Jean Hirschy b. 28 Feb 1815 Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR d. 1893 Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Jean Hirschy

Male 1815 - 1893  (77 years)


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  • Name Jean Hirschy  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 28 Feb 1815  Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1846  Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Jean, 31 years; wife Barbe Verkler, 26 yrs. 2 infants, Magdelaine 4 yrs. and Catherine 1 yr.
    Occupation Miller At Gosselming In 1841, Chief Miller In 1846. Also Served As Mayor Of The Town Hall Of Gosselming About This Time. 
    Religion Anabaptist Mennonite 
    Death 1893  Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mennonite Cemetery (Zehr-Wagner Cemetery?)
    Person ID I4927  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2020 

    Father Jean Hirschy,   b. 16 Apr 1782, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1872, Buhl-Lorraine, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Madeleine Farny,   b. 1795, Mulcey, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1872, Buhl-Lorraine, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 16 Aug 1813  Destry, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Family ID F3268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbe Verkler,   b. 1818, Herbeviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1898, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 1841  Herbeviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Madeleine Hirschy,   b. 1842   d. 1917 (Age 75 years)
     2. Catherine Hirschy,   b. 1845   d. 1874, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
     3. Barbe Hirschy,   b. 15 Jan 1847, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1916, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F3472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Feb 1815 - Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1841 - Herbeviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1846 - Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1893 - Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Census of 1846 gives Jean’s wife as Barbe Verkler, two daughters Magdelaine 4, and Catherine 1.

      The activity of the mill at Gosselming was heavy, since Jean had assistance of two young millers, Joseph Spring and Joseph Engel, and had at his service a servant and a maidservant, Anne Engel.

      Jean established the cemetery of Gosselming by giving one of his fields, in order to bury his daughter Catherine, wife of Jean Nafziger. See History of Mennonite Cemetery of Gosselming. Jean was great-great grandfather of Jean-Paul Pelsy, and at one time served as the mayor of the town hall of Gosselming. “One of the Jean Hirschys established a cemetery in Gosselming for his daughter, Catherine, the spouse of Jean Nafzieger, according to an article in Souvenance Anabaptist, 1994.”

      The census of 1841 shows 25 Anabaptists at Alzing, but also 3 Protestants and 96 “Israelites.” In 1866 the community of Mennonites counted 32 members--8 males and 24 females.
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      Archives of the BLE Lorraine Group.
      Translated from the French by Google Translate:
      Catherine Hirschy Nafziger, a young wife of 25 who died in childbirth, was the first deceased to be buried there. She was first buried in Gosselming cemetery. But since she was an Anabaptist, it had created stories in the village. A complaint had even been filed and the sub-prefect at the time had summoned the father, Jean Hirschy, miller and peasant in Gosselming, in order to find a solution. As the latter wished to maintain a peaceful relationship with the people of the village, he asked for permission to open his own cemetery on one of his land. After obtaining it, he mounted walls. This is how the cemetery was created. This first tomb is still visible and the Anabaptist Mennonite cemetery of Gosselming continues to accommodate graves. It is also the only one still used in the region….is perfectly maintained by the families of this religious community, which today lives in a triangle made up of the municipalities of Berthelming, Rhodes and Sarrebourg. [1, 10]

  • Sources 
    1. [S328] Jean-Michel Engel, Anabaptiste de Sarralbe.

    2. [S327] Haut-Clocher, France.

    3. [S210] Jean Francois Lorentz, Hirgie Information.

    4. [S712] Maurice Hebert , Handwritten notes by Maurice Hebert, Date: 29 Feb 1815.

    5. [S1042] Qui sont les personnes inhume?es a? Rhodes, Gosselming, Buhl , etc., 1815.

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

    7. [S327] Haut-Clocher, France, 1810.

    8. [S472] Lineages of Pelsys in France, Place.

    9. [S712] Maurice Hebert , Handwritten notes by Maurice Hebert, Date 1841.

    10. [S1221] From the Anabaptist cemetery of Gossleming in the Pays de Sarrebourg.


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