Elisabeth Zehnter b. 22 Feb 1801 Belmont, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 10 Feb 1841 Foug, Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Elisabeth Zehnter

Female 1801 - 1841  (39 years)


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  • Name Elisabeth Zehnter  [1] 
    Birth 22 Feb 1801  Belmont, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 21 May 1799 (Family Tree Maker website)
    Gender Female 
    Death 10 Feb 1841  Foug, Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6876  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2019 

    Father Ulrich Zentner (Tzentner, Zehnder),   b. 1762/63, Hohwald, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1835, Ribeauville, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Barbe Sommer,   b. Abt 1765, Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1827, Marcholsheim, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Marriage 13 Dec 1785  Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Struthof: “He took Anabaptist vows with Barbara/Barbe Sommer on the Struthof at Natzwiller Dec. 13, 1785. An entry with full witnesses (suggesting a ceremony took place there for legal purposes) was made in the Catholic parish book at Schirmeck Dec. 22, 1785. (At the same time an entry was created for Barbara’s brother Jean Sommer and Barbe Stucky). The groom was described as Ulric Zenter, a resident of Val d’Andlau, and a son of Jean Zenter and Elisabeth Retter. The bride was Johannes/Jean’s sister Barbe Sommer, a resident of the Struthof, and a daughter of anabaptistes Christian Sommer and Barbe Gerberin. Witnesses included father-of-the-groom Christian Sommer, anabaptiste; Ulric Zenter of Val d’Andlau [he signed Ulrich Zehender]; and anabaptiste Ulric Neuhauser of the Struthof [he signed with an ‘x,’ indicating he was illiterate].”
    Family ID F1508  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nicholas Schlatter,   b. 23 Jan 1802, Richwiller, Haut-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1837, Ensisheim, Upper Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 17 Mar 1827  Marcholsheim, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Living at the farm Hueb when she wed.
    Family ID F4815  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2006 

    Family 2 Johannes Maurer,   b. 9 Feb 1808, Ste. Croix-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1837  Ribeauville, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Feb 1801 - Belmont, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Mar 1827 - Marcholsheim, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Dec 1837 - Ribeauville, Vosges, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Feb 1841 - Foug, Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth and Nicholas settled first in Dornach, Haute Rhin and stayed until 1829. Then relocated to Zellwiller, Bas-Rhin and maintained close contact with Elisabeth’s oldest brother Christian in nearby Niedernai until Nicholas’ indebtedness to this brother-in-law for farming supplies and labor became excessive and then was never repaid, as revealed in Christian’s housebook. Soon Nicholas and Elisabeth went their separate ways.

  • Sources 
    1. [S162] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Elisabeth Cender’s Dowry for Marriage to Christian Schrag in 1845.

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


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