Eva Caroline Paithe b. 20 Mar 1799 PA d. 26 Nov 1874 Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Eva Caroline Paithe

Female 1799 - 1874  (75 years)


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  • Name Eva Caroline Paithe  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 20 Mar 1799  PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Charles W. Finch gives date 20 Mar 1794; Carr 1801
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as 70 years of age, born in PA, living in the household of Emanuel Gerber
    Education Could Not Read Or Write, Signed With Her X 
    Religion Dillon Creek Amish Congregation  [6] 
    Death 26 Nov 1874  Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Railroad Cemetery
    Person ID I481  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2021 

    Father John (Emanuel?) Paithe (Paight?),   b. 1750, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1802 (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Barbie Bressman,   b. 1750, Holland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F196  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Garber,   b. 25 Jul 1788, Bucholterberg, Diessbach, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1845, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jun 1824  Mifflin Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Samuel Garber,   b. 2 Sep 1824, Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1909, Emden, Logan Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     2. Emanuel Garber,   b. 28 Oct 1825, Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1901, Washington, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     3. Sybilla Garber,   b. 1827, Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1876, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     4. Mary Garber,   b. 12 Jul 1829, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1901, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     5. Lydia Garber,   b. 14 Jul 1831, Monroe Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1909, Berkley, Carlisle Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     6. Katharina (Katie) Garber,   b. 8 Apr 1833, Holmes Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1911, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     7. Daniel Garber,   b. 1834, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1854, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     8. John M. Garber,   b. 1836, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. David Garber,   b. 30 Jun 1838, Monroe Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1931, Big Horn, Sheridan Co., WY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     10. Anna (Nancy) Garber,   b. 30 Apr 1839, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1902, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     11. Noah M. Garber,   b. 1840, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1902 (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F214  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2004 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Jun 1824 - Mifflin Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Nov 1874 - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Her father was a native New Yorker, mother was from Holland. Walter Ropp’s notes say Eva was born of Mennonite parents from Holland, who went to Mifflin Co., PA.


      “Barbara Lorenz says it has been handed down in her family that Eva Caroline’s father, John Paithe, was a Hessian soldier who stayed in the US after the Revolutionary War.”

      “Eva Caroline Paithe, the girl who later became the wife of John Garber, was born on March 20, 1799, near New York City. Her mother was born in Holland, but her father was a native of New York state. When Eva Caroline was quite young, her parents moved to Pennsylvania. After her marriage to John Garber they resided in Mifflin County, PA. Eleven children were born to this union. In 1835, the parents with their seven children moved to Butler County, Ohio where they lived until 1840. Here four more children were born.

      “In 1840 John and Eva sold their household goods and implements and with their eleven children started their journey down the Ohio River, and up the Mississippi to St. Louis on a large steamboat. The last night before arriving at St. Louis, no one could sleep. Every few minutes a sentinel would cry out, "Look out for pickpockets!" From St. Louis, they boarded a smaller vessel and arrived at Wesley City, Illinois, in Tazewell County. They made their home near Pekin.

      “The following year, 1841 (probate says 1845), John Garber went back to Ohio to collect sale notes. He died there and was buried before the news reached his family. His wife, Eva, and her second son, Emanuel and his family, shared their home until her death in 1874.”

      After John’s death, Eva lived with Emanuel until her own death. [7, 8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S388] Paul Garber family records, Descendants of Christian Garber.

    2. [S17] Pete and Jennie Schrock, Just Pete, (The Print Shop, Fort Morgan, CO).

    3. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25315720/eva-gerber.

    4. [S18] Gravestone name and dates.

    5. [S1103] 1900 U. S. Census, Gives place of birth as Pennsylvania for the mother of Anna Gerber Schrock and Switzerland as place of birth of her father.

    6. [S504] Gail A. Earles, The Andreas and Elizabeth Eiman Ropp Family in America.

    7. [S172] Walter Ropp, My Grandfather King.

    8. [S218] Barbara Jeane Purdy Lorenz, Kinfolk (Schrock/Garber/Kinsinger families).


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