Christian Albrecht
1779 - 1843 (63 years)-
Name Christian Albrecht [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 4 Dec 1779 Wilgartswiesen, Palatinate, GR [5, 6, 7] - Hermersbergerhof
Gender Male Immigration 29 Apr 1836 NY [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 Burial Bureau Co., IL - 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 d. 24 Nov 1842, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL (Age 62 years) Marriage 2 Aug 1802 Hochspeyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR [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 d. 11 Feb 1878, Princeton, Bureau Co., IL (Age 72 years) 3. Elisabeth Albrecht, b. 19 Mar 1807, Kaiserslautern, Palatinate, GR d. 15 Aug 1874, Bureau Co., IL (Age 67 years) 4. Peter Albrecht, b. 30 Nov 1810, Baden, GR d. 23 Jan 1888, Bureau Co., IL (Age 77 years) 5. John Albrecht, b. 3 Apr 1814, Bavaria, GR d. 6 Oct 1905 (Age 91 years) 6. Katharina Albrecht, b. 8 Jul 1815, Bavaria, GR d. 1859, Spring Bay, Woodford Co., IL (Age 43 years) 7. Joseph Albrecht, b. 19 Mar 1817, Bavaria, GR d. 17 Oct 1895 (Age 78 years) 8. Magdalene Albrecht, b. 1819, Sesslach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, GR d. 10 Apr 1886, Milford, Seward Co., NE (Age 67 years) 9. Christian Albrecht, b. 10 Feb 1821, Bamberg, Bavaria, GR d. 30 Jan 1910, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL (Age 88 years) Family ID F4236 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Apr 2021
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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]
- Lived in a large community house at Kaiserslautern, Bavaria, Germany in the early 19th century.
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Sources - [S522] Mrs. Henry (Harriet) Albrecht, The Albrecht Family of Bureau County (from The Albrechts, 1836-1969, published 1969).
- [S934] Albrecht Family at Recent Reunion Here.
- [S435] Amanda Sears, Lloyd Burkey, Lois Albrecht Zehr, Lucille Blade Crawford, Harriet Martin Albrecht and many others, The Albrechts, 1836-1969.
- [S1292] Bruce W. Jantzi, Amish Mennonite Albrecht, Part !!.
- [S737] Allen Schrock w/ Angel Prieur-Capmajo, Research of Allen Schrock.
- [S403] Brumbaugh/Saltzman Family Tree.
- [S784] Mennonite Archives of Ontario.
- [S1292] Bruce W. Jantzi, Amish Mennonite Albrecht, Part !!, Date and place-Aug 15?.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111079399/christian-albrecht.
- [S522] Mrs. Henry (Harriet) Albrecht, The Albrecht Family of Bureau County (from The Albrechts, 1836-1969, published 1969).