Jacob Schrag b. 5 May 1792 d. 1857: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Jacob Schrag

Male 1792 - 1857  (64 years)


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  • Name Jacob Schrag  [1, 2] 
    Birth 5 May 1792  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1816  Somerset Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Religion Anabaptist 
    Death 1857  [1] 
    Person ID I13057  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2022 

    Father Bendicht Schrag,   b. 22 Feb 1767, Eschert, Munster, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1843, Fulton, Fulton Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Maria Zurfluh (Zehr),   b. Trub, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1794, Eschert, Munster, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 16 Jun 1786  [3] 
    Family ID F3857  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1816 - Somerset Co., PA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Jacob, of Wynigen, was living in the Munstertal when he migrated to Pennsylvania.
      Traveled to America in 1816, probably the first of the Bernese Anabaptists to do so, followed the next year by his father, Bendicht. Jacob arrived in Somerset Co., PA. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S805] GeneaNet Family Tree of Peter Schrag.

    2. [S235] Delbert Gratz, Bernese Anabaptists, (Herald Press, Scottdale, PA).

    3. [S1260] Timothy Schrag, Schrag/Schrock Genealogy-in Light of an Analysis of Y-DNA Studies done by the Schrag/Schrock Y-DNA Research Group.


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