Ulrich Nafziger b. 24 Jan 1686 Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW d. 1754 Green Garden, Leacock Two., Lancaster Co., PA: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Ulrich Nafziger

Male 1686 - 1754  (67 years)


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  • Name Ulrich Nafziger  [1, 2] 
    Birth 24 Jan 1686  Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1754  Green Garden, Leacock Two., Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I10489  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2020 

    Father Christian Nafziger,   b. 22 Mar 1648, Thierachern, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1754, Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 105 years) 
    Mother Anna Schnyder,   b. 1651, Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1686, Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 28 Nov 1672  Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • according to Greg Wolf website
    Family ID F7379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Magdalena Güngerich,   b. 1694   d. 1759, Essingen, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Children 
     1. Johannes (Hans) Nafziger,   b. 1713, Annweiler, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Peter Nafziger,   b. Abt 1720, Rothenhof, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1803, Lachen-Speyerdorf, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years)
     3. Barbara Nafziger,   b. 1740, Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1758, Essingen, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F6951  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Maria Catharina Bischof,   b. Abt 1686 
    Marriage 12 Aug 1746  New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Marriage Notes: LEFT HIS WIFE IN ESSINGEN AND CAME TO AMERICA IN 1741 ON SHIP MARLBOROUGH. STILL MARRIED TO MAGDALENA, HE MARRIED MARIA ON AUGUST 12, 1746 IN NEW HOLLAND, PA.
    Family ID F11193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Jan 1686 - Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Aug 1746 - New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1754 - Green Garden, Leacock Two., Lancaster Co., PA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • “The Mennonite Nafzigers go back to these two brothers who immigrated to the border area between Alsace and the Palatinate from Uetendorf in Canton Bern, Switzerland, about 1705.

      “Originally the family comes from Wurttemberg, where the name yet appears as Nefzer or Nefzger (meaning a slow easy going person). Zacharias Nafzger, a smith, settled in Thun in 1621. Since then his descendants have lived in the area as pewters and silversmiths.

      “There are no records of Annabaptist origin but both men probably joined the Amish through marriage to Mennonite women. Christian was named as leaseholder in Birlenbach in Lower Alsace, where he had difficulties with the local clergyman. After a nine year lease, Christian left his homeland of Switzerland with his brother of his own free will, but under pressure from this clergyman.” [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S675] Suttor, Oesch, Nafziger Family Records.

    2. [S1201] Our Geno: Bauer, Nafziger, Lind.


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