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Christian Nafziger

Male Abt 1727 - 1813  (~ 86 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Christian Nafziger was born about 1727 in Waltembourg, Moselle, FR; died on 8 Dec 1813 in Waltembourg, Moselle, FR; was buried in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    Of Waltembourg, an elder and preacher of the Struth congregation.

    Family/Spouse: Katharina Sommer. Katharina was born about 1754 in Waltembourg, Moselle, FR; died on 13 Jul 1794 in Waltembourg, Moselle, FR; was buried in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Christian Nafziger  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1775 in Waltembourg, Moselle, FR; died on 27 May 1829 in Saint-Jean-Kourtzerode, Moselle, FR; was buried in Saint-Jean-Kourtzerode, Moselle, FR.
    2. 3. Marie Barbe Nafziger  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Dec 1783 in Walternbourg, Moselle, FR; died on 9 Jul 1845 in Waltembourg, Moselle, FR.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Christian Nafziger Descendancy chart to this point (1.Christian1) was born in 1775 in Waltembourg, Moselle, FR; died on 27 May 1829 in Saint-Jean-Kourtzerode, Moselle, FR; was buried in Saint-Jean-Kourtzerode, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    Settled in Bourscheid where all his children were born, then settled in Saint-Jean Kourtzerode, where he became deputy mayor. His death certificate in Saint-Jean-Kourtzerode in 1829, at the age of 54, mentions that he was born in Waltembourg, in the Steinbacherhof, Durstel commune.

    Died:
    At age 54

    Family/Spouse: Katharina Maurer. Katharina was born in 1780 in Waltembourg, Moselle, FR; died in 1845 in IL; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Magdalena Nafziger  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1792 in Waltembourg, Moselle, FR; died on 19 Sep 1824 in Hanviller, Moselle, FR.
    2. 5. Johannes Jean Nafziger  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Feb 1802 in GR; died on 7 Oct 1856 in Partridge Twp, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL.
    3. 6. Christian Nafziger  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1809 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR; died in 1881.
    4. 7. Peter Nafziger  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1805 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR.
    5. 8. Jacobine Nafziger  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1817; died on 10 Oct 1848; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL.
    6. 9. Katharina Nafziger  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jun 1818 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR; died on 3 Oct 1876 in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL.

  2. 3.  Marie Barbe Nafziger Descendancy chart to this point (1.Christian1) was born on 4 Dec 1783 in Walternbourg, Moselle, FR; died on 9 Jul 1845 in Waltembourg, Moselle, FR.

    Marie married Jean Bechler (Bacher) on 23 Nov 1803 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR. Jean (son of Christian Bechler (Bacher) and Madeleine Oesch (Esch)) was born on 24 Nov 1779; died on 17 Dec 1813 in Walternbourg, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Magdalena Nafziger Descendancy chart to this point (2.Christian2, 1.Christian1) was born about 1792 in Waltembourg, Moselle, FR; died on 19 Sep 1824 in Hanviller, Moselle, FR.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Gendersbergerhof

    Magdalena married Christian Esch (Oesch) on 13 Sep 1813 in Walternbourg, Moselle, FR. Christian (son of Josef Esch (Oesch) and Magdalena Schertz) was born about 1788 in Walschbronn, FR; died on 15 Jul 1824 in Walschbronn, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Magdalena Esch (Oesch)  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Dec 1814 in Dorst, Moselle, FR; died on 21 Apr 1900 in Bebelsheim.
    2. 11. Katharina Esch (Oesch)  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Sep 1816 in Dorst, Moselle, FR; died on 27 Aug 1861 in Bebelsheim.
    3. 12. Christian Esch (Oesch)  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Aug 1819 in Walschbronn, FR; died on 25 May 1888 in Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Metamora, Woodford Co., IL.
    4. 13. Joseph Esch (Oesch)  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jun 1822 in Dorst, Moselle, FR; died on 25 Dec 1893 in Trippstadt, Palatinate, GR.

  2. 5.  Johannes Jean Nafziger Descendancy chart to this point (2.Christian2, 1.Christian1) was born on 3 Feb 1802 in GR; died on 7 Oct 1856 in Partridge Twp, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration: 1837

    Notes:

    Was a bishop, nine children.

    Buried:
    Union Cemetery

    Johannes married Anna Gerber in 1832. Anna (daughter of Nicholas (Nikki) Gerber and Madelaine Bechler (Bacher)) was born in 1807; died on 26 Feb 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 6.  Christian Nafziger Descendancy chart to this point (2.Christian2, 1.Christian1) was born in 1809 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR; died in 1881.

  4. 7.  Peter Nafziger Descendancy chart to this point (2.Christian2, 1.Christian1) was born on 27 May 1805 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR.

  5. 8.  Jacobine Nafziger Descendancy chart to this point (2.Christian2, 1.Christian1) was born in May 1817; died on 10 Oct 1848; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Union Cemetery


  6. 9.  Katharina Nafziger Descendancy chart to this point (2.Christian2, 1.Christian1) was born on 2 Jun 1818 in Bourscheid, Moselle, FR; died on 3 Oct 1876 in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Union Cemetery

    Katharina married Christian Gerber on 24 Mar 1842. Christian (son of Nicholas (Nikki) Gerber and Madelaine Bechler (Bacher)) was born on 2 Feb 1814 in FR; died on 21 Jul 1877 in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. John W. Garber  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Aug 1849 in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 21 Nov 1920; was buried in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Magdalena Esch (Oesch) Descendancy chart to this point (4.Magdalena3, 2.Christian2, 1.Christian1) was born on 2 Dec 1814 in Dorst, Moselle, FR; died on 21 Apr 1900 in Bebelsheim.

    Magdalena married Jacob Kinsinger on 28 Jan 1835 in Rolbing, FR. Jacob was born in 1805; died in 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Katharina Esch (Oesch) Descendancy chart to this point (4.Magdalena3, 2.Christian2, 1.Christian1) was born on 19 Sep 1816 in Dorst, Moselle, FR; died on 27 Aug 1861 in Bebelsheim.

    Katharina married Johannes Schmitt on 6 Jun 1840 in Habkirchen, GR. Johannes was born in 1812; died in 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 12.  Christian Esch (Oesch) Descendancy chart to this point (4.Magdalena3, 2.Christian2, 1.Christian1) was born on 26 Aug 1819 in Walschbronn, FR; died on 25 May 1888 in Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Metamora, Woodford Co., IL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Farmer and minister
    • Religion: Mennonite
    • Immigration: 1837, New Orleans, LA
    • Census: 1870, Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL

    Notes:

    He was orphaned in 1824 at 5 years of age, and raised by a Güngerich or Nafziger family at Bourscheid, Moselle. (Descendant Susan Esch Lees writes that Daniel had at least two siblings. Sister Katharina Esch was born in 1816. Brother Joseph Esch was born in 1822. He married Elisabeth Güngrich, a daughter of Johannes Güngrich and Elisabeth Imhoff of the Wilensteinerhof at Mittelbach near Zweibrücken. The couple had 'adopted' him and gave Joseph and Elisabeth a house as a wedding present.)

    In 1837 he sailed from Le Havre on the Marengo, arriving at New Orleans Nov. 25. The Marengo was the same ship that had brought elder Christian Engel's son Joseph to New Orleans in 1836. The customs list includes these passengers from steerage: Jean Nafziger, 35; Anna [Gerber], 29; Pierre, 4; Cath, 2; Catherine Murer, 57 (Catherine Maurer, mother of Jean Nafziger); Madelaine Nafziger, 25; Catherine, 19; and Christian Esch, 18.

    For several winters Christian worked at a flour mill near Pekin, returning to his home on weekends; he cultivated his own crops in summer. His household appears on the 1850 census of Woodford County as farmer Christian Ash, 30, France; Ann, 24, France; and Peter, 2, Illinois.

    Christian was ordained as a minister of the Partridge Mennonite congregation in 1852. The congregation had been established by elder Christian Engel, and was later called Metamora Mennonite Church. The 1860 census of Worth has farmer Christian Esch, 41, France; Ann, 36, France; Peter, 12, Illinois; and Joseph, 8, Illinois. In 1867 Christian was ordained bishop of the Partridge congregation. His bound ledger of sermons 1849-82 is now in the archives at Goshen College.

    Birth:
    Dorst farm

    Immigration:
    On the ship Marengo, as a steerage passenger, along with his adoptive Nafziger family

    Census:
    Farmer Christian Esch, 62, Bavaria; Annie, 56, Bavaria; and Lena, 18, Illinois.

    Buried:
    Hickory Point Cemetery

    Christian married Anna Gerber on 30 Aug 1846 in Woodford Co., IL. Anna (daughter of Pierre Gerber and Magdalena Güngerich) was born on 10 Aug 1827 in Gensbourg, Oberhaslach, Haut-Rhin, FR; died on 17 May 1898 in Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Metamora, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Peter Esch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Dec 1847 in Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL; died on 31 Dec 1912 in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL.
    2. 16. Joseph Esch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jul 1851 in Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL; died on 28 Aug 1927 in Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL.
    3. 17. Magdalena Esch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Sep 1861 in Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL; died on 16 Jul 1946 in Metamora, Woodford Co., IL.

  4. 13.  Joseph Esch (Oesch) Descendancy chart to this point (4.Magdalena3, 2.Christian2, 1.Christian1) was born on 10 Jun 1822 in Dorst, Moselle, FR; died on 25 Dec 1893 in Trippstadt, Palatinate, GR.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Wilensteinerhog

    Joseph married Elisabeth Gongrich in Oct 1846 in Trippstadt, Palatinate, GR. Elisabeth was born in 1818; died in 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 14.  John W. Garber Descendancy chart to this point (9.Katharina3, 2.Christian2, 1.Christian1) was born on 5 Aug 1849 in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 21 Nov 1920; was buried in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Buckeye Cemetery

    Family/Spouse: Amelia Unsicker. Amelia was born on 1 Oct 1851; died on 17 Jan 1922; was buried in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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