Christian Garber
1814 - 1893 (79 years)-
Name Christian Garber [1] Birth 2 Nov 1814 Alsace, FR Gender Male Immigration 1842 - Settled in Woodford Co., IL
Occupation Household Worker And Farmer Religion Amish Death 9 Dec 1893 Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Burial Metamora, Woodford Co., IL [2] - Hickory Point Cemetery
Person ID I13069 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 15 Feb 2023
Father Pierre Gerber, b. 6 Dec 1793, Gensbourg, Oberhaslach, Haut-Rhin, FR d. 2 Nov 1857, Metamora, Woodford Co., IL (Age 63 years) Mother Magdalena Güngerich, b. 29 May 1795, Kutzenhausen, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 2 Nov 1848 (Age 53 years) Marriage 19 May 1813 Kutzenhausen, Bas-Rhin, FR [1] Family ID F6327 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Magdalena Dellenbach, b. 6 Oct 1814, FR d. 19 Jan 1899, Metamora, Woodford Co., IL (Age 84 years) Marriage 25 Jan 1840 La Broque, Salm, Bas-Rhin, FR Children 1. Anna Dellenbach, b. 1841 d. 1841 (Age 0 years) 2. Joseph Garber, b. 25 May 1843, Woodford Co., IL d. 21 May 1921, Kokomo, Howard Co., IN (Age 77 years) 3. Katherine Garber, b. 6 Oct 1846, Metamora, Woodford Co., IL d. 8 Aug 1926 (Age 79 years) 4. Mary Garber, b. 3 Aug 1848, Woodford Co., IL d. 24 Feb 1941 (Age 92 years) 5. Elizabeth Garber, b. 25 May 1851, IL d. 31 Dec 1928, Aurora, Hamilton Co., NE (Age 77 years) Family ID F9168 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 May 2019
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Event Map Marriage - 25 Jan 1840 - La Broque, Salm, Bas-Rhin, FR Death - 9 Dec 1893 - Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Burial - - Metamora, Woodford Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit: Herald of Truth, Jan 1, 1894.
On the 9th day of December, 1893, in Woodford Co, Ill., Christian Garber, aged 79 years, 11 months and 8 days.
He was born in France in 1814, was married in 1840, and came to America in 1842.
God blessed him with 8 children, of whom four died in childhood.
His widow, four children, 32 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren mourn his death. He was a true member of the Amish church.
His remains were laid to rest in the Metamora graveyard. Funeral services were held in the Metamora meeting-house by John Smith, John Lugibill and Peter Sommer.
- Obit: Herald of Truth, Jan 1, 1894.
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Sources - [S807] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, The Gerbers at Strasbourg--One Family, Two Letters.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16203763/christian-garber.
- [S807] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, The Gerbers at Strasbourg--One Family, Two Letters.