Christian Eicher
1865 - 1943 (77 years)-
Name Christian Eicher Birth 18 Nov 1865 Mornington, Ontario, Canada 
- Marriage document says Krugar, Woodford Co., but this is a mistake
Gender Male Immigration 1871 Census 1900 Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL - Christ Eicher, born 'Canada (French)' to French parents December 1865, year of immigration 1871, years of marriage 12, occupation thresher ---illegible--
Census 1910 Davenport, Scott Co., IA - Ward 1: Christian Eicher, 42, Canadian French, parents French, blacksmith in a foundry
Census 1920 Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL - Chris Eicher, 54, a stationary engineer born in Canada to parents from Alsace Lorraine
Census 1930 Sand Prairie, Tazewell Co., IL - Boarder/farm laborer with Geoerge Buehler family at Sand Prairie
Occupation Engineer, Blacksmith Death 2 Apr 1943 Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL [1] Person ID I457 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 30 Mar 2017
Father Peter Eicher, b. 27 Mar 1837, Willer, Upper Alsace, FR d. 15 Oct 1912, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 75 years) Mother Veronica (Fannie) Stuckey, b. 26 Mar 1837, Waldighofen, Upper Alsace d. 25 Feb 1919, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 81 years) Marriage 28 May 1860 Réchésy, Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, FR [1] Family ID F3744 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lydia Anna Schrock, b. 26 Mar 1868, Pekin, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL d. 6 Feb 1938, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 69 years) Marriage 7 May 1887 Secor, Woodford Co., IL [2] - By Amos Englis, Justice of the Peace. Witness was Amelia Englis.
Christian was living at Krugar at the time of marriage. Lydia was living at Eureka.
Children 1. Lula M. Eicher, b. 22 Feb 1896 d. 30 Oct 1969 (Age 73 years) 2. Lela Eicher, b. 4 Apr 1898 Family ID F199 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Sep 2013
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Event Map 
Marriage - 7 May 1887 - Secor, Woodford Co., IL 
Census - 1900 - Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL 
Census - 1910 - Davenport, Scott Co., IA 
Census - 1920 - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL 
Census - 1930 - Sand Prairie, Tazewell Co., IL Death - 2 Apr 1943 - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Chris abandoned his family around the turn of the century--just disappeared one day. But he has been found in several census lists and evidently took up with a woman (who either had a daughter or they had a daughter together) for ten-twenty years; then was found on a census as a single laborer living with another family.
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1900 census of Brown Township, Champaign County
Christ Eicher, born 'Canada (French)' to French parents December 1865, year of immigration 1871, years of marriage 12, occupation thresher ---illegible--
Lydia Eicher, 32, born March 1868, married 12 years, born in Illinois to parents from Ohio and Illinois
Julie Eicher, 4, born in Illinois in February 1896
Sela Eicher, 8 or 9, born April 1892,
1910 census of Davenport Ward 1, Scott County, Iowa
Christian Eicher, 42, Canadian French, parents French, blacksmith in a foundry
Ida, 38, born in Illinois, parents born in France
1920 census of Pekin
Chris Eicher, 54, a stationary engineer born in Canada to parents from Alsace Lorraine
Wife Ida, 47, born in Illinois to parents from Alsace-Lorraine
Household French-speaking
Daughter Sasie?, 6, born in Illinois to a Canadian French father and a mother from Illinois
1930
Boarder/farm laborer with Geoerge Buehler family at Sand Prairie
- Chris abandoned his family around the turn of the century--just disappeared one day. But he has been found in several census lists and evidently took up with a woman (who either had a daughter or they had a daughter together) for ten-twenty years; then was found on a census as a single laborer living with another family.
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