Peter Unzicker b. 1 Jun 1816 St. Goarshausen, Nassau-Weilburg, GR d. 19 Feb 1881 Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Peter Unzicker

Male 1816 - 1881  (64 years)


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  • Name Peter Unzicker  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 1 Jun 1816  St. Goarshausen, Nassau-Weilburg, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Offentaler estate
    Gender Male 
    Residence Oct 1847  Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1849  Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Naturalization 1856  Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1860  Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • farmer Peter Unsenker, 44, Germany; Catharine, 28, Germany; August, 10, Illinois; Magdelin, 9, Illinois; Anna Eliza, 5; and laborer Louis Greene, 25, Germany. The 1864 plat map shows 'P. Unzicker' living in woodland just above the Roberts, Roth, and Staker farms in the northwesst corner of Morton.
    Census 1870  Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • farmer Peter Unsicker, 56; Catharine, 45; Augusta [August], 26; Magdalena, 19; Amelia [Emilie], 16; Magdalena Kennel, 79; farm laborer Benedict Hauger, 38; and Julia [Julius] Unsicker, 26 [6].
    Census 1880  Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • farmer Peter Unsicker, 64; Catherine, 54; and farmer Julius, 36, born in Illinois to a father from Wiesbaden and a mother from Bavaria.
    Death 19 Feb 1881  Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Hirstein Cemetery
    Person ID I2991  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2021 

    Father Jakob Unzicker,   b. 8 Jul 1781, Graveneck Near Usingen, Nassau Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1834 (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth Jordy,   b. 4 Dec 1785 
    Marriage 14 Dec 1807  Trippstadt, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7] 
    • Three witnesses were described as uncle-of-the-bride farmer Christian Imhof, 50, living at Wilenstein; farmer Jean Imhof, 46, living at Wilenstein; and farmer 'Gaspard Schantz,' 39, living on the Wachenhof estate at Idstein.
    Family ID F2870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katharina Kennel,   b. 1 Oct 1822, Dreisen, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1898, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 30 Dec 1848  Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. August K. Unzicker,   b. 25 Sep 1849, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1939, Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     2. Magdalena Unzicker,   b. 25 Dec 1850   d. 8 Feb 1914 (Age 63 years)
     3. Emilie (Emelia) Unzicker,   b. 10 May 1854   d. 22 Jul 1935 (Age 81 years)
     4. Julius Kennel Unzicker,   b. 18 Jul 1864, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1961, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    Family ID F2110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Jun 1816 - St. Goarshausen, Nassau-Weilburg, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Oct 1847 - Butler Co., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Dec 1848 - Butler Co., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1849 - Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - 1856 - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Feb 1881 - Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Apparently joined the Hessian congregation in Butler Co., OH.

  • Sources 
    1. [S836] Unzicker Family Records.

    2. [S234] Steve Estes, Amish Church letters to Illinois.

    3. [S103] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878.

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

    5. [S836] Unzicker Family Records, Birth: 14 Jun 1816.

    6. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17941217/peter-unzicker.

    7. [S40] Hermann Guth, Amish Mennonites in Germany: Their Congregations, The Estates Where They Lived, Their Families (English edition), (Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA), p. 193 1807, Trippstadt, Palatinate, GR - Kaiserslautern.


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