Georg Kettner
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Name Georg Kettner [1, 2, 3] Birth Abt 1788 Petersberg, Pirmasens, Bavaria, GR 
[2] Gender Male Residence 1809 Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR Residence 1811 Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR - House No. 6, former community shepherd’s house, which since January 15, 1830, has been the joint property of Mennonites Heinrich, Jakob and Joseph Stalter
Immigration 7 Jun 1851 Le Havre to New York - NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: 1851 ship Adhimary, with the Christian Birki family
Occupation In Europe A Gutler (Farmer, Small Land Owner), In US A Laborer Person ID I9427 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 19 Jan 2024
Family 1 Suzanne Stalter, b. Abt 1787 d. 1848, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR (Age ~ 61 years) Marriage 1811 Seefeld, Bavaria, GR - By a Catholic priest.
Children 1. Magdalena Kettner, b. 31 Jul 1811, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR 2. Susanna Kettner (Kitner), b. 25 Dec 1813, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR 3. Georg Kettner (Kidner), b. 1 Feb 1816, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR 4. Elisabeth Kettner (Kitner), b. 1 Feb 1818, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR 5. Katharina Kettner, b. 2 Dec 1819, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR 6. Marie Kettner, b. 18 Jan 1824, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR 7. Veronika (Saphrona) Kettner (Kitner), b. 18 Jan 1824, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR 8. Jacobina Kettner (Kiddner), b. 27 Apr 1828, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR bur. Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL Family ID F11545 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Oct 2022
Family 2 Maria Birki, b. 18 Jan 1824, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR Family ID F563 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Jan 2024
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Birth - Abt 1788 - Petersberg, Pirmasens, Bavaria, GR 
Residence - 1809 - Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR Residence - 1811 - Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR 
Marriage - 1811 - Seefeld, Bavaria, GR = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - “Marie Birki, a husband, and children are found as emigrants from Gern in Friedrich Blendinger's Die Auswanderung nach Nordamerika aus dem Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern in den Jahren 1846-1852. Farmer/small landowner (Ger. Gütner) Georg Kettner left Bavaria and came to Illinois in 1851; Marie may have died shortly before or after. Blendinger's account from Munich records says he brought seven children, one illegitimate child, four illegitimate grandchildren, and 1,562 florins. A passenger list has not been identified; Kettner may have traveled with Valentine and Marie's brother Christian, whose passenger list has also not been identified. A George Kettner was naturalized in Tazewell County, and purportedly stated on the form that he was 39 when he arrived at New York in 1851. He may have been a son. He was living with Anna Elizabeth Haas at Pekin in 1860; the census describes the household of laborer George Kidner, 43, Bavaria; Anna, 37, Bavaria; John Bohn,4, Illinois; Frederic Smelzer, 24, Bavaria; and Cartroon, 23, Prussia. Anna had apparently brought a 2-year-old son John to her marriage with John Bohn Sr. in Tazewell County June 25, 1858, and John Sr. had died before 1860. The 1870 census of Pekin's Third Ward describes laborer George Keltner, 54, Bavaria; Anna, 46, Bavaria; and John Bohn, 14, Illinois. Although no entries for Kettner children were found on county censuses, the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index shows an obvious pattern. Four Tazewell County marriages took place in 1851-52 (spellings as found): Susannah Kitner married Jacob Zitler June 23, 1851; Saphrona Kitner married Joseph 'Kaughman' Aug. 17, 1851; Elizabeth Kitner married Casper Overmire Dec. 27, 1851; and Jackobina Kittner married Christian 'Renkenburger' March 14, 1852.”
Gary L. Yordy found the passenger list of the bark Adhemar, which sailed from Le Havre and arrived at New York June 7, 1851: George Kether, 63; Magdalena, 39; Susanna, 37; Elizabeth, 35; Georg, 34; Catharine, 33; Veronika Kettner, 31; Jacobina, 29; Elizabeth, 5; George, 9; Magdalena Lindeler, 6; and Jacob Lindeler, 5.
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An article in the October 2023 Mennonite Family History by Herbert Holly gives a detailed desciption of Georg’s troubled life between the Catholic and Amish Mennonite faiths and its impact upon his families’ lives. Georg eventually joined with the Gern Mennonites in 1837, stayed there until 1851, at which time he left with family members for America. (Those involved with Georg in his back and forth dealings with the Royal District Court were Heinrich Stalter, Valentin Bircki, Nikolaus Augustin, and Daniel Zehr.)
Georg traveled to America after his wife’s death in 1848, with seven children and four grandchildren: Elizabeth Kettner b. abt 1846; Georg Kettner b. abt 1842; Magdalena Lindeler b. abt 1845; and Jacob Lindeler b. abt 1846. Also, with his brother-in-law, Christian Birky. [3, 4, 5]
- “Marie Birki, a husband, and children are found as emigrants from Gern in Friedrich Blendinger's Die Auswanderung nach Nordamerika aus dem Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern in den Jahren 1846-1852. Farmer/small landowner (Ger. Gütner) Georg Kettner left Bavaria and came to Illinois in 1851; Marie may have died shortly before or after. Blendinger's account from Munich records says he brought seven children, one illegitimate child, four illegitimate grandchildren, and 1,562 florins. A passenger list has not been identified; Kettner may have traveled with Valentine and Marie's brother Christian, whose passenger list has also not been identified. A George Kettner was naturalized in Tazewell County, and purportedly stated on the form that he was 39 when he arrived at New York in 1851. He may have been a son. He was living with Anna Elizabeth Haas at Pekin in 1860; the census describes the household of laborer George Kidner, 43, Bavaria; Anna, 37, Bavaria; John Bohn,4, Illinois; Frederic Smelzer, 24, Bavaria; and Cartroon, 23, Prussia. Anna had apparently brought a 2-year-old son John to her marriage with John Bohn Sr. in Tazewell County June 25, 1858, and John Sr. had died before 1860. The 1870 census of Pekin's Third Ward describes laborer George Keltner, 54, Bavaria; Anna, 46, Bavaria; and John Bohn, 14, Illinois. Although no entries for Kettner children were found on county censuses, the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index shows an obvious pattern. Four Tazewell County marriages took place in 1851-52 (spellings as found): Susannah Kitner married Jacob Zitler June 23, 1851; Saphrona Kitner married Joseph 'Kaughman' Aug. 17, 1851; Elizabeth Kitner married Casper Overmire Dec. 27, 1851; and Jackobina Kittner married Christian 'Renkenburger' March 14, 1852.”
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Sources - [S604] Friedrich Blendinger, Die Auswanderung nach Nordamerika aus dem Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern in den Jahren 1846-1852.
- [S2607] Herbert Holly, Kettner-Stalter Family in Gern, 1836-1851.
- [S1124] Herbert Holly, The Kettner-Stalter Family in Gern, 1836-1851.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S377] Merrill E. Balser, Christian Wagler Sutter, Passenger list.
- [S604] Friedrich Blendinger, Die Auswanderung nach Nordamerika aus dem Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern in den Jahren 1846-1852.
