Andrew Oyer b. 27 Feb 1829 Niderhoff, Moselle, FR d. 27 Jun 1916 Sterling, KS: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Andrew Oyer[1]

Male 1829 - 1916  (87 years)


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  • Name Andrew Oyer 
    Birth 27 Feb 1829  Niderhoff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Religion Mennonite Church At Sterling, KS  [4] 
    Death 27 Jun 1916  Sterling, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Walnut Twp., Reno Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    • Sterling Kansas Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I362  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2018 

    Father Joseph, Sr. Oyer,   b. Abt 1774, Wilgartswiesen, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1845, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Litwiller,   b. 30 Mar 1801, Kerprich-Aux-Bois, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1861/2, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 20 Nov 1823  Niderhoff, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Joseph’s brother Jacob was a witness to the marriage.
    Family ID F149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Birky,   b. 28 Feb 1828   d. 26 Feb 1899 (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 18 Sep 1853  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Feb 1829 - Niderhoff, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Sep 1853 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Jun 1916 - Sterling, KS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Walnut Twp., Reno Co., KS Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • They are found on the 1880 census of Pike, Livingston County. Andrew is found as a widower living in the household of his son Andrew on the 1900 census of Huntsville, Kansas.
      Many of their descendants went to California. [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1060] Find-A-Grave.

    2. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42721358/andrew-oyer.

    3. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., 1826.

    4. [S199] Verle Oyer, The Oyer Family Comes to America.

    5. [S520] Corrine Latta Afton, Sterling Mennonite Cemetery, Page 3.

    6. [S1053] Jean-Claude Koffel, Les anabaptistes de l’arrondissement de Sarrebourg, (Self-published).

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


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