Christian H. (Jacob) Wagler b. 30 Nov 1803 Le Chipal, Vosges, FR d. 22 Dec 1877 Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Christian H. (Jacob) Wagler

Male 1803 - 1877  (74 years)


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  • Name Christian H. (Jacob) Wagler  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 30 Nov 1803  Le Chipal, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    • (near Croix-aux-Mines) Gravestone says 30 June 1803. Birth registered as “Jacques Berse.” Joe Staker gives date as 30 Jan 1803.
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1833  Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1840  Ross, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • as two males under 5 [Christian Jr. and Joseph]; one male 5-10 [Peter]; one male 10-15; one male 30-40 [Christian Sr.]; one female under 5 [Barbara]; one female 5-10 [Katharina/Catherine]; and one female 30-40 [Catherine Ulrich].
    Residence 1844  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1850  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • farmer Christian Wagler, 51, France; Catharine, 54, France; Peter, 17, France; Catharine, 16, Ohio; Christian, 14, Ohio; Barbara, 13, Ohio; Joseph, 12, Ohio; and Isaac, 10, Ohio.
    Census 1860  Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • oldest son Peter Wagler, 27, France; Catherine, 21; Illinois; and Christian, 7 months, Illinois.
    Census 1870  Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Peter's family has moved to Morton, while the parents and two sons have return to the Elm Grove farm: farmer Christian Wagler, 67, France; Catharine, 71; Joseph, 35; and Christian, 34.
    Occupation Finish Carpenter (Menuisier) And Farmer 
    Death 22 Dec 1877  Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Burial Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I131  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 3 May 2020 

    Father Isaac Wagler,   b. Abt 1760   d. 2 Dec 1826, La Croix-aux-Mines, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Marchal   d. Aft 1831 
    Marriage 1800  [7] 
    Family ID F945  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katharina Ulrich,   b. 2 May 1797, Hirtzbach, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1887, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 7 Apr 1831  Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • The only relative among official witnesses to the marriage was Joseph Wagler (“Berse)), 29, farmer, living in Bruebach: film 0733968, 1831, #4.

      The witnesses at the marriage of Jacob Berse and Catherine Ulrich were brother Joseph (now living at Bruebach), and the brothers Christian and Jacob Hirschi of the Birkenhof at Ruederbach.  [4, 7]
    Children 
     1. Peter Jacob Wagler,   b. 28 Nov 1831, Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1903, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Katharina Wagler,   b. 8 Jun 1834, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1910, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     3. Christian H. Wagler,   b. 9 Jul 1836, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1917, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     4. Barbara Wagler,   b. 19 Feb 1837, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1902, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     5. Joseph (Bachelor Joe) Wagler,   b. 1838, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1909, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     6. Isaac Wagler,   b. 15 Oct 1840, Hamilton, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1920, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Nov 1803 - Le Chipal, Vosges, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Apr 1831 - Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1833 - Butler Co., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1840 - Ross, Butler Co., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1844 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Dec 1877 - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • “French records prove that the man who married Katharina Ulrich in 1831 in France and fathered her first child was named Jacob Wagler. But, in America, Katharina Ulrich’s husband was called Christian Wagler. Nothing is known from French documentation about Christian Wagler, except that he signed the death document of his father in 1826 in La Croix. Perhaps Christian Wagler set out for America with the family of Jacob Wagler in 1833 and, before or after crossing the Atlantic, married his younger brother’s wife--supposing, of course, that she had been widowed in an untimely fashion--and thereby merged the identity and responsibility of that brother with his own.”

      Wagler/Berse
      “The groom is actually called “Jacques Berse” in the couple’s French civil marriage record, to which he signed his name as “Jakob Bers” in crude antique German script. Alteration of the Germanic surname Wagler to Bers(e) in French must somehow have been justifiable linguistically.”

      “The surname Wagler, like Wagner, was obviously originally drawn from wagon-building and/or the wheelwright’s trade. The rare French noun ber(s), “the side rail of a cart over which canvas may be stretched,” would seem to lie behind this name change: Tresor de la Langue Francaise...vol. 4 (Paris, 1975), p. 400.s.v., Bs. The Wagler surname appears frequently in French records as Berse, but often the male Wagler in question simply signs his name as Wagler in old German script to the French document naming him as Berse.”

      According to Tazewell County, Illinois Cemeteries Volume Two, the headstone of Christian Wagler in Railroad Cemetery at Elm Grove says he was born Jan. 30, 1803, lived 73 years, 10 months, and 22 days, and died Dec. 22, 1877. [4, 5, 7, 9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S161] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, French Records about the Family of American Immigrants, Peter Ulrich Jr. (b.ca 1767) and Katharina Lauber Ulrich (b.ca 1775).

    2. [S689] Pedigree Chart for Rodger Allen Salzman, Middle initial.

    3. [S712] Maurice Hebert , Handwritten notes by Maurice Hebert.

    4. [S127] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, A French Fragment of Lauber Genealogy.

    5. [S275] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Abraham Wagler Found.

    6. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, Gravestone gives birth as 30 Jan 1803.

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

    8. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25343972/christian-wagler.

    9. [S689] Pedigree Chart for Rodger Allen Salzman.


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