Christian (Christophe) Schrag (Serach) (Gerard) b. 4 Sep 1818 Deyvillers, Vosges, FR d. 21 Jan 1878 Woodford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Christian (Christophe) Schrag (Serach) (Gerard)

Male 1818 - 1878  (59 years)


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  • Name Christian (Christophe) Schrag (Serach) (Gerard)  [1] 
    Birth 4 Sep 1818  Deyvillers, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1855  Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Farm one half mile east of Roanoke Mennonite Church.
    Immigration 20 Jun 1855  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Aboard the John Hancock.
    Census 1860  Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • They lived next door to David Schertz, 54.
    Death 21 Jan 1878  Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • One house removed was farmer Joseph Schrock 28, and Elisabeth, 23, born in Illinois to parents from Arnstead.
    Occupation Miller  [5] 
    Burial Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I2123  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2024 

    Father Andréas /Schrag (Gerard Serach),   b. 1779, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1848, Dombrot-sur-Vair, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Anne Pelsy (Pelzel, Bellesley),   b. 9 Nov 1783, Rhodes, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1843, Robecourt, Lamarche, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 20 Feb 1805  Oberstinzel, Fenetrange, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    • Moulin Sarreck
    Family ID F1498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Cender (Zentner),   b. 24 Jun 1821, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1892, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 9 Dec 1845  Dombrot-sur-Vair, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11] 
    • Witnesses included miller and brother-of-the-groom André Gerard of Robecourt, 32; miller and friend-of-the-groom Joseph Roquit of Chatillon-sur-[illegible]; brother-of-the-bride and miller Chrétien Cender, 22, of Rigny-la-Salle; and uncle-of-the-bride Jean Cender, 40, a cultivator and resident of Écrouve.
    Children 
     1. Christian C. “C.c.” Schrock,   b. 13 Jun 1847, Alsace Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1926, Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. Catherine Schrock,   b. 25 Nov 1850, Alsace Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1938, Manson, Calhoun Co., IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     3. Joseph Schrock (Gerard),   b. 17 May 1852, Ugny-sur-Meuse, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1943, Albany, Linn Co., OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     4. Lena Schrock,   b. 17 Oct 1857, Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1935, Omaha, Douglas Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. John C. Schrock,   b. 28 Jun 1858, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1948, Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     6. Peter Schrock,   b. 31 Jul 1860, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1876 (Age 16 years)
     7. Elizabeth Schrock,   b. 24 Aug 1862, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1863 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F1503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Sep 1818 - Deyvillers, Vosges, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Dec 1845 - Dombrot-sur-Vair, Vosges, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1855 - Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 20 Jun 1855 - New York, NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Jan 1878 - Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The family immigrated to central Illinois in 1855, “to seek refuge, to find protection, and to have a settlement among ourselves.” [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S113] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Partial Genealogy of the Family of Christian Schrag/Schrock/Gerard.

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

    3. [S338] From Germany to New Life in America.

    4. [S45] Willard H. Smith, Mennonites in Illinois, (Herald Press, Scottdale, PA, 1983), p. 63.

    5. [S1313] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, (Masthof Press).

    6. [S190] Jean Francois Lorentz, Schrag, Berki, Pelsey:.

    7. [S269] GeneaNet Family Tree of Jean François Lorentz, http://en.geneanet.org/archives/actes/view/?idacte=1150517.

    8. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., civil marriage entry said the groom was born in Deuxponts.

    9. [S1120] Migrations of the Schrag Family of Leumberg Switzerland from Adam to Adams County (Part 1-to the 20th Century), 1845.

    10. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., 1855.

    11. [S162] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Elisabeth Cender’s Dowry for Marriage to Christian Schrag in 1845.


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