Christian Albrecht b. 4 Dec 1779 Wilgartswiesen, Palatinate, GR d. 3 Feb 1843 Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Christian Albrecht

Male 1779 - 1843  (63 years)


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  • Name Christian Albrecht  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 4 Dec 1779  Wilgartswiesen, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    • Hermersbergerhof
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 29 Apr 1836  NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • 18 Jun 1836 on the Orion from Bremen. In order to escape the military draft for his sons.
    Occupation Linen weaver  [4
    USR1 Pneumonia 
    Death 3 Feb 1843  Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Albrecht Family cemetery on the home farm
    Person ID I6096  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 

    Father Johannes Albrecht,   b. Abt 1753 
    Mother Magdalena Gingerich,   b. Abt 1757 
    Marriage Abt 1776  [4
    Family ID F8100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elisabeth Engel,   b. 23 Jul 1780, Dermerstein, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1842, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 2 Aug 1802  Hochspeyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    • Near Kaiserslautern
    Children 
     1. Barbara Albrecht,   b. 12 Mar 1804   d. 13 Jan 1878 (Age 73 years)
     2. Jacob Albrecht,   b. 9 Dec 1805, Hochspeyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1878, Princeton, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     3. Elisabeth Albrecht,   b. 19 Mar 1807, Kaiserslautern, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1874, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     4. Peter Albrecht,   b. 30 Nov 1810, Baden, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1888, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. John Albrecht,   b. 3 Apr 1814, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1905 (Age 91 years)
     6. Katharina Albrecht,   b. 8 Jul 1815, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1859, Spring Bay, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
     7. Joseph Albrecht,   b. 19 Mar 1817, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1895 (Age 78 years)
     8. Magdalene Albrecht,   b. 1819, Sesslach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1886, Milford, Seward Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     9. Christian Albrecht,   b. 10 Feb 1821, Bamberg, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1910, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F4236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Dec 1779 - Wilgartswiesen, Palatinate, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Aug 1802 - Hochspeyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 29 Apr 1836 - NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Feb 1843 - Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Lived in a large community house at Kaiserslautern, Bavaria, Germany in the early 19th century.
      The family knew John Burkey, who had come to America several years earlier and were living in Illinois at Hennepin on the Illinois River.

      See source no. for description of the journey to Illinois, began June 1836 from Bavaria. Landed in New York, boarded a boat and traveled by the Hudson River to Albany and the Erie canal to Buffalo. From there by the way of the Great Lakes, and landed Fort Dearborn (now Chicago). There they obtained a team and wagon they traveled overland to Hennepin in Bureau County. They walked that distance as a family of father, mother, twelve children and about that many grandchildren. The trip took over three weeks.

      The first winter four of their children erected a one room log cabin in which the four families lived the next winter, having only the large old fashioned chimney fire place to cook with and keep them warm. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S522] Mrs. Henry (Harriet) Albrecht, The Albrecht Family of Bureau County (from The Albrechts, 1836-1969, published 1969).

    2. [S934] Albrecht Family at Recent Reunion Here.

    3. [S435] Amanda Sears, Lloyd Burkey, Lois Albrecht Zehr, Lucille Blade Crawford, Harriet Martin Albrecht and many others, The Albrechts, 1836-1969.

    4. [S1292] Bruce W. Jantzi, Amish Mennonite Albrecht, Part !!.

    5. [S737] Allen Schrock w/ Angel Prieur-Capmajo, Research of Allen Schrock.

    6. [S403] Brumbaugh/Saltzman Family Tree.

    7. [S784] Mennonite Archives of Ontario.

    8. [S1292] Bruce W. Jantzi, Amish Mennonite Albrecht, Part !!, Date and place-Aug 15?.

    9. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111079399/christian-albrecht.


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