Magdalena Cender b. 28 Sep 1817 Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 24 Dec 1913 Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Magdalena Cender

Female 1817 - 1913  (96 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Cender  [1
    Birth 28 Sep 1817  Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Immigration May 1855  Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reference Number 130 
    Death 24 Dec 1913  Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I130  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2019 

    Father Christian Cender,   b. 22 Sep 1786, Belmont, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1861, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother 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 
    Family ID F39  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peter Rediger,   b. 8/9 Jun 1815, Bébing, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1898, Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 28 Jun 1857  Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • According to Woodford Co. records
    Children 
     1. Catherine Rediger,   b. Abt 1858, IL Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Phoebe Rediger
    Family ID F471  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Sep 1817 - Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - May 1855 - Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Jun 1857 - Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Dec 1913 - Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:
      Rediger.--Magdalena Rediger, nee Cender, was born in Germany Sept. 28, 1817. She emigrated to America in May, 1855 locating near Metamora, Illinois. In August, 1856, She was united in holy matrimony with Peter Rediger, moving to Bureau Co., Illinois. In 1863 they again located in Woodford Co., near Roanoke, where she spent the last fifty years of her life. To this union were born two children, Pheobe and Catherine. Her life was the scene of many sorrows and disappointments, the early death of her children causing her many sad hours, yet her faith in her God was unshaken. She was a lover of her Bible, and spent many hours reading passages which had become so precious to her in her trials. She united with the A. M. Church at the age of thirteen years, and was a faithful member unto death. She had been unable to attend church for eight years, could not walk the last seven years. The last two years of her life her memory was almost a blank. Her husband preceded her to the better world in 1898, thus leaving her the only survivor of her family. She reared and cared for her only grand-daughter, who with her husband kindly cared for and comforted her in her widowhood and old age. She passed to her reward on Dec. 24, 1913, at the ripe age of 96 y. 2 m. 26 d. She leaves to mourn her departure one grand-child, seven nephews, four nieces, and a host of friends and neighbors. Funeral services were held at the Roanoke meeting house Dec. 26. the ninetieth Psalm was read, and prayer offered, by P. D. Schertz. Christian Reesor, Sr., spoke for a short while in the German language, after which C. A. Hartzler preached an appropriate sermon. Text, II Cor. 4:18. Remains were laid to rest beside those of her husband, in cemetery nearby.

      (Living two houses from her parents in 1850 Bureau Co., Wheatland Twp. census.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S145] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Christian Cender in Alsace.

    2. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.

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


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