Bishop Christian Engel
1764 - 1838 (74 years)-
Name Christian Engel [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Prefix Bishop Birth 1764 Moselle, FR [6] - Possibly Gelucourt
Gender Male CLER Y Residence 1813 Guermange, Saarebourg, Moselle, FR - near Hellocourt
Immigration 20 Jul 1833 New Orleans, LA - Locating one mile west of the present village of Metamora. Information given on FAG site says he immigrated in 1839.
Occupation Cultivator At Guermange [7] Religion Amish Mennonite Death 15 Sep 1838 Hanover, Tazewell Co., IL - Now Metamora, Woodford Co., IL
Burial Metamora, Woodford Co., IL [8, 9] - Family graveyard on the old Engel homestead
Person ID I2653 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 30 Jan 2021
Father Christian Engel, b. Abt 1729 d. 24 Feb 1795, Bistroff, Moselle, FR (Age ~ 66 years) Mother Magdelaine Schertz (Chertz) d. Bef 1792 Family ID F1601 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Katharina Nafziger, b. Abt 1770 d. 20 Jul 1797, IL (Age ~ 27 years) Marriage 1787 [9] Children 1. Christian Engel, b. 26 Jan 1788 2. Joseph Engel, b. 30 Jan 1790 d. 29 Aug 1852 (Age 62 years) 3. Peter Engel, b. 1794, FR d. 1875, IL (Age 81 years) 4. Catherine Engel, b. 6 Jul 1797, LaGarde, Chateau Salins, Moselle, FR d. 12 Jan 1872, Woodford Co., IL (Age 74 years) Family ID F1871 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Jan 2021
Family 2 Barbe Brunner, b. 13 Jan 1769 d. 4 Sep 1852 (Age 83 years) Marriage 1 Jan 1798 [4, 9] Children 1. John Engel, b. 22 May 1801 2. Barbara Engel, b. 10 Apr 1803, LaGarde, Chateau Salins, Moselle, FR d. 25 Aug 1881, Spring Bay, Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL (Age 78 years) 3. Magdalena Engel, b. 18 Jan 1805, LaGarde, Chateau Salins, Moselle, FR d. 4 Nov 1899, USA (Age 94 years) 4. Marie Engel, b. 1 Dec 1807, LaGarde, Chateau Salins, Moselle, FR d. 17 Feb 1888, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL (Age 80 years) 5. Jacobina Engel, b. 28 Aug 1813 d. 1885 (Age 71 years) Family ID F1872 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Jan 2021
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Event Map Residence - 1813 - Guermange, Saarebourg, Moselle, FR Immigration - 20 Jul 1833 - New Orleans, LA Death - 15 Sep 1838 - Hanover, Tazewell Co., IL Burial - - Metamora, Woodford Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - While in France, Christian was from time to time petitioning the French government to exempt Anabaptists from military service.
First Amish Bishop in America west of Ohio.
Elder of the Welschlande gemeinde in Lorraine, settled along Partridge Creek in Illinois summer of 1833 and held the first Amish service in the home of his son, Peter Engel.
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/woodford/engel_cem.htm
- While in France, Christian was from time to time petitioning the French government to exempt Anabaptists from military service.
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Sources - [S613] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Notebook Keeper Christian Engel (1764-1838), Anabaptist Advocate in Napoleonic France, Part 1: Politics and Protests.
- [S731] Steven R. Estes, Love God and Your Neighbor: The Life and Ministry of Christian Engel, (Robert and Juliet Engel Schertz for IMHGS, Metamora, IL).
- [S217] Val Swartzendruber, Christian Engel and His Family, (Miller Press).
- [S216] Steven R. Estes, The Life and Ministry of Christian Engel.
- [S1271] Peter Joseph Staker, A New Link in the Engel Chain.
- [S725] Wilma Schertz Brentz, The Story of the Paternal and Maternal Schertz Families in France, 1765.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S539] Harry F. Weber, Centennial History of the Mennonites of Illinois 1829-1929, (The Mennonite Historical Society, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana), P. 604.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70014176/christian-engel.
- [S613] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Notebook Keeper Christian Engel (1764-1838), Anabaptist Advocate in Napoleonic France, Part 1: Politics and Protests.