Pierre Ringenberg (Ringenberger) (Rinkenberger) b. 12 Jun 1786 Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR d. 5 May 1861 East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Pierre Ringenberg (Ringenberger) (Rinkenberger)

Male 1786 - 1861  (74 years)


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  • Name Pierre Ringenberg (Ringenberger) (Rinkenberger)  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 12 Jun 1786  Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Hingsange farm (Arr.Sarg, Dept. Moselle)
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1809  Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • for several years before their marriage at the garm Sarrelfing, working as domestics.
    Residence 1810  Hingsange, Linstroff, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Until 1829
    Immigration 1831  NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Peter and Anna; children John, Christian, Peter, Anna, Barbara, Mary and Katie. They sailed for six weeks.
    Residence Abt 1831-1837  Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • The family stayed in Lancaster six years.
    Residence 1837  Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1837  Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Traveled by steamboat to Farmdale
    PURC 7 Jun 1837  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • 160 acres in Sec 25, Fond du Lac Twp. Built a log cabin on this land.
    Census 1850  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Peter “RingerBarger”, 64, France; Anne, 62, France; laborer Christian, 30, France; and laborer Abraham, 17 PA; Barbara [Stalter], 25, Bavaria; and grandson/son Peter, three months, IL.
    Occupation Farmer In Illinois 
    Occupation Weaver In France of “fine tablecloths, and other articles. Peter III had a bedspread which was woven by him.” 
    Religion Amish Mennonite 
    USR1 Stroke 
    Death 5 May 1861  East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Rinkenberger Family Cemetery - on their farm in East Peoria: 3550 East Washington Street, East Peoria, IL (Robein, Tazewell Co., IL ) This land was not included in the sale of the farm in 1948.
    Person ID I2230  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 13 Jul 2020 

    Father Christian (Christophe) Ringenberg,   b. Abt 1730   d. 30 Mar 1796, Sotzeling, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Catherine Kempf   d. 23 Aug 1821, Dolving, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Bef 1786  [9] 
    Family ID F1666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Schrag,   b. 15 May 1787, Rhodes, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1859, Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jan 1810  Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • arr. de Sarrebourg (Haute-Clocher means high bell tower)
    Notes 
    • Anna’s surname is spelled (Schraque) on the marriage document.

      One of the witnesses to the marriage was the bride’s cousin, Jean Hirgie, a 58-year-old farmer at Haute-Clocher. (Could be Jean Hirschy, born 1752 in Haute-Clocher, who married Anne Rouvenacht (sister of Barbe Rouvenacht?) .
      The groom signed his name “Petter Rinckenberg” and the bride signed with an “x”, indicating she was illiterate. Catherine Kempt also signed with an “x”.

      Catherine Kempf was present and consented to her son’s marriage. [4]
    Children 
     1. Joseph Ringenberg,   b. 15 Oct 1810, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1817, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 6 years)
     2. Jean Ringenberger,   b. 12 Nov 1811, Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1886, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. Christian Ringenberger,   b. Feb 1814, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1814 (Age ~ 0 years)
     4. Peter Ringenberger,   b. 3 Jun 1815, Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1892, Gridley, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     5. Chrisitian Ringenberger,   b. 26 May 1817, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1871, Washington, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     6. Anna (Nancy) Ringenberger,   b. 7 Nov 1820, Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1901, Alvin, Vermillion Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     7. Barbara Ringenberg,   b. 25 Sep 1821, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1864, Walnut Twp., Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     8. Mary Ringenberger,   b. 1 Oct 1823, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1905, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     9. Catherine (Katie) Ringenberg,   b. 14 Nov 1826, Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1905, Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     10. Madelaine Ringenberg,   b. 12 May 1829, Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Abraham Ringenberg,   b. 28 Mar 1833, Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1915 (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Jun 1786 - Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1809 - Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1810 - Hingsange, Linstroff, Lorraine, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Jan 1810 - Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1831 - NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Abt 1831-1837 - Lancaster Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1837 - Butler Co., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1837 - Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPURC - 7 Jun 1837 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 May 1861 - East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Peter and Anne lived in Hingsange between 1810 and 1829 when nine of their children were born and two died. In 1831, Peter, Anne, and at least seven of their children sailed for America. After disembarking in New York, they went to Lancaster Co., PA, where their last child was born in 1833. The family moved by steamboat to Illinois in 1837.

      Peter walked twenty miles to attend church at Mackinaw Dells. When he died, Peter left no will. , His grave stone uses the name Rinkenberger. [4, 5, 9, 11]

  • Sources 
    1. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., Peter may be son of a Hans/Jean Ringenberg.

    2. [S715] Descendants of Peter Ringenberg.

    3. [S40] Hermann Guth, Amish Mennonites in Germany: Their Congregations, The Estates Where They Lived, Their Families (English edition), (Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA), P. 226 - Peter may be son of a Hans/Jean Ringenberg.

    4. [S181] Ardys Serpette, The Rinkenberger Family.

    5. [S1181] Elias Edward Zimmerman, Rinkenberger Family Record, 1786-1949: Descendants of Peter Rinkenberger I, (Printed by Economy Printing Concern, Berne, Indiana).

    6. [S328] Jean-Michel Engel, Anabaptiste de Sarralbe.

    7. [S1181] Elias Edward Zimmerman, Rinkenberger Family Record, 1786-1949: Descendants of Peter Rinkenberger I, (Printed by Economy Printing Concern, Berne, Indiana), This source says he purchased 80 acres. Must have quickly added another 80 acres.

    8. [S1181] Elias Edward Zimmerman, Rinkenberger Family Record, 1786-1949: Descendants of Peter Rinkenberger I, (Printed by Economy Printing Concern, Berne, Indiana), p. 10.

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

    10. [S170] Marriage Record of Anna Schrag and Peter Ringenberger.

    11. [S269] GeneaNet Family Tree of Jean François Lorentz.


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