Peter Engel b. 1794 FR d. 1875 IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Peter Engel[1]

Male 1794 - 1875  (81 years)


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  • Name Peter Engel 
    Birth 1794  FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1831 
    Death 1875  IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1 Mar 1874 - Gravestone reading
    Burial Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Engel Family Cemetery
    Person ID I2768  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2017 

    Father Bishop Christian Engel,   b. 1764, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1838, Hanover, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Katharina Nafziger,   b. Abt 1770   d. 20 Jul 1797, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 27 years) 
    Marriage 1787  [2
    Family ID F1871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Ringenberg,   b. 15 Sep 1788, Imling, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1863, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 21 Dec 1819  Hellocourt, Maizieres-les-Vic, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Peter was living at Guermange at time of marriage. One witness was Christian, Peter’s brother.
    Children 
     1. Peter R. Engel,   b. 1822, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1888 (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F1949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2004 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Dec 1819 - Hellocourt, Maizieres-les-Vic, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Served as municipal official who signed and made entries at Hellocourt for several years.
      Peter settled in Metamora, Woodford Co., IL in 1833.
      Peter’s home and the stagecoach/inn stop between Chicago and Springfield in on Washington Road between Metamora and Washington on Washington Road--4/10 of a mile south of Rt. 116. The old well is still behind the house. This place is where in 1833 Andrew Ropp came to search out the land for the Ropps to move to Illinois. The Ropps had known the Engels in Canada and Ohio. Across the road was the home site of Christian Engel, first Illinois Amish bishop.

      http://genealogytrails.com/ill/woodford/engel_cem.htm [3, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Page 3, Ella Wagler Oyer, Christian and Catherine (Ulerich) Wagler, Tazewell Settlers.

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

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

    4. [S46] The Past and Present of Woodford Co., IL.


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