Christina Schneider (Scheidegger)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Feb 1655, Wynigen, Bern, SW

Christina married Niklaus Schrag on 30 May 1684 in Wynigen, Bern, SW. Niklaus (son of Niklaus (Klaus) Schrag and Margreth Reinhard) was born on 30 Oct 1660 in Leumberg, Wynigen, Bern, SW; died in 1673. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Apr 1684, Wynigen, Bern, SW

Notes:

Birth:
Leumberg

Hans married Elsbeth Hubler on 24 Feb 1719 in Bätterkinden, Bern, SW. Elsbeth (daughter of Hans Hubler and Anna Buchser) was born in 1685; died on 7 Mar 1733 in Wynigen, Bern, SW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

• Baptism: 16 Sep 1688, Wynigen, Bern, SW
• Immigration: 1769, America

Notes:

Lived at one time in Windstein, Alsace. Is thought to have brought the Niklaus Schrag Bible to the US.

Birth:
Leumberg

Family/Spouse: Elisabeth Meyer. Elisabeth was born about 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ulrich married Elsbeth Ullmann about 1717. Elsbeth was born in 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Dec 1693, Wynigen, Bern, SW

Notes:

Birth:
Leumberg

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [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:

• 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:

• Residence: 20 Dec 1773, Somerset Co., PA

Notes:

Early information about this couple has been recently found to be incorrect. According to Tim Schrag, Caspar married Mary Stucky in 1776.  She was born in 1755 and died in 1795  giving birth to their 10thchild Peter Schrock. Casper then married Catherine Blough - she was born 1752 and died in 1816.

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The story traditionally held is when Nicholas & family arrived at the port of Philadelphia, PA on the ship ‘Peggy’ on Sept. 24, 1753, youngest son Casper was so weak that the oldest son John, carried him on his back all the way to Berks County, 70 or more miles. 

Casper Schrock was born in Switzerland, ca. 1745. He immigrated to America and married Mary Stuckey, a native of Germany. They had ten children. He was a successful farmer in Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. 
married ca. 1776 in Lancaster Co., PA to: MARY STUCK(E)Y.
Mary died bet Sep 1795-1809. Mary is also most likely, interned in this graveyard. Casper remarried between Sep 1795-1809 to CATHERINE BLOUGH 69030173
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Children of Caspar Schrag/Schrock & Mary Stuck(e)y
Henry Schrock (c 1777 - 1823)
m Susanna Coleman (3/18/1785 - 1824)

John (1778-1853) /Berlin Somerset PA 62038229 
m Magdalena Martha Blough /(4/7/1775 - 1852) 98916710

Christian (1779 - 1847) Somerset Co PA 88217959
m Veronica “Franny” Good (1/14/1782 - 4/27/1871) 88217893

Michael (1782 - 10/1/1860) Wayne Co OH 52982620
m Susan Yoder (4/4/1791 - 1855 Wayne Co OH) 52982636

David (5/24/1786 – 12/20/1865 Garret Co MD) 134504676
m Elizabeth Miller (1/28/1796 - 1/27/1853 PA)

Joseph (c 1788 d 1848/Tuscarawas Co OH) 
m Elizabeth Blough (9/19/1791 - 9/24/1873/OH)

Catherine (6/24/1790 - 3/24/1872/Fulton Co OH) 8425147
m David Stutzman (4/22/1791 - 10/23/1870) 8425152

Abraham (c 1792 - ____)
m Susanna Hochstettler (3/13/1802 – 1865 / Washington Co., IA)

Jacob (9/17/1794 – 3/29/1848 Wayne Co OH) 39585638
m Veronica Hochstettler

Peter C. ( 9/1795 – 1846 / OH)152843095
m Sarah Miller (1802 - ____) 152843017

Sources: (1) "Family Record of Jonas M. Schrock 1859-1936 and Catherine Kemp 1865-1904), published in 1997. (2) Joseph D. Schrock & Anna Yoder Family Genealogy (1865-2016) p. VI. (3) Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph counties, Indiana, together with biographies of many prominent men of northern Indiana and of the whole state, both living and dead, John Morris Co. Published 1895. (4) Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies by Hugh F. Gingerich and Rachel W. Kreider 1986. (5) A Brief History of Biographical Sketches Together with a Complete Genealogy of the Descendants of Peter Schrock, Mennonite Publishing House, 1923 - 101 pages, Silvanus Yoder
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Bio Contributed by: Mark Hayden (#48312166)

Died:
(1809?)

Caspar married Mary Stucky in 1776 in Somerset Co., PA. Mary was born in 1755 in Elizabeth, Lancaster Co., PA; died in 1795 in Somerset Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Caspar married Catherine Blough between 1795-1809. Catherine was born in 1752; died in 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hans married Catharina Jost on 3 Apr 1767 in Wynigen, Bern, SW. Catharina was born in 1745; died in 1801. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Anna Friedli on 15 Aug 1749 in Wynigen, Bern, SW. Anna was born in 1729; died in 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married Ulrich Leuenberger on 4 Jul 1755 in Wynigen, Bern, SW. Ulrich was born in 1731. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

John married Elizabeth Miller in 1773. Elizabeth was born in 1753. [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]

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]

Family/Spouse: Susan Coleman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Had eight children.

Died:
Cambria Co., PA?

Buried:
Yoder Cemetery - Fieldstone marker exists for John Schrock. Yoder Cemetery, Upper Yoder Twp., Cambria Co., PA

Family/Spouse: Magdalena Blough. Magdalena (daughter of Christian Blough and Elizabeth Bender) was born on 7 Apr 1775 in Berlin, Somerset Co., PA; died in 1852 in Yoder, Cambria Co., PA; was buried in Westmont, Cambria Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Veronica Good. Veronica was born on 14 Jan 1789 in PA; died on 27 Apr 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Had ten children.

Buried:
Paradise Cemetery

Michael married Susanna Yoder in 1810 in Somerset Co., PA. Susanna was born on 7 Apr 1791 in Summit Mills, Somerset Co., PA; died in 1855 in Orrville, Wayne Co., OH; was buried in Smithville, Wayne Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family/Spouse: David Stutzman. David was born on 22 Apr 1791 in Berlin, Somerset Co., PA; died on 23 Oct 1870 in Pettisville, Fulton Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Susanna Hochstettler. Susanna was born on 13 Mar 1802 in Somerset Co., PA; died in 1865 in Washington Co., IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Religion: Amish

Notes:

Had eight children.

“Schrock (Shrock) – The bearers of this common Amish name are the descendants of a number of immigrants. In Switzerland the name was spelled Schrag or Schraag.Casper Schrag (born about 1745) came from Switzerland and settled in Somerset County, PA. His son, Peter Schrock, was a well-known Amish minister of Wayne County, Ohio. He died while preaching a sermon in a barn in 1846.” https://e-gen.info/?page_id=10031

Peter married Sarah Miller in 1820 in Wayne Co., OH. Sarah was born on 7 Sep 1802 in Somerset Co., PA; died in 1848 in Wischenka, Tschernigov, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hans married Elisabeth Fluckinger in 1771. Elisabeth died about 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Elizabeth Friedli in 1812. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Miller. Mary was born in 1782; died in 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]