Christian K. Lichti

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80519P
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

LICHTY. - Christian Lichty was born in Wilmot Tp., Waterloo Co., Ont., in 1846; died Aug. 3, 1915, at New Hamburg, Ont., aged 69 years. In June, 1867, he was married to Leah Erb, which union was blessed with 4 sons and 2 daughters. He united with the A.M. Church in his youth and remained faithful to the end. He was in failing health the last few years, but endured it with patience to the end, always having a great desire to hear God's Word. He leaves to mourn 4 sons, 2 daughters, a bereaved wife, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Gospel Herald - Volume VIII, Number 25 - September 16, 1915 - Pages 415, 416

Christian married Leah Erb 11 Jun 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of Christian H. Erb and Maria "Polly" Miller) was born 1 May 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Dec 1936, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. John E. Lichty was born 12 Apr 1868, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Apr 1936, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Christian E. Lichti was born 30 Aug 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Joel Lichti was born 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Jacob Lichti was born 1873, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Barbara Lichti was born 27 Sep 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Aug 1942, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Mary Lichti was born 27 Jul 1878, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1941, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Menno E. Lichti was born 28 Feb 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1916, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , East Zorra Amish Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

Other Events:

• Name: J. L. Lichty
• Name: John Lichti
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-239492
• Residence: 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Johannes married Elisabeth Kropf 23 Feb 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elisabeth (daughter of Jacob Kropf and Magdalena Rothaker) was born 22 Jan 1822, Leacock Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Apr 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kropf/Baden Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisabeth Lichti
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-239494
• Residence: 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish

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• Land: Wilmot Township - Block B Concession 4 Lot 15, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Name: Christian Lichti
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-95922
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish

Christian — Magdalena Litwiller. Magdalena was born 1791, , France; died Bef 1871. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Lichti
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-95944
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-87116
• Birth: CALC 2 Dec 1784, Epfig, , Alsace, France
• Residence: 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retired Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Land: 1855, Wilmot Township - Concession North of Snyder's Road Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retired
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Jan. 29, in Waterloo Co., Canada, Bro Jacob Kropf, at the advanced age of 90 years, 1 month and 26 days. He enjoyed remarkably good health up to the 26th of December, 1874, when he had a stroke of palsy whereby his right side and also his tongue became paralyzed. He served as deacon in the Amish Church in Canada about 50 years, during which time his seat was seldom vacant when he was able to go. He leaves an aged widow about two years his junior, with whom he lived in matrimony 64 years.

Obituary - Herald of Truth, February, 1875

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The Kropf Family

In 1819, Jacob Kropf and his wife Magdalena Rothaker applied for a passport to leave Lower Alsace. The Kropfs had resided in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but in the fall of 1823 they accompanied the Brennemans to Upper Canada. Although Kropf laid claim to a lot next to Joseph Goldschmidt's in the German Block, he took his family to Woolwich Township. When Goldschmidt left for Ohio in 1831, Kropf moved to Wilmot, purchased Goldschmidt's 50 acres and registered his intent to purchase both lots 13 and 14, NSR, with King's College. Goldschmidt had already built a sawmill on his property, and Jacob Kropf and his sons continued to operate it. Although the Kropf family seemed fairly well situated with their sawmill and 400 acres of land, tragedy stalked them on all sides. Daughter Catherine, age 20, died in 1840 and Jacob Jr. in 1848. He had been married to Jacobena Bender, but did not have any surviving heirs. In the spring on 1853, death claimed daughter Elizabeth who was married to John L. Lichti. She left seven young children. In the fall of the same year the Kropf sawmill burned to the ground. Son Henry died in 1855, leaving his wife, Anna Nafziger, and seven young children. In 1855, the Kropfs acquired their deeds from the University of Toronto - David for Lot 13 and Jacob Sr. for Lot 14. Perhaps the expense of building a new mill or an economic slump caused both David and Christian to consider leaving their aging parents to seek their fortunes elsewhere. David, who was married to his neighbour Magdalena Oesch, sold his last piece of land in Wilmot in 1862 and Christian his in 1864. Both of them eventually settled in Missouri. Jacob and Magdalena lived to a ripe old age. Jacob died in 1875 at the age of 90 and Magdalena in 1878 at the age of 91. Their graves on the family farm are unmarked.


The Amish and Their Neighbours, The German Block, Wilmot Township, 1822-1860" by Lorraine Roth, 1998

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Jacob Kropf was the son of Christian Kropf (1736-1802) and Elisabeth Goldschmidt. They were married before 1766, and he was a farmer and lease-manager. After marrying they moved several times, and lived near Bernardswiller, Bas-Rhin (Alsace), in 1767, in Hattstatt, Haut-Rhin (Lorraine), in 1776, in Rouffach, Haut-Rhin, in 1778, and, in the spring of 1779, together with his wife, leased the Gollweilerhof outlying Epfig, Bas-Rhin. Their son Jacob was born there in 1784. Christian died there on Nov. 16, 1802 (25 Brumaire XI in the Republican Calendar). The fate of Elisabeth Goldschmidt is not known, except that she was still alive in 1811. They had eight known children: Joseph (1767), Christian (1768), Heinrich (1772), Anna Maria (1776), Magdalena (1778), Barbara (1780/81), Jacob (1784) and Elisabeth (1787/88).

Excerpt from "French Records About the Kropf Family of Epfig, Bas-Rhin", Mennonite Family History Juky 2001, by Neil Ann Stuckey Levine

Jacob married Magdalena Rothaker 15 Apr 1811, Epfig, , Alsace, France. Magdalena was born 7 Aug 1786, Strassburg, , Alsace, France; died 24 May 1878, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Family Farm, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Magdalena Kropf
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150320
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

May 24, 1878 Magdalena Kropf in Baden, widow of Jakob Kropf died at the age of 93 years. She was one of the oldest residents in Wilmot.

Obituary - Berliner Journal, June 6, 1878

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Her marriage record from Epfig says she was "nee le sept aout mil sept cent quatre vingt six a Strasbourg" - 7 Aug 1786 at Stasburg, Her surname was Rothaker, daughter of David and Magdalena Boshard

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-35484
• Immigration: 9 Jul 1825, New York City, New York, USA.
• Land: 1830, Wilmot Township - Concession South of Bleam's Road Lot 08, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Johannes and his wife Magdalena were probably buried at the north-west corner of the family which is now part of the St. Agatha Mennonite Cemetery.

Immigration:
Departed Le Harve, France on the passenger ship "Elizabeth" arrived New York City 9 Jul 1825"
John Leichy, age 67, farmer, from France
Madelina Leichty, age 52
Joseph Leichty,, age 26
Maria Leichty, age 18
Elizabeth Leichty, age 16
Nicholas Leichty, 1

Johannes — Magdalena Joder. Magdalena was born 1772, Morvillars, Morvillars, , Franche-Comté, France; died 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Magdalena Lichti
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-111796
• Immigration: 9 Jul 1825, New York City, New York, USA.
• Land: 1830, Wilmot Township - Concession South of Bleam's Road Lot 08, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish

Notes:

Immigration:
Departed Le Harve, France on the passenger ship "Elizabeth" arrived New York City 9 Jul 1825"
John Leichy, age 67, farmer, from France
Madelina Leichty, age 52
Joseph Leichty,, age 26
Maria Leichty, age 18
Elizabeth Leichty, age 16
Nicholas Leichty, 1