John C. Schrock b. 28 Jun 1858 Eureka, Woodford Co., IL d. 28 Oct 1948 Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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John C. Schrock

Male 1858 - 1948  (90 years)


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  • Name John C. Schrock  [1, 2] 
    Birth 28 Jun 1858  Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Male 
    Religion Mennonite 
    Death 28 Oct 1948  Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Service at Christian Church
    Burial Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • East Bend Mennonite Cemetery. Service by Ezra Yordy, Harold Zehr, and JA Heiser
    Person ID I4496  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2023 

    Father Christian (Christophe) Schrag (Serach) (Gerard),   b. 4 Sep 1818, Deyvillers, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1878, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Cender (Zentner),   b. 24 Jun 1821, Niedernai, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1892, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 9 Dec 1845  Dombrot-sur-Vair, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    • Witnesses included miller and brother-of-the-groom André Gerard of Robecourt, 32; miller and friend-of-the-groom Joseph Roquit of Chatillon-sur-[illegible]; brother-of-the-bride and miller Chrétien Cender, 22, of Rigny-la-Salle; and uncle-of-the-bride Jean Cender, 40, a cultivator and resident of Écrouve.
    Family ID F1503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emilie C. Havenstein,   b. 10 Dec 1860, Berlin, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1922, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1885  [9] 
    • Year from FAG
    Children 
     1. Joseph Schrock
     2. Samuel Schrock
     3. Emilie (Amelia) Caroline Schrock,   b. 7 Nov 1893   d. 13 Dec 1984 (Age 91 years)
     4. Emma Otilda Schrock,   b. 28 Feb 1889, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1983, Gifford, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     5. Martha Schrock,   b. 26 Aug 1891, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1979, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     6. Henry Schrock
    Family ID F3195  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Jun 1858 - Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Oct 1948 - Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:
      Schrock.-John C., son of Christian and Elizabeth Schrock, was born near Eureka, Ill., June 27, 1858; passed away at the home of his daughter (Mrs. A. J. Unzicker), near Rantoul, Ill., Oct. 28, 1948; aged 90 y. 4 m. 1 d. In early youth he accepted Christ and was a member of the Mennonite Church until death. He attended services as long as his health permitted. On Sept. 21, 1885, he was married to Amelia Havenstein, who died twenty-six years ago. Their eldest son died in childhood. Surviving are 6 children (Emma-Mrs. Otto J. Unzicker, and Henry, Rantoul, Ill; Joe and Sam, Gibson City, Ill.; Mrs. Martha Householder, Eureka, Ill.; Mrs. Amelia Unzicker, Dewey, Ill.), 9 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the home by Harold Zehr and at the Fisher Church of Christ by Ezra Yordy and J. A. Heiser. Text: I Peter 1:3-5. Burial was made in the East Bend Cemetery.
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      John Schrock was born at Eureka, Woodford County June 28, 1858, and died at Rantoul, Champaign County Oct. 31, 1948. On Sept. 21, 1895 he married Emilie C. Havenstein. She was born at Berlin, Germany Dec. 10, 1860, and died at Fisher June 13, 1922. She sailed from Liverpool via Queenstown on the ship City of Berlin, arriving at New York Oct. 23, 1880. The passenger list shows passenger # 537 as spinster Emilie Hafenestein, 19, Germany. The 1920 census of East Bend, Champaign County has John C. Schrock, 61, born in Illinois to parents from France; Amelia, 58, born in Germany, immigrated in 1883; Emma, 30, Illinois; Martha, 28, Illinois; and Sam, 24, Illinois. They are buried in East Bend Memorial Gardens at Fisher, Champaign County.

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals, See sister Catherine’s obit.

    2. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28759481/john-c-schrock.

    3. [S287] Dave Schrock, Letter to H. H. Schrock.

    4. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.

    5. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., 31 Oct 1948.

    6. [S1120] Migrations of the Schrag Family of Leumberg Switzerland from Adam to Adams County (Part 1-to the 20th Century), 1845.

    7. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., 1855.

    8. [S162] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Elisabeth Cender’s Dowry for Marriage to Christian Schrag in 1845.

    9. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28759480/emilie-c-schrock.


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