Joseph Zehr
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Name Joseph Zehr [1] Gender Male Person ID I8597 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 8 Apr 2017
Family Barbe Eimann (Aymon) Marriage Abt 1774 Children 1. Joseph Zehr, b. 31 Dec 1784, Ottweiler, Bas-Rhin, FR 
d. 29 Jan 1845, Woolwich Twp., Ontario, Canada (Age 60 years)Family ID F6067 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Nov 2008
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Notes - The name Zehr is found in Switzerland although it is not very common. Struth in Lower Alsace seems to have been an early home of the Anabaptist Zehr family. Three brothers -- Jost, Nicolaus and Johannes were living in Struth in 1768. They were all born in Stocken, Switzerland. According to a 1768 document, they were authorized to receive three fourths of the 500 pounds which they had requested. The other fourth was to go to Barbara and Magdalena Schoeni from Reichenbach in the jurisdiction of Frutigen. The mother of Barbara and Magdalena was a daughter of Johannnes Zehr, who was also the father of the above three brothers. They were all grandchildren of Peter Zehr of Stocken, desceased, "who years ago left the land." The court record did not specify whether this was inheritance money or whether the Zehrs were Anabaptists. They were Swiss, however, and it is probably legitimate to speculate that they were the ancestors of the Anabaptist Zehrs who were still found in Struth many years later.
The Zehr family in France is a large family whom researchers have not been able to place together into one extended whole. some left France and went to Bavaria, from whence they migrated to America. Others came directly to America, and still others have remained in France. It has not yet been possible to put all the Canadian Zehr immigrants into one family.
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- The name Zehr is found in Switzerland although it is not very common. Struth in Lower Alsace seems to have been an early home of the Anabaptist Zehr family. Three brothers -- Jost, Nicolaus and Johannes were living in Struth in 1768. They were all born in Stocken, Switzerland. According to a 1768 document, they were authorized to receive three fourths of the 500 pounds which they had requested. The other fourth was to go to Barbara and Magdalena Schoeni from Reichenbach in the jurisdiction of Frutigen. The mother of Barbara and Magdalena was a daughter of Johannnes Zehr, who was also the father of the above three brothers. They were all grandchildren of Peter Zehr of Stocken, desceased, "who years ago left the land." The court record did not specify whether this was inheritance money or whether the Zehrs were Anabaptists. They were Swiss, however, and it is probably legitimate to speculate that they were the ancestors of the Anabaptist Zehrs who were still found in Struth many years later.
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Sources - [S400] Roggy families in Widrick Genealogical Database.
- [S400] Roggy families in Widrick Genealogical Database.