Christian Zehr b. 27 Jul 1831 Pellheim, Bavaria, GR d. 4 Oct 1891 Providence, Bureau Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Christian Zehr

Male 1831 - 1891  (60 years)


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  • Name Christian Zehr  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 27 Jul 1831  Pellheim, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    • 1 Aug 1831 gravestone date
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Oct 1891  Providence, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Willow Springs Cemetery
    Person ID I1124  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2021 

    Father Bishop Daniel Zehr,   b. 8 Jun 1803, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1855, Goodfield, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Barbara Ingold,   b. 8 Jun 1804, Nassau-Weilburg, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1831, Pellheim, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage 12 May 1827  Hilgertshausen-Tandern, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    • Adjacent to Mannried
    Family ID F147  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jacobena (Phebe) Eigsti,   b. 7 Aug 1838, Pellheim, Munich, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1913, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jul 1859  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    • By Andrew Ropp (July 5?)
    Children 
     1. Barbara Zehr (Sears),   b. 1 Aug 1860, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1932, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Daniel Zehr (Sears)
     3. Christian A. Zehr (Sears),   b. 5 Mar 1862, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1937, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     4. Samuel R. Zehr (Sears)
     5. Magdalena Zehr (Sears),   b. 7 Dec 1866, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1930, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     6. Mary Zehr (Sears)
     7. Lydia Zehr (Sears)
     8. Fannie Zehr (Sears)
     9. Phoebe Sarah Zehr (Sears)
    Family ID F816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2008 

    Family 2 Jacobena (Phebe) Eigsti,   b. 7 Aug 1838, Pellheim, Munich, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1913, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Children 
     1. Magdalena Sears (Zehr),   b. 7 Dec 1866, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1930, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F5641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Jul 1831 - Pellheim, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Jul 1859 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Oct 1891 - Providence, Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:
      ZEHR. On the 4th of October, 1891, near Providence, Bureau Co., Ill., Bro. and deacon Christian A. Zehr, aged 60 years, 2 months and 4 days. He lived in matrimony 32 years. His widow, 9 children and 9 grand children mourn his departure. He was prepared for the great change. His affliction was in his stomach (gastritis). Buried in the Indiantown graveyard, on which occasion services were held by Joseph Springer, of Hopedale, Ill., and Joseph Buercky, of Tiskilwa. The deceased brother as well as his wife, whose maiden name was Eyste, were natives of Bavaria, Germany. He lived 10 years in Woodford Co., and 3 in Tazewell Co., before he settled here 24 years ago.

      Christian’s children changed the surname to Sears when they started school. Christian was a deacon in the Willow Springs Church near Tiskilwa.

  • Sources 
    1. [S507] Ardys Serpette, Emery Eigsti, Howard Eigsti, The Nicholas Eigsti Family.

    2. [S723] Our Ancestors - ancestry of Michael Swalter and Elizabeth Nafziger.

    3. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100541299/christian-zehr.

    4. [S1126] Pellheim Mennonite records.

    5. [S961] Pellheim Church records, 27 July 1831 at Pellheim ((MFH Oct 2008 p. 219).

    6. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, 1 Aug 1831 gravestone date.

    7. [S154] Rudolf Ingold and Hermann Guth, Ingolds and Their Estates.

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


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