Christian N. Oesch b. Abt 1755 Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 29 Mar 1834 Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Christian N. Oesch

Male Abt 1755 - 1834  (~ 79 years)


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  • Name Christian N. Oesch  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth Abt 1755  Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Waderhof
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Abt 1803  Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Court Starnberg, with seven children. Besitzer des Streicherhofes
    Occupation Farmer  [3
    Religion Mennonite  [3
    Residence 1803  Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Moved here from Sarre-Union
    Burial Mar 1834  Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Oesch Cemetery
    Death 29 Mar 1834  Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1830, Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years) 
    Mother Anna Koch   d. Bef 14 Aug 1836, Hanviller, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F395  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katharina Burki,   b. 1764, Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1829, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 1783 
    Children 
     1. Johann Oesch,   b. 1783, Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Magdalena Oesch,   b. 1786, Saare-Union, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1859, Beigarten, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. Christian Oesch,   b. 15 Oct 1789, Saare-Union, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jun 1844, Neuberg-an-Donau, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     4. Andréas Oesch,   b. 1791, Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1869, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     5. Josef Oesch,   b. 1794   d. 30 Nov 1866, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     6. Barbara Oesch,   b. 24 Jun 1799, Saarbuckenheim, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1884, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     7. Maria Oesch,   b. 5 Feb 1802, Saarbuckenheim, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1870, Klinghof, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     8. Veronica Oesch,   b. Abt 1804, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1829, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 25 years)
     9. Anna Oesch,   b. 1806   d. 8 Dec 1869, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2001 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1755 - Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - Abt 1803 - Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1803 - Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Mar 1834 - Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Mar 1834 - Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
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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]

  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Rudolf Ingold and Hermann Guth, Oeschs From Hanfeld and Forsthof.

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

    3. [S965] Herbert Holly, Springer Family in Dornach.

    4. [S1291] Mary Ann Augsburger Kristiansen-Eng, Maria Anna Oesch, Her Story (1837-1892).

    5. [S773] Genealogie descendante de Abraham Oesch (1730-1836).

    6. [S1291] Mary Ann Augsburger Kristiansen-Eng, Maria Anna Oesch, Her Story (1837-1892), 6 Mar 1829.


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