Johannes (Hans) Stalter b. Abt 1690 GR d. Aft 1742 GR: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Johannes (Hans) Stalter

Male Abt 1690 - Aft 1742  (~ 53 years)


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  • Name Johannes (Hans) Stalter  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth Abt 1690  GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Gersbergerhof, GR
    Gender Male 
    EARL Y 
    Occupation Farmer 
    Reference Number 63 
    Religion Amish Mennonite 
    Residence 1742  Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Leaseholder on the Gersbergerhof
    Death Aft 1742  GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I63  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2022 

    Mother Barbe 
    Family ID F6944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elisabeth Weiss 
    Children 
     1. Johannes Stalter,   b. 25 Dec 1712, Contwig, Zweibrücken, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1806, Contwig, Zweibrücken, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     2. Heinrich Stalter,   b. 1725, Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1800, Sarralbe, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     3. Barbara Stalter,   b. 1763
    Family ID F26  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1742 - Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • “The exact home of the Stalter family in Switzerland is not known. Ernst Muller, in his Geschichte der Bernischen Taufer, mentions a Barbe Stalter, who came with two children to the Palatinate in 1672, together with other refugees, leaving seven children behind.

      "The name Stalter/Stalder is probably derived from one of the countless towns named Stalden which can be found in nearly every Swiss canton. The first Stalters in the vicinity of Zweibrücken appeared in 1742 on the Gersbergerhof, where at that time a leaseholder Christian Stalter lived with his son. In addition another leaseholder, Hans Stalter, with two sons and four daughters, and a day-laborer, Hans Stalter, with two daughters, are mentioned.

      "It appears that Hans Stalter, married to Elisabeth Weiss, had two sons by the names of Johannes Stalter and Heinrich Stalter, who became the progenitors of two branches of the Stalter family. One branch still exists today (the descendants of Johannes), but the other has largely died out (the descendants of Heinrich), at least in the area around Zweibrücken. To be sure emigration contributed to this, as well as the fact that in one generation the children of several families remained unmarried. Was there perhaps a hereditary illness which caused responsible people to decide not to marry?"
      It is believed/known that the descendants of Heinrich either did not have children, and/or those that did, immigrated to America.” , ,, [1, 2, 4, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S40] Hermann Guth, Amish Mennonites in Germany: Their Congregations, The Estates Where They Lived, Their Families (English edition), (Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA).

    2. [S156] Herman Guth, The Kirschbacher Hof Estate and the Stalters.

    3. [S1519] Stalter Stories from Z-A.

    4. [S208] ?, Stalter Genealogie-Johannes and Heinrich, sons of Johannes (b. abt 1690).

    5. [S1845] Johannes (Hans) Stalter.

    6. [S633] Mattie Stalter Cender Collection.


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