Joseph Zehr
1846 - 1920 (74 years)-
Name Joseph Zehr Birth 12 Jan 1846 IL Gender Male Census 1870 Deer Creek Twp., Tazewell Co., IL - Listed as farmer age 24, born in IL; with wife Elizabeth age 22; children Christian age 2 and Mary age 8 months
Death 19 Mar 1920 Person ID I1082 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 16 Jun 2010
Father Christian Zehr, b. 12 Nov 1812, Laim, Bavaria, GR d. 19 Sep 1893, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL (Age 80 years) Mother Marie (Mary) Oyer, b. 16 Apr 1823, Niderhoff, Moselle, FR d. 22 Nov 1893, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL (Age 70 years) Marriage 12 Aug 1844 Tazewell Co., IL [1] - Wedding performed by bishop Michael Moseman. The Zehrs probably belonged to the Mackinaw Meeting Amish congregation
Notes - Source 356 says, “In his native land he married Mary Oyer, born in France in 1823, and who died November 22, 1892, one month before her husband.”
Family ID F145 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Yoder, b. 11 Dec 1847, Pleasant, Clermont Co., OH d. 12 May 1916, Aurora, Hamilton Co., NE (Age 68 years) Marriage 8 Sep 1867 Children 1. Nancy Pearl Zehr, b. 5 Feb 1883, IL d. 3 Oct 1951, Upland, San Bernardino Co., CA (Age 68 years) Family ID F784 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Jun 2010
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Notes - LIved in Aurora, NB by 1900. The couple had 12 children.
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Sources - [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.