Catherine (Katie) Ringenberg
1826 - 1905 (78 years)-
Name Catherine (Katie) Ringenberg [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 14 Nov 1826 Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR [5, 6] - Hingsange farm
Gender Female Census 1850 Tazewell Co - John Schrock, 77, Germany; Catherine [Oyer], 57, Germany;farmer Joseph Schrock, 27, Germany; and Catherine [Ringenberger], 23, Germany.
Census 1860 Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL - Catherine Schrock, 34-year-old widow; Anna, 7; Peter, 3 mo. They were living next door to Catherine’s widowed father, Peter Ringenberger.
Death 24 Jan 1905 Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL Burial Sunnyland, Tazewell Co., IL - Probably Guth Cemetery (no stone)
Person ID I2363 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 12 Mar 2021
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 [7] - 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. [2]
Family ID F733 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Joseph Schrock (Oyer), b. Abt 1823 d. 28 Dec 1851, Tazewell Co., IL (Age ~ 28 years) Marriage 20 Nov 1849 Tazewell Co., IL [2, 8] - Ceremony performed by Michael Mosiman. The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists this marriage as 'Joseph Snook' and 'Catherine Rinkenberger,' so it is likely that the misspelling appeared on their original county marriage entry.
Notes - They had a second civil ceremony on 12 Jun 1859. [1]
Children 1. Anna Schrock, b. 5 Oct 1851, IL d. Aug 1898, IL (Age 46 years) Family ID F1675 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2020
Family 2 Joseph Schrock, b. 30 Dec 1825 d. 1860 (Age 34 years) Marriage 12 Jun 1859 Tazewell Co., IL [1] - Performed by minister Michael Mosiman
Children 1. Peter Schrock, b. 16 Mar 1860, Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 30 Jul 1939, Meadows, McLean Co., IL (Age 79 years) Family ID F6192 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2020
Family 3 Jean Springer (Spring), b. 24 Feb 1817, Sturzelbronn, Moselle, FR d. 25 Jan 1891, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 73 years) Marriage 7 Nov 1869 Tazewell Co., IL Family ID F5907 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Jul 2020
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Sources - [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S181] Ardys Serpette, The Rinkenberger Family.
- [S1181] Elias Edward Zimmerman, Rinkenberger Family Record, 1786-1949: Descendants of Peter Rinkenberger I, (Printed by Economy Printing Concern, Berne, Indiana).
- [S1234] Estate of Joseph Schrock, dec’d, Appraisement Bill.
- [S841] Chart of events connected with Grostenquin, France.
- [S269] GeneaNet Family Tree of Jean François Lorentz.
- [S170] Marriage Record of Anna Schrag and Peter Ringenberger.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., Memo.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.