Katharina Ulrich b. 2 May 1797 Hirtzbach, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR d. 21 May 1887 Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Katharina Ulrich

Female 1797 - 1887  (90 years)


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  • Name Katharina Ulrich  [1, 2] 
    Birth 2 May 1797  Hirtzbach, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Neil Stuckey says 1799/1800
    Gender Female 
    Religion Amish Mennonite 
    USR1 Immigrated 1833 
    Burial May 1887  Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 21 May 1887  Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I405  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2021 

    Father Peter Ulrich, Jr.,   b. Abt 1767   d. 11 Feb 1835, Montabaur, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Mother Katharina Lauber,   b. Abt 1775, Mussig, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1831/1833, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Marriage 24 Aug 1794  Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • LDS film 0745903, marriages for year II fol.2r-v.
    Notes 
    • Four relatives served as official witnesses--for the groom, 1) Peter Ulrich, his father, and 2) Johannes Ulrich, his brother, a weaver in Lubine, and, for the bride, 3) George Risser, her stepfather, miller in Bruche, and 4) the husband of Barbara Lauber, the bride’s brother-in-law, Jacob Peterschmidt. [1]
    Family ID F183  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christian H. (Jacob) Wagler,   b. 30 Nov 1803, Le Chipal, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1877, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 7 Apr 1831  Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • The only relative among official witnesses to the marriage was Joseph Wagler (“Berse)), 29, farmer, living in Bruebach: film 0733968, 1831, #4.

      The witnesses at the marriage of Jacob Berse and Catherine Ulrich were brother Joseph (now living at Bruebach), and the brothers Christian and Jacob Hirschi of the Birkenhof at Ruederbach.  [1, 5]
    Children 
     1. Peter Jacob Wagler,   b. 28 Nov 1831, Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1903, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Katharina Wagler,   b. 8 Jun 1834, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1910, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     3. Christian H. Wagler,   b. 9 Jul 1836, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1917, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     4. Barbara Wagler,   b. 19 Feb 1837, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1902, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     5. Joseph (Bachelor Joe) Wagler,   b. 1838, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1909, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     6. Isaac Wagler,   b. 15 Oct 1840, Hamilton, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1920, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 May 1797 - Hirtzbach, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Apr 1831 - Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - May 1887 - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 May 1887 - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From the diary of Sam Wagler's father Joseph we have the following information: "Sat. May 21, 1887. This afternoon I was by Grandmother. She died 8 o'clock and 8 minutes. Sunday May 22: From home I went to C.W. Heiser and Aunt Catherine Heiser. Monday May 23: Today was the funeral of my Grandmother. The scripture reading was 90 Psalm and John Chapter 5: Verses 20 to end. First part was read by Peter Ropp. Peter Zehr and Andrew Ropp held the sermon."

      The ship France departed from Le Havre and arrived at New York July 12, 1833. Gary L. Yordy found the passenger list, which includes this grouping from France:

      Pete Ulrich 30 carpenter [Christian Wagler]
      Catherine Ulrich 23 [his wife, Catherine Ulrich]
      Peter Ulrich 2 [their son, Peter Jacob Wagler]
      Ludwick Schoften 28 [unknown]
      Peter Ulrich 60 [Christian's father-in-law Peter Ulrich]
      Catherine Lowber 55 [Christian's mother-in-law Catherine Lauber]

      On April 7, 1831at Hirsingue, Upper Alsace Jacob Berse married his cousin Catherine Ulrich. He appears on the civil entry as Jacques Berse, a 28-year-old finishing carpenter born at La Croix-aux-Mines but living at Bruebach.258 His parents were described as the deceased cultivator Isaac Berse and the widow Elisabeth Marchal, who was living at Bruebach.259
      Though her age is given as 31 on her 1831 marriage entry, bringing it closer to the groom's, Catherine Ulrich was actually born at Hirtzbach (next to Hirsingue) March 2, 1797, a daughter of Hirsingue weaver Peter/Pierre Ulrich and Catherine Lauber. [5, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S127] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, A French Fragment of Lauber Genealogy.

    2. [S712] Maurice Hebert , Handwritten notes by Maurice Hebert.

    3. [S161] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, French Records about the Family of American Immigrants, Peter Ulrich Jr. (b.ca 1767) and Katharina Lauber Ulrich (b.ca 1775).

    4. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25343928/catherine-wagler.

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

    6. [S6] Page 3, Ella Wagler Oyer, Christian and Catherine (Ulerich) Wagler, Tazewell Settlers.


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