Christian Schertz b. 1764 Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR d. 12 Mar 1818 Oberstinzel, Fenetrange, Moselle, FR: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Christian Schertz

Male 1764 - 1818  (54 years)


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  • Name Christian Schertz  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 1764  Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    • Sarrelfing
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Cultivator 
    Residence Oberstinzel, Fenetrange, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ferme Sarreck
    Death 12 Mar 1818  Oberstinzel, Fenetrange, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I6216  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2021 

    Father David Schertz   d. Bef 1791 
    Mother Catherine Rogy   d. Between 1814-1818 
    Family ID F4319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbe Schertz,   b. 1768, Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1832, Graviere, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Children 
     1. Joseph Schertz,   b. 1789   d. 1848 (Age 59 years)
     2. Catherine Schertz,   b. 9 Oct 1793, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1853 (Age 59 years)
     3. André Schertz,   b. 1795
     4. Barbara Schertz,   b. 1797
     5. Madeleine Schertz,   b. 1799   d. 1822 (Age 23 years)
     6. Pierre Schertz,   b. 1802
     7. David Schertz,   b. 1804   d. 1804 (Age 0 years)
     8. Jacobi Schertz,   b. 1805   d. 1806 (Age 1 year)
     9. Jacobe Schertz,   b. 1807   d. 1807 (Age 0 years)
     10. David Schertz,   b. 12 May 1808, Oberstinzel, Fenetrange, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1865, Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F4320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1764 - Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Oberstinzel, Fenetrange, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Mar 1818 - Oberstinzel, Fenetrange, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 1812: AN INTERESTING CASE OF MILITARY REPLACEMENT

      For young male Anabaptists living in France after the Revolution, the usual means to avoid being drafted was to leave the country - in most cases to cross the Atlantic - before the age of 20.

      In the present case, the young Christian Schertz, son of the farmer Christian Schertz, had not left and on January 27, 1812, drew lots in Sarrebourg. Having drawn a small number (53), he was due to be incorporated, a few months before Napoleon's Great Army attacked Russia (June 25).

      So on 4th February, Christian's father passed an agreement with a young laborer who was to replace his son against payment of the sum of 1,440 francs.
      This way was commonly used by well-to-do people because they had enough money to pay. A boy who was lucky at the tirage with a large number could sell himself and earn enough to pay for the support of his family for several years.
      In the present case, Christian Schertz had to pay 1,440 francs: 150 francs when Jung was accepted by the recruiting council, 1,290 francs two years and a half later, with a 5 interest. A not so high cost at that time of the Napoleonic wars.
      Of course, all the money paid was to be returned if Jung was refused by the recruiting councilor couldn't justify his presence at his regiment by producing a certificate.

      Both Schertz and Jung lived in the German-speaking part of the departement de la Meurthe. This is the reason why one of the notaries (Henriet) translated the act from the French into German and vise versa.

      Christian Schertz, the father, like a majority of Anabaptists, used the deutsche Schrift to sign his name. Jung was illiterate.

      Young Schertz, aged 20, lived and worked in a farm on the river Sarre (Sarreck); Jung was from a neighboring village (Dolving), he was 25 years old.

      (Story told from a translation of the original document)

  • Sources 
    1. [S439] Wilma Schertz Brentz, Illinois Pioneer Immigrants and Their Relationship to IMHGS Grossdawdy Haus Residents.

    2. [S113] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Partial Genealogy of the Family of Christian Schrag/Schrock/Gerard.

    3. [S190] Jean Francois Lorentz, Schrag, Berki, Pelsey:.

    4. [S269] GeneaNet Family Tree of Jean François Lorentz.

    5. [S1053] Jean-Claude Koffel, Les anabaptistes de l’arrondissement de Sarrebourg, (Self-published), 1765.

    6. [S725] Wilma Schertz Brentz, The Story of the Paternal and Maternal Schertz Families in France.


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