Daniel Zehr Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 1856 Farnisville, Woodford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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  • Name Daniel Zehr  [2, 3] 
    Birth Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1803  Abstried, near Diessen, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1810-1817  Laim, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Bergerhof. Laim was very near Nymphenberg in Gern. Thus, surely he had dealings with the Stalter and Birkey families in Gern.
    Residence 1818-1827  Manried, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Immigration 1849  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • From Liverpool. Arrived 21 June 1849 on ship Minnesota. Only son Joseph stayed in Bavaria.
    Occupation Farmer 
    Religion Amish Mennonite 
    Residence 1828-1849  Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mang-Anwesen
    Residence 1849  Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Mackinaw River area
    USR1 Cholera 
    Death 1856  Farnisville, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Burial Montgomery Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Thought to be Slabtown Cemetery
    Person ID I326  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2022 

    Father Daniel Zehr,   b. Abt 1735, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1819, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Mother Catherine Zehr,   b. Abt 1750, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1805, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Marriage 1777  Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F365  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Magdalena Unzicker,   b. 8 May 1785, Windstein, Wissembourg, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1838, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jun 1802  Windstein, Wissembourg, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11] 
    • Marriage records of Windstein, Bas-Rhin, France, 1793-1862:
      On 17 Prairial 10th year of the Republic (6 Jun 1802), at Windstein, District of Wissembourg, France, Daniel Zohr, age 19, son of Daniel Zehr and Catherina Zohr, married Magdalena Hunzicker, age 17, daughter of Johannes Unzicker and Barbara Uhlmann of Windstein. The following persons were witnesses and signed the marriage record: Joseph Zohr, farmer, age 47 years; Jacob Stepp, farmer, age 54 years, both residing at Windstein; Christian Bock, farmer, age 35 of Windstein; Christian Zohr, farmer, age 45 of Stultzthal.
    Notes 
    • On 17 Parairial 10th year of the Republic (6 Jun 1802), at Windstein, District of Wissembourg, France, Daniel Zohr, age19, sone of Daniel Zehr and Catherina Zohr, married Magdalena Hunzicker, age 17, daughter of Johannes Unzicker and Barbara Uhlmann of Windstein. The following persons were witnesses and signed the marriage record: Joseph Zohr, farmer, age 47 years; Jacob Stepp, farmer, age 54 years, both residing at Windstein; Christian Bock, farmer, age 35 of Windstein; Christian Zohr, farmer, age 45 of Stultzthal.
    Children 
     1. Bishop Daniel Zehr,   b. 8 Jun 1803, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1855, Goodfield, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     2. George Zehr,   b. 23 Jan 1806, Abstried, near Diessen, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1886, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     3. Joseph Zehr,   b. 29 Nov 1807, Preyderhof/Bogen, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1807, Preyderhof/Bogen, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. Joseph Zehr,   b. 18 Nov 1810, Laim, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1871, Beigarten, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     5. Christian Zehr,   b. 12 Nov 1812, Laim, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1893, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     6. Magdalena Zehr,   b. 12 Mar 1816, Laim, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Peter Zehr, Sr.,   b. 1818, Manried, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1886, Slabtown, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     8. Bishop Jacob Zehr,   b. 17 Sep 1825, Manried, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1898, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F141  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - - Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Jun 1802 - Windstein, Wissembourg, Alsace, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1803 - Abstried, near Diessen, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1810-1817 - Laim, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1849 - New York, NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1828-1849 - Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1849 - Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Montgomery Twp., Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Mill near Struth, FR    		Mill near Struth, FR
    Several Zehr families lived at this mill.

  • Notes 
    • At one time Daniel lived in the village of Struth in France, but moved to Bavaria in 1803, where he leased a cattle farm for two years. From 1810 to 1817, the family lived at Laim, near Munich. Daniel purchased property at Manried near Hilgertshausen on 2 Dec 1818, then resold it on 15 Dec 1827. The next move was to Hanfeld, near Starnberg, Bavaria. At the age of 72 and about ten years after the death of his wife (Magdalena Unzicker), Daniel emigrated to America with the David Springer family on the ship Minnesota. The ship departed from Liverpool, England and arrived in New York on 21 June 1849. From New York Daniel went to Illinois where his sons George, Christian, Peter, and Jacob had settled.

      Also on board were Valentine Birkey (1794) with brother Christian's daughter, Barbara and her illegitimate son, and Mary Burkey Birky.

      Daniel’s children’s names were kept in a 1780 edition of Martyrs’ Mirror that has been passed down in the Ingold family.
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      While in Bavaria, Daniel was one of the signatories to a letter sent March 18, 1811, to King Maximilian I. Joseph (ruler from 1806-1825). In it the “Elders of the Menonists” of the dairy farm Oberndorf, appealed to the King for permission to hire their own private instructors to educate their children in their own catechism, since he had allowed them freedom of religion. But “some of the community have received legal orders to send their children to school a good half hour away.”

      The answer came to them on Sept. 11, 1811, that “attendance of the local school remained compulsory, but the Mennonite children were not compelled to participate in religious instruction.”

      Other signing the letter were: Christian Güngerich, Heinrich Stalter, Christian Bürcky, Johannes Bächler.

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      Daniel’s estate was probated in 1858 (Woodford Co., IL), Jacob Summers, Administrator. Appraisers were Christian and Peter Farney and Peter Sommer.
      Paid out was: Christian Zehr $825.79; Daniel Zehr $825.79; Magdalena Zehr $36.00; Magdalena Zehr two $40 payments. [1, 6, 12]

  • Sources 
    1. [S87] Ardys Serpette, Zehrs From Europe to Illinois.

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

    3. [S128] Ardys Serpette, Additional Zehr Material.

    4. [S87] Ardys Serpette, Zehrs From Europe to Illinois, P. 71. Gives the year as 1777.

    5. [S227] Steven R. Estes, Living Stones: a History of the Metamora Mennonite Church.

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

    7. [S1] Donna Schrock Birkey, Personal knowledge and family records.

    8. [S40] Hermann Guth, Amish Mennonites in Germany: Their Congregations, The Estates Where They Lived, Their Families (English edition), (Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA), 1802.

    9. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., 3 Jun 1802.

    10. [S589] Gern2.doc, Year.

    11. [S14] Marriage records of Windstein, Bas-Rhin, France, 1793-1862 (LDS film #1069483), Gives year as 1803.

    12. [S1127] Herbert Holly, A Letter to King Maximilian ! from Mennonite Elders.


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