Peter Jacob Wagler b. 28 Nov 1831 Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR d. 3 Aug 1903 Morton, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Peter Jacob Wagler

Male 1831 - 1903  (71 years)


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  • Name Peter Jacob Wagler  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 28 Nov 1831  Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Page 170: Peter Wagler age 27, b.France; Catharine age 21, b. IL; Christian age 7/12, b. IL,
    Death 3 Aug 1903  Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Joe Staker says Aug 25. 1903 (Aug. 28 according to the cemetery book; also found as Aug. 3).
    Burial Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Evangelical Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I406  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2023 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Katharina Ulrich,   b. 2 May 1797, Hirtzbach, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1887, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 7 Apr 1831  Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    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]
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Rediger,   b. 24 Oct 1832, Washburn, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1915, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 28 Dec 1858  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Christian Wagler,   b. 29 Mar 1859   d. 12 Apr 1930 (Age 71 years)
     2. Simon Wagler,   b. 1863   d. 1936 (Age 73 years)
     3. Joseph C. Wagler,   b. 11 Feb 1865, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1937, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     4. Mary Wagler,   b. 1867   d. 1927 (Age 60 years)
     5. Catherine Wagler,   b. 1869   d. 1926 (Age 57 years)
     6. Sarah Wagler,   b. 1871   d. 1955 (Age 84 years)
     7. Noah R. Wagler,   b. 13 Oct 1874   d. 21 Feb 1939 (Age 64 years)
     8. Daniel Wagler,   b. 11 Apr 1875, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1949, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     9. Barbara Wagler,   b. 1878, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1897 (Age 19 years)
     10. Eli R. Wagler,   b. 1881   d. 1950 (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Nov 1831 - Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Dec 1858 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Aug 1903 - Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Peter was quite young when he came to America with his parents and grew up in a Mennonite settlement near Groveland in Tazewell Co., Illinois, where he worked as a farmhand. After marriage his family lived on a farm near Pekin, Illinois

      His sons were recipients of walking canes their uncle “Batchelor Joe” made for them from hickory rails split by Abraham Lincoln.

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

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

    3. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33959921/peter-jacob-wagler.

    4. [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).

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


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