Peter Engel[1]
1794 - 1875 (81 years)-
Name Peter Engel Birth 1794 FR Gender Male Immigration 1831 Death 1875 IL - 1 Mar 1874 - Gravestone reading
Burial Metamora, Woodford Co., IL - Engel Family Cemetery
Person ID I2768 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 6 Apr 2017
Father Bishop Christian Engel, b. 1764, Moselle, FR d. 15 Sep 1838, Hanover, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 74 years) Mother Katharina Nafziger, b. Abt 1770 d. 20 Jul 1797, IL (Age ~ 27 years) Marriage 1787 [2] Family ID F1871 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Catherine Ringenberg, b. 15 Sep 1788, Imling, Moselle, FR d. 26 Sep 1863, IL (Age 75 years) Marriage 21 Dec 1819 Hellocourt, Maizieres-les-Vic, Moselle, FR - 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 d. 1888 (Age 66 years) Family ID F1949 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Dec 2004
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Event Map Marriage - 21 Dec 1819 - Hellocourt, Maizieres-les-Vic, Moselle, FR Burial - - 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]
- Served as municipal official who signed and made entries at Hellocourt for several years.
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Sources - [S6] Page 3, Ella Wagler Oyer, Christian and Catherine (Ulerich) Wagler, Tazewell Settlers.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70014176/christian-engel.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S46] The Past and Present of Woodford Co., IL.
- [S6] Page 3, Ella Wagler Oyer, Christian and Catherine (Ulerich) Wagler, Tazewell Settlers.