Christian Ackerman
1813 - 1903 (89 years)-
Name Christian Ackerman [1] Birth 25 Dec 1813 Josephenburg, Bavaria, GR - 1860 Tazewell Co. census gives place of birth
Gender Male Immigration 12 Sep 1838 New York, NY - Steerage passenger on the Bark Atlantic, via Bremen
Residence 1841 Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL [1] Census 1850 Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL - John Schrock is listed with the family (no doubt was visitng IL to purchase land for his family to move in November.
Residence 1852 Morton, Tazewell Co., IL - Evans Corner
Census 1860 Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL - Listed with one daughter, Barbara 12, identified as “idiotic.”
Occupation Farmer Religion Amish Mennonite Residence Butler Co., OH [1] - Stayed for six months, then to Spring Bay, IL
Death 23 Mar 1903 Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Burial Morton, Tazewell Co., IL [1] - Old Apostolic Cemetery. Headstones describe them as “grandpa” and “grandma”
Person ID I5840 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 7 Mar 2019
Father Jacob Ackerman, b. 1785 d. 1851, Kofering, Bavaria, GR (Age 66 years) Mother Katherina Reidiger, b. 1783 Marriage 1814 [1] Family ID F7688 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anne Pelsey (Pelzel, Bellesley), b. 28 Mar 1819, Buhl-Lorraine, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR d. 2 May 1903 (Age 84 years) Marriage 25 May 1839 Children 1. Christian Ackerman 2. Barbara Ackerman 3. John Ackerman 4. Mary Ackerman 5. Anna Ackerman 6. Lydia Ackerman 7. Madaline Ackerman Family ID F4073 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Oct 2007
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Notes - This family is in Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., in 1850 census and 1860 census, with 7 children. In 1860 one child, Barbara, 12, is identified as “idiotic.”
. Christian also appears on the 1855 state census of Morton, along with other familiar names such as (as written) Joseph Staker, Christian Staker, John Oswald, Jacob Schwarztraub, John Switzer, Peter Belsly, and Ja. Ritch.
The 1860 census of Morton shows: farmer Christian Ackerman, 46, Bavaria; Anna, 41, France; Christian, 16; Barbara, 12; John, 13; Mary, 7; Anna, 5; Lydia, 3; and Madaline, 2; all children born in Illinois. The farm appears on the 1864 plat map of Morton. In 1870: farmer Christian Ackerman, 55, Bavaria; Anna, 50, France; farm laborer John, 22; Barbara, 19; Mary, 17; Anna, 15; Letty [Lydia], 14; and Magdalena, 11.
In 1880 Christian and Anna were living next door to John Oswald and his son John, and son-in-law Samuel Hirstein and daughter Lydia Ackerman. They appear as retired farmer Christian Ackerman, 67, Bavaria; Anna, 61, Bavaria; Barbara, 28; and Lena, 21. The 1900 census of Morton shows: Christian Ackerman, 86, born Dec. 1813, immigrated in 1838, Germany; Anna, 80, born May 1820, Germany; Barbra, 51, born March 1849; and Lena, 41, born July 1858. } [1]
- This family is in Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., in 1850 census and 1860 census, with 7 children. In 1860 one child, Barbara, 12, is identified as “idiotic.”
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Sources - [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.