Bishop Christian Engel b. 1764 Moselle, FR d. 15 Sep 1838 Hanover, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Bishop Christian Engel

Male 1764 - 1838  (74 years)


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  • Name Christian Engel  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Prefix Bishop 
    Birth 1764  Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Possibly Gelucourt
    Gender Male 
    CLER Y 
    Residence 1813  Guermange, Saarebourg, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • near Hellocourt
    Immigration 20 Jul 1833  New Orleans, LA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Locating one mile west of the present village of Metamora. Information given on FAG site says he immigrated in 1839.
    Occupation Cultivator At Guermange  [7] 
    Religion Amish Mennonite 
    Death 15 Sep 1838  Hanover, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Now Metamora, Woodford Co., IL
    Burial Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    • Family graveyard on the old Engel homestead
    Person ID I2653  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2021 

    Father Christian Engel,   b. Abt 1729   d. 24 Feb 1795, Bistroff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Magdelaine Schertz (Chertz)   d. Bef 1792 
    Family ID F1601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Katharina Nafziger,   b. Abt 1770   d. 20 Jul 1797, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 27 years) 
    Marriage 1787  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Christian Engel,   b. 26 Jan 1788
     2. Joseph Engel,   b. 30 Jan 1790   d. 29 Aug 1852 (Age 62 years)
     3. Peter Engel,   b. 1794, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1875, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     4. Catherine Engel,   b. 6 Jul 1797, LaGarde, Chateau Salins, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1872, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F1871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2021 

    Family 2 Barbe Brunner,   b. 13 Jan 1769   d. 4 Sep 1852 (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1798  [4, 9] 
    Children 
     1. John Engel,   b. 22 May 1801
     2. Barbara Engel,   b. 10 Apr 1803, LaGarde, Chateau Salins, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1881, Spring Bay, Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Magdalena Engel,   b. 18 Jan 1805, LaGarde, Chateau Salins, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1899, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     4. Marie Engel,   b. 1 Dec 1807, LaGarde, Chateau Salins, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1888, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     5. Jacobina Engel,   b. 28 Aug 1813   d. 1885 (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F1872  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1813 - Guermange, Saarebourg, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 20 Jul 1833 - New Orleans, LA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Sep 1838 - Hanover, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • While in France, Christian was from time to time petitioning the French government to exempt Anabaptists from military service.

      First Amish Bishop in America west of Ohio.
      Elder of the Welschlande gemeinde in Lorraine, settled along Partridge Creek in Illinois summer of 1833 and held the first Amish service in the home of his son, Peter Engel.

      http://genealogytrails.com/ill/woodford/engel_cem.htm

  • Sources 
    1. [S613] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Notebook Keeper Christian Engel (1764-1838), Anabaptist Advocate in Napoleonic France, Part 1: Politics and Protests.

    2. [S731] Steven R. Estes, Love God and Your Neighbor: The Life and Ministry of Christian Engel, (Robert and Juliet Engel Schertz for IMHGS, Metamora, IL).

    3. [S217] Val Swartzendruber, Christian Engel and His Family, (Miller Press).

    4. [S216] Steven R. Estes, The Life and Ministry of Christian Engel.

    5. [S1271] Peter Joseph Staker, A New Link in the Engel Chain.

    6. [S725] Wilma Schertz Brentz, The Story of the Paternal and Maternal Schertz Families in France, 1765.

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

    8. [S539] Harry F. Weber, Centennial History of the Mennonites of Illinois 1829-1929, (The Mennonite Historical Society, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana), P. 604.

    9. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70014176/christian-engel.


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