Johannes (Hans) Oyer
Abt 1750 - 1833 (~ 83 years)-
Name Johannes (Hans) Oyer [1, 2] Birth Abt 1750 Gender Male Residence 1795 Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR 
[3] - also, abt 1789-1793?
Residence 1817 Niderhoff, Moselle, FR - Proprietors at Niderhoff at the time of son Johannes’ and Catherine’s marriage in 1817.
Immigration Oct 1830 New Orleans, LA - Ship Superior, arriving 4 Dec.
Occupation Laborer, In 1798 Occupation Miller/Farmer, 1807-1830 Religion Amish Death 1833 Butler Co., OH [4] Person ID I358 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 20 Apr 2019
Father Johannes (Hans) Oyer, b. Abt 1730 Family ID F315 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jakobine Regle’ (Ruschli, Roeschly), b. Abt 1750, Scheppach, Haut-Rhin, FR d. 20 Mar 1820, Niderhoff, Moselle, FR (Age ~ 70 years) Children 1. Joseph, Sr. Oyer, b. Abt 1774, Wilgartswiesen, Palatinate, GR d. Abt 1845, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL (Age ~ 71 years)2. Jacob Oyer, b. 1778, Wilgartswiesen, Palatinate, GR d. 14 Nov 1855, Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 77 years)3. Christian Oyer, b. Abt 1785 d. 8 Aug 1793, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR (Age ~ 8 years)4. Johannes “Hans”/Jean Oyer, b. 24 Aug 1789, Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR 5. Marie Oyer, b. Abt 1791 6. Anna Oyer, b. Abt 1794 7. Catherine Oyer, b. 10 Jun 1796, Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR d. Aft 1860, IL (Age > 65 years)Family ID F157 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Oct 2011
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Event Map 
Residence - 1795 - Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR 
Residence - 1817 - Niderhoff, Moselle, FR 
Immigration - Oct 1830 - New Orleans, LA 
Death - 1833 - Butler Co., OH = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Also known as “Hans Oyer der Junge.”
"Mennonite" at Hermersbergerhof, Palatinate, Germany, in 1776 and 1777. At Hingsange near Morhange, Moselle, FR, in 1796. At Turquestein, Moselle, FR, 1829-1830.
Hermersbergerhof was originally a farm belonging to Eusserthal, a Cistercian monastery. Then it became part of the Duchey of Zweibrücken. In 1774 the Dukes leased it to a Mennonite named Michel Albrecht, and by 1776 both Johannes’s worked there for leaseholder Albrecht.
In marriage record of Joseph to Katherina Schrag, Johannes is called a “laborer.”
Between 1807 and 1830, the family operated a mill at Niederhof (Niderhoff). They were probably a part of the Repaix congregation.
According to research by Gordon Oyer in 1999, “The village of Niderhoff is where the extended Oyer family that emigrated to Butler County Ohio, in 1830 was formed. Local records include sixteen Oyer births, six deaths, and one marriage. Since the two brothers, Joseph and Jacob, are listed as millers at Niderhoff in many of these records, their place of residence can be pinpointed. The community actually has three nineteenth-centuy mills, however, so the task was not as easy as it seemed. One, le Moulin des Caillaux” was not built until the 1820s, so it could be ruled out. Another, named ‘Neuve Grange’ is situated in the nearby countryside; and the third is on the edge of the village. The fact that records consistently refer to the brother as millers at Niderhoff--never at Neuve Grange--coupled with the recent discovery of one of the Oyer mill lease contracts, establishes the village mill as the Oyer residence.”
Proprietors at Niderhoff at the time of son Johannes’ and Catherine’s marriage in 1817.
The family departed LeHavre 12 Oct 1830 on the ship SUPERIOR; landed New Orleans 4 Dec 1830 (53 days). Amish passengers arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, 25 Dec 1830. [5, 6]
- Also known as “Hans Oyer der Junge.”
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Sources - [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S1053] Jean-Claude Koffel, Les anabaptistes de l’arrondissement de Sarrebourg, (Self-published), P. 49.
- [S841] Chart of events connected with Grostenquin, France.
- [S560] Joseph Staker, Schrock/Oyer/Kauffman.
- [S312] Gordon Oyer, Closing the Circle:The European Journey of a Father and Son, Part II.
- [S143] Verle and Gordon Oyer, Amish Emigration Through Le Havre.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
