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- “Joseph Oyer/Schrock died in Tazewell County Dec. 28, 1851. Probate Record H 1851-53 shows that Andrew Roth applied to become administrator of his estate at Pekin Feb. 2, 1852. Peter Good [Guth] stood as guarantor for his $300 bond. An unnamed widow is mentioned as heir, but not a daughter (Anna would have been almost three months old at the time of this Joseph's death). Estate appraisers included Nicholas Roth and Benjamin Rediger. Some of the names of people purchasing items at auction included Andrew Roth, Nicholas Roth, Daniel Roth, Joseph Oyer, and John Springer.
The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, transcribed from original entries, lists a marriage between Joseph Schrock and Catharine Schrock (the widow Catherine Ringenberg) in Tazewell County June 12, 1859. The family origins of the groom are unknown - and it is very possible that this was not his true name. Apparently, Catherine became pregnant immediately.
Source cites this second marriage doc as a new husband named Joseph Schrock, when in actuality it is probably/could be a correction of the first document.
“It seems more probable that she had a second ceremony with Joseph to make a correct entry for inheritance purposes. The first entry was worthless. It doesn't seem likely that two Joseph Schrocks were floating around Tazewell County, and so little is known about them.”
Possibly this is a record of Joseph and Catherine living with Joseph’s parents (John and Catherine)--but who were they?
1850 census of TC: farmer John Schrock, 77, Germany; Catherine [Oyer], 57 [actually closer to 53], Germany; farmer Joseph, 27, Germany; and Catherine [Ringenberger, Joseph's wife], 24, Germany.}
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i. Catherine Ringenberg or Katie Ringenberger was born Nov. 14, 1826, and died at Farmdale Jan. 24, 1905. She is thought to be buried in Guth Cemetery at Washington, though no headstone is found there. On Nov. 20, 1849 in Tazewell County she married Joseph Schrock. The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists this marriage as 'Joseph Snook' and 'Catherine Rinkenberger,' so it is likely that the misspelling appeared on their original county marriage entry. They had a second civil ceremony June 12, 1859 (perhaps to correct the earlier record keeping error for purposes of future inheritance). Joseph was a son of Catherine Oyer, and his stepfather was John Schrock (see SCHROCK, JOHN SCHROCK OF GROVELAND). They are found on the 1850 census of Tazewell County (in a part that became Groveland) as farmer John Schrock, 77, Germany; Catherine [Oyer], 57, Germany; farmer Joseph Schrock, 27, Germany; and Catherine [Ringenberger], 23, Germany. Joseph died before the 1860 census. Catherine appears as 34-year-old widow 'Catherine Schrock' on the 1860 census of Groveland, with two children, 7-year-old Anna and 3-month-old Peter, living next door to her widowed father Peter Ringenberger. On Nov. 7, 1869 in Tazewell County she remarried to neighbor Jean Springer/John Spring. See SPRINGER for more on this couple. [2, 4, 5]
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Abt 1823 - 1851 (~ 28 years)
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