Christian Sutter b. 21 Apr 1823 Neuberg-an-Donau, Bavaria, GR d. 11 May 1899 Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Christian Sutter

Male 1823 - 1899  (76 years)


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  • Name Christian Sutter  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Birth 21 Apr 1823  Neuberg-an-Donau, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Forsthof in Dittenfeld, royal court district of Neuburg in Schwaben-Neuburg
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1848  [9] 
    Census 1860  Hittle Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Farmer Christian Suter, 57, Bavaria; Barbara, 50, Bavaria; Annie Augsberger, 17, stepdaughter born in Illinois; Daniel, 13, stepson born in Illinois; and Fannie, 10, stepdaughter born in Illinois.
    MILF Y 
    Occupation Farmer 
    Religion Amish Mennonite 
    Death 11 May 1899  Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 14 May 1899  Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery with first wife
    Person ID I532  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2021 

    Father Johannes Sutter (Suttor),   b. 26 Dec 1796, Lindelbrunnerhof Bei Annweiler, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1887, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Mother 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) 
    Marriage 31 Oct 1819  Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Near Lake Starnberg, below Munich. They were first cousins.
    Family ID F228  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Magdalena Nafziger,   b. 1819, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1871, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 17 Mar 1850  Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • By Bishop Andrew Ropp
    Children 
     1. Barbara Sutter,   b. 31 Aug 1851, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1885, Minier, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     2. Christian N. (Nafziger) Sutter,   b. 3 Aug 1853, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1932, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. John Sutter,   b. 27 Mar 1856, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1879, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     4. Magdalena Sutter,   b. 7 Oct 1858, Minier, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1948, Minier, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F240  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2005 

    Family 2 Barbara Steinman,   b. 16 Jun 1829, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1911, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 15 Apr 1873  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11] 
    • Vol A, page 172, Lic #1575
    Family ID F3233  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Apr 1823 - Neuberg-an-Donau, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Mar 1850 - Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Hittle Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Apr 1873 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 May 1899 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 14 May 1899 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:
      SUTTER. - On May 11, 1899, Christian Sutter, aged 76 years and 20 days. He leaves a widow, two children, twenty-seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was one of the first Amish Mennonites to settle in this neighborhood, and he could see how the small membership grow to a large congregation, and how many a one, who came after him, was called away before him. He was married twice. With his first wife, Magdalena Nafziger, he lived in matrimony twenty-one years; with his second wife, Barbara Augsburger, twenty-six years. He was a member of the Amish Mennonite Church since his youth, and died in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., Ill., trusting in the mercy of the Lord. Buried on the 14th. Funeral services by Samuel Gerber and J. C. Birky. C.
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      Christian's barn was used for the 1875 Amish ministers conference. It has been dismantled and rebuilt at the site of the Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society Heritage Center in Metamora. An old Amish saying of his time was “A good barn will pay for a good house, but a good house will not pay for a good barn.”
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      The restored barn [12, 13]

  • Sources 
    1. [S228] Art Nafziger, Simon Birky, Christian Martin, One Hundred Years at Hopedale: Hopedale Mennonite Church.

    2. [S88] Rudolph Ingold, The Suttor Family from Hellmansberg.

    3. [S525] Sutter’s Barn and The Sutter Barn: Progress and History.

    4. [S521] Estella H. Glaser and Arthur W. Nafziger interview at Hopedale, IL, Sutter’s Barn: An Historic Symbol.

    5. [S545] Photo courtesy of Charles Bumgardner, Morton, IL, Old Mennonite Homes - Christian Sutter (1823-1899).

    6. [S598] Joe Springer, Christian Sutter.

    7. [S1269] Mary Ann Augsburger Eng, The Oesch Ancestral Home at Forsthof, Bavaria 1827-1889.

    8. [S602] Christian Sutter Certificate of Discharge.

    9. [S261] D Hofferth, Ancestors of Andreas Suttor.

    10. [S377] Merrill E. Balser, Christian Wagler Sutter.

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

    12. [S363] Kenneth Ulrich, History of the Roanoke Mennonite Church...125 years.

    13. [S1091] Clayton C. Sutter (as told to Rachel Kreider), I am a Part of All that I Have Met, (Self-published (Goshen, Indiana: CreateSpace, 2013)).


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