Michael Salzman b. 29 Sep 1779 Petite-Tenquin, Moselle, FR d. 30 Nov 1861 Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Michael Salzman

Male 1779 - 1861  (82 years)


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  • Name Michael Salzman  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 29 Sep 1779  Petite-Tenquin, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Zelle farm
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1801  Sarralbe, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Farmer at Haras. Lived here at time of Catherine’s birth
    Residence 1811  Forbach, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • miller at Moulin at Schlefalermuhl?
    Residence 1814  Forbach, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • His wife Catherine Hirchi died here
    Residence 1814  Albestroff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Farmer at Vallerade at time of marriage to Madelaine Eiyman. Also is named there in 1815, 1819, 1820 and 1823.
    Residence 1823  Bistroff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Belgrade Farm
    Residence 1826  Xirange, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Miller at Xirange at time of Catherine’s marriage
    Immigration Spring 1831  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Naturalization 21 Sep 1842  Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Page 135 of Naturalization Book. Naturalized at the same time as Michael, age 60, were sons Michael age 17; Andrew age ten; and John age five.
    Census 1850  Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • House # 1176, Family #1317. Living with wife Magdalina, Andrew, Phoebe, John; next to John and Catherine Schrock
    Occupation Cultivator At Haras Near Sarralbe In 1803. Miller At Palace Mill (Schloessersmuhle) In Forbach At Time Of Catherine’s Death In 1814. [Haras Was A Horse Breeding Farm Established In 1717, Half Destroyed By Fire In 1825] 
    Occupation Worker At Mill Tree At Forbach At The Time Of His Marriage To Magdalena Eymann. 1820-1825 A Farmer At Bischwald Mill In Bistroff 
    Religion Anabaptist 
    Death 30 Nov 1861  Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Burial Monroe, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • Mound Cemetery, Lot 2, Sec. 3 (which cost $26.25)
    Person ID I2638  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2022 

    Father Michel Saltzman,   b. Abt 1755, Altwiller, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1821, Albestroff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Catherine Weiss,   b. 1758, Achlade (Achslach?), Zweibrücken, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1821, Albestroff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1778 
    Family ID F3515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Catherine Hirschy (Hergi Hirschine),   b. Abt 1780, Faulquemont, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1814, Forbach, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Marriage 3 Mar 1804  Sarralbe, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    • 57430
    Notes 
    • Marriage Document reads:
      At three o’clock, the act of marriage of Michel Salzman, male minor of the Anabaptiste sect, cultivator at Haras near this community, born at Zelle near Petit Tenquin, age 24; son of Michel Salzman, an Anabaptiste farmer at Haras, and Catherine Veis; and Catherine Hirgi, an Anabaptist living at “-----” near St. Avold, age 24; daughter of Pierre Hergi and Agnes Phorni [Farny/Fahrni]. Preliminary announcements [ban] posted at Sarralbe and St. Avold on Dec. 11 and 18, 1803...The marriage was held here in deference to the father Michael Salzman, cultivator living at Haras near Sarralbe, age 53...
    Children 
     1. Catherine (Elisabeth) Salzman,   b. 27 Oct 1804, Sarralbe, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1858, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     2. Peter (Pierre) Saltzman,   b. 1805, Metz? Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1848, Pyrmont, Carroll Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
     3. Magdalena Saltzman,   b. Abt 1810
     4. Christian Salzman,   b. 31 Mar 1811, Forbach, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1895, Pawnee Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F3460  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2013 

    Family 2 Magdalena Eymann,   b. 2 Jun 1795, Prussia/Palatinate Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1875, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jun 1814  Albestroff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    • First and second publications for marriage of “Michelle Salman and Madelaine Eiyman” was on June 1 and 8, 1814. Michael was 33 years old and Magdalena 20. Michael was a resident of Mill Three (troisieme moulin) at Forbach. Cathrine Hirgits (Hirschi) is named as his deceased wife.
    Notes 
    • Marriage 1815 in Haselbourg?
    Children 
     1. Jacques Salzman,   b. 25 Aug 1815, Albestroff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Barbara Salzman,   b. 14 Oct 1817
     3. Marie Saltzman,   b. 27 Jan 1820, Albestroff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Michael Saltzman,   b. 11 Oct 1821, Bistroff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1844, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
     5. Elizabeth (Sissel) Salzman,   b. 15 Aug 1823, Bistroff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Jacobina (Phoebe) Saltzman,   b. 25 Apr 1825, Bistroff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1921, Gridley, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     7. Barbara (Barbary) Saltzman,   b. Abt 1825   d. Bef 1861 (Age ~ 35 years)
     8. Catherine Saltzman,   b. Abt 1826/28, Weinheim, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1906, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)
     9. Andrew Saltzman,   b. 6 Sep 1829, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. John Saltzman,   b. 4 Nov 1834, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1921 (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F1862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Sep 1779 - Petite-Tenquin, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1801 - Sarralbe, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 3 Mar 1804 - Sarralbe, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1811 - Forbach, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1814 - Forbach, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1814 - Albestroff, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Jun 1814 - Albestroff, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1823 - Bistroff, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1826 - Xirange, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - Spring 1831 - Baltimore, MD Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - 21 Sep 1842 - Butler Co., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Nov 1861 - Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Monroe, Butler Co., OH Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • In his original will, Michael named Andrew as executor and John as trustee of funds for minor grandchildren. However, in a codicil filed about ten months before his death, he removed Andrew and named Jacob Hittell of the city of Hamilton, Ohio, as executor of his will.

      Michael’s probate records reveal that he was buried in Mound Cemetery, Monroe, Butler Co., OH. A John Long received $21 for coffin and services. M. Doell (?) received $8 for oil cloth coat needed for funeral of Michael Salzman. Mound Cemetery (Rich Davies) was paid $26.25 (assumably for the lot), and $2.50 for interment of the body. Dr. D. R. Dyche submitted a bill totaling $25 for services on 16 different days during October 1861.

      On 3 Feb 1862, an inventory of personal property was valued at $215.32. Items included 1 milk cow, $15; 1 kitchen cupboard, $10; 2 blankets and quilt coverlet, $12; 1 bed and bedstead and bedding, $24; 1 keg wine and 1 barrel vinegar, $8; a note against Andrew McCleary for $56, which was declared “of doubtful value.”

      Mound Cemetery is just over two miles from the Salzman home, in Monroe, OH. The cemetery is indeed a mound of earth covered with grave sites. The Amish section is at the bottom of the mound fairly close to the entrance driveway.

      Also in the Salzman plot are Georgie 1882-1887; Barbara 1853-1938; William 1857 -1917; Ella 1859-1943; and John W. 1860-1917.

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      Michael's first wife, Catherine was born during 1780 in St. Avold, a daughter of Pierre Hergi and Anne Agnes Farny of St. Avold. She married Michael Salzman, a son of Michel Salzman and Catherine Weiss Salzman and Michael is identified as an Anabaptist and the ceremony was held at Sarralbe at 3:00 on 3 March 1804, in deference to Michel Salzman. Catherine and Michael had four children, Pierre (Peter), Catherine, Magdalena and Christian. Michael was a resident of Sarralbe and the couple was still there at the time of daughter Catherine's birth in 1804. Michael worked as a cultivator at Haras and then the family moved to Forbach where Michael was a Miller at Schloesser's mill. His wife, Catherine died at Forbach on 5 March 1814. After only three months of Catherine's death, Michael is in Albestroff, where his parents resided and where he married Madelaine Eiyman in June. He is named there off and on until 1823 when he moved to Belgrade Farm with his family and was a farmer at Bischwald mill in Bistroff. Magdalena was born 2 June 1795 in Prussia/Palainate and died 1 Oct. 1875 in Butler, OH. They had nine children: Jacques (Jacob), Maria, Michael, Elisabeth, Jacobina, Barbara, Catherine, Andre(Andrew) and John. (Information by Donna Schrock Birkey, originally published in the Winter 2004 issue of the Illinois Mennonite Heritage Quarterly.) 

      Jean-Michel Engel reports Michael and his family also lived for a time in Val-de-Gueblange, in addition to the residences now listed., [8, 9, 13, 14]

  • Sources 
    1. [S276] Michael Saltzman Will.

    2. [S577] Probate Record of Michael Salzman Estate.

    3. [S553] Michael Saltzman & Magdalena Eymann.

    4. [S406] Birth record of Michael Salzman.

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

    6. [S402] Schrock, Saltzman immigration.

    7. [S277] Michael Saltsman - Naturalization Record.

    8. [S294] Dana Pruitt, Burial Sites of Butler County Mennonites, (Mennonite Historical Library, Goshen College, Goshen, IN).

    9. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73387441/michael-salzman.

    10. [S305] Marriage Record of Michael Salzman (b. 1779) in Index of Marriages.

    11. [S306] Marriage Record of Michel Saltzman and Catherine Hergy.

    12. [S413] Marriage Record of Michael Salzman andCatherine Hirchy: Publication of Marriage.

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

    14. [S986] Jean-Michel Engel, Fermiers Anabaptistes de Sarralbe.pdf.


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