonite faiths and its impact upon his families’ lives. Georg eventually joined with the Gern Mennonites in 1837, stayed there until 1851, at which time he left with family members for America. (Those involved with Georg in his back and forth dealings with the Royal District Court were Heinrich Stalter, Valentin Bircki, Nikolaus Augustin, and Daniel Zehr.) Georg traveled to America after his wife’s death in 1848, with seven children and four grandchildren: Elizabeth Kettner b. abt 1846; Georg Kettner b. abt 1842; Magdalena Lindeler b. abt 1845; and Jacob Lindeler b. abt 1846. Also, with his brother-in-law, Christian Birky. | Kettner, Georg (I9427)
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| 12872 | “Married Anne Verle on June 7, 1806 in Cirey-sur-Vesouse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. Joseph was apparently a miller (per a letter from his son, Joseph Jr.). According to the Obituary of his daughter, Anna (Schertz), the family came to the US around 1836. However, there exists a letter to Joseph from his son, Joseph Jr. signed on January 8, 1852, while Joseph Sr. was still living in France. In 1850, there was a 65 year old French born, Anne Zehr and 25 year old Madeleine Zehr living with 30 year old Peter Zehr in District 56 of Woodford County. They were next door to Maria Zehr (Mrs. Debolt) Householter. Peter Zehr and Maria Zehr Householter were children of Joseph and Anne Verle Zehr. There was also a 67 year old French born Anna Zehr living with 38 year old Joseph "Shirts" (Schertz) and his wife, 24 year old Ann Zehr Schertz. "Ann" Zehr Schertz was the youngest daughter of Joseph and Anne Verle Zehr. Thus, there are two women named "Anne" or "Anna" Zehr that were of the age of Anne Verle Zehr living with children of Joseph and Anne. Could one of these have been the wife of Joseph Zehr and the other, a relative? If one of these women is Anne Verle Zehr, why is she in America when it is known that her husband Joseph Zehr, Sr., was still living in France in 1852? By the 1860 Census, Joseph (80)and his wife, Anne (82) were living near Metamora with their daughter, Anna (Mrs. Joseph) Schertz.” ——————————————— This couple is said to have had five children, four born in Struth. They left there sometime after/between 1835 and 1855. Various members of this family moved to America at different times. Joseph and Anna settled near Metamora, Illinois. | Zehr, Joseph (I795)
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| 12873 | “Married Maria "Mary" Guth - Feb. 26, 1871 in Tazewell County, Illinois. (Maiden name was also Guth) Joseph Guth died of measles a few months after his daughter Mary was born. After the death of his wife Maria Guth/Stauffer in 1878, their daughter Mary would live with Joseph's brother Christian and his wife Elizabeth Guth in Tazewell County, Illinois until her marriage in 1893. Information taken from the book "The Family History of HENRY and MARY GUTH ROTH" | Guth, Joseph (I9154)
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| 12874 | “Mary Magdalene held offices in a number of organizations including the Eastern Star of the Masonic Order. She was a public speaker and lecturer. Her remark regarding she and her sisters, “We were all so rich and so pretty” was aptly spoken. Mary Magdalene (Maggie) married Louis Phillips who became a banker in Henry. Nephew James Davis of Peoria said the Phillips family had one of the first cars in Henry. As of this date, June 30, 1982, their four children all survive. Clarence married Orpha Duncan of Scranton, Iowa. He was in banking with his father, then later moved to Iowa. He managed the Chamber of Commerce in Altona and Ottawa, was Cerebral Palsy State President and helped on the Drake University Fund Drive after moving to DesMoines. Daughter Mary Magdalene married Charles Grahl, a Brigadier General in the Iowa National Guard. Helen married George Neel, Vice President, Chicago area, Universal Atlas Cement Company. Louis married Ella Bade. He is a retired banker at Varna. An interesting fact about the four Phillips children is that they were all married over fifty years to the same wife or husband.” | Belsly, Mary Magdaline (I5351)
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| 12875 | “Mary was a slightly built lady. She was loved and respected in the community. She and Christian celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on October 28, 1906. She passed away in 1911 and it is remembered her funeral was a very large one. The following is a quote from her obituary: ‘In recognition of a quiet, unassuming Christian life, the following simple verse will apply most appropriately—Her hands were filled with deeds of charity, the Golden Keys that open the palace of Eternity.’” Mary was trained in business and accounting by her father, so was able to help her husband manage his finances--something he had been unable to do for himself. | Schertz, Mary Magdalene (I4883)
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| 12876 | “Mary was born to Leander P. Hammer and Fidelia "Sloat" Hammer. Mary died while giving birth to her son (my grandfather) William Dudley Parks. I have not found where she is buried but I know that it was in Deepwater, Missouri.” | Hammer, Mary E. (I15923)
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| 12877 | “Mennonite family Schrag from Giesing (Community Au) six family members together have 1000 Gulden as John Schrag counted out for the tribunal. The family is from the Bavarian Rhine District (Palatinate) with the following persons: Jakob, 84 years old previously farmed several estates, now in Giesing supported by his children. Children: Magdalena, servant with farmer Haslinger in Giesing; Katharina at home with her father; Joseph, hired hand in Kloster Scheyern; Johann, works as brandywine maker; Daniel, hired hand with farmer Glaser in Freimann. A son of Jakob Schrag of the first marriage with the name Jakob Muller [called a step-son in the first application] emigrated to America 13 years ago and settled in ‘Wilmont.’ He left behind a child by Barbara W., hired girl in Weissenfels by Pardorf, Munich, Katharina Muller, who is now 13 years old and is now in the care of the Mennonite Holly at Linden, District of Ebersberg. The Schrag family wish to take this child with them to America. Mother and guardian are agreed. The sons of Schrag performed their military duty. No other hindrance. The family, for three years in Giesling, complains that they are being sent around from one authority to the other. (2 Dec 1837) They farmed at Kösching, a suburb of Ingolstadt, adjacent to Hellmannsberg, where the Sutters leased an estate in 1811. Christian died near Munich in 1831. His parents, brothers, and sisters went to Canada in 1837. | Schrag, Christian (I1978)
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| 12878 | “Mrs. Katie Miars” is listed as a charter member of Bethel Church, Pekin, IL. Her nine children are listed at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50143571/katie-b-miars | Saltonstall, Katie Belle (I8321)
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| 12879 | “Mrs. Zehr was a charter member of Gibson City Bible Church. She was active in Child Evangelism Fellowship, Camp Good News near Washington and with her husband served for many years as a member of the board of directors of the State of Illinois Child Evangelism Fellowship. She was active in volunteer work, the Apartment Council and the Senior Choir of Maple Lawn.” | Teuscher, Esther Mae (I2521)
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| 12880 | “My father spent his early years working on his father’s farm. When he was in his late twenties, he decided he would like to become a railroad telegraph operator. To receive the necessary training he went to telegraphy school located in St. Paul, Minnesota. One of his classmates with whom he became quite friendly was a Mr. Parker, who a few years later founded the Parker Pen Company....Father was a very kind and gentle person. He was deeply religious and attended church services every Sunday unless prevented by ill health. Father made many friends during his lifetime. Everyone who knew him well loved him dearly. He was truly a fine Christian, one who really lived and practiced his religion.” --Ores E. Zehr | Zehr, Christian (I1136)
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| 12881 | “My grandmother: Hettie Leora Reed was the daughter of Virginia and Zachary. they also had an infant daughter Ivy. My grandmother’s story was that her father (Zachary) was working in the fields when the house caught on fire. She was very young but managed to escape through a window with a chair, but her mother, Virginia, and infant sister perished in the fire. Zachary died in Sullivan or Union in the state nursing home, but by the time they wrote to her (Hettie--who was married by then) they had already buried him. The really odd thing is they didn’t know where. They only knew someone picked up the body. I think Zachary had a sister Lily who married a Davis.” ————————————— Virginia is buried with her daughter Ivy, age 6 months, who died with her in the house mcast.net | West, Virginia Ann (Jennie) (I4948)
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| 12882 | “Nearby cemetery” - probably Roanoke Mennonite | Birky, Christian C. (I5992)
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| 12883 | “Noe Augsburger, Hanfeld, realizes his real estate on 9-30-1818 with the permission of Knight von Ertl’s administration of properties.” | Augsburger, Noah (Noe) (II) (I5242)
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| 12884 | “On 2 Jul 1852 the landowner Christian Sutor of Hellmannsberg, municipality of Kasing near Ingolstadt delivers the estate to his son Jacob for 56,000 fl. The property is free from all mortgages.” | Suttor, Jacob (I3251)
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| 12885 | “On Apr. 5, 1830, Joseph Serack, 58, miller, a native of the farm called Belgrade [canton of Bistroff], Moselle, husband of Maria Neuhauser, died in Rhodes. The death was reported by son Peter Serack, 27, miller at Dompcevrin, Meuse.” (Translation by NASL) | Schrag (Schrack), Joseph (I1008)
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| 12886 | “On March 19, 1874 in Livingston County she remarried to Joseph Stauffer. He was born at Willmandingen,Baden June 18, 1852, and died in Ontario Dec. 10, 1918, a son of Joseph Stauffer and Barbara Roth. In 1880 he remarried to Matti Bender in Henry County, Iowa. Gospel Herald, May 1878: "Feb. 26th, in Seward Co., Neb., in childbed, Sister Mary, wife of Joseph Stauffer, aged 28 years and 25 days. She leaves a bereaved husband and three children to mourn their loss. Her child she took with her. She was a faithful sister in the Amish church. She bore her brief sickness with great patience. A very touching sermon was delivered on the funeral occasion by Joseph Gascho and P. P. Hershberger, from Lamentations 3: and Matt. 24:42-44. This family with his parents came to this place from Livingston Co., Ill., and in less than a month the sister was called to her eternal home." | Stauffer, Joseph R. (I15770)
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| 12887 | “On Nov. 1, 1860 in McLean County she married widower Joseph Kempf/Kamp/Camp, becoming his second wife. She is buried in Peter Maurer Cemetery, where her headstone says she is 'Jacobine Kamp, wife of Joseph Kamp, died Dec. 1, 1861, aged 21 yrs. 2ms. 1d.' “ (Source gives her husband as Joseph Nafziger of Faunerhof. Emigrated to the U.S.) | Stalter, Jakobine (I7873)
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| 12888 | “On Sept. 13, 1808 a death entry for Susanna was placed in civil records at Niderhoff. It stated that she was born April 4, 1808 (matching her birth entry there), was a daughter of miller Jacob Oyer and his wife Susanne Charzes [Schertz], and had died at age 5 months, 6 days. It was signed by grandfather Hans Oyer, 56; father Jacob Oyer; and uncle Joseph Oyer, 32. We cannot explain the motives for this entry. Jacob brought a 22-year-old daughter Susanna with him when he sailed on the Superior; she is buried in Guth Cemetery, and a photograph of her headstone can be found in the county cemetery book. It says she died Dec. 12, 1888 or 1889, at 79 years, 8 months, and 7 days – either one year and one day, or simply one day off the civil entry birth date. “ | Oyer, Susanna (I2142)
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| 12889 | “Our subject is prominently connected with the mining interests of his native county. He was active in securing the organization of the Roanoke Mining Company, and has served as its president ever since its organization, a position for which his fine business talents amply qualify him.” | Belsley, Peter (I5652)
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| 12890 | “Parish records show a daughter Anne was born October 15, 1637 with parents named as Allen Parke and Jane (now Mrs. Wm. Ashburner). I am not certain as to what this means.” Notes for Ann (1) Parke: This Ann Parke is named on the Christening list as daughter of Allan Parke, but shows another name as mother - possibly out of wedlock. | Parke, Ann (I1942)
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| 12891 | “Peter Nafziger was born on the Obertraisa estate at Frankisch-Crumbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. He lived in the area of Hochheim until he, his wife (Barbara Beck,) and family came to America aboard the S.S. Nimrod in 1826. They first settled in the Wilmot area of Ontario, Canada, before moving to Milford township, Butler County, Ohio, and later to Liberty township. In 1841 Peter led his family to the Danvers area of McLean County, Illinois, where his daughter Elizabeth and son-in-law John Michael Kistler had relocated in around 1838. Peter was ordained an Mennonite minister while in Canada. And later as bishop, he and his son-in-law led conregations in both Ohio and Illinois. He was given the nickname "the apostle" because of his penchant for wandering from place to place preaching the gospel. It is said that he walked from Illinois to New Orleans twice in his life.” | Naffziger, Peter “Apostle Peter” (I8625)
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| 12892 | “Peter was born on April 14, 1829, a son of David and Elizabeth (Miller) Schrock. Peter could well have been born on the same farm he had purchased from his father in 1853. Before his parents acquired the farm on July 1, 1842 it was a part of the estate of Christian Miller, of which Elizabeth was the only surviving child. We are not certain of the complete list of Peter's siblings, but we do know of six. A brother, named Benjamin, who moved to Johnson County, Iowa, was a minister there and kept up an active correspondence with Peter. Another brother, Christian, also settled in Iowa, along with three sisters, Lydia, wife of Moses P. Miller; Magdalena, wife of Benedict Lehman and later of Isaac Eash; and Veronica, wife of Bishop Abner Yoder. A brother, Moses, was the one who had shared the home farm with Peter. He also sold his farm shortly after Peter did and moved to Maryland where his letters were sometimes postmarked Gransville and sometimes Accident. There was a brother Daniel, likely the Daniel Schrock whose farm adjoined Peter's at Aurora, a Michael Schrock who operated a store in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and who had several sons that served in the Civil War seems also to have been a brother. He was probably not Amish. “ {See excepts from Roman P. Schrock’s book “Descendants of Peter D. Schrock 1829-1982” in Schrock-Schrag folder.) | Schrock, Peter D. (I6781)
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| 12893 | “Pierre Hirschi was the brother of Anne Hirschi who married Christian Farny; Anne Farny was sister to Christian Farny who married Anne Hirschi. This meant that Josephe Stecker's in-laws were Christian Farny and Anne Hirschi; Michael Salzman's in-laws were Pierre Hirschi and Anne Farny. In simplest terms, the children of Michael Salzman and the children of Josephe Stecker shared common great-grandparents.“ | Hirschy (Hergi Hirschine), Catherine (I2640)
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| 12894 | “Probably” in Woodford Co. | Family: Phillip King / Barbara Powell (F9236)
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| 12895 | “Reported the death of his father to civil authorities in La Croix in 1826, at which time he lived at Chipal and gave his age as 24. No civil Birth record found. Otherwise unknown.” (p.74) | Wagler, Christian (I4797)
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| 12896 | “Rudolf Balzli, a cowherd at Sainte Croix, went to the presbytery to register a boy who had just been born. But how to do it ? The said Balzli was one of those Anabaptists who refused to baptize his children because, like his co-religionists, he felt that this act was too individually engaging to be practiced by a newborn. But Monsieur le Cure was a wise man, and just like our Anabaptist, he was a man of peace. Together they found a solution, a "nameless boy", bastard certainly, but nevertheless effective because it allows us to know on which date he was born in the family Balzli. Bringing this mention in the register was the trick found by our two comrades. The renown of the gentleness of the church man was, no doubt, widespread among the Anabaptist families and more and more came to Rhodes to reside there.” (Translated from the French) | Pelsey (Bälzli) (Pelzel, Bellesley), Rudolph (I15130)
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| 12897 | “Russell Massanari arrived at C.P.S. No. 18, Denison, Iowa, on Nov. 7, 1941. Early in 1942 he was appointed Business Manager of the Camp and served in the capacity for over three years. Denison was used as a collection and distribution center for C.P.S. canned goods.” | Massanari, Russell H. (I8918)
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| 12898 | “Sam always referred to his mother as, ‘my poor widowed mother’ and would often cry when he mentioned her. She was not actually widowed but instead left her husband in Missouri and came to Phelps County with her five children by immigrant train...she and her two daughters rode in the passenger car and the three boys came in the baggage car!” The family lived in a dugout (sod house) for about ten years after arriving. In the family portrait, family myth says the youngest son had to be situated between his parents as they could not agree to sit closer together. | Schick, Magdalene (I1972)
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| 12899 | “Samuel is remembered as looking very much like his father. His occupations included farming, clerking at auction sales and selling farm machinery, hardware and real estate. His first wife, Alice Taylor, suffered from poor health including epilepsy and died in 1913. He later married Hattie Miller who had two children by a previous marriage. His home in Deer Creek with its unique shaped stained glass windows and roof edgings still stands as a symbol of bygone architecture. A building in Deer Creek apparently once owned by Sam has S. L. Belsly in bold face lettering on its front.” | Belsly, Samuel L. (I5349)
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| 12900 | “Sarah was the daughter of Dave and Magdalena Kinsinger Garber. Dave Garber loved to hunt and fish. As forest and marshland was transformed into farmland in Elm Grove Township, wildlife became depleted. He moved his family to southwestern Missouri where the land was still relatively untamed and deer and other game were still plentiful. Sarah grew to adulthood in this frontier environment. “Other Elm Grove Amish had earlier moved to southwest Missouri where land was still relatively cheap. Dan's cousin Jake (Peter's Jake) had farmed near Golden City in the early 1870s. At that time Dan's father Joseph and his Uncle Peter had gone to Missouri for a visit and to inspect the farmland there. When Dan and Sarah married, Joseph helped them Sarah Garber purchase land near her parents. “Sarah and Dan Ropp had seven daughters - Olga was born in 1882, Erma in 1884, Iris in 1886, Fern in 1888, Elma in 1890, Fara in 1893, and Lois in 1901. Dan farmed until 1895 and then moved his family to Kansas City. He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad until advancing age compelled him to retire. In the early 1900s, Sarah's father homesteaded in Montana. Sarah decided that she and Dan should have a farm in Montana too. It was necessary that someone live on the land six months each year and improve and farm the land. She bought a team of mules, a wagon, tools and other materials necessary to farm - and made the eight hundred mile trip alone. She worked the six months and then returned to Kansas City for the winter. She did this for five years and then sold the land. With the proceeds, they bought a home near Grandview, Missouri and lived there until 1943 - town folks with chickens, a cow and a Ford. In 1936, Walter and Maggie Ropp visited Sara. Dan had become blind and somewhat mentally unstable and was living in a home for the elderly. Sara drove them to a daughter's home in this Model T Ford - Walter noted that it seemed to have the right of way through stop signs. “Both Dan and Sarah were blessed with vigor and good physical health. They remained active into old age. Dan died in 1947 at the age of ninety- two. He was blind the last few years of his life. Sara broke a hip in the early 1930s. At that time most women did not survive or became bedridden by this injury, but Sara managed to recover and was soon getting around well. She died in 1954 at the age of ninety-two. Daniel Ropp (1855 - 1947) and Sarah Garber (1862 - 1954) Their Children Olga Ropp (1882 - 1976) and Stanley A. Crotinger (1882 - 1971) Erma Ropp (1884 - 1969) and Henry W. McFeely (1886 - 1986) Iris Ropp (1886 - 1988) and Roy Farris Fern Ropp (1888 - 1974) and Charles L. Underhill (1886 -1984) Elma Ropp (1890 - ) and David A. Funk (1885 - ) Fara Ropp (1893 - 1990) and ? Dittman Lois Ropp (1901 - 1983) and G.L. Peterson (1897 - 1988) Daniel Ropp was Joseph and Catherine Ropp's second son and their fifth child. He was born August 20, 1855 in Elm Grove Township, Tazewell County, Illinois. His parent's farm was his childhood home. Here he acquired the skills to be a successful farmer in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. He helped his father care for their animals - the horses, cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens. He learned how to care for the leather tack needed to harness the horses to the buggies, wagons, and farm implements. Dan soon knew how to care for the orchard and garden. As he matured, he helped with the heavy work - plowing and harvesting. In the winter he chopped and split wood for the fires. There was work for all seasons. Dan attended Railroad School - by his accounts and those of others, he was a mischievous boy, but certainly not the only one. School and work on the farm occupied most of his time - but there was time for play and other social activities. He learned to hunt and fish. Once or twice a year, several families would meet at the Mackinaw River Dells and spend the day socializing and fishing. Butchering was sometimes a joint venture with several families sharing the work. Dan and the other children enjoyed these gatherings - there was always a good meal and time to play corner ball or some other game. In 1866, his mother decorated eggs for Easter. She wrote “D Ropp 1866” on one of the eggs. His cousin Mary (Uncle Peter's daughter) saw the egg and commented on how pretty it was. Dan gave it to her. She kept it her entire life. Dan was born into a close-knit Amish community. Uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandparents lived nearby. It was a good place to grow up. When Dan was nineteen, the family moved to the Amish community northeast of Washington, Illinois. For the next five or six years, he worked there. In 1880 Sarah Garber, a former schoolmate who had moved with her family to Missouri in 1870, returned to Illinois for a visit. Sara had driven a mule-pulled wagon loaded with household furnishings from southeastern Missouri to Illinois for her cousins Lydia and Fred Metz. When she had moved to Missouri, Sarah was eight years old and of little interest to Dan. Now she was eighteen and she attracted his attention. Soon they were making wedding plans. On January 6, 1882, Dan and Sarah were married. __________________________________ Dan and Sara's eldest daughter Olga worked as an inspector of dry goods prior to her marriage to Stanley A. Crotinger. Stanley and Olga had a large farm/ranch in Rush County, Kansas near the town of Bison. They had four children - Stanley, Jr., Sarah, Laurence, and Mary. Stanley died in 1971 at the age of eighty-six. Olga died in 1976 at the age of ninety-four. Erma Ropp lived with her parents for many years. She was employed as a stenographer. When Walter and Maggie Ropp visited in 1936, Erma was fifty-two. Sara told Walter that Erma's beau was Henry McFeely, a Kansas City attorney who visited regularly. A few years later Walter received word that Erma had married her attorney. They enjoyed their retirements together. Erma died in 1969 at the age of eighty-two. Henry died in 1986 not long after his one hundredth birthday. Iris Ropp married Roy Farris. They had two children Kirk and Winifred. They lived near Dan and Sara, but we do not know what Roy did for a living. Iris died in Independence, Missouri in 1988 at the age of one hundred and two. Fern Ropp married Charles L. Underhill. They had a son Charles, Jr. who was born while they lived in Missouri. After a few years near home, Charles and Fern settled in Long View, Washington. Charles worked as a collector in a lumber mill there. Fern died in Long View in 1974. She was eighty-five. Charles died in 1984 at the age of ninety-seven. Elma Ropp married David A. Funk. They lived in Kansas City where he was employed as a fur salesman. They had one son Richard. We do not have dates of death for Elma and David. Fara Ropp married a man with the surname Dittman. We do not know where they lived or if they had any children. Death records indicate that she died at Lees Summit, Jackson County, Missouri in 1990 at the age of ninety-seven. Since this is near Dan and Sara's last home, it is likely that Fara and her husband lived and worked there. Lois Ropp worked as a stenographer before her marriage to G. Lester Peterson. They lived in Kansas City, Missouri where he worked as an insurance agent. We have no record of any children. Lois died in 1983 in Lees Summit at the age of eighty-two. Lester died in 1988 at the age of ninety-one. | Garber, Sarah (I4176)
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