Christian Cender
1786 - 1861 (74 years)-
Name Christian Cender [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 22 Sep 1786 Belmont, Bas-Rhin, FR - Schonenberg
Gender Male Residence 1815-1832 Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR [6] - The family residence was the farm called Taüfferhoff-within the farm Reidhoff or Reith.
Residence 1832-1835 Saverne, FR Residence 1836-1855 Rigny-la-Salle, Meuse, FR Immigration 20 Jun 1855 Le Havre to New York - Arrival date on the “John Hancock” - The passenger list shows farmer Christian Zender, 58, France; Madelaine, 58; Madelaine, 35; Barbara, 28; Jean, 25; Cathrine, 21; Madelaine, 9; farmer Christophe Gerard, 35; Elise, 34; Christian, 4; Cathrine, 2; Joseph, eleven months; and Joseph [Cender], 29. Note that most of the stated ages were nearly correct except for those of Christian and his wife Magadlena/Madeleine: they were stated to be 58 when they were actually 65 and 58.
Occupation Farmer Reference Number 100 Religion Amish Mennonite Death 22 Mar 1861 Tazewell Co., IL Person ID I100 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 19 Jul 2020
Father Ulrich Zentner (Tzentner, Zehnder), b. 1762/63, Hohwald, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 8 Jul 1835, Ribeauville, Vosges, FR (Age 72 years) Mother Barbe Sommer, b. Abt 1765, Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 16 Nov 1827, Marcholsheim, Bas-Rhin, FR (Age ~ 62 years) Marriage 13 Dec 1785 Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin, FR [6] - Struthof: “He took Anabaptist vows with Barbara/Barbe Sommer on the Struthof at Natzwiller Dec. 13, 1785. An entry with full witnesses (suggesting a ceremony took place there for legal purposes) was made in the Catholic parish book at Schirmeck Dec. 22, 1785. (At the same time an entry was created for Barbara’s brother Jean Sommer and Barbe Stucky). The groom was described as Ulric Zenter, a resident of Val d’Andlau, and a son of Jean Zenter and Elisabeth Retter. The bride was Johannes/Jean’s sister Barbe Sommer, a resident of the Struthof, and a daughter of anabaptistes Christian Sommer and Barbe Gerberin. Witnesses included father-of-the-groom Christian Sommer, anabaptiste; Ulric Zenter of Val d’Andlau [he signed Ulrich Zehender]; and anabaptiste Ulric Neuhauser of the Struthof [he signed with an ‘x,’ indicating he was illiterate].”
Family ID F1508 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Magdalena Eymann, b. 20 Nov 1789, Lubine, Vosges, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 13 Feb 1873, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 83 years) Marriage 2 Sep 1815 Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Children 1. Barbe Cender, b. 14 Oct 1816, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 14 Dec 1816, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR (Age 0 years) 2. Magdalena Cender, b. 28 Sep 1817, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 24 Dec 1913, Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL (Age 96 years) 3. Johannes Cender, b. 25 May 1819, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 11 Jul 1830, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR (Age 11 years) 4. Elizabeth Cender (Zentner), b. 24 Jun 1821, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 26 Apr 1892, Woodford Co., IL (Age 70 years) 5. Christian Cender, b. 11 Jan 1824, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 10 Feb 1895, Abbyville, KS (Age 71 years) 6. Barbe Cender, b. 5 Sep 1825, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR 7. Joseph Cender, b. 13 Jun 1827, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 17 Jan 1910, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 82 years) 8. Catherine Cender, b. 30 Jul 1827, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 21 Jan 1830, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR (Age 2 years) 9. Johannes Cender, b. 3 Jan 1831 10. Catherine Cender, b. 18 Jul 1833, Saverne, FR d. 1894 (Age 60 years) Family ID F39 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Jan 2019
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Notes - “Christian Cender (1786-1861), a native of Belmont, Bas-Rhin, son of Ulrich Zehender (1761/62-1835), the principal lease-manager of the farm called Riedhof or Täuferhof near Niedernai in 1815, and Barbara Sommer (1765-1827), and himself a farmer assisting his father on that property. From the time of marriage until at least 1831, Magdalena Eymann and Christian Cender lived in Niedernai. From 1832 to 1835, they were near Saverne, Bas-Rhin. Then for two decades theirs was the sole Anabaptist family in the tiny village of Rigny-la-Salle, Meuse, near Vaucouleurs. To America in 1855...
“Christian Cender's notebook is in the hands of Alva Cender. He left no doubt as to who owned the book. On the first page he entered, "This housebook is mine, Christian Cender, whoever takes it is a thief, whoever brings it back is kind to me." The book contains mostly business transactions. On April 11, 1852, he recorded that "I settled my accounts with my son-in-law Christian Schrag." [1]
- “Christian Cender (1786-1861), a native of Belmont, Bas-Rhin, son of Ulrich Zehender (1761/62-1835), the principal lease-manager of the farm called Riedhof or Täuferhof near Niedernai in 1815, and Barbara Sommer (1765-1827), and himself a farmer assisting his father on that property. From the time of marriage until at least 1831, Magdalena Eymann and Christian Cender lived in Niedernai. From 1832 to 1835, they were near Saverne, Bas-Rhin. Then for two decades theirs was the sole Anabaptist family in the tiny village of Rigny-la-Salle, Meuse, near Vaucouleurs. To America in 1855...
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Sources - [S103] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878.
- [S145] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Christian Cender in Alsace.
- [S146] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Parents and Siblings of Journal-Keeper Christian Center.
- [S148] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Christian Cender and Friends at Saverne.
- [S142] Myrna Slagell Park, Illinois Mennonite Women: A Legacy of Caring.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S103] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878.