Mary Ringenberger
1823 - 1905 (81 years)-
Name Mary Ringenberger [1, 2, 3] Birth 1 Oct 1823 Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR - Hingsange farm
Gender Female Religion Mennonite Death 24 Aug 1905 Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Burial Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL - Mt. Zion Cemetery
Person ID I2362 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 13 Jul 2020
Father Pierre Ringenberg (Ringenberger) (Rinkenberger), b. 12 Jun 1786, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR d. 5 May 1861, East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 74 years) Mother Anna Schrag, b. 15 May 1787, Rhodes, Moselle, FR d. 10 Apr 1859, Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 71 years) Marriage 13 Jan 1810 Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR [4] - 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. [1]
Family ID F733 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jacob J. Zimmerman, b. 19 Apr 1818, Chateau-Le-Vannes, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR d. 15 Oct 1849, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL (Age 31 years) Marriage 15 Oct 1844 Tazewell Co., IL [1] Family ID F1674 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Mar 2011
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Event Map Birth - 1 Oct 1823 - Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Marriage - 15 Oct 1844 - Tazewell Co., IL Death - 24 Aug 1905 - Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Burial - - Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - While living on a farm several miles southwest of Washington, IL, seven children were born to them. In about 1865 they bought a farm of 80 acres a mile northeast of the present village of Flanagan. The youngest child was born there. [3]
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Sources - [S181] Ardys Serpette, The Rinkenberger Family.
- [S537] Ringenberger, Zimmerman Families.
- [S1181] Elias Edward Zimmerman, Rinkenberger Family Record, 1786-1949: Descendants of Peter Rinkenberger I, (Printed by Economy Printing Concern, Berne, Indiana).
- [S170] Marriage Record of Anna Schrag and Peter Ringenberger.
- [S181] Ardys Serpette, The Rinkenberger Family.