Abraham Ringenberg
1833 - 1915 (82 years)-
Name Abraham Ringenberg [1, 2] Birth 28 Mar 1833 Lancaster Co., PA [2, 3] Gender Male Occupation Farmer Religion Mennonite Residence 1837 Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL Death 14 Apr 1915 Burial East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL - Family cemetery
Person ID I2365 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 Barbara Stalter, b. 18 May 1835, Trippstadt, Palatinate, GR d. 15 Jan 1922, Washington, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 86 years) Marriage 19 May 1859 Tazewell Co., IL [5] - by Michael Mosiman
Family ID F1677 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Jul 2020
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Event Map Birth - 28 Mar 1833 - Lancaster Co., PA Residence - 1837 - Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL Marriage - 19 May 1859 - Tazewell Co., IL Burial - - East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - The couple set up housekeeping on the Rinkenberger Homestead which he had bought from his father: 80 acres for $1,500. He kept buying property from friends and family members until at one time he owned almost 400 acres. In 1865 he built the stone house that was still standing in 1961. All of his children were born there. [1, 2]
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Sources - [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).
- [S391] Mike Stalter, Louis Stalter Sr Family Info, Gives birth date as May 1840.
- [S170] Marriage Record of Anna Schrag and Peter Ringenberger.
- [S1181] Elias Edward Zimmerman, Rinkenberger Family Record, 1786-1949: Descendants of Peter Rinkenberger I, (Printed by Economy Printing Concern, Berne, Indiana), 18 May 1859.
- [S181] Ardys Serpette, The Rinkenberger Family.