Husband of Margaret Ebersole Schertz (1797-1876)
CHRISTIAN SCHERTZ (1795-1864) was born in France and migrated with his family to the United States in 1831 from the Alsace Lorraine region of France; and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died in McLean County, Illinois at 69 years of age. His brother Joseph died in the Napoleon/Russian Campaign about 1812; Andrew and Peter stayed in France. Christian married Margaret Ebersole (1797-1876) and had six children, all born in France.
Christian & Catharina "Margaret" (Ebersole) Schertz had six children, as follows:
Barbara Schertz (1815-1869)
Magdalena Schertz (1816-1895)
Nancy Ann "Anna" Schertz (1820-1901)
Elizabeth Schertz (1823-1895)
Peter G. Schertz (1826-1891)
Joseph Schertz (1827-1914)
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An excellent reference on the Alsace-Lorraine region is contained in "Amish Mennonites in Germany by Herman Guth (1995). It contains a large number of of marriages and resulting children of the Schertz families from Lorentzen as well as a lot of background on their farms, the estates they were employed upon, and their lifestyle and culture. (Source: Vince Falter, Dec 2001)
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Most of the Anabaptist Amish/Mennonites in France 1750-1830 had emigrated from either Germany or directly from Switzerland because of persecution related to their faith.
In Alsace, families lived together in various villages where they found work mostly in agriculture. They were great farmers and landowners sought them out to manage their farms. They lived very separate lives from the local community, but most of the births/marriages/deaths are in the civil records of the area.
Marriages were from within their own faith communities, so if a suitable spouse was not found in their own village, they found one from another Amish/Mennonite grouping--many times a relative.
Many of the Alsace Lorraine families were of the Amish persuasion, but after emigrating to the US in early 1800s a great number of their churches merged in the early 1900s with the Mennonite groups. (Most of the Amish in the US today descend from an earlier 1700s emigration.) (Source: Donna Birkey, [email protected], Digest V01 #429)
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CHRISTIAN SCHERTZ (1795-1864) was born in France and migrated with his family to the United States in 1831 from the Alsace Lorraine region of France; and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died in McLean County, Illinois at 69 years of age. His brother Joseph died in the Napoleon/Russian Campaign about 1812; Andrew and Peter stayed in France. Christian married Margaret Ebersole (1797-1876) and had six children, all born in France.
Christian & Catharina "Margaret" (Ebersole) Schertz had six children, as follows:
Barbara Schertz (1815-1869)
Magdalena Schertz (1816-1895)
Nancy Ann "Anna" Schertz (1820-1901)
Elizabeth Schertz (1823-1895)
Peter G. Schertz (1826-1891)
Joseph Schertz (1827-1914)
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An excellent reference on the Alsace-Lorraine region is contained in "Amish Mennonites in Germany by Herman Guth (1995). It contains a large number of of marriages and resulting children of the Schertz families from Lorentzen as well as a lot of background on their farms, the estates they were employed upon, and their lifestyle and culture. (Source: Vince Falter, Dec 2001)
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Most of the Anabaptist Amish/Mennonites in France 1750-1830 had emigrated from either Germany or directly from Switzerland because of persecution related to their faith.
In Alsace, families lived together in various villages where they found work mostly in agriculture. They were great farmers and landowners sought them out to manage their farms. They lived very separate lives from the local community, but most of the births/marriages/deaths are in the civil records of the area.
Marriages were from within their own faith communities, so if a suitable spouse was not found in their own village, they found one from another Amish/Mennonite grouping--many times a relative.
Many of the Alsace Lorraine families were of the Amish persuasion, but after emigrating to the US in early 1800s a great number of their churches merged in the early 1900s with the Mennonite groups. (Most of the Amish in the US today descend from an earlier 1700s emigration.) (Source: Donna Birkey, [email protected], Digest V01 #429)
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Husband of Margaret Ebersole Schertz (1797-1876)
CHRISTIAN SCHERTZ (1795-1864) was born in France and migrated with his family to the United States in 1831 from the Alsace Lorraine region of France; and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died in McLean County, Illinois at 69 years of age. His brother Joseph died in the Napoleon/Russian Campaign about 1812; Andrew and Peter stayed in France. Christian married Margaret Ebersole (1797-1876) and had six children, all born in France.
Christian & Catharina "Margaret" (Ebersole) Schertz had six children, as follows:
Barbara Schertz (1815-1869)
Magdalena Schertz (1816-1895)
Nancy Ann "Anna" Schertz (1820-1901)
Elizabeth Schertz (1823-1895)
Peter G. Schertz (1826-1891)
Joseph Schertz (1827-1914)
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An excellent reference on the Alsace-Lorraine region is contained in "Amish Mennonites in Germany by Herman Guth (1995). It contains a large number of of marriages and resulting children of the Schertz families from Lorentzen as well as a lot of background on their farms, the estates they were employed upon, and their lifestyle and culture. (Source: Vince Falter, Dec 2001)
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Most of the Anabaptist Amish/Mennonites in France 1750-1830 had emigrated from either Germany or directly from Switzerland because of persecution related to their faith.
In Alsace, families lived together in various villages where they found work mostly in agriculture. They were great farmers and landowners sought them out to manage their farms. They lived very separate lives from the local community, but most of the births/marriages/deaths are in the civil records of the area.
Marriages were from within their own faith communities, so if a suitable spouse was not found in their own village, they found one from another Amish/Mennonite grouping--many times a relative.
Many of the Alsace Lorraine families were of the Amish persuasion, but after emigrating to the US in early 1800s a great number of their churches merged in the early 1900s with the Mennonite groups. (Most of the Amish in the US today descend from an earlier 1700s emigration.) (Source: Donna Birkey, [email protected], Digest V01 #429)
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CHRISTIAN SCHERTZ (1795-1864) was born in France and migrated with his family to the United States in 1831 from the Alsace Lorraine region of France; and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died in McLean County, Illinois at 69 years of age. His brother Joseph died in the Napoleon/Russian Campaign about 1812; Andrew and Peter stayed in France. Christian married Margaret Ebersole (1797-1876) and had six children, all born in France.
Christian & Catharina "Margaret" (Ebersole) Schertz had six children, as follows:
Barbara Schertz (1815-1869)
Magdalena Schertz (1816-1895)
Nancy Ann "Anna" Schertz (1820-1901)
Elizabeth Schertz (1823-1895)
Peter G. Schertz (1826-1891)
Joseph Schertz (1827-1914)
_____________________
An excellent reference on the Alsace-Lorraine region is contained in "Amish Mennonites in Germany by Herman Guth (1995). It contains a large number of of marriages and resulting children of the Schertz families from Lorentzen as well as a lot of background on their farms, the estates they were employed upon, and their lifestyle and culture. (Source: Vince Falter, Dec 2001)
_____________________
Most of the Anabaptist Amish/Mennonites in France 1750-1830 had emigrated from either Germany or directly from Switzerland because of persecution related to their faith.
In Alsace, families lived together in various villages where they found work mostly in agriculture. They were great farmers and landowners sought them out to manage their farms. They lived very separate lives from the local community, but most of the births/marriages/deaths are in the civil records of the area.
Marriages were from within their own faith communities, so if a suitable spouse was not found in their own village, they found one from another Amish/Mennonite grouping--many times a relative.
Many of the Alsace Lorraine families were of the Amish persuasion, but after emigrating to the US in early 1800s a great number of their churches merged in the early 1900s with the Mennonite groups. (Most of the Amish in the US today descend from an earlier 1700s emigration.) (Source: Donna Birkey, [email protected], Digest V01 #429)
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