Christian Eichelberger b. 4 Apr 1839 Ettersdorf, Bavaria, GR d. 9 Jan 1901 Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Christian Eichelberger

Male 1839 - 1901  (61 years)


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  • Name Christian Eichelberger  [1] 
    Birth 4 Apr 1839  Ettersdorf, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Date shown is from the church record at Ettersdorf. Gravestone gives a different date
    Gender Male 
    Death 9 Jan 1901  Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16542  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2021 

    Father Christian Eichelberger,   b. 3 Sep 1803, Rahling, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1869, Ettersdorf, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Ringenberg 
    Family ID F11273  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Schantz,   b. 4 Dec 1844   d. 21 Mar 1910, Hydro, OK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Children 
     1. Andrew Eichelberger,   b. 13 Jul 1860   d. 30 May 1936 (Age 75 years)
     2. Peter Eichelberger,   b. 4 Aug 1864   d. 15 Sep 1952, Wayland, Henry Co., IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     3. Christian Eichelberger,   b. 24 Nov 1865   d. 25 Mar 1939, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F11274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Apr 1839 - Ettersdorf, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Jan 1901 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit: Herald of Truth, February of 1901:
      "On the 9th of Jan., 1901, near Hopedale, Ill., of consumption of which he suffered a long time, Christian Eichelberger, aged 61 years, 8 months and 25 days. He leaves his bereaved companion, three sons and eleven grandchildren. He is gone, but we mourn not as those who have no hope, for we believe that he has gone home. He was a member of the Amish Mennonite Church. Buried on the 11th. Funeral services by John Egli and J. C. Birky from John 11:25, 26." He is buried in Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery.

      They sailed from Hamburg via Le Havre on the S.S. Hammonia, and arrived at New York June 27, 1884. The passenger list shows farmer Christ Eichelberger, 45, Bavary; Marie, 40; Anna, 4; Babette Jordy, 25; a wife; Christ, 4; Babette Augsburger, 18, a wife; Frieda Porcellius, 20, merchant; Joseph Ackerman, 38, workman; Anna, 33; Marie, 14; Kate, 9; and Herm., 8. The 1900 census of Boynton shows them living in the household of a son: farmer Christ Eichelberger, 34, born in November of 1865, Germany, married seven years, immigrated in 1885; Sally, 29, born in October of 1870, born in Illinois to parents from Ohio and Illinois, married seven years and the mother of four children; Albert B., 6, born in October of 1893, Illinois; Joseph, 4, born in Illinois in November of 1895; Alma, 2, born in Illinois in September of 1897; Christian A., six months, Illinois, born in November of 1899; Christian Jr., father, 61, born in April of 1839, married 37 years, immigrated in 1885; Mary, mother, 56, born in Germany in September of 1843, immigrated in 1885; and servant/farm laborer Henry Blake, 44, born in Missouri in September of 1855 to parents from Ohio.

  • Sources 
    1. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.


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