Caspar Schrag
1745 - 1814 (69 years)-
Name Caspar Schrag [1] Birth 1745 Salles, Bas-Rhin, FR [1, 2] Gender Male Residence 20 Dec 1773 Somerset Co., PA [1] Death 1814 Berlin, Somerset Co., PA [1] - (1809?)
Person ID I2100 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 2 Feb 2024
Father Ulrich Schrag, b. 1688, Wynigen, Bern, SW d. 1797, Somerset Co., PA (Age 109 years) Mother Elisabeth Meyer, b. Abt 1688 Family ID F1469 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Stucky, b. 1755, Elizabeth, Lancaster Co., PA d. 1795, Somerset Co., PA (Age 40 years) Marriage 1776 Somerset Co., PA [1] Children 1. Henry Schrag, b. 1777 d. 1823 (Age 46 years) 2. John Schrock, b. 1778, Berlin, Somerset Co., PA d. 1853, Somerset Co., PA (Age 75 years) 3. Christian Schrag, b. 1779, Berlin, Somerset Co., PA d. 1847, Brothers Valley Twp., Somerset Co., PA (Age 68 years) 4. Michael Schrag, b. 1782, Berlin, Somerset Co., PA d. 1 Oct 1860, Somerset Co., PA (Age 78 years) 5. David Schrag, b. 25 May 1786 d. 20 Dec 1865 (Age 79 years) 6. Joseph Schrag, b. 1788 d. 1848 (Age 60 years) 7. Catherine Schrag, b. 24 Jun 1790, Somerset Co., PA d. 24 Mar 1872, Fulton Co., OH (Age 81 years) 8. Abraham Schrag, b. 1792, Berlin, Somerset Co., PA 9. Jakob Schrag, b. 17 Sep 1794 d. 29 Mar 1848, Wayne, Ashtabula Co., OH (Age 53 years) 10. Peter C. Schrag, b. 1 Sep 1795, Somerset Co., PA d. 1 May 1846, Smithville, Wayne Co., OH (Age 50 years) Family ID F9142 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Feb 2024
Family 2 Catherine Blough, b. 1752 d. 1816 (Age 64 years) Marriage Between 1795-1809 Family ID F11676 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Feb 2024
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Event Map Birth - 1745 - Salles, Bas-Rhin, FR Residence - 20 Dec 1773 - Somerset Co., PA Marriage - 1776 - Somerset Co., PA Death - 1814 - Berlin, Somerset Co., PA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Early information about this couple has been recently found to be incorrect. According to Tim Schrag, Caspar married Mary Stucky in 1776. She was born in 1755 and died in 1795 giving birth to their 10thchild Peter Schrock. Casper then married Catherine Blough - she was born 1752 and died in 1816.
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The story traditionally held is when Nicholas & family arrived at the port of Philadelphia, PA on the ship ‘Peggy’ on Sept. 24, 1753, youngest son Casper was so weak that the oldest son John, carried him on his back all the way to Berks County, 70 or more miles.
Casper Schrock was born in Switzerland, ca. 1745. He immigrated to America and married Mary Stuckey, a native of Germany. They had ten children. He was a successful farmer in Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
married ca. 1776 in Lancaster Co., PA to: MARY STUCK(E)Y.
Mary died bet Sep 1795-1809. Mary is also most likely, interned in this graveyard. Casper remarried between Sep 1795-1809 to CATHERINE BLOUGH 69030173
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Children of Caspar Schrag/Schrock & Mary Stuck(e)y
Henry Schrock (c 1777 - 1823)
m Susanna Coleman (3/18/1785 - 1824)
John (1778-1853) /Berlin Somerset PA 62038229
m Magdalena Martha Blough /(4/7/1775 - 1852) 98916710
Christian (1779 - 1847) Somerset Co PA 88217959
m Veronica “Franny” Good (1/14/1782 - 4/27/1871) 88217893
Michael (1782 - 10/1/1860) Wayne Co OH 52982620
m Susan Yoder (4/4/1791 - 1855 Wayne Co OH) 52982636
David (5/24/1786 – 12/20/1865 Garret Co MD) 134504676
m Elizabeth Miller (1/28/1796 - 1/27/1853 PA)
Joseph (c 1788 d 1848/Tuscarawas Co OH)
m Elizabeth Blough (9/19/1791 - 9/24/1873/OH)
Catherine (6/24/1790 - 3/24/1872/Fulton Co OH) 8425147
m David Stutzman (4/22/1791 - 10/23/1870) 8425152
Abraham (c 1792 - ____)
m Susanna Hochstettler (3/13/1802 – 1865 / Washington Co., IA)
Jacob (9/17/1794 – 3/29/1848 Wayne Co OH) 39585638
m Veronica Hochstettler
Peter C. ( 9/1795 – 1846 / OH)152843095
m Sarah Miller (1802 - ____) 152843017
Sources: (1) "Family Record of Jonas M. Schrock 1859-1936 and Catherine Kemp 1865-1904), published in 1997. (2) Joseph D. Schrock & Anna Yoder Family Genealogy (1865-2016) p. VI. (3) Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph counties, Indiana, together with biographies of many prominent men of northern Indiana and of the whole state, both living and dead, John Morris Co. Published 1895. (4) Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies by Hugh F. Gingerich and Rachel W. Kreider 1986. (5) A Brief History of Biographical Sketches Together with a Complete Genealogy of the Descendants of Peter Schrock, Mennonite Publishing House, 1923 - 101 pages, Silvanus Yoder
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Bio Contributed by: Mark Hayden (#48312166)
- Early information about this couple has been recently found to be incorrect. According to Tim Schrag, Caspar married Mary Stucky in 1776. She was born in 1755 and died in 1795 giving birth to their 10thchild Peter Schrock. Casper then married Catherine Blough - she was born 1752 and died in 1816.
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