Lena Schrock b. 17 Oct 1857 Metamora, Woodford Co., IL d. 17 Feb 1935 Omaha, Douglas Co., NE: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Lena Schrock

Female 1857 - 1935  (77 years)


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  • Name Lena Schrock  [1] 
    Birth 17 Oct 1857  Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Feb 1935  Omaha, Douglas Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Bruning, Thayer Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Bruning Public Cemetery
    Person ID I4896  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2019 

    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  [5, 6, 7] 
    • 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 William Havenstein,   b. 1 Mar 1863, Berlin, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1951, Bruning, Thayer Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jan 1891  Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3454  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Oct 1857 - Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Jan 1891 - Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Feb 1935 - Omaha, Douglas Co., NE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bruning, Thayer Co., NE Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit: 2-28-1935 Bruning Banner:
      The body of a former Bruning woman, Mrs. William Havenstein was laid to rest in the public cemetery last Wednesday afternoon following funeral services at the Minnonite (sic) Church at Shickley. Services were also held on Tuesday at the Hulse and Riepen home for funerals at Omaha.
      Mrs. Havenstein died on February 17, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Herman Bruning of Omaha. She had reached the age of 78 years and 4 months.
      The deceased was born on October 17 1856, (the stone says 1857) at Metoria(sic), Ill. Her maiden name was Lena Schrock.
      On January 25, 1891, she married William Havenstein. To this union were born five children, one son dying in infancy. Surviving are her husband and four children: John of Edgar, Nebr., Catherine Walter of Shickley, Elizabeth Reynolds of Alliance, Ohio, and Lena Bruning of Omaha. A sister and two brothers also survive.

  • Sources 
    1. [S287] Dave Schrock, Letter to H. H. Schrock.

    2. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42293224/lena-havenstein.

    3. [S287] Dave Schrock, Letter to H. H. Schrock, 1856.

    4. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., 1856.

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

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

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


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