Peter G. Schertz b. 25 Mar 1826 FR d. 15 Aug 1892 Danvers, McLean Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Peter G. Schertz

Male 1826 - 1892  (66 years)


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  • Name Peter G. Schertz  [1, 2
    Birth 25 Mar 1826  FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Madison, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Peter Schertz, farmer 34, France; Mary 25, Germany; and Joseph, 1, Ohio
    Death 15 Aug 1892  Danvers, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Carlock, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Imhoff Cemetery
    Person ID I6538  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2018 

    Father Christian Schertz,   b. 1795, Buhl, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1864, Danvers, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Margaret (Catharina Margarethe) Muller - Ebersole,   b. 1 Sep 1797, Saarbrücken, Saarland, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1876, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 6 Dec 1819  Buhl-Lorraine, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • Mouckenhoff
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Augspurger,   b. 23 Dec 1834, Meininger, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1911, Danvers, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 23 May 1856  Trenton, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Joseph Schertz,   b. Abt 1859, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F4545  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 May 1856 - Trenton, Butler Co., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Madison, Butler Co., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Aug 1892 - Danvers, McLean Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Carlock, McLean Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit: Herald of Truth, May 1891:
      "On the 6th of March 1891, near Congerville, Woodford Co., Ill., of grippe and lung fever Peter G. Schertz, aged 59 years. His wife and 8 children mourn their loss. Buried on the 18th in the Imhoff graveyard. Services in the Congerville church by Peter Schantz and Solomon Yoder."

      “Peter G. Schertz was the fifth of six children born to Christian Schertz (1795-1864) and his wife, Catharina "Margaret" Ebersol Schertz (1797-1876). Christian Schertz migrated with his family to the United States in 1831 from the Alsace Lorraine region of France and first settled in Lancaster County, PA. Christian Schertz migrated with his family to the United States in 1831 from the Alsace Lorraine region of France and first settled in Lancaster County, PA.

      Peter was a farmer and had a harvesting crew while in Ohio in addition to operating a ferry there for a year; his occupation in Illinois was farming and carpentry. Peter was an Amish Mennonite and his funeral was at the Mennonite Church in Congerville, McLean Co., Illinois. He was buried in the Imhoff Cemetery in south rural Congerville, later joined by his beloved wife Mary. Peter and Mary had ten children, the first six being born in Butler Co., Ohio, and the last four being born in Danvers Township, McLean, Co., Illinois.

      Peter G. & Mary Augspurger Schertz had ten children, as follows:
      Jacob Schertz (1857-1857)
      Joseph A. Schertz (1859-1879)
      Catherine Ella Schertz (1861-1951)
      Madalena E. Schertz (1863-1944)
      Henry William Schertz (1864-1939)
      Anna Alma Schertz (1867-1913)
      Peter Simon Schertz (1869-1930)
      Edwin Christian Schertz (1872-1945)
      John Otto Schertz (1874-1953)
      Mary Mayme Schertz (1876-1969) 
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      Imhoff Cemetery Note:
      The Imhoff Cemetery (no visible name) is located about 1 1/2 miles outside of Congerville, Illinois on Country Road 55 (Danvers Road) in southern Woodford County (Montgomery township), near the McLean County line. It is surrounded by a chain link fence and nicely maintained. The Schertz headstone is quite large and clearly visible from the highway. The headstone for Peter and Mary is in excellent condition. Beside their headstone is an older monument stone for their son, Joseph, who died in 1879. Their youngest daughter, Mary Mayme (Schertz) Burns, who died in 1969, is also buried there. Peter's mother, Margaret Ebersole, wife of Christian Schertz, is buried nearby. Christian, who preceded Margaret in death by nineteen years, is apparently not buried at this location. “


      1860 census of Madison, Ohio (listed on the same page as Maria's mother) as farmer Peter Schertz, 34, France; Mary, 25, Germany; and Joseph, 1, Ohio. They moved from Butler County to Danvers in 1869, where they are buried in Imhoff Cemetery. [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.

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

    3. [S731] Steven R. Estes, Love God and Your Neighbor: The Life and Ministry of Christian Engel, (Robert and Juliet Engel Schertz for IMHGS, Metamora, IL).

    4. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36462461/peter-g.-schertz.


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