Christian Cender b. 22 Sep 1786 Belmont, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 22 Mar 1861 Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Christian Cender

Male 1786 - 1861  (74 years)


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  • Name Christian Cender  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 22 Sep 1786  Belmont, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Schonenberg
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1815-1832  Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • The family residence was the farm called Taüfferhoff-within the farm Reidhoff or Reith.
    Residence 1832-1835  Saverne, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1836-1855  Rigny-la-Salle, Meuse, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Immigration 20 Jun 1855  Le Havre to New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I100  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2020 

    Father Ulrich Zentner (Tzentner, Zehnder),   b. 1762/63, Hohwald, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1835, Ribeauville, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Barbe Sommer,   b. Abt 1765, Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1827, Marcholsheim, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Marriage 13 Dec 1785  Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1873, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 2 Sep 1815  Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Barbe Cender,   b. 14 Oct 1816, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1816, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. Magdalena Cender,   b. 28 Sep 1817, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1913, Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
     3. Johannes Cender,   b. 25 May 1819, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1830, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 11 years)
     4. Elizabeth Cender (Zentner),   b. 24 Jun 1821, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1892, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     5. Christian Cender,   b. 11 Jan 1824, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1895, Abbyville, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     6. Barbe Cender,   b. 5 Sep 1825, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Joseph Cender,   b. 13 Jun 1827, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1910, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     8. Catherine Cender,   b. 30 Jul 1827, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1830, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     9. Johannes Cender,   b. 3 Jan 1831
     10. Catherine Cender,   b. 18 Jul 1833, Saverne, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1894 (Age 60 years)
    Family ID F39  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Sep 1786 - Belmont, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Sep 1815 - Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1815-1832 - Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1832-1835 - Saverne, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1836-1855 - Rigny-la-Salle, Meuse, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Mar 1861 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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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]

  • Sources 
    1. [S103] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878.

    2. [S145] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Christian Cender in Alsace.

    3. [S146] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Parents and Siblings of Journal-Keeper Christian Center.

    4. [S148] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Christian Cender and Friends at Saverne.

    5. [S142] Myrna Slagell Park, Illinois Mennonite Women: A Legacy of Caring.

    6. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.


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