Christian (Chrétien) Zehr (Zer) b. Bef 1712 Niederstocken, Bern, SW Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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  • Name Christian (Chrétien) Zehr (Zer)  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth Bef 1712  Niederstocken, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    EARL Y 
    Occupation Farmer 
    Residence 1734  Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I792  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2021 

    Father Peter Zehr (Zer),   b. 19 Jun 1763, Reutigen, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Barbara Schütz,   b. Abt 1756, Blumenstein, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1833, Reutigen, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Marriage 1763  Reutigen, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    • Steffisburg marriage entry
    Family ID F6705  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elisabeth Koch,   b. 1715, Niederstocken, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1733  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Christian Zehr,   b. Abt 1735, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1786, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 51 years)
     2. Daniel Zehr,   b. Abt 1735, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1819, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 84 years)
    Family ID F364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Bef 1712 - Niederstocken, Bern, SW Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1734 - Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - - Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Mill near Struth, FR    		Mill near Struth, FR
    Several Zehr families lived at this mill.

  • Notes 
    • "The Zehrs originated in Niederstocken in Canton Bern in Switzerland, and from there they emigrated to Struth in "Crooked Alsace", Bas-Rhin. Here several branches of the family developed, and they emigrated by way of Lorraine and Bavaria to the USA and Canada. Related to the Zehrs in Struth were the Zehrs in Sulztal, Windstein, Wilenstein, and Knoringen. Inscriptions by Christian Zehr from the years 1786 and 1790 can still be found on a door beam in Sulztal."

      Zehr is listed as a surname in the 1798 Bürgerverzeichnisse (census) of Canton Bern, Switzerland.

      Source gives the parents of Christian as Christian Zehr (1757-1818) and Barbara Sommer (d. 1818).
      Source does not list this Christian as a child of Peter and Barbara. [4, 7, 8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S270] Maurice Hebert, Ascendance complete de GERARD Maurice.

    2. [S87] Ardys Serpette, Zehrs From Europe to Illinois.

    3. [S434] Ray Zehr, Our Ancestors - Christian Zehr family.

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

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

    6. [S1116] Geneanet Family Tree of Charles Corbat, 1783.

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

    8. [S1116] Geneanet Family Tree of Charles Corbat.


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