Christian N. Oesch
Abt 1755 - 1834 (~ 79 years)-
Name Christian N. Oesch [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth Abt 1755 Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR [1] - Waderhof
Gender Male Immigration Abt 1803 Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR [1] - Court Starnberg, with seven children. Besitzer des Streicherhofes
Occupation Farmer [3] Religion Mennonite [3] Residence 1803 Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR - Moved here from Sarre-Union
Burial Mar 1834 Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR - Oesch Cemetery
Death 29 Mar 1834 Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR [6] - Court Starnberg
Person ID I529 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 12 Jan 2023
Father Abraham Oesch (Esch), b. 1730, Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR d. 14 Aug 1830, Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR (Age 100 years) Mother Anna Koch d. Bef 14 Aug 1836, Hanviller, Moselle, FR Family ID F395 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Katharina Burki, b. 1764, Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 6 Mar 1829, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR (Age 65 years) Marriage 1783 Children 1. Johann Oesch, b. 1783, Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR 2. Magdalena Oesch, b. 1786, Saare-Union, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR d. 27 Jan 1859, Beigarten, Bavaria, GR (Age 73 years) 3. Christian Oesch, b. 15 Oct 1789, Saare-Union, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR d. 23 Jun 1844, Neuberg-an-Donau, Bavaria, GR (Age 54 years) 4. Andréas Oesch, b. 1791, Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 30 Apr 1869, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR (Age 78 years) 5. Josef Oesch, b. 1794 d. 30 Nov 1866, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR (Age 72 years) 6. Barbara Oesch, b. 24 Jun 1799, Saarbuckenheim, Alsace, FR d. 10 Sep 1884, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 85 years) 7. Maria Oesch, b. 5 Feb 1802, Saarbuckenheim, Alsace, FR d. 30 Jan 1870, Klinghof, GR (Age 67 years) 8. Veronica Oesch, b. Abt 1804, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR d. 22 Mar 1829, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR (Age ~ 25 years) 9. Anna Oesch, b. 1806 d. 8 Dec 1869, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR (Age 63 years) Family ID F229 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Oct 2001
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Notes - Oesch Swiss roots begin in Oberlangenegg, a district far in the valley beyond Schwarzenegg. Here lived Taufer named Oesch. The Steffisburg, Switzerland records speak of Uli Osch, "The exiled disobedient Anabaptist," whose son Christian was baptized in 1684. It is easy to conclude that the family had to flee to the hills. This family later moved on to Alsace and the Palatinate and produced a large progeny of Amish Mennonites.
It was in connection with the resettlement of Amish tenants from the Alsace and the Palatinate to Bavaria, encouraged by the Elector Max (the later King Max I. Joseph of Bavaria) that Christian Oesch (1755) and his wife, Katharina Burki, and seven children immigrated to Hanfeld near Starnberg about 1803.
Christian and his family came from Saarbuckenheim (Sarre-Union in French) in the "crooked Alsace" and was born on the Waderhof (beo Diemeringen in Unterelsass, 1803 nach Hanfeld) near Lorenzen about 1755. At Hanfeld, Christian owned the "zum Streicher" estate in this purely-Catholic village south of Munich. The native population was not friendly to these new Mennonite settlers.
They refused to permit any Mennonite burials in their cemetery and forced the Mennonites to bury their dead in a meadow instead. The local Catholic priest even insisted upon the Mennonites paying him for his usual fee when someone died. Christian, as well as his son, Andréas, refused to make the payment after Christian's wife, Katharina's, death. As a result, the priest informed the government and was told that he could sue for the fee at court. The Munich State Archives reports that apparently no action was taken. The old Mennonite cemetery at Hanfeld no longer exists today. [1]
- Oesch Swiss roots begin in Oberlangenegg, a district far in the valley beyond Schwarzenegg. Here lived Taufer named Oesch. The Steffisburg, Switzerland records speak of Uli Osch, "The exiled disobedient Anabaptist," whose son Christian was baptized in 1684. It is easy to conclude that the family had to flee to the hills. This family later moved on to Alsace and the Palatinate and produced a large progeny of Amish Mennonites.
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Sources - [S158] Rudolf Ingold and Hermann Guth, Oeschs From Hanfeld and Forsthof.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S965] Herbert Holly, Springer Family in Dornach.
- [S1291] Mary Ann Augsburger Kristiansen-Eng, Maria Anna Oesch, Her Story (1837-1892).
- [S773] Genealogie descendante de Abraham Oesch (1730-1836).
- [S1291] Mary Ann Augsburger Kristiansen-Eng, Maria Anna Oesch, Her Story (1837-1892), 6 Mar 1829.
- [S158] Rudolf Ingold and Hermann Guth, Oeschs From Hanfeld and Forsthof.