Hi!
I am looking for anyone who might know something about the Yellow Creek
Mennonite families who arrived in northern Indiana from Ohio in 1848.
I would greatly appreciate any corrections or additions. This is a work in
progress.
The following names were listed in the book, The Yellow Creek Mennonites, by
J.C. Wenger, 1985 on pages 20-21. Using the years provided in the book, I was able to
locate the dates of births and deaths of most of the names, using the Mennobits or the
"Old Yellow Creek" cemetery records (Pilgrim Publishers, no date). According to
the author, J. C. Wenger, there were 24 Mennonite families who arrived in the Yellow Creek
area of Indiana from eastern Ohio during the summer of 1848.
The Yellow Creek Mennonite families’ migration -- Ohio to Indiana 1848
Preachers:
Jacob Christophel (12/3/1782-12/3/1868) Elk. Co. 85y 11m 30 d
3rd. wife Barbary Bare (7/10/1901-11/10/1874) Elk. Co. 73y 4m or 11/11/1871?)----8
children
Jacob Wisler (10/30/1808-5/1/1889) Elk. Co. 80y 6m 1d
1st wife Mary Hoover (12/7/1808-6/19/1860) 51y 6m 12d -- 6 children
Families:
Christian Christophel (2/16/1820-10/12/1883) Elk. Co.
wife Anna Hoover(a.k.a. Huber) (6/14/1823-5/11/1888)
Jacob Ramer (9/22/1814-12/21890) Elk.Co. 76y 2m 10d
wife Catherine Reed (10/20/1912-8/30/1902) Elk. Co.
Frederick Landis (3/25/1814-12/7/1893) Elk. Co. 79y 8m 12d
wife Catherine Holdeman (3/10/1818-6/27/1899)
Frederick Landis (1814-1878)
wife Catherine (1814- )
George Holdeman (9/14/1813-1/1/1878) 64y 3m 18d
wife Anna Eicher (10/20/1818–3/2/1863) 44y 4m 10d
?????George Holdeman 1811-
wife Anna 1817- --8 children
Valentine Hartman (10/28/1806-4/6/1882) Elk. Co. 75y 5m 9d
wife Nancy (Mary?) Smeltzer (1811-1887?) Mary (3/11/1814–2/12/1890) Elk. Co. 75y 11m 1d
Daniel Moyer (11/23/1812-12/21/1864) MI 52y 10m 28d
wife Catherine Swartz (12/12/1803-10/20/1884) Elk. Co.--5 children
Abraham Garber (3/9/1820-12/26/1899) Elk. Co. joined Menno 1863
wife Fannie Martin (10/18/1815-7/31/1895) Elk. Co.
Christian Gingerich ( -8/14/1895) IL
wife Nancy --2 children
John Holdeman (9/12/1827-11/10/1894)
wife Hettie Eicher (4/1/1829-8/22/1885) Wakarusa 56y 4m 21d
wife Susan Boyer Baker (10/24/1834-3/28/1904) Elk. Co.
John Holdeman (6/6/1812-6/18/1887) Elk. Co.
wife Anna Sease (6/30/1815-8/16/1905) Elk. Co. --10 children
Jacob Coppes Jr. 1813-1874 (3/8/1815-8/3/1874) Elk.Co. 59y 4m 26d
wife Sarah Fravel 1820- 12/29/1898 --5 children
Samuel Ramer
wife Elizabeth
Jacob Landis (7/27/1821-8/1/1902) KS
wife Deborah Boyer( 3/1829-2/23/1869)
wife Elizabeth (Smith) Buzzard (10/23/1844-9/3/1926) Arr. 1845
Joseph Landis
Adam Hartman (12/18/1811-3/21/1894) Elk. Co.(arrived 1849 - obit.)
wife Elizabeth Ramer (2/19/1818-10/5/1885) Elk. Co. 67y 7m
16d
Not
listed:
Jacob Holde(r)man (b. abt. 1776-1790) d. aft. 1848 possibly Elk. Co. (arrived with son,
John Holde(r)man and wife Anna Seese)
Jacob's wife is unknown
Thanks for any help.
Joseph R. Murnane
4219 Jersey Road
Williamson, NY
JMurnane77(a)aol.com
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