Nicholas Schertz b. Between 1720-1728 d. Bef 5 Jul 1804: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Nicholas Schertz

Male 1728 - Bef 1804  (~ 76 years)


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  • Name Nicholas Schertz  [1, 2
    Birth Between 1720-1728  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Meunier at Lorentzen in 1776  [2
    Death Bef 5 Jul 1804  [2
    Person ID I6219  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2019 

    Father Jacques Schertz,   b. 1700 
    Mother Barbe Zehr (Serre) 
    Family ID F10832  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbe Birki,   b. 1727   d. 5 Jul 1804, Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Johann (Jean) Schertz,   b. 1740, Bellegrade Bei Grosstannchen Lothringen (?) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1805, Burbach, Saarbrücken, Saarland, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     2. Magdalena Schertz,   b. 1743   d. 1801 (Age 58 years)
     3. Joseph Schertz,   b. 1742, Hambach, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1829, Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     4. David Schertz   d. Bef 1791
     5. Barbe Schertz,   b. 1740, Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1820, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     6. Barbe Schertz,   b. 1769   d. 1828, Gros-Réderching, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F4322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - - Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Of Kupfermuhle.
      Of the copper mill at Hambach.

      Did this Nicolas marry Jeannette Riesin of Lorentzen? He had a son Jean who fell in love with the Catholic Jeannette Kaltebacher and abjured to be married in June 1774. [5, 6, 7]

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

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

    3. [S313] J. Virgil Miller, Both Sides of the Ocean: Amish-Mennonites From Switzerland to America, (Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA), ca 1710.

    4. [S313] J. Virgil Miller, Both Sides of the Ocean: Amish-Mennonites From Switzerland to America, (Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA), p. 109.

    5. [S313] J. Virgil Miller, Both Sides of the Ocean: Amish-Mennonites From Switzerland to America, (Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA).

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

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


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