Christian Nafziger b. 22 Mar 1648 Thierachern, Bern, SW d. 6 Mar 1754 Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Christian Nafziger[1]

Male 1648 - 1754  (105 years)


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  • Name Christian Nafziger 
    Birth 22 Mar 1648  Thierachern, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • 22 Mar 1649 according to Greg Wolf website
    Gender Male 
    Religion Amish Mennonite  [2] 
    Death 6 Mar 1754  Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • At age 105
    Burial Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I10491  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2020 

    Father Melchior Nafziger,   b. 1600, Wurttemberg, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Eva Schmucker,   b. 28 Jul 1605, Beatenberg, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1627  Beatenberg, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F7380  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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
    Children 
     1. Ulrich Nafziger,   b. 24 Jan 1686, Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1754, Green Garden, Leacock Two., Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F7379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Mar 1648 - Thierachern, Bern, SW Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Nov 1672 - Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Mar 1754 - Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • “General Notes:
      The large family of Mennonite Nafzigers (also Nafzier, Naftzger, Noftsger, and Noffsinger), goes back to two brothers, Christian and Ulrich, who immigrated to the border area between Alsace and Palatinate from Uetendorf near Thun in Canton Bern, Switzerland, about the year 1705. Originally the Nafzgers had come from Wurttemberg, where the name still appears today as Nefzger (Nehzer comes from the Swabian verb nefzen meaning to doze or nap, thus a designation for a slow, easy-going person). Zacharias Nafzger, a smith, settled in Thun in 1621. Since that time his descendants have lived around Thun as craftsmen (pewterers and silversmiths).
      In 1707 he is named as leaseholder in Birlenbach in Lower Alsace (Bas-Rhin), where he had difficulties with the local clergyman (Robert Lutz). He had apparently left his Swiss homeland (Uetendorf in Canton Bern in Switzerland) of his own free will together with his brother Ulrich Nafziger, born in 1686. At least there are no indications of either banishment from their native land or of Anabaptist origin. Possibly the two young men set out to seek their fortunes and only because members of the Amish congregation through marriage to Mennonite women.” [2]

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

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


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