Johannes (Hans) Stalter

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: 63
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Residence: 1742, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR

Notes:

“The exact home of the Stalter family in Switzerland is not known. Ernst Muller, in his Geschichte der Bernischen Taufer, mentions a Barbe Stalter, who came with two children to the Palatinate in 1672, together with other refugees, leaving seven children behind.

"The name Stalter/Stalder is probably derived from one of the countless towns named Stalden which can be found in nearly every Swiss canton. The first Stalters in the vicinity of Zweibrücken appeared in 1742 on the Gersbergerhof, where at that time a leaseholder Christian Stalter lived with his son. In addition another leaseholder, Hans Stalter, with two sons and four daughters, and a day-laborer, Hans Stalter, with two daughters, are mentioned.

"It appears that Hans Stalter, married to Elisabeth Weiss, had two sons by the names of Johannes Stalter and Heinrich Stalter, who became the progenitors of two branches of the Stalter family. One branch still exists today (the descendants of Johannes), but the other has largely died out (the descendants of Heinrich), at least in the area around Zweibrücken. To be sure emigration contributed to this, as well as the fact that in one generation the children of several families remained unmarried. Was there perhaps a hereditary illness which caused responsible people to decide not to marry?"
It is believed/known that the descendants of Heinrich either did not have children, and/or those that did, immigrated to America.” , ,,

Birth:
Gersbergerhof, GR

Residence:
Leaseholder on the Gersbergerhof

Family/Spouse: Elisabeth Weiss. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 59
• Religion: Amish Mennonite, Deacon of the Zweibrücken congregation
• RWDN: S1

Notes:

Lived near Zweibrücken on the Gersbergerhof. Was a deacon of the Zweibrücken congregation. Went to Bavaria in 1803 and lived at Hemerten, after living at Bergstetten near Donauworth.

Deacon of the Zweibrücken congregation.

Birth:
Offweilerhof

Died:
Offweilerhof

Family/Spouse: Maria Weiss. Maria was born in 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer at Tenscherhof in 1750
• Reference Number: 61
• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: 1750, Sarralbe, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1770, Homburg, Saarland, GR
• Residence: Abt 1776, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1777, Sarralbe, Moselle, FR
• Residence: Abt 1802-1803, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Heinrich was leaseholder on Kirschbacherhof (near Zweibrrücken, GR), a very old and sizable ducal estate which is known from documentary sources as early as 1295. The original buildings were destroyed during the Revolution and the present ones were rebuilt in the early 1800s.
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“ Henry Stalter, born in 1725 in Zweibrücken, was a farmer there since at least 1750 when his wife gave birth to a child named Christian, and that first wife died before 1776. Since that year, his second wife, Catherine Imhoff gave birth to two son to Homburg Saar, Henry named the youth, and Jacques (quoted above at Haras). The family is back at Tenscherhof in 1777, year of birth of a daughter. Two daughters died in 1794 aged 23 years, and Henry Stalter, father, dies Tenscherhof, February 23, 1800.“


A Brief History of The Kirschbacher Hof and the Ducal Family That Owned It

“The Kirschbacher Hof estate was the birthplace of our ancestor, Heinrich Stalter. This estate is located on the western edge of present-day Germany, near the city of Zweibrücken, close to Luxembourg and Lorraine, France.

“This estate is very old and is documented back to 1295. Duke Johann I purchased it at the end of the 1500s and gave it to his hunting master Christian von Bernstein. It was he, too, who built the Kirschbach mill.

“In 1737, the widowed Countess Palatine Caroline, née Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken, as ruling sovereign and guardian over her minor son Christian, bought the estate for 12600 guilders and leased it to the Mennonite Heinrich Stalter. Historians consider her an especially prudent and active sovereign.

“The members of the ducal family preferred to stay at this estate during hunting. The grandsons of the Duke’s mother, the Counts Palatine Karl and Max, and the Counts of Forbach, Christian and Willhelm, were frequent hunting guests and, in this way became acquainted with the tenant Heinrich Stalter, which later proved to be advantageous for the Stalter family.

“In 1762, Duke Christian IV took over the estate from his mother and granted it to his sons. Then Duke Karl II August seized the estate again and donated it as perviously mentioned, to his wife Amilie.

“During the French Revolution (started in 1789 and lasting about a quarter of a century), French troops moved across the border into German territory and set fire to the estate. (The French Revolution was about eliminating the ruling class so estates such as this became targets.) Heinrich Stalter and his family were forced to leave the estate and find temporary shelter on another estate, the Bickenaschbacher Hof, where Heinrich’s eldest son, Christian Stalter, was living.”

At the beginning of 1800 the family moved to Bavaria, near Munich, living on property in Gern near the Nymphenburg palace.

Heinrich was a friend of King Maximillian I Joseph of Bavaria. He is known to have at least six children, but probably had four more. Hermann Guth read documents in the archives in Neuburg telling how Heinrich complained to neighbors and acquaintances that a monestary at Thierhaupten (near Hemerten) was sold for too low a price. The story reached King Max, who insisted that the price be increased. He trusted Heinrich's judgement enough to act upon it.

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Birth:
(an hour away from Grostenquin/Linstroff)

Residence:
Tencherhof estate--son Christian born there

Residence:
Lingenhof estate--son Josef born there

Residence:
Kirschbacherhof: Three children born there: Heinrich, Johannes and Maria

Residence:
Tenscherhof

Died:
Tenscherhof

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

Heinrich married Katharina Imhoff before 1770. Katharina was born in 1744. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Does she belong in this family? Dates don’t add up.

Barbara married Friedrich Henrich Schmidt on 25 Oct 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: S16

Notes:

Birth:
Ernstweilerhof

Family/Spouse: Ulrich Schrag (Schrager). Ulrich (son of Ulrich Schrag and Anna Meyer) was born about 1740; died after 1812 in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Birth:
Offweilerhof

Maria married Ulrich M. SchragZweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. Ulrich (son of Ulrich Schrag and Anna Meyer) was born about 1740 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR; died in 1812 in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

According to the list of inhabitants of the Duchy of Zweibrücken in 1776, he was 26 (27?) years old at that time. His later fate is not known.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Birth:
Offweilerhof

Died:
Offweilerhof

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

He lived on the Gerbergerhof.

IGI lists Jean Stalter, born 31 Mar 1807 in Contwig, Pfalz, Bayern, as a son of Chrétien Stalter and Madelaine Hundsiker.

Birth:
Ottenweierhof/Baden

Died:
Gersbergerhof

Christian married Magdalena Hunsicker in 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 48
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• RWDN: S15
• Residence: 1802, Donauworth, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1816, Ingolstadt, Bavaria, GR
• PURC: Abt 1820, Hemerten, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Before 1802 was living near Zweibrücken, probably on the Gersberger farm.

Bergstettener—this large estate near the Danube River once belonged to the Cistercian monastery of Kaisheim, which had been secularized in 1802. A small village has since grown up near the estate, but a huge rectangular courtyard of the original estate, with a small chapel built into one corner, remains.

Heinrich went to Bavaria in 1804. Leaseholder on the estate Bergstetten near Donauworth, then became owner of the estate Hemerten near Rain am Lech.

Heinrich. Born 1767, Gersbergerhof. Married Katharina Rogge, daughter of Christian in Neidenfels/Pfalz. Went to Bavaria in 1804. Leaseholder on the Bergstädten farm near Donauwörth, then owner of the Hemerten estate near Rain am Lech. Son: 151 and daughter Katherina Walburga, married to Xaver Reitmeier.

Went to Bavaria in 1804. Leaseholder on the estate (Hof) Bergstetten near Donauwörth, then owner of the estate Hemerten near Rain am Lech.

Birth:
Gersbergerhof

Residence:
Purchased and lived on Bergstettener estate by the Danube River near Donauworth. Owned the estate until 1816.

Residence:
Lives on the farm Stockerau.

PURC:
Purchased Hemerten estate near Rain on the Lech.

Heinrich married Katharina Roggy about 1797 in Neidenfels, Palatinate, GR. Katharina (daughter of Christian Roggy and Barbara Nafziger) was born in 1776 in Neidenfels, Palatinate, GR; died in 1846 in Hemerten, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 78
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• RWDN: S21

Notes:

One of the effects of the French revolution was the annexing of the territories to the north east of what was then France. This included Belgium, Savoy, Nice, and all lands up to the Rhine River. This was accomplished by 1793. This change of government had to have been noticed by our Stalter ancestors. When the Kirschbacher Hof estate was ransacked by the invading armies the Heinrich Stalter family took temporary refuge with eldest son, Christian, who was a leasholder on the Bickenaschbacher Hof. For reasons unknown, this estate was not destroyed. Christian Stalter was residing on Bickenaschbacher Hof when he died in 1831.

In 1800 Hienrich Stalter died on the Tenschof estate. His widow apparently returned to the Bickenaschbacher Hof for it was from here that she wrote a letter to the former Duke Max Joseph of Zweibrücken. In this letter, which is still kept in an archives in Munich, she explains her gloomy circumstances, and reminds the Elector of his promise given to her husband at the occasion of his visit at the Elector’s exile at Rohrbach castle near Heidleberg; namely that the Stalter family should obtain another estate as soon as “his Highness should acquire other dominions”.

The Elector, in fact, remembered his promise and ordered that the Stalter family (several sons and a nephew of Heinrich Stalter) could possess considerable estates from the nationalized Upper Bavarian Abbey’s properties. These Abbey (church) properties were available because, as part of the changes brought about by the French Revolution, there was a great reduction in the power of the Catholic Church. Church lands were confiscated and sold, or used by the French government to gain the support of those “German” noblemen who had lost property as a result of the revolution. This helped the French, because these new properity holders now were indebted to the French authorities, and therefore more likely to support the French in the new regime. This also helped our Stalter ancestors, because now there was land available for them to farm which the Elector could use to keep his promise to his friend, Heinrich Stalter.

A number of other Amish families followed the Stalters to Bavaria, where the government readily accepted them to cultivate the abandoned Abbey’s estates. The Bavarian government was quite aware of the special abilites of the Mennonite farmers.,

Birth:
Tenscherhof in Lorhringen

Died:
Bickenaschbacherhof

Christian married Magdalena Hauter in 1785. Magdalena (daughter of Johannes Hauter and Magdalena Schrag) was born in Jun 1759 in Ixheim, GR; died on 11 Dec 1805 in Hengstbach, Zweibrücken, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer at Gern, Driver (Carrier) In Munich. Referred to in his granddaughter’s death record as the “economist of Gern.”
• Reference Number: 85
• Religion: Mennonite
• RWDN: S22
• Residence: 1803, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1814, Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, GR
• PURC: 1830, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1831, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1837, Neufahrn, Bavaria, GR
• EMPL: 1838, Munich, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

The State Archive in Munich records “that from January 15, 1831, the Anabaptist families of Heinrich, Jakob, and Joseph Stalter became part owners of the property, House No. 6, belonging to the Queen of Bavaria”—a small piece of land about 60 sq. meters.

Joseph Stalter buys from the Bavarian Queen Friederike Wilhelmine Caroline von Bayern, widow of the late King of Bavaria the Oswald property house number: 4 with 283 days of work 4,050 guilders. In the police register of Munich Joseph has sold his property in 1838 for 14,500 guilders.

Birth:
Lingenhof estate

Residence:
The secular Benediktbeuren

Residence:
At the dairy farm “Whal”

PURC:
Joseph Stalter buys from the Bavarian Queen Griederike Wilhelmine Caroline von Bayern, widow of the late King of Bavaria, the Oswald property: house number: 4 with 283 days of work 4,050 guilders. In the police register of Munich Joseph has sold his property in 1838 for 14,500 guilders. (A Bavarian daily work has 3407 sqm = 36,672.64 sqft) ?

Residence:
On the Zieglergut

EMPL:
A driver (carrier)

Died:
Died in an old people’s home

Josef married Magdalena (Anna) Egli on 3 Jun 1800 in Hornbach, Palatinate, GR. Magdalena (daughter of Martin Egli and Elisabeth Kaufmann) was born on 1 May 1778 in Pforzheim, Baden, GR; died in 1852 in Munich, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Andréas Ringenberg on 28 Apr 1796 in Imling, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: Siebenthann
• Residence: 1799, Tenscherhof, Lorraine, FR
• Residence: 1803, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1812-1813, Donauworth, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1818, Niederbronn, Alsace
• PURC: 1830, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Document re: “Transfer and takeover agreement between the Jakob Stalter couple on the Kandlerhof in Gern, House No. 3, and their daughter Elisabetha and her husband, Valentin Birki for 8,140 guilders. 

Munich, 8 March 1833 

Jakob Stalter, land owner at Gern, House No. 3, and his wife Magdalena née Nazin [sic], for whom because of her illness the community representative Johann Wimmer of Nymphenburg is present, conclude a contract with their son-in-law Valentin Birky and his wife, Elisabetha née Hundsicher. Because of the latter’s illness Benno Erlacher, baker master from Nymphenburg appears with power of attorney.” 

Note: The contract is for transfer of property purchased from the King of Bavaria on 1 July 1830, namely House No. 3, its built-on cowstall, some other sort of stall, and some sort of house with a bake oven.


 

Birth:
Karlsbergerhof

Residence:
Lived first at Grafinthal.

Residence:
By Burglengenfeld

Residence:
Worked at Haras

Residence:
Moved there from France

Residence:
Erlockhof

Residence:
Herrenhof

PURC:
Jakob Stalter, along with his brothers Heinrich and Josef, buys from the Bavarian Queen Griederike Wilhelmine Caroline von Bayern, widow of the late King of Bavaria, the Kandler property: house number 3, with 219 days of work 3,200 guilders. He sold it agin about 1850. (A Bavarian daily work has 3407 sqm = 36,672.64 sqft)

Died:
Karlsbergerhof

Jakob married Magdalena NafzigerGräfinthal, Saarland, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Magdalena Hauter. Magdalena was born in 1776 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR; died in 1839 in Homburg, Saarland, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Hofbesitzer In Germany (Estate/farm Possesser/owner)
• Religion: Mennonite
• PURC: 1802-1803, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• PURC: 6 Aug 1830, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• Immigration: 1842, New Orleans, LA - Then Tazewell Co. IL.

Notes:

Went to Bavaria in 1802. Owner of the grounds of the St. Theresa Cloister at Gern near Munich. Went to the USA with 8 children in 1842. One son, Jakob, stayed in Germany (page 248.) However, he probably only traveled with seven children, since Jakob stayed in Europe and Elizabeth immigrated with Christian Birki in 1851.

“At age 26, Heinrich Stalter II accompanied his widowed mother and two younger siblings, Johannes and Maria, to Upper Bavaria. From 1803 until 1806 it is unclear where they lived specifically, but it is thought that they initially went to an area near Donauworth, some 35 miles north of Munich. By 1807, Heinrich II was married to a woman named Jakobine Stalter. It is unclear whether her surname Stalter was only her married name or if Heinrich married a girl with the maiden name of Stalter. Heinrich II became owner of two estates of a former Catholic cloister located at Gern near Munich. (This area is 1.4 miles east of the center of downtown Munich today. The abbey that was subsequently returned to the Catholic church is now the Kloster St. Theresa). The estates became central habitation points for Heinrich's siblings. His brothers, Johannes, Jacob, and Josef all lived at the estates at one time. Heinrich and Jacobina had a son, Jakob, born July 22, 1807. Over the next 35 years, Heinrich and Jacobina raised a family (nine children) and successfully operated their estates. In operating their lands, they employed a number of Amish workers. Among these were Valentine Birkey and Nicholas Augstein (Eigsti) although their involvement in the operations is vague. There were a number of marriages among the families of the Stalters, Birkeys and Augsteins. By 1842, Jacobina had died. Several of Heinrich's children had already left Bavaria for America. Heinrich disposed of his assets in Germany and, with several of his children, emigrated to America. Although the passenger list with Heinrich's emigration data has not been located, Guth reports his emigration occurred in 1842. What is known is that he after he arrived in Illinois, he lived with various family members, including his daughter, Catherina Stalter Yotty in Tazewell County in 1850. There is no historic evidence that he purchased any real property in America, not unexpected given his advanced age at the time he immigrated. He died sometime between 1852 and 1860 in Tazewell County, Illinois and is buried in the Birki Cemetery, just north of Groveland. His daughter, Elizabeth, was the second wife of Christian Birki on whose farm the Birki Cemetery is located. “

While in Bavaria, Heinrich was one of the signatories to a letter sent March 18, 1811, to King Maximilian I. Joseph (ruler from 1806-1825). In it the “Elders of the Menonists” of the dairy farm Oberndorf, appealed to the King for permission to hire their own private instructors to educate their children in their own catechism, since he had allowed them freedom of religion. But “some of the community have received legal orders to send their children to school a good half hour away.”

The answer came to them on Sept. 11, 1811, that “attendance of the local school remained compulsory, but the Mennonite children were not compelled to participate in religious instruction.”

Others signing the letter were: Christian Güngerich, Christian Bürcky, Johannes Bächler.

Birth:
Kirschbacherhof

PURC:
Awarded “outright” ownership of the cloister of St. Theresa at Gern by Max Joseph of Bavaria.
Elector Max IV Joseph signed a lease in July 1803 for the “Ditzschen Hof” in Gern at Nymphenburg to the ”Mennonite Stalter the older.”

PURC:
Heinrich buys from the Bavarian Queen Friederike Wilhelmine Caroline von Bayern, widow of the late King of Bavaria, the Holzbauer property: house No. 2 with 155 daily work of 2.720 guilders. In the emigration documents Heinrich has sold his property in 1841 for 10,766 guilders. (A Bavarian daily work has 3407 sqm = 36,672.64 sqft)?

Immigration:
According to Herbert Holly research, Heinrich Stalter had considered the idea of emigrating, but his wife was against it even though three children were already living in the USA. It was only after the death of his wife that Heinrich made the decision to emigrate with his family. He applied to emigrate on August 28, 1841, which was approved.




Buried:
Birki Cemetery, Groveland Twp., Section 22: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2596053/birki-cemetery/map#share_email

Heinrich married Jakobine Stalter about 1806. Jakobine was born about 1790; died on 11 Oct 1834 in Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Residence: 1803, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Johannes applied for a lease of estates belonging to the Polling cloister in 1803. It is not clear if he received a lease, but later he operated an estate in Gern along with his brother Heinrich. His ultimate fate is unknown.

“Kloster Polling is a former monastery in Polling bei Weilheim, district of Weilheim-Schongau, in Upper Bavaria, Germany. According to legend, the founder was Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria in about 750, but it seems more likely that the founders were members of the powerful Bavarian noble family of the Huosi. Initially this was a Benedictine monastery, but later became a house of Augustinian canons. The abbey was dissolved during the secularisation of 1803 and the buildings were mostly demolished between 1805 and 1807. The important late Gothic abbey church with early Baroque stucco work by the Wessobrunn stuccoist Georg Schmuzer is now the parish church. Part of what few buildings remained came into the possession of the Dominican sisters in 1892. The dispensary and the service block passed into private ownership. Johannes later operated an estate in Gern along with his brother, Heinrich. It is unclear whether he was a co-owner of the estate. His ultimate fate is unknown.

Birth:
Kirschbacherhof

Residence:
Munich area

Magdalena married Christian Rocke (Roggy) on 7 Jan 1803 in Hengstbach, Zweibrücken, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 82
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• RWDN: S26

Notes:

In 1826 went with the family to Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. This couple had five children.

In 1826 went with the family to Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Maria married Christian Nafziger in 1814 in Bavaria, GR. Christian (son of Christian Nafziger and Madeleine Güngerich) was born about 1779 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR; died on 5 May 1836 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite, but was banned from attending services because of her marriage to a Catholic.

Suzanne married Georg Kettner in 1811 in Seefeld, Bavaria, GR. Georg was born about 1788 in Petersberg, Pirmasens, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
probably in Palatinate, GR

Buried:
prob. Kropf/Baden Cemetery

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:

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

Notes:

Mary married John Sherrick in 1801. John was born on 29 Sep 1778 in PA; died on 20 Sep 1858 in Allen Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Barbara Hunsicker on 7 Jul 1799. Barbara (daughter of Peter Hunsicker and Maria Hauter) was born in 1782 in Bayenthal, Cologne, GR; died on 5 Jul 1834 in Porclette, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Had an illegitimate daughter in 1809.

[Children of MAGDALENA STALTER and JOHANNES EYER are:
36. i. MADELEINE5 EYER, b. 15 Oct 1811, Zweibrücken, Germany.
37. ii. CATHERINE EYER, b. 03 May 1815, Trulben Felsenbrunnerhof, Germany.
iii. CHRISTIAN EYER, b. 13 Oct 1816, Offweilerhof, Germany.
iv. ELISABETH EYER, b. 01 Mar 1818, Offweilerhof, Germany; d. 1874, Kirchbacherhof, Germany.
v. JOSEPH EYER, b. 1820, Offweilerhof, Germany; d. 1840, Trulben Felsenbrunnerhof, Germany.
38. vi. PIERRE EYER, b. 1825, Kronstrichht Ferme de Schwinbach, Bavaria; d. Deneuvre Meurthe et Moselle, FR.
vii. MARIE EYER, b. 1825, Griemoldried, Bavaria; m. JEAN BAPTISTE DALPACH, 15 Sep 1855, Glonville Baccarat, France; b. 1832, Bourg Bruche Salles Bas-Rhin, France.}

Died:
Offweilerhof

Magdalena married Johannes Eyer on 7 Jul 1808 in Contwig, Zweibrücken, GR. Johannes (son of Christian Eyer and Magdalena Nafziger) was born on 18 Jan 1786 in Trulben, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elder got the Ixheim congregation. Four children died unmarried.

Birth:
Gersbergerhof

Died:
Wahlerhof

Christian married Babette Rinkenberger on 19 Aug 1813. Babette (daughter of Josef Rinkenberger and Maria Leyenberger) was born in 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived on Maxhof near St. Avold, Lorraine.
Six children died unmarried.

Josef married Susanne Rinkenberger on 30 Dec 1819 in Oberauerbach, Bavaria, GR. Susanne (daughter of André Rinkenberger and Barbe Weiss) was born on 23 Mar 1795 in Woelfling, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Gersbergerhof

Maria married Daniel Jakob on 26 Jan 1832 in Contwig, Zweibrücken, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Gersbergerhof

Died:
Weihermuhle

Johann married Veronika Schmidt on 29 Jan 1835 in Niederauerbach, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Magdalena married Johann Georg Hoffman on 4 Oct 1814 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, restaurant leaseholder
• Reference Number: 42
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• PURC: 1860, Weilheim, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Jacob Stalter owned Hemerten at one time. His daughter Katharina Stalter Guth (Good) was born there. Two subsequent families owned Hemerten, then in 1885 a baron named Legg bought it and his family still lived on the farm in 1984.

Birth:
Gersbergerhof

PURC:
Purchased the Lindauer farm in Ammerhöfe community where the Christner family lived.

Died:
At the time of Jakob’s death he was a leaseholder of a beer restaurant at Fu?rsteinried, a hunting lodge built to look like a baroque palace. It was constructed for Elector Maximilian II Emanuel in 1715, bordering the Fu?rsteinried Wald (forest) on the southwest outskirts of Munich.

Jakob married Katharina Stalter on 27 Apr 1816. Katharina (daughter of Jakob Stalter and Magdalena Nafziger) was born in 1800 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR; died on 17 Jan 1847 in Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jakob married Barbara Güngerich in 1848. Barbara (daughter of Jakob Güngerich and Katharina Eichelberger) was born about 1816 in Deuerling; died in 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 102
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Birth:
Birthplace not for sure

Family/Spouse: Xavier Reitmeier. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: S211
• RWDN: S211

Notes:

The first Stalter to live at Wahlerhof. Had nine children, listed in source.
Became an elder in the Zweibrücken congregation., ,

Died:
Wahlerhof

Christian married Elizabeth Rinkenberger on 18 Nov 1804 in Mittelbach, Zweibrücken, GR. Elizabeth (daughter of Josef Rinkenberger and Maria Leyenberger) was born on 2 Jun 1783; died on 16 Jan 1847 in Hengstbach, Zweibrücken, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Farmer on Monbijou estate, assisting his father-in-law, the estate manager and leaseholder.

Notes:

Joseph made experiments with threshing machines powered by water. After his sons fell into debt, Joseph had to sell his farm Stuppacherhof (previously owned by Jakob Dettweiler) to pay the debt of his sons. He was a broken man and died in 1851.

Tenant on Kirschbacherhof and Monbijou, preacher of the Zweibrücken congregation. Lived on Ottenweierhof in 1822.

The Kirschbacher Hof was reconstructed and after 1822 was again leased to the Stalters who were still living in the Zweibrücken region. Joseph Stalter was for a time a leaseholder on the Kirschbacher Hof. For a time he was owner of an estate Stubbach Hof. In 1835 he moved to the “Montbijou” estate and gave the lease of the Kirschbacher Hof to both of his sons, Joseph and Johannes.

Joseph Stalter was a respected preacher of the Amish congregation.,

Birth:
Bickenaschbacherhof

Died:
Monbijou estate

Joseph married Susanna Hauter on 24 Jul 1806. Susanna (daughter of Nikolaus Hauter and Elizabeth Maurer) was born in 1787; died on 11 Nov 1820 in Dietrichingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Barbara Reidiger on 3 Feb 1822 in Ichenheim, Baden, GR. Barbara (daughter of Sebastian Reidiger and Magdalena Güngerich) was born on 24 Sep 1802 in Ichenheim, Baden, GR; died on 4 May 1867 in Dietrichingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived at Bickenaschbacher Muhle, and later at the Heidelbingerhof. Had three unmarried daughters. Jacob Stalter was excluded from the Amish congregation because he married a wife who was not Amish.

They later lived on the Heidelbingerhof estate, not far from the Monbijou estate.

Birth:
Bickeknaschbacherhof

Jacob married Barbara Dettweiler on 31 Oct 1816. Barbara (daughter of Joseph Dettweiler and Katharina Mayer) was born in 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bickenaschbacherhof estate

Magdalena married Johannes Hauter in 1832 in St. Wendel, Saarland, GR. Johannes (son of Nikolaus Hauter and Suzanna Esch (Oesch)) was born on 25 Oct 1771 in Lembach, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 20 Mar 1848 in Homburg, Saarland, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bickenaschbacherhof estate

Johannes married Magdalena Reidiger on 7 Feb 1813 in Ichenheim, Baden, GR. Magdalena (daughter of Sebastian Reidiger and Magdalena Güngerich) was born about 1792; died in 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Unmarried.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: S216
• RWDN: S216

Notes:

Unmarried.
Birth “Date” is christening date as registered with vital records. ,

Birth:
Bickenaschbacherhof estate

Died:
Bickenaschbacherhof estate

Notes:

Lived and farmed at Karlsburgerhof, near Homburg, Saarland.

Birth:
Bickenaschbacherhof estate

Daniel married Catherine Gingerich on 22 Jan 1832 in Kutzenhausen, Bas-Rhin, FR. Catherine (daughter of Pierre Gingerich and Madeleine Gerber) was born on 8 Mar 1815 in Kutzenhausen, Bas-Rhin, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Anna had two illegitimate children: Jakob (1824) and Christian (1825), before her 1832 marriage to cousin Jakob Stalter of Gern.

Birth:
Near Leonberg (Born 1800?)

Anna married Jakob Stalter in 1832. Jakob (son of Jakob Stalter and Magdalena Nafziger) was born in Mar 1801 in Gräfinthal, Saarland, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite

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

Notes:

Birth:
Father listed as André Ringuenberg (he signed Ringenberg), miller, 46, living at Sarrebourg. Mother Elisabeth Stalter.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1866, America

Notes:

Married to Anna Eva Zollner, a Catholic. Went to the USA in 1866 with three children.

Immigration:
with three children

Johannes married Anna Eva Zollner on 3 Dec 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 43
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Married her cousin.

“Marrying of cousins was NOT a an unusual occurrence in the past. In the general population, 'It is estimated that 80% of the marriages in history were between second cousins'. The population base was smaller. People lived in small communities and migrated within those same small communities. Transportation was slow and dangerous; by walking or by horse and people seldom, if ever traveled beyond the boundaries of the area in which they were born without some sort of armed escort. Our Amish ancestors had even more reasons to restrict their marriage-partner choices. They were a minority group within the general population. Amish principles forbid marriage with those of other faiths , the marriage partner always had to come from the community of Amish believers. Often a suitable partner could not be found among the limited number of members of the home congregation, so, in spite of the dangers of long-distance travel contacts had to be established over long distances. When a wedding did occur under these circumstances, it often happened that other potential marriage partners were discovered among the siblings of the bride and groom. Such doubled unions frequently took place and created a strong bond between two families. Pressure to marry within the Amish group came also from outside the group. There were rules from the local authorities forbidding the Amish/Mennonites from adding people from the communities to their congregations. They could not baptize others into their faith, other than those born into Mennonite families. Church leaders were chastised for baptizing and drawing young unmarried maids into their faith. (Davis, Richard Warren) With all of these restrictions it is understandable that our ancestors chose 'cousins' as their marriage partners in many cases.”

Birth:
Full name may have been Katharina Magdalena.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-422579201-1-561056/katharina-magdalena-stalter-in-myheritage-family-trees

Katharina married Jakob Stalter on 27 Apr 1816. Jakob (son of Heinrich Stalter and Katharina Roggy) was born on 23 May 1798 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR; died on 3 Mar 1864 in Fu?rsteinried, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

In 1832 married his cousin Anna Stalter. Day laborer in Hellmannsberg, Unterweilbach, then Gern near Munich. He had several unknown children in the latter location.

Birth:
1799? Source 209

Jakob married Anna Stalter in 1832. Anna (daughter of Josef Stalter and Magdalena (Anna) Egli) was born in 1798 in Weissach, Wurttemberg, GR; died on 7 Aug 1838 in Sturzelbronn, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 98
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Immigration: 26 Dec 1839, New Orleans, LA

Notes:

Apparently, this wedding was not approved of by Heinrich; thus, he and Jakob became alienated. Jakob was the only child of Heinrich and Jacobina who did not emigrate to America. He remained in Munich where he and Anna had one daughter, Maria.

Did not go to the USA. Broke with his father about 1841.

“In 1841, Jakob Stalter, the eldest son of the head of the church around Munich, Heinrich Stalter, broke with his father when he married the Protestant Anna Baker from Moosach / Munich. He remained with his wife in Bavaria, while the entire remaining extended family Heinrich Stalter emigrated to the USA.” (P.468)

Immigration:
On the AlexAndré Toussin, along with his sister Katherina. He later returned to Europe.

Jacob married Anna Becker (Bacher) on 23 Apr 1841 in Munich, Bavaria, GR. Anna died in GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite
• Immigration: 1839, New Orleans, LA

Notes:

Birth:
Another source gives date 4 Jan 1809

Immigration:
Aboard the Alexander Toussin. At age 30 with two children, Johann (5) and Maria (3). They were accompanied by Katharina’s sister, Magdalena Stalter (24), their brother, Jakob Stalter (34) and Christ Jady (Christian Yotty - 28). The group had started their journey from Le Havre on the ship “Granville”. The Granville, however, ran into problems and was forced to make port in Havana. After several weeks layover, the parties were placed aboard the Alexandre Toussin for the remainder of the trip to New Orleans. Two days after landing in New Orleans, Katharina gave birth to a son, Henry Stalter (b. 12/18/1839). Y-DNA studies performed on descendants of Johann and Henry revealed they had different biologic fathers.

Buried:
Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery

Katharina married Christian Jordy (Yotty) in late 1839 in Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR. Christian (son of Jakob Jordy and Catharina Schantz) was born on 7 Mar 1809 in Dambach, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 7 Nov 1870 in Olio Twp., Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 96
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• RWDN: S243
• Immigration: 7 Jun 1851, Le Havre to New York

Notes:

The 1870 census of Groveland shows: Elizabeth Burky, 54, Bavaria; Jacobine, 24, Bavaria; farmer Henry, 23, Bavaria; Jacob, 21, Bavaria; Helena, 20, Bavaria; and John, 18, Illinois; and carpenter John Gerber, 28, born in Canada.

“Despite many efforts to find additional information on Jacobina, Henry, Jacob, and John Birky, no additional information has been found after the 1870 U.S. Census. (Some researchers have incorrectly stated that John Birky, son of Christian and Elizabeth, married a woman named Edith Kelso. However, in the 1880 census, Edith Kelso Birkey and John are living with his mother, whose name is Magdalena Birky. Thus, Elizabeth Stalter Birkey's son, John, did not marry Edith Kelso. The husband of Elizabeth Kelso was John Burkey Jr., son of John Burkey and Magdalena Roggy ). “

Birth:
Holzbauerstochter von Gern (MBy 148)

Immigration:
Ship Adhimary

Buried:
Birki Cemetery (in middle of a field in Section 22)

Elisabeth married Christian Birki on 4 Aug 1841 in Kirchstockach, Munich, Bavaria, GR. Christian (son of Johannes (Jean) Bircky (Bircki, Percky) and Barbara Bircki) was born on 14 Mar 1788-1789 in Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace, FR; died on 14 Feb 1866 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Feb 1866 in Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 90
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• RWDN: S244
• Immigration: 26 Dec 1839

Notes:

Accompanied the Yotty’s to America according to source .

Magdalena married Christian Rupp in 1840-1841 in New Orleans, LA. Christian was born in 1811-1813; died on 29 Jun 1865 in New Orleans, LA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 88
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Immigration: Abt 1842-3

Notes:

“She was the second wife of Jacob Sann. His first wife was a Birkey. It is unknown who this woman was. (On Jacob's oldest son's death certificate, his mother's maiden name was listed as “Birkey”. Mary Sann's marriage license lists her parents Jacob Sann and Jacobina Stalter). Jacob Sann and his son, Jacob J. emigrated in 1843. It is unclear whether Jacob Sr. married Jacobina Stalter before, or after, immigrating. No immigration record has been found for Jacob. It is likely that the family emigrated at, or near, the same time as Heinrich Stalter. In the 1850 Census, Jacob and Jacobina “Sing“, (31) are found in Tazewell County Illinois.

Also present in the household are three “Sing” children - Jacob (8), Christian (6) and Mary (1), and three people named “Stalder” - Frederika (20), Henry (23) and Lina (3 months). These Stalders are certainly Jacobina's brother, Henry Stalter, her sister, Veronika Stalter, and Veronica's daughter, Magdalina. The ages are correct for these people (Jacobina, Henry, and Frederika/Veronica) to be the children of Heinrich Stalter. And Veronica had a daughter named Magdalena (b. 1850) who was born before Veronica married George Eichelberger.

In 1860, the family is listed as “Jacob Soun” near Tremont. The family includes Jacob (49), Jacobina (43), Jacob (18), Christian (16), Mary (10), and James (John - 3). Jacobina and son, Christian, died sometime after 1860. No record of their deaths or burial has been found to date. In 1870, Jacob (58, Bayern) was living with Jacob Jr.(27, Bayern), Mary (20, IL), and John (12, IL) in McLean County, Chenoa Township. Jacob Sann Sr. died sometime between 1880 and 1900. The child of Jacob Sann and unknown Birkey was Jacob J. Sann (January 1842 - 9/14/1922) m. Anna Meyer Exhauster (6/8/1851-6/9/1929), widow of Jacob Neuhauser. Jacob served in Company D., 152nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, in 1865. He was described as 5'6" tall, brown hair, grey eyes, and dark complexion. His induction records give his place of birth as Germany and his residence as Hopedale. Jacob raised Anna's two children from her first marriage, Mary and Emanuel Neuhauser.”

Immigration:
Settled in Tazewell Co., IL

Jakobine married Jacob Sann in 1842 in Bavaria, GR. Jacob (son of Birki (Bircki)) was born about 1811 in GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 178
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Obituary: Jan 27, 1916 Gospel Herald
Burkey. - Mary Burkey (nee Stalter) was born Mar. 5, 1820, at Munich, Bavaria, Germany; died Jan. 3, 1916, at the home of her son at Raymond, Nebr.; aged 95 y. 9 m. 29 d. Married to Christian Burkey in 1838, came with him to America in 1843. To them were born 12 children, 1 died at birth, 1 in later years and 10 remain to mourn her departure. She also leaves 49 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She has always lived a beautiful Christian life and has enjoyed good health until the last 10 days when she was taken with lagrippe.

Died:
At home of son

Buried:
East Fairview Cemetery

Maria married Christian (Harry) Bircky (Burkey) in 1838 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR. Christian (son of Valentin (Valentine) Bircky (Birky) and Elisabeth Unzicker (Hunsiker)) was born on 4 Sep 1819 in Obersanding, Bavaria, GR; died on 6 Nov 1890 in Milford, Seward Co., NE; was buried in Milford, Seward Co., NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 89
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

“Believed to have emigrated with his father ca. 1842-1843. In September, 1850, 23 year old Henry Stolder from Germany was living with Jacob and Jacobina Stalter Sann, along with his sister Frederika (Veronica) and her infant daughter, Magdelina, in Tazewell County. In the 1860 Census, a "Henry Stolder", age 34, was working as a farm laborer for Joseph Pfeffinger in Montgomery Township of Woodford County. Henry's death place and date has not been confirmed. But to date, no record of him has been found in the historic documents after 1860. “

Buried:
Birki Cemetery- unconfirmed

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 93
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

“Joseph Stalter (b. abt. 1828) is also said to have immigrated with his father ca. 1842-1843. However, no historical record of him has been found to date. He is not identified in the 1850 U.S. Census. In the 1860 Census, Joseph Stalter (30) from Bavaria is working as laborer on the farm of John (illegible), in Elm Grove Township, Tazewell County. This may be the son of Heinrich Stalter. But this may also be the "other" Joseph Stalter who was born in 1831 (Joseph R. Stalter - the son of Joseph Stalter, Sr., and who emigrated in 1854) and who married Christina Eicher in 1866 in McLean County. “

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 91
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• RWDN: S248

Notes:

Buried:
Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery

Veronica married George E. Eichelberger on 5 Jan 1851 in Tazewell Co., IL. George (son of Johannes Eichelberger and Elisabetha Unsicker) was born on 16 May 1817 in Munich, Bavaria, GR; died on 3 Jul 1902 in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite

Notes:

Birth:
House No. 7

Magdalena married Jean Ringenberger on 8 Feb 1876 in Tazewell Co., IL. Jean (son of Pierre Ringenberg (Ringenberger) (Rinkenberger) and Anna Schrag) was born on 12 Nov 1811 in Grostenquin, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died on 29 Oct 1886 in Livingston Co., IL; was buried in Gridley, McLean Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite

Notes:

Birth:
House No. 7

Susanna married Jacob Zitler on 26 Jun 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Mittersendling, Munich, GR

Notes:

Nymphenburg, 15 Jan 1836: Georg was a brandy distiller with Jakob Stalter in the court district of Rain.
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Georg Kettner Jr. (39) was naturalized on September 20, 1855 in Tazewell County. He stated he was born in "Byrone" Germany and that he arrived in New York on 6/2/1851. He actually arrived on 6/7/1851.

In 1860, 43 year old George Kidner (Jr.) and 37 year old Ann Kidner, both from from Bavaria, are living in Pekin Township with 4 year old John Bohn (1860 U. S. Census, Illinois, Tazewell County, Pekin Township, p. 22, line 30). 1870 US Census - George Kettner (54 born Bavaria), Anna Kettner (46 born Bavaria) and John Bohn (14, born IL) living in Pekin's 3rd ward in 1870 (1870 US Census, Illinois, Pekin, page 10 [129/151 at Ancestry.com]). I also note that a John Bohn married Ann E. Hons or Haas on 6/25/1858 in Tazewell County . I wonder if perhaps Anna Kettner was the widow or ex-wife of John Bohn Sr. and mother of John Bohn who lived with the George Kettners in 1860 and 1870. I also note that a 28 year old John Bohn from Peoria enlisted in the Union Army for 3 months on 4/20/1861. He was a private in Company E., 8th Illinois infantry. He mustered out on 7/25/1861. (Illinois Archives and Regional Depositories)
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George Kettner signed a Declaration of Intent for Naturalization at Pekin Sept. 20, 1855. He stated that he was 39, was born in the Kingdom of Byrne [Bayern/Bavaria], and that he had arrived at New York June 2, 1851.
In 1860 he was living with Anna Elizabeth Haas at Pekin; the census describes the household of laborer George Kidner, 43, Bavaria; Anna, 37, Bavaria; John Bohn,4, Illinois; Frederic Smelzer, 24, Bavaria; and Cartroon, 23, Prussia. Anna had apparently brought a 2-year-old son John to her marriage with John Bohn Sr. in Tazewell County June 25, 1858, and John Sr. had died before 1860.
The 1870 census of Pekin's Third Ward describes laborer George Keltner, 54, Bavaria; Anna, 46, Bavaria; and John Bohn, 4, Illinois.

Birth:
House No. 7

Baptism:
By the local Catholic priest

Family/Spouse: Anna Elizabeth Haas. Anna was born in GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite

Notes:

Birth:
House No. 7

Elisabeth married Casper Overmire on 27 Dec 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite

Notes:

Nymphenburg, 15 Jan 1836: Katharina was maid for Joseph Zehr at Hanfeld in the court district of Starnberg.

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On June 17, 1844, the ship Baltimore arrived in New York from Havre. Five people from Bavaria were traveling together: Peter Zerr 25 Joseph Burger 26 Catharina Kunder 27 Mary Burge 28 Johann Horn 6 (New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1844, June 17, Baltimore, p. 4)

Catharina Kettner (Possibly) In 1851, Catharina was listed as “33” when she immigrated with her father. She would have thus been 27 in 1844. Catharina Kettner was the first cousin of Mary Birky and may have been female company for Mary as she emigrated, or may have simply decided to return to Bavaria, only to later emigrate with her father and siblings.

Birth:
House No. 7

Notes:

Birth:
House No. 7

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Day laborer
• Religion: Mennonite
• USR1: Wasting (loss of strength also tuberculosis)

Notes:

Susanna Kind (child) of Veronika Kettner, day laborer daughter of Gern Mennonite religion, Gern, child, suffering from wasting (loss of strength also tuberculosis), Dr. Hierl 03/10/1848 6 o'clock in the evening in Gern, 4 weeks. (buried 03/12/1848 in Gern Mennonite Cemetery)

Birth:
House No. 7

Veronika married Joseph Kauffman (Kaughman) on 17 Aug 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House No. 7

Buried:
Rinkenberger family cemetery

Jacobina married Chrisitian Ringenberger on 14 Mar 1852 in Tazewell Co., IL. Chrisitian (son of Pierre Ringenberg (Ringenberger) (Rinkenberger) and Anna Schrag) was born on 26 May 1817 in Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died on 17 Jul 1871 in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]