Christian Ulrich

1796 - 1854  (57 years)

• Name	Christian Ulrich  [1]
  Birth	10 Feb 1796	Bambois, Plaine, FR   [2]
  	French records
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	25 Dec 1810	Neuneich, Sundgau, Alsace, FR   [2]
  	Amish Congregation at Birkenhof
  Death	29 Jan 1854	Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR   [2]
  Person ID	I419	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Peter Ulrich, Jr.,   b. Abt 1767   d. 11 Feb 1835, Montabaur, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Katharina Lauber,   b. Abt 1775, Mussig, Bas-Rhin, FR d. Aft 1831/1833, USA (Age ~ 59 years)
  Marriage	24 Aug 1794	Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR   [2]
  	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	Anna Beller,   b. 18 Jan 1786, Schirmeck-Labrogue, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 27 Jan 1851, Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	9 Oct 1820	Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR
  	Near Hirtzbach (le Hang)
  Notes	Christian was living at the time of his marriage in Hirsingue. He was married in Bourg-Bruche le Hang. Le Hang, an Amish congregation in Alsace, in the upper Bruche Valley (Vosges), sometimes called Bourg-Bruche. Hang is a little valley surrounded by woods, with about 12 farms. Here a number of families expelled from Switzerland settled in 1770-1775; for example, Bacher, Augsburger, Eymann, Ulrich, Schuerch, Lehmann, Mosimann, Dellenbach. Information on this period is completely lacking, since the local clergy, who kept the registers, did not register dissenters, and the group kept no records. If remoteness from the world was at first an asset, it became a handicap in the time of freedom. Separation from the church as a whole, difficult transportation, and the inadequate educational opportunities on the linguistic border hindered its development. Nevertheless there were still in 1920 about 35 families with 105 souls in a radius of two hours in the vicinity. Religious services were then held once a month, conducted by brethren from Colmar, with meeting place in a farm home. In 1951 the congregation built its first meetinghouse, with aid from the United States, and meetings are now held every 1st and 3rd Sunday in the month. The membership in 1953, including children, was 125, with Charles Goldschmidt as resident pastor and elder. The congregation has its own burial ground in L'Evreuil. Bibliography Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 249. Volkmar, Henri and Harold S. Bender. "Hang, Le (Bourg-Bruche, Alsace, France)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 2 Jul 2018. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hang,_Le_(Bourg-Bruche,_Alsace,_France)&oldid=145388. APA style Volkmar, Henri and Harold S. Bender. (1956). Hang, Le (Bourg-Bruche, Alsace, France). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 2 July 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hang,_Le_(Bourg-Bruche,_Alsace,_France)&oldid=145388.
  Family ID	F497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2018

  
  

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  Birth - 10 Feb 1796 - Bambois, Plaine, FR Marriage - 9 Oct 1820 - Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin, FR Death - 29 Jan 1854 - Hirsingue, Haut-Rhin, FR  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S127] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, A French Fragment of Lauber Genealogy. [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).