| Name |
Orval Leo Schrock [1] |
| Birth |
9 Sep 1910 |
Fisher, Newcomb Twp., Champaign Co., IL  |
- Farm two miles south of Fisher (later owned by Ezra Unzicker/Eugene Deffenbaugh)
|
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1920 |
Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL |
- Living with his mother, Josephine and siblings Elmer and Eunice
|
| Baptism |
22 Oct 1922 |
Fisher, Champaign Co., IL [2] |
- East Bend Mennonite Church, by his uncle, Bishop J. A. Heiser
|
| Census |
1930 |
Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL [3] |
- Orval Shrock, age 19. Boarder with Harold Zehr Family, Alma, Edith, Wes, John. Working on a grain farm. Working as a domestic was Edna Unzicker.
|
| Census |
6 Apr 1940 |
Fisher, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL [4] |
- Orval as head of household, age 29, with Mae his wife age 27, and daughter Donna age 5. They were renting in the home of Mary Ella (hotel operator) and Magdalena Schrock (telephone switchboard operator). Orval was the operator of an oil service truck. Amount of income in 1939 was $1628.
|
| Education |
After the eighth grade Orval worked to support the family. All wages he earned went to his mother until the age of 20. Then one half until he married six months later. |
| HOBB |
Fishing |
| Occupation |
Farming, Oil Delivery, Schrock Soil Service, Truck Testing Lane |
| Reference Number |
8 |
| Religion |
Mennonite/Interdenominational |
| USR1 |
Pulmonary Fibrosis |
| Death |
14 Aug 2002 |
Fisher, Champaign Co., IL |
- In his home of almost 70 years
|
| Burial |
19 Aug 2002 |
Fisher, Champaign Co., IL |
- East Bend Memorial Gardens
|
| Person ID |
I8 |
Schrock-Birkey Connection |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Albert Elmer Schrock, b. 13 Jan 1886, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL d. 9 Jan 1917, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 30 years) |
| Mother |
Josephine L. Yordy, b. 14 Aug 1886, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL d. 3 Jan 1977, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 90 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Dec 1907 |
Fisher, Champaign Co., IL [2, 5] |
- By Peter Zehr, at the home of the bride’s parents in Fisher, IL .
|
| Notes |
- Both bride and groom were 21 years of age at the time of their marriage by Bishop Peter Zehr, Minister of the Gospel (East Bend Amish Mennonite Church), at the home of the bride’s parents.
Witnesses were Andrew Birky (b.19 Jun 1864) cousin of the groom, and Jacob Heiser.
Peter Zehr’s church records give the marriage date as 18 Dec 1907. [2]
|
| Family ID |
F8 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1910 - 2002 (91 years)
