Caspar Schrag

Other Events and Attributes:

• HIST: "Schrag-Schrocks came to America at various times and by a number of routes--before 1800 via northern Alsace and the Palatinate, and after 1870 via Volhynia, Russia. The Schrags were one of only three prominent Amish names that originate in the Emmental (along with Troyer and Schwarzentruber)." (This couple may have had a daughter Elisabeth (b. 1722) who is now linked to Caspar Schrag who married Elisabeth Weiss. () It is possible that the Johann Schrag family of “The Children’s Blizzard” was a descendant of Caspar and Elisabeth Leyenberger.
• Religion: Anabaptist
• Baptism: 13 Dec 1685, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• EMPL: 1711, Jebsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR
• Residence: 1712, Jebsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR
• Residence: Aft 1712, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1713, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1714, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1733, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: Aft 1733, Somerset Co., PA

Notes:

The Schrag surname is interpreted as a nickname for a carpenter or a cabinetmaker. "Schrage" in German means a holder or frame from crossed woods used for framework building. The spelling of the surname changed to Schrack, or Chraque in France--Schrock in America. "Schrag/Schrock comes from Schrage (an old name for a special wood combination.)"

In Southern Alsace along the Rhine River, south and east of Colmar, refugees came directly to these towns from Switzerland. Among the refugees listed at Jebsheim after 1700 were: 1700-Ulrich Birky, Steffisburg, worker; 1712-Gaspard (Casper) Schrag and Elisabeth Leyenberger of Wynigen.

!!This individual, Caspar b. 1685, who married Elsbeth Leyenberger, can be traced back to Switzerland, and through him all of the other Anabaptist Schrag branches. 

Virgil Miller, in his book "Both Sides of the Ocean" lists the refugees at Jebsheim, Alsace after 1700 and includes the fact that Gaspard (Caspar) Schrag and Elisabeth Leyenberg of Wynigen were married in 1712 (evidently in Jebsheim). Virgil Miller's research is probably correct.  This means son Caspar was born no later than September/October of 1711 (in Wynigen?), since Anne was born in June of 1712. 

Caspar, as well as other Schrag families moved into the Palatinate area around Zweibrücken. They lived in various places in the Palatinate, including Heckenaschbacherhof, Kaplaneyhof and Ingeweilerhof before leaving for America or going to Lorraine.


Schrag-Schrocks came to America at various times and by a number of routes--before 1800 via northern Alsace and the Palatinate, and after 1870 via Volhynia, Russia. The Schrags were one of three prominent Amish names that originate in the Emmental (along with Troyer and Schwarzentruber).

"In a list of Anabaptists in the Staatsarchiv in Bern, Switzerland, two brothers, Christian and Bendicht Schrag, sons of Ulrich Schrag, are named in 1765. They move from Wynigen-Leumberg in Switzerland to the Munstertal. About this time Schrags of Zweibrücken were already living here. Ulrich Schrag, who is leaseholder (Bestander) on the Ernstweilerhof in 1735, was a son of Caspar Schrag. A Casper Schrag is on the Ingeweilerhof in 1761. It is not clear whether these two individuals were father and son or brothers; the author assumes the latter. In that case, they would both be sons of Caspar Schrag, the father of Ulrich Schrag, who does not otherwise appear in the Palatinate. The following arrangement of descendants of the two brothers has not been proven and is based in part on assumptions."

Birth:
Leumberg farm

Baptism:
Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche (Reformed Church)

EMPL:
Transient farm workers

Residence:
Ingweilerhof

Residence:
Ernstweiler

Caspar married Elsbeth Leyenberger on 9 Aug 1711 in Jebsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR. Elsbeth (daughter of Ulrich Leyenberger and Anni Zougg (Zaug, Zaugg, Zook)) was born in 1690 in Jebsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist/Amish
• Residence: Abt 1733
• Residence: 1744, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1750, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1761, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR

Notes:

On the Ernstweilerhof.

Named on the Ingweilerhof near Zweibrücken in 1761.The Schrags were part of the Amish “Haftler” (those who believed buttons were a luxury and instead wore hooks and eyes), along with families Stalter, Hauter, Oesch, Eyer, Gut, Nafziger, Gungerich, etc. This group formed their own congregation at Ixheim where they built their own “praying house.” This was separate from the Mennonite congregation who were following “Knopfler” (those who wore buttons); Bachmann, Lehmann, Steinmann, etc.

Birth:
or Jebsheim, Alsace

Residence:
Ingweilerhof, according to LDS info

Residence:
Ingweilerhof

Caspar married Elisabeth Weiss in 1730. Elisabeth was born in 1708 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Anabaptist
• Residence: 1735, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR

Notes:

“Ulrich, son of Caspar, anabaptist and court renter in Ernstweiler, will because of the command by the dominion, be married to Elisabeth Meyer, a servant maid from Switzerland, on June 6, 1735, because of premature sleeping together without a proclamation, to Ernstweiler (Ernstweiler church book).” (Info from book by Ernst Drum, Zur Geschicht der Mennoniten Herzogtum Pfalz-Zweibrücken, 1962.)

"on orders from His Lordship marries his maidservant, Elisabeth Mayer."
Source has the following children listed for Ulrich and Elisabeth Mayer [Meyer]: Ulrich ca 1740, Johannes, Andreas, Magdalena, Anna.

Birth:
Ingeweilerhof

Residence:
Leaseholder on Ernstweilerhof near Zweibrücken

Ulrich married Elizabeth Mayer on 6 Jun 1735 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. Elizabeth was born in 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna Meyer. Anna was born in 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1785, America

Notes:

“There is very little information out there on this second son of Caspar Schrag b. 1685. He would be the second child of Caspar’s to migrate to America. J. Virgil Miller states that the Johannes Schrock family left for America in 1785.
Karen Schrock Jones shared the following. [The group travelling with Johannes] touched down in Lancaster before moving to Brothers Valley, PA. From there some went to Somerset/Johnstown, some to Canada, and [Johannes and] the rest to Holmes county OH. ... They stayed in the Walnut Creek area for a couple of generations before moving to east central IN settling in Miami county. Around this time, they quit being identified as either Amish or Mennonite and also their name was changed from Schrock to Shrock.”

Migrated to America in 1785.

Immigration:
Lancaster, PA, then Brothers Valley. Then some went to Somerset/Johnstown, some to Canada;Johannes and rest to Holmes Co., Ohio near Walnut Creek, before moving to East Central Indiana in Miami Co.

Family/Spouse: Barbara Esch?. Barbara was born in 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 24 Sep 1753, Philadelphia, PA

Notes:

The story of Niclaus Schrag b. 1717 is to say the least a very confusing one. Much of the confusion seem to stem from the assumption that the three Schrock men who came to Somerset Co. PA in the mid-1700s were brothers. DNA results seem to indicate otherwise. In fact there were likely two different families involved. The following scenario is derived from notes by Greta Schrock compiled in 2015.
An interesting note Greta shared is that once in America Claus changed his name to Michael, which would help explain the loss of a paper trail.
The name Niclaus Schrock was found in the registry of a ship named "Peggy” that arrived at Philadelphia PA in 1753. One small problem with this is that Peter Schrag states in his family tree that Niclaus died in 1748, at the age of 31. The registry said he was 34 and had 3 children with him. One child was aged 8 and there were 2 others, ages unknown. Using the birth date of 1745 for Caspar would make him the 8 year old. Mary Louise also quotes from a different source saying, “one of the boys, presumed 7 years of age, was very ill and was carried from Philadelphia to their first home in Berks County Pa on the back of his older brother.”
In July the 1984 Issue of “Mennonite Family History” is a deed showing that Casper got a deed to land in Somerset County, Pa in 1773 and an article by Joe Irvin says this is about year Casper came to America, which if you go by the 1745 date, he would have been 28 and at this age. He could have returned to Europe for family and returned around 1770. This land is where the old Schrock cemetery is today. There is also a findgraveIndex of a Casper Schrock 1745, who married a Catherine Bloug. There is little doubt that a young Caspar was accompanied by two brothers and we might even concede their name were John and Ulric. But not the two by the same name who came 15 or so years later.






Niclaus and (2?) sons migrated to America in 1754.

Immigration:
Aboard the ship Peggy, with his three sons

Family/Spouse: Christina ??. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: A Mennonite tailor
• Occupation: Miller And Tailor Of Clothes In Rhodes
• Religion: Amish
• Residence: 1771, St. Avold, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1772, Bistroff, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1773, Bistroff, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1775, Bistroff, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1783, St. Avold, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1787, Rhodes, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1788, Rhodes, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1794, Rhodes, Moselle, FR

Notes:

Andréas has been included as a child of Caspar by several researchers. However, his birth date seems not to fit with being Caspar’s son, but perhaps Andréas’ birth date is incorrect. It could also be that Caspar’s birthdate is incorrect or that he had a wife before Barbe Rouvenac.

Gondrexange is situated at the edge of a lake with the same name, between Rechicourt le Chateau and Heming. Eight km from Rechicourt le Chateau, twelve km from Sarrebourg and 72 km from Nancy. In 1836 there were 1027 people living in the village. By 2001 that number had dwindled to 464. A farm 2 km away called Ketzing had 18 inhabitants in 1836.

“At the edge of the village (Gondrexange), next to a large recreational lake, a narrow lane named ‘rue de la vieux moulin,’ or ‘old mill street,’ winds down below the edge of the main highway. Here can be seen the trace of a small mill stream and the ruins of a small stone mill structure, overgrown with weeds. Though not conclusively documented, this site seems a likely candidate for the Schrag residence and site of Joseph Oyer’s marriage (to Catherine Schrag, daughter of second wife, Marie Blazer).”


(also found on French documents as 'Caspard' and 'Gaspard'), was born circa 1744 and died on Sommerhof at Neuviller, Lower Alsace March 15, 1794. He was a miller at Bischwald Mill and a cultivator on Belgrade farm at Bistroff after 1772, and at the time of his death was a tailor at Rhodes. His civil death entry from Neuviller described him as a 50-year-old Anabaptist living at Rhodes (it is likely that he was visiting the Sommers on Sommerhof at the time of his death). Witnesses were tenant farmer Jean Sommer, 63, and day laborer Jean Müller, 59 (Jean Sommer, born circa 1731, was the father of Joseph Sommer, and grandfather to the Sommers who came to Tazewell County in 1834). “ }




  

Birth:
Ingweilerhof

Residence:
Cultivator at Belgrade farm, and miller at Bischwald Mill.

Residence:
Son Joseph was born at Bellegrade Ferme near Bistroff

Residence:
At time of Catherine’s birth

Residence:
At time of Anne’s birth

Residence:
Domiciled at Bachats at the time of his death.

Died:
On Sommerhof. 25 Ventose 2. Caspar Schraag, 50 year old Anabaptist living at Rhodes. Witnesses: Tenant farmer Jean Sommer of Sommerhof, 63, and day laborer Jean Muller.
The witnesses may not have known the exact date of Caspar’s birth, and gave a nice round number as what they thought was a probable age. Witnesses were Jean Sommer, 63 (tenant farmer) and Jean Muller, 59 (day laborer). Jean, b. abt. 1731 was the father of Joseph Sommer and grandfather to the Sommers who arrived in Tazewell Co., IL in 1834.

Buried:
There are remains of a Sommers cemetery at Sommerhof, so Caspar could have been buried there, or the body removed back to Rhodes. There are no identifiable stones at either place.

Family/Spouse: Barbe Rouvenac (Rüfenacht). Barbe (daughter of Jean Rouvenac and Barbe Ringenberg) was born in 1730; died in 1773. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Caspar married Marie Blaser (Blaiser) about 1774. Marie was born in 1749; died on 27 Nov 1792 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“It is strongly suspected that Anna Chraque was a daughter of Caspar Schrag and Elisabeth Weiss.

Anne Chraque's proposed family relationship is based on circumstance. Though there may have been other Swiss Schrags in Lorraine that we have not identified, only one branch of one family has been identified as Amish Mennonite. Caspar Schrag and Elisabeth Weiss had a son Caspar (circa 1744-1794) who married Barbe Rouvenacht and Marie Blaser. He worked as a miller at Bischwald Mill and a cultivator on Belgrade farm at Bistroff. Thus he was a business partner with the Engel family.

Their son Joseph Schrag (1772-1830) was born on Belgrade farm but lived at Gondrexange. He married Marie Engel (1774-circa 1800)…. Note that Anne's son Joseph Cachot/Gascho also lived at Gondrexange. This is a coincidence in a tiny community (though the population has grown in two centuries to its present 490). Note also that Joseph Cachot/Gascho's immigration companions in 1831 included Peter Engel. If Anne was a sister to Caspar (circa 1744-1794), the only documented Amish Mennonite Schrag in her age bracket in the region, then her parents were Caspar Schrag and Elisabeth Weiss.“

Family/Spouse: François Gascho (Cachot). François (son of Simon Gascho (Cachot) and Sarah Leibrock) was born before 1750; died before 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Aft 1779, Dernbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR

Notes:

Of Ernstweilerhof near Zweibrücken.

In the 18th century this area was home to a Mennonite congregation. It merged in the 1930s with the Amish congregation and today constitutes Zweibrücken’s Mennonite congregation. Ernstweilerhof estate, home of Nikolaus, is now a restaurant incorporated into the city of Zweibrücken. Nearby is a tree planted in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm by Jakob Stalter in honor of “peace.”

Birth:
Ernstweiler estate

Residence:
Pfalzhof

Nikolaus married Barbara Güngerich in 1779 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. Barbara (daughter of Christian Güngerich and Barbara Jutsi) was born about 1750 in Dernbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR; died in 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Residence: 1764, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1776, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR

Notes:

Of Ixheimermuhle.

Birth:
Ernstweilerhof

Residence:
Brenschelbach/Blumenauermuhle

Residence:
Ixheim mill

Magdalena married Johannes Hauter before 1759. Johannes was born in 1735; died in 1791. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miller
• Residence: 1776, Ixheim, GR

Notes:

Birth:
Ernstweilerhof

Residence:
At the mill.

Family/Spouse: Jakob Hauter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Johannes Hauter. Johannes (son of Christian Hauter) died before 1791. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmed on both Freudenbergerhof and Kaplaneihof estates near Ernstweiler. Also at Gradhof.
• Residence: ?, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Immigration: 1837, Tavistock, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1837, Munich, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

This couple farmed on the Freudenbergerhof estate near Zweibrücken. The family moved to Bavaria where Daniel was born in 1813. When the family applied for permission to emigrate, Jacob and daughter Catherine were living at Gradhof, Giesing, Munich.

In 1837, Daniel was at Freimann and father Jacob and daughters Magdalena and Catherine were at Giesing.

All of the family except wife Magdalena emigrated to Canada.
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The Schrag family lived on different farms as tenants in Bavaria. The last place was in Giesing / Munich 1837.
In the state archive in Munich I found under Fazikel RA 1730 following entry:
From here, the familie applied for emigration to Upper Canada. Six family members filed for emigration in March 1837. Their fortune was 1000 Guldiers. The family came from the “Bavaria Rhine circel“ also Palatinate.
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Regarding the military discharge certificates for the Schrag brothers, I have found a relevant and interesting paragraph in Hermann Hage's German dissertation on Amish Mennonites in Bavaria: Translation by Sem Sutter, 2020

“The three brothers Josef, Johann and Daniel Schrag, born on the Kaplaneihof in Pfalz-Zweibrücken or in Bavaria, performed their military service in the Bavarian army before 1835, although the family had lived since 1812 on the Gradhof, today in Kösching, Eichstatt, which would have included them in the exemption from military service for colonists from the left bank of the Rhine. Apparently they did not have the knowledge or the means to protect their sons from military service. In 1838 they were finally able to emigrate from Munich to Canada.”

(From Herbert Holly on 8 Nov 2019: In the folder from the state archive Munich 11.8.2019:
Faszikel Mennoniten:
Military discharge certificate: No. 82 - Johann Schrag, Joseph Schrag, Daniel Schrag.
Report from the captain of the ship “Altona” from the death of Peter Schrag of Palatinate.)

Widower Jacob emigrated in 1837. According to Holly, his application for emigration documents was dated May 26, 1837. A National Archives list of passengers arriving at Baltimore from foreign ports in September 1837 shows Jacob Schrag, 84; John, 32; Daniel, 24; Magdalene, 36; Catherina, 34; and Catherina Miller, 13. An archives index card says they arrived Oct. 1, 1837.



From Joe Staker
The Schrags of Kösching

Ulrich Schrag and Marie Stalter were the parents of Jacob Schrag. He was born on the Gersbergerhof estate (three miles northeast of the city of Zweibrücken) in July 1760, and died at Wilmot, Ontario April 25, 1838.
Jacob married Magdalena Holly. She was born at Nehwiller-près-Woerth, Lower Alsace in 1767, and died at Wilmot Oct. 29, 1838, a daughter of minister Jörg/Georg Holly and Barbara Bürki. They farmed on the Freudenbergerhof estate near Zweibrücken.

Their son Christian Schrag was born there Dec. 24, 1798. He married Elizabeth Bürki/Birkey, who was born circa Jan. 24, 1802. They farmed at Kösching, above Ingolstadt. Kösching is adjacent to Hellmannsberg, where the Sutters leased an estate in 1811.
Christian died at Unterföhring (a suburb on the northeast side of Munich) Aug. 26, 1831.
Christian's parents [s/b father only], brothers, and sisters went to Canada in 1837. Elizabeth also emigrated from Europe with her children, arriving at New Orleans in 1846. At first they lived in Butler County, where Barbara may have met and become engaged to Joseph Heiser.
Heiser went to Dillon to work on railroad tracks in 1848. He labored on the rails to Peoria until 1850, but came away with little savings. Joseph and Barbara married Feb. 4, 1851, and lived at Elm Grove.
Elizabeth lived to be 90, and died Jan. 24, 1892. She is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery as 'Elizabeth Schrag.' Herald of Truth, February 1892: "On the 24th of January, 1892, near Pekin, Ill., of the infirmities of old age, Elizabeth, widow of Christian Schrag, aged 90 years. She had been a widow for 31 years [61 years]. She leaves four children, 23 grandchildren and 54 great-grandchildren. Her last words were, 'Come, Lord Jesus.' Buried in the Pleasant Grove graveyard. Funeral services by D. Roth, P. Ropp, Em. and Joseph Litwiller, and Joseph Buercky, of Tiskilwa, Ill."
The children of Christian Schrag and Elizabeth Bürki/Birkey include:

1. Elizabeth Schrock was born circa March 30, 1814, and died at Hopedale March 19, 1899. Circa 1849 she married Michael Saltzman. They are found on the 1870 census of Chenoa, McLean County as day laborer Michael Salsman, 53, France; Elizabeth, 47, France; Mary, 22; Eliza, 21; Mike, 18; John, 16; Joseph, 13; and Christian, 6; all children born in Louisiana. Herald of Truth, April 1899: "On the 19th of March, 1899, near Hopedale, Ill., Elizabeth Schrack, wife of Michael Saltzman, aged 78 years, 11 months and 19 days. She lived in matrimony over 50 years, and leaves her aged companion, four sons and two daughters, 17 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren and many friends to mourn their loss. She was a faithful member of the Amish Mennonite congregation and was deeply interested in the spiritual welfare of her children and of the church. Buried on the 21st of March. Funeral services by Joseph and John Egli, Daniel Nafziger and J .C. Birky. C."
2. Magdalena Schrock was born March 24, 1824, and died at Hopedale Nov. 9, 1914. On July 8, 1855 in Tazewell County she married Noah Augsburger. He was born in Bavaria Nov. 30, 1819, and died at Boynton July 17, 1903, a son of Noé Augspurger/Noah Augsburger and Elisabeth Eyer. See AUGSBURGER for more on this couple.
3. Christian Schrag/Schrock was born in Bavaria April 24, 1826, and died at Flanagan, Livingston County Oct. 29, 1917. On March 14, 1852 in Tazewell County he married Maria/Mary Zimmerman. She was born at St. Valentin, Indre Oct. 5, 1835, and died Dec. 20, 1920, a daughter of Michael Zimmerman and his second wife Magdalena Erb. Gospel Herald, November 1917: "Christian Schrock was born in Bavaria April 24, 1826; died at his home near Flanagan, Livingston Co., Ill., Oct. 29, 1917; aged 91 y. 6 m. 5 d. He emigrated to New Orleans, La., in 1846, and in 1850 came to Pekin, Tazewell Co., where in 1852 he married Mary Zimmerman. They resided at this place until 1868 when they moved to Nebraska Twp., being of the earliest settlers. Twelve children were born to them. He united with the Amish Mennonite Church when a young man and remained a faithful member. He leaves a devoted wife and seven children, also 25 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the house by Bro. D. M. Slagle and at the Church by Bro. Dan Orendorff in German and Bro. Geo. Sommer in English. Buried in the Waldo Cemetery." Gospel Herald, January 1921: "Mary Zimmerman was born near Paris, France, Nov. 5, 1835; died from the effects of a fall (pneumonia also setting in causing her much suffering which she bore patiently) Dec. 20, 1920; aged 85 y. 1 m. 15 d. She was converted in her youth, was received into the A.M. Church, and remained faithful. She had a smile and a pleasant word for all. Sh e came to America with her parents in 1838 locating near Canton, Ohio, where they resided until 1841, when they came to Pekin, Ill. In 1852 she was married to Christian Schrock. In 1868 they came to Livingston Co. near where Flanagan is now situated. Twelve children were born to them. Six of them with the husband preceded her. She leaves 6 children, 24 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and 1 brother. Funeral services were held at the Waldo A.M. Church by the home ministers, Dec. 22. Burial in the Waldo Cemetery."
4. Barbara Schrock was born at Kösching Aug. 17, 1828, and died in Tazewell County Oct. 30, 1911. On Feb. 4, 1851 in Tazewell County she married Joseph Heiser. He was born in Bavaria March 1, 1818. His headstone at Pleasant Grove Cemetery says he died Nov. 9, 1892 at 71 years, 8 months, 8 days.

Birth:
Gersbergerhof.

Residence:
Kaplaneihof

Immigration:
Front sheet of document on hand (Herbert Holly)
1) Jakob Schrag age 84, Farmer live since years in Giesing , his children
2) Magdalena Schrag , Maidservant by a farmer Haslinger in Giesing
3) Katharina Schrag, at home withe the father
4) Joseph Schrag, servant in cloister Scheuern
5) Joahnn Schrag, a brandy burner
6) Daniel Schrag, servant by farmer Glkaser in Freimann near Munich

Residence:
Giesing-At the time of immigration

Buried:
(Old Baden) Kropf Baden Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Magdalena Holly. Magdalena (daughter of Georg (Jörg) Holly and Barbara Bürki (Buerge)) was born in 1762 in Nehwiller, Reichshoffen, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 29 Oct 1828 in Johanneskirchen, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: 1776, Hornbach, Palatinate, GR

Notes:

He went to Falkenstein, Galicia and later Russia. Many of the children of this couple lived and died in Volhynia, Ukraine.

Residence:
near Zweibrücken

Johannes married Elisabeth Albrecht in 1760 in Albisheim An Der Eis, Obrigheim, Palatinate, GR. Elisabeth (daughter of Michael Albrecht) was born in 1745 in Hermersbergerhof, Wilgartswiesen, Sudwestpfalz, GR, Wilgartswiesen, Sudwestpfalz, GR; died in 1796 in Wischenka, Tschernigov, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1759, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1776, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1804, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1812, Ingolstadt, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Of Ernstweilerhof.

"Documented in 1759 and in 1776 on the Gersbergerhof. In 1804 at the home of his son Jakob Schrag on the Kaplaneihof near Zweibrücken. Went with him to Bavaria in 1812 and died in Ingolstadt."

Birth:
Ernstweilerhof

Residence:
Gersbergerhof

Residence:
Gersbergerhof

Residence:
Kaplaneihof, home of son Jakob

Residence:
Moved with son

Died:
Gradhoff?

Ulrich married Maria StalterZweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. Maria (daughter of Johannes Stalter and Maria Weiss) was born on 25 Dec 1739 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR; died on 25 Dec 1837 in Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1804, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1812, Ingolstadt, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Birth:
Ernstweilerhof

Residence:
Documented in 1759 and 1776 on the Gersbergerhof

Residence:
At the home of his son Jakob on the Kaplaneihof.

Residence:
Went with his son and died there.

Family/Spouse: Marie Stalter. Marie (daughter of Johannes Stalter and Maria Weiss) was born on 25 Dec 1739 in GR; died on 25 Dec 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish
• Immigration: 18 Oct 1766, Philadelphia, PA

Notes:

He was Amish and arrived in Philadelphia on 18 Oct 1766 on the ship “Polly.” He settled Bethel Township, Lebanon by 177l.

(This Johannes may not be In the correct family)

Immigration:
On the ship”Polly.” Richard Hunter, Master, from Lisbon, Portugal

Johannes married Elizbeth Miller on 8 Jul 1773 in Berks Co., PA. Elizbeth was born in 1753 in Berks Co., PA; died in 1797 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miller In Gondrexange and Imling, And At Rhodes (Bachat) At The Time Of Death
• Occupation: Unskilled Laborer In 1827 At Time Of Peter’s Marriage
• Religion: Amish
• Residence: 1797, Rhodes, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1799-1807, Gondrexange, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1811, Imling, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1822, Rhodes, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1826, Rhodes, Moselle, FR

Notes:

At the time of Joseph’s brother Jean’s marriage in 1797, he was living at Moulin Les Bachats near Rhodes. Bachats is attached to Rhodes, 9 km north of Gondrexange. There is a walled Anabaptist cemetery at the edge of town, bordering a cow pasture, where Pelsy, Esch, Abresol families, and more, are buried.

The 'ferme des Les Bachats' at Rhodes is still operational and maintains an inn. It is located on a peninsula in L'Étang de Stock (Stock Pond). A bachat is a feeding trough for cattle, indicating that it may have once been a dairy farm.

Joseph married his first wife, Marie Engel at Alzing farm near Gosselming in 1798. Very soon after they were living at Gondrexange, for their first and only child (Joseph, who lived only 5 years) was born there. Marie died there, possibly as a result of child birth complications. A second time Joseph went to Alzing to marry his second wife, Marie Neuhauser, but returned to Gondrexange to live and work. Their first three sons and one daughter (Anne, who evidently died as an infant) were born between 1801 and 1806.

Joseph and his wives could have lived at Domaine Ketzing for a time, a nobleman’s possession, who hired workers to farm and run the mill, blacksmith workers, brick kilns, etc., but this isn’t documented. Living quarters were provided in the woods some distance from the main chateaus. Today one can find a few foundation stones of buildings, and the remains of a well that served the workers. (2012) There was no persecution of Anabaptists during this time at Ketzing, as the Duke of Lorraine protected them. Today Ketzing is owned by an insurance company: a newer building is used for training seminars. The domaine is part of the forestry department and the chateaus provide lodging for hunters.

But more than likely the family lived at the mill in Gondrexange, since Joseph was the miller there for a number of years from about 1800 to 1811.

By 1811 the family had moved to Imling near Saarebourg. They lived at one of the three mills along the Saare River, Remeling, when their first daughter was born. The other two mills were Rimling, and Rot (Roth) (also called Rotmuhle). All three mills were situated side by side along the banks of the Saare. Eleven years later Joseph and Marie were back at Bachats, and were there in 1826. No doubt they lived there continuously until Joseph’s death in 1830. Marie was still living in 1826, but what happened to her after that is still unknown.

“Joseph Schrack, 33, miller, ...witnessed the civil birth record of Johannes Gascho, Born on 8 Jan, 1806, son of Joseph Gascho, lease-manager of the agricultural property called Canardiere in Gondrexange, and Katharina Swalter.”

“Gondrexange had two mills, one was sacred for the construction of the Marne-Rhine canal. It is logical that in a given period an Anabaptist was a miller. Joseph Schrag from Bellegarde, commune of Bistroff, had the mill turned from about 1800 to 1807. He was married to Marie Neuhauser who gave him several children in Gondrexange. Did he then go to Rhodes where he died in 1830?

“His sister Catherine, born in Oderfang, Saint-Avold, married the mill boy Joseph Oyer in 1804 and went to Niderhoff's mill. Joseph Schrag was probably replaced or was he in competition with André Schertz enumerated in 1809 as head of the family. He was the son of Christian Schertz and Elisabeth Reitiger. The only act that reveals his presence is his testimony at the death of his father at the age of 55 years.”

Birth:
Belgrade farm. Commune of Grostenquin. Belgerade (Bellegarde) farm was built around 1818 according to Jean-Claude Koffel.

Residence:
Living at Moulin les Bachats at time of brother Jean’s marriage.

Residence:
At the mill in Gondrexange where four children were born.

Residence:
Lived at the mill Remeling near Imling at the birth of Magdelaine in 1811, was still there in 1813 according to source 1056.

Residence:
Living at the mill at Bachats at time of Johannes and Catherine’s marriage

Died:
“On Apr. 5, 1830, Joseph Serack, 58, miller, a native of the farm called Belgrade [canton of Bistroff], Moselle, husband of Maria Neuhauser, died in Rhodes. The death was reported by son Peter Serack, 27, miller at Dompcevrin, Meuse.”
(Translation by NASL)


Buried:
Most probably in a burying ground on the farm/mill Bachats.

Joseph married Maria Engel on 13 Aug 1798 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR. Maria (daughter of Christian Engel and Catherine Marie Ritzieker (Regsecker) (Lithzieker)) was born in 1774 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died about 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Maria Neuhauser about 1800 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR. Maria (daughter of Nicolas Christian Neuhauser and Catherine Marie Ritzieker (Regsecker) (Lithzieker)) was born about 1772-1773 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died after 1826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Worked a the mill of Bischval near Bistroff. Cultivator.
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Lived at the Moulin de Bischwald at the time of his marriage to Anna Engel.
Lived at the cense called Ville in Marsal, Moselle, at the time of his marriage to Anna Farni.

Birth:
At Belgrade/Bellegarde. Perhaps at Bischwald Mill?. At his birth, Jean’s father was 29 years old.

Died:
His death entry described him as cultivator Jean Gerack, 66, born at Belgrade, Canton de St. Avold; the widower of Anne Engel, who had died at Marsal, and husband of Anne Farny, 51, a resident of Vic-sur-Seille. It was witnessed by son André Gerack, 27, a cultivator. (At the village of Vic-sur-Seille was the ruins of the Castle of Bishops of Metz, built in the 12th century. Two large towers and moat remain.)

Johannes married Anna Barbe Engel on 4 Feb 1797 in Bistroff, Moselle, FR. Anna (daughter of Christian Engel and Magdelaine Schertz (Chertz)) was born on 28 Feb 1772 in Kerprich-Aux-Bois, Moselle, FR; died on 8 Aug 1810 in Marsal, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Anne Madeleine Farni on 27 Dec 1810 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR. Anne (daughter of Joseph Jean Farni and Anne Schertz (Chertz)) was born on 30 Nov 1785 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died after 1856 in Vic-sur-Seille, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Emigration: 1831, NY

Notes:

Anna and her husband are buried in the Rinkenberger Family Cemetery. It was established before 1859 on the 160-acre farm in Section 25 of Fond du Lac Township in Tazewell Co., about a mile north of Farmdale, IL, which immigrant Peter Rinkenberger purchased in 1837. It can be found in a clump of trees at the top of a hill, at 3550 East Washington St. in East Peoria, IL.

Birth:
Bachats? Headstone gives year as 1790

Died:
At age 71

Buried:
Family cemetery on their land in East Peoria: 3550 East Washington St.- Robein neighborhood

Anna married Pierre Ringenberg (Ringenberger) (Rinkenberger) on 13 Jan 1810 in Haute-Clocher, Moselle, FR. Pierre (son of Christian (Christophe) Ringenberg and Catherine Kempf) was born on 12 Jun 1786 in Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died on 5 May 1861 in East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1804, Gondrexange, Moselle, FR

Notes:

Catherine died a few weeks following the birth of Mary (Marie). During 1807-1830 Joseph and Catherine lived at Niderhof, Lorraine, France.

Birth:
Oderfang Mill. Year calculated from marriage record.

Residence:
Ketzing. Living there at the time of her marriage

Died:
At age 40.

Catherine married Joseph, Sr. Oyer on 27 Dec 1804 in Gondrexange, Moselle, FR. Joseph, (son of Johannes (Hans) Oyer and Jakobine Regle’ (Ruschli, Roeschly)) was born about 1774 in Wilgartswiesen, Palatinate, GR; died about 1845 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miller at Badonviller, (20 miles south of Gondrexange), then as a day laborer and domestic servant at Imling. Also a miller.
• Religion: Anabaptist
• Residence: Badonviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR
• Residence: Imling, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1797, Desseling, Moselle, FR

Notes:

Earliest mention of Andre is in records from the civil marriage entry of Magdalena Zwalter and Christian Neuhauser. They were married at Gondrexange April 20, 1794. He is listed as witness Andre Cachon, 26, brother-in-law of the bride. Andre signed that entry “Andres Gascho.”

Birth:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/41654453/person/19895026069

Residence:
In the Dieuze Ponds area of Moselle from 1797 to 1805

André married Anna Zwalter before 1794. Anna (daughter of Christian Zwalter and Marie Risser) was born in 1769; died on 14 Feb 1839 in Pellheim, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miller at Merlebach
• Immigration: 1831, Baltimore, MD

Notes:

Immigration:
With son Joseph and nephew Jean

Died:
Perhaps in Somerset Co. PA

Joseph married Anne Catherine Zwalter on 7 Aug 1797 in Gondrexange, Moselle, FR. Anne (daughter of Christian Zwalter and Marie Risser) was born in 1768; died before 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 1823

Notes:

Died:
Ixheimermuhle

Family/Spouse: Katherine Imhoff. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 79
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Birth: 1759
• Death: 1805

Notes:

Info. about Magdalena and her family from Cender papers and Stewart chart.,

Died:
Bichashbacherhof, GR

Magdalena married Christian Stalter in 1785. Christian (son of Heinrich Stalter and Unknown) was born in 1750 in Sarralbe, Moselle, FR; died on 12 Apr 1831 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Miller at the palace mill (Schlossmuller).

Family/Spouse: Magdalena Schertz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1837

Notes:

Birth:
Freudenbergerhof estate

Immigration:
Listed as Maidservant by a farmer Haslinger in Giesing on emigration document

Family/Spouse: Miller. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist (Wiedertaufer)
• USR1: Pulmonary tuberculosis

Notes:

“Mennonite family Schrag from Giesing (Community Au) six family members together have 1000 Gulden as John Schrag counted out for the tribunal. The family is from the Bavarian Rhine District (Palatinate) with the following persons: Jakob, 84 years old previously farmed several estates, now in Giesing supported by his children. Children: Magdalena, servant with farmer Haslinger in Giesing; Katharina at home with her father; Joseph, hired hand in Kloster Scheyern; Johann, works as brandywine maker; Daniel, hired hand with farmer Glaser in Freimann. A son of Jakob Schrag of the first marriage with the name Jakob Muller [called a step-son in the first application] emigrated to America 13 years ago and settled in ‘Wilmont.’ He left behind a child by Barbara W., hired girl in Weissenfels by Pardorf, Munich, Katharina Muller, who is now 13 years old and is now in the care of the Mennonite Holly at Linden, District of Ebersberg. The Schrag family wish to take this child with them to America. Mother and guardian are agreed. The sons of Schrag performed their military duty. No other hindrance. The family, for three years in Giesling, complains that they are being sent around from one authority to the other. (2 Dec 1837)

They farmed at Kösching, a suburb of Ingolstadt, adjacent to Hellmannsberg, where the Sutters leased an estate in 1811.

Christian died near Munich in 1831. His parents, brothers, and sisters went to Canada in 1837.

Birth:
Freudenbergerhof

Died:
Near Munich

Buried:
by a Catholic priest

Christian married Elisabeth Bircki about 1821. Elisabeth was born on 24 Jan 1802 in FR; died on 24 Jan 1892 in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kaplaneihof

Died:
Kaplaneihof

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1837

Notes:

No descendants.

Birth:
Kaplaneihof

Immigration:
listed at home with the father on emigration document

Katherina married Joseph Becker on 24 Jun 1838 in Wilmot Twp., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 24 Jul 1837, Bremen to New York

Notes:

Birth:
Kaplaneihof

Immigration:
On the bark Elizabeth, listed as servant in cloister Scheuern on emigration document. According to Herbert Holly, his application for emigration documents was dated May 26, 1837. A National Archives list of passengers arriving at Baltimore from foreign ports in September of 1837 shows Jacob Schrag, 84; John, 32; Daniel, 24; Magdalene, 36; Catherina, 34; and Catherina Miller, 13. An archives index card says they arrived Oct. 1, 1837.

Buried:
Amish Mennonite Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Catherine Schwartzentruber. Catherine (daughter of Michael Schwartzentruber and Barbara Oswald) was born on 27 Oct 1817 in Mengeringhausen, Waldeck, GR; died in 1846 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Diener. Elizabeth (daughter of George Diener and Magdalena Muller) was born in 1812 in Alsace, FR; died in Jul 1880; was buried in East Zorra Twp., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1837

Notes:

Birth:
Kaplaneihof

Immigration:
listed as brandy burner on emigration document

Johannes married Magdalena Swartzentruber in 1841 in East Zorra Twp., Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Michael Schwartzentruber and Barbara Oswald) was born on 6 Jun 1823 in On The Atlantic Ocean; died on 16 Jun 1909 in Milford, Seward Co., NE; was buried in Milford, Seward Co., NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Abt 1837, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Birth:
Kaplaneihof. 23 Mar?

Immigration:
Farmed in the Amish area of Tavistock

Died:
Gradhof

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1837, Tavistock, Ontario, Canada
• Ordained: 24 Jun 1849, East Zorra Twp., Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1871, Seathorpe Twp., Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Birth:
Gradhof, north of Ingolstadt.

Immigration:
listed as servant by farmer Glkaser in Freimann near Munich in emigration document.

Ordained:
Ordained a minister for East Zorra Mennonite Church

Census:
Daniel Schrag, 58, a married Mennonite farmer from Germany; Magdalena, 45, a married Mennonite from France; and seven children born in Ontario.

Daniel married Elisabeth Gingerich on 1 Jun 1840 in Wilmot Twp., Ontario, Canada. Elisabeth (daughter of Jacob Gingerich and Catherine Honderich) was born on 27 Jul 1825 in Atlantic Ocean; died on 26 Nov 1854 in Seathorpe Twp., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Magdalena Steinman on 3 Jun 1855 in Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Pierre Steinman and Anne Abresol) was born on 4 Sep 1825 in Imling, Moselle, FR; died on 8 Sep 1878 in Seathorpe Twp., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Had three children.

Died:
Galicia

Jacob married Katherina Berchtold on 7 Feb 1786. Katherina was born on 15 Mar 1768 in Rosenberg, Galicia, Ukraine; died on 1 May 1795 in Falkenstein, Donnersberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Eva Bachmann about 1796. Eva (daughter of Michael Bachmann and Elisabeth Ewy) was born on 23 Jun 1774. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Barbara Kunzi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andréas married Barbara Stucki (Stucky) on 2 Nov 1794 in Enseidel, Galicia. Barbara was born about 1762. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Susanna Zerger. Susanna (daughter of Johannes Zerger and Anna Magdalena Eymann) was born about 1777; died on 1 Feb 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married on 22 Jan 1796, but husband unknown.

Died:
Now Lviv in the western Ukraine

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite
• Baptism: 21 Dec 1796

Notes:

She was baptized in the Hutterite congregation Dec. 21, 1796 by minister/elder Johannes Waldner. On Jan. 11, 1797 at Vyshenka she married Hutterite Andreas Waldner. He was born Sept. 17, 1777, and died at Radychiv/Radichev (a Hutterite settlement 25 miles below Wischenka/Vyshenka in the Northern Ukraine) May 4 or 5, 1817, a son of the minister/elder and Maria Naegeler. Katharina remained in their colony until the death of her husband, then returned to the Swiss Mennonite group.

Baptism:
by Hutterite minister/elder Johannes Waldner.

Katharina married Andreas Waldner on 11 Jan 1797 in Vyshenka, Ukraine. Andreas (son of Johannes Waldner and Maria Naegeler) was born on 17 Sep 1777; died on 4 May 1817. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Minister at Doisdorf (now Zabara, Ukraine) in 1807; voted elder in 1810
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Ordained: 1807, Doisdorf, Bonn, GR
• Ordained: 1810, Doisdorf, Bonn, GR

Notes:

Ordained:
now Zabara, Ukraine. Amish Mennonite Minister

Ordained:
Amish Mennonite Elder

Joseph married Freni Stucki (Stucky) on 1 Jan 1803. Freni (daughter of Hans Stucki (Stucky) and Anna Wenger) was born about 1783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Maria Von Huwen in Dec 1808 in Poutschy/Eduardsdorf, Ukriane. Maria (daughter of Johann Von Huwen and Maria Miller) was born on 20 Oct 1787 in Enseidel, Galicia; died on 4 Dec 1839 in Dubno, Ukraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Jan 1812

Notes:

Baptism:
Baptized in the Hutterite congregation

Anna married Jerg Waldner on 19 Jan 1812. Jerg (son of Johannes Waldner and Maria Naegeler) was born on 3 Jan 1794 in Vyshenka, Ukraine; died on 10 Sep 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Dec 1810

Notes:

Baptism:
Baptized in the Hutterite congregation.

Maria married Enoch Kleinsasser on 17 Sep 1830 in Radychiv (Radichev), Ukraine. Enoch (son of Joseph Kleinsasser and Anna Koller) was born on 22 Jul 1811 in Radychiv (Radichev), Ukraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Could Write His Name
• Occupation: Miller-Likely The Master Miller Enumerated At Hengstbach (=Mittelbach, D 66482) Near Zweibrücken In The German Palatinate In A Census From 1776. Also A Miller At Tenschmuhle In Lorraine
• Religion: Amish
• Residence: 1776, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1781, Oron, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1797, Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR

Notes:

Andreas’ descendants migrated to America 1843, 1855.

Hermann Guth says, “Andréas probably belongs here.” However, his birth date doesn’t seem to fit. But there is probably a connection, since Jean Hirgie was a witness to Anna’s marriage and listed as a cousin.

After Suzanne Bachman died, Andréas moved to Lorraine in France and married Suzanne Hirchi before 1781. Lived in Oron (F 57528) near Chateau-Salins in 1781 and in
1797 in Grostenquin near Linstroff. Andreas was named as an “anne Baptiste” miller at the mill of Tenchel in the birth document of son Christian. The mother of Christian is named as Susan Hirche.

Andréas later settled in Vergaville (F 57708) near Dieuze, where he was living with son Andréas at the time of his death in 1809. He was miller at the Tenchel in Lorraine.

In 1805, André’ signed the birth record of his granddaughter, Catherine Schrag, daughter of son André’ and Anne Pelsey.

Translation of death document by Neil Ann Stuckey Levine:
2) Death of André Schrag, widower, 60.  On June 13, 1809, 7 p.m., ... in Vergaville, canton of Dieuze, arrondissement of Château-Salins, department of Meurthe [department of Moselle today], appeared André Schrag, 30, and Joseph Reisinger, 56, both millers, and Gabriel Pierre, 30, leather worker [no French dictionary I have here at home has an entry for "chamoiseur"], all three living in Vergaville, the first a son and the other two acquaintances of André Schrag, fellow miller ["compagnon" can also mean apprentice, but that would hardly apply to the deceased at 60], living in Vergaville, and they have declared that today, at 4 p.m., the said André Schrag, 60, native of Deux-Ponts (Mont-Tonnere) [the short-lived French department of Mont-Tonnere, encompassing Zweibrücken, i.e., Deux-Ponts, in the Palatinate, dates to Napoleon's tremendous expansion of greater France], widow in his second marriage of Suzanne Hergë [Hirschi], died at the home of the first declarer [his like-named son].  And the declarers signed the present death document with me, after it had been read aloud to them, with the exception of André Schrag, son of the deceased, who declared that he does not know how to write or to sign his name.   

André’s descendants are compiled in the voluminous first edition of “Who’s Who in The Schrock Family”, and printed in February 2001 by Kevin J. Willems.
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Individual Note
SCHRAG on his death certificate
SERACH on marriage certificate
Serach Zere in 1839 on Christine's birth certificate
in 1857 it is indicated André Gerard in German Schrag
Gerard on marriage certificate from 1845

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Birth:
- Birth year calculated from birth record of granddaughter Catherine, when his age was given as 52 in 1805. At his death in 1809 his age is given as 60. (A record from Europe gives the birth date os 1753.) PYRENEES ORIENTALES, 66482. Source 1120 gives date as 1742, as does source 1260.

Residence:
Wahlerhof estate at Mittelbach-Hengstbach.

Residence:
Near Chateau-Salins

Residence:
Near Linstroff

Died:
Living with son André’. Death document says he was originally from “Deuxponts (Mont-tonnere)” (Zweibrücken) A widower in second marriage of Suzanne Herge. Father of André Schrag, 30, who reported the death.
Translation of death document by Neil Ann Levine:
2) Death of André Schrag, widower, 60.  On June 13, 1809, 7 p.m., ... in Vergaville, canton of Dieuze, arrondissement of Château-Salins, department of Meurthe [department of Moselle today], appeared André Schrag, 30, and Joseph Reisinger, 56, both millers, and Gabriel Pierre, 30, leather worker [no French dictionary I have here at home has an entry for "chamoiseur"], all three living in Vergaville, the first a son and the other two acquaintances of André Schrag, fellow miller ["compagnon" can also mean apprentice, but that would hardly apply to the deceased at 60], living in Vergaville, and they have declared that today, at 4 p.m., the said André Schrag, 60, native of Deux-Ponts (Mont-Tonnere) [the short-lived French department of Mont-Tonnere, encompassing Zweibrücken, i.e., Deux-Ponts, in the Palatinate, dates to Napoleon's tremendous expansion of greater France], widow in his second marriage of Suzanne Hergë [Hirschi], died at the home of the first declarer [his like-named son].  And the declarers signed the present death document with me, after it had been read aloud to them, with the exception of André Schrag, son of the deceased, who declared that he does not know how to write or to sign his name.   

André married Suzanne Bachmann on 20 Feb 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Madeleine Zehr. Madeleine was born in 1746; died on 24 Dec 1795 in Albestroff, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

André married Susanne Christine Hirschy (Hirschi) before 1781. Susanne died on 15 Apr 1799 in Vergaville, Dieuze, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Ernstweilerhof.

From 1797 was leaseholder on the Heckenaschbacherhof, Palatinate. With him at this place was his father-in-law Christian Esch of the Fleckensteinerhof, who died there in 1809 at the age of 81.


"It is likely that his great-grandfather Caspar Schrag had already emigrated after 1700 from Switzerland...."
Five children: Johannes b. 1786; Barbara, b. 1790; Christiane, b. 1794; Christian, b. 1797; Magdalena, b.1798.

Birth:
Gersbergerhof

Died:
Heckenaschbacherhof

Family/Spouse: Christiane Esch. Christiane (daughter of Christian Esch and Magdalena Hauter) was born in 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1798
• Residence: 1813, Koching, Bavaria, GR
• Emigration: 1837, Canada

Notes:

Birth:
Gersbergerhof

Residence:
On the Freudenberghof, then on the Kaplaneihof

Residence:
On the Grathof

Buried:
Probably Kropf/Baden Cemetery

Notes:

Birth:
probably in Palatinate, GR

Buried:
prob. Kropf/Baden Cemetery

Elizabeth married David Hochstetler in 1791. David was born in 1764 in Elklick, Somerset Co., PA; died on 14 Sep 1845 in Walnut Creek, Holmes Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married Henry Hochstettler in 1795 in Meyersdale, Somerset Co., PA. Henry was born on 19 Aug 1773 in Hamburg, Berks Co., PA; died on 19 Dec 1846 in Farmerstown, Holmes Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Magdalena married Jacob Zug in 1796 in East Whiteland, Chester Co., PA. Jacob was born in 1750 in Berks Co., PA; died in 1822 in Walnut Creek, Holmes Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Casper married Mary Zook (Zug) in 1801 in Somerset Co., PA. Mary was born in 1781 in Somerset Co., PA; died in 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married Susanna Miller in 1800 in Somerset Co., PA. Susanna was born on 30 Jun 1779 in Somerset Co., PA; died in 1870 in Somerset Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Sarah Hochstetler in 1815. Sarah was born in 1797; died in 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Joseph Landis on 27 Mar 1804 in Lancaster, PA. Joseph was born on 16 Jan 1784 in Bedford, Bedord Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David Hochstetler. David was born in 1797; died in 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Anna Gerber in 1814 in Holmes Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Margaret Bontrager in 1817. Margaret was born in 1790; died in 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]