Johannes Jacob Schrag b. 1715 Ingweilerhof, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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  • Name Johannes Jacob Schrag  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 1715  Ingweilerhof, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1785  America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    • Lancaster, PA, then Brothers Valley. Then some went to Somerset/Johnstown, some to Canada;Johannes and rest to Holmes Co., Ohio near Walnut Creek, before moving to East Central Indiana in Miami Co.
    Person ID I2060  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2024 

    Father Caspar Schrag,   b. 13 Dec 1685, Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Somerset Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elsbeth Leyenberger,   b. 1690, Jebsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 9 Aug 1711  Jebsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8] 
    • They were given a Catholic marriage ceremony, even though they were Anabaptists.
    Family ID F453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara Esch?,   b. 1755 
    Family ID F1397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2024 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • “There is very little information out there on this second son of Caspar Schrag b. 1685. He would be the second child of Caspar’s to migrate to America. J. Virgil Miller states that the Johannes Schrock family left for America in 1785.
      Karen Schrock Jones shared the following. [The group travelling with Johannes] touched down in Lancaster before moving to Brothers Valley, PA. From there some went to Somerset/Johnstown, some to Canada, and [Johannes and] the rest to Holmes county OH. ... They stayed in the Walnut Creek area for a couple of generations before moving to east central IN settling in Miami county. Around this time, they quit being identified as either Amish or Mennonite and also their name was changed from Schrock to Shrock.”

      Migrated to America in 1785. [1, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1120] Migrations of the Schrag Family of Leumberg Switzerland from Adam to Adams County (Part 1-to the 20th Century), P. 143.

    2. [S805] GeneaNet Family Tree of Peter Schrag.

    3. [S40] Hermann Guth, Amish Mennonites in Germany: Their Congregations, The Estates Where They Lived, Their Families (English edition), (Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA).

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

    5. [S805] GeneaNet Family Tree of Peter Schrag, 1713.

    6. [S1120] Migrations of the Schrag Family of Leumberg Switzerland from Adam to Adams County (Part 1-to the 20th Century), 1715.

    7. [S313] J. Virgil Miller, Both Sides of the Ocean: Amish-Mennonites From Switzerland to America, (Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA).

    8. [S313] J. Virgil Miller, Both Sides of the Ocean: Amish-Mennonites From Switzerland to America, (Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA), Gives date as 1712.


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