Ulrich Burkholder^{[1, 2]}

1699 - 1755  (56 years)

• Name	Ulrich Burkholder
  Born	1699	, Switzerland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1745	Rüderswil, , , Switzerland   [3]
  Eby ID Number	00020-1505.2
  Died	Mar 1755	, Switzerland   [4]
  Person ID	I16483	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Barbli,   b. Abt 1707, , Switzerland ,   d. 1789, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Children	1. Barbara Burkholder,   b. 1734, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Anna Burkholder,   b. 1737, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Ulrich Burkholder,   b. 1737, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elizabeth Burkholder,   b. 1740, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Peter Burkholder,   b. 7 May 1743, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Christian Burkholder,   b. 1 Jun 1746, , Switzerland ,   d. 13 May 1809  (Age 62 years)   7. Mary Burkholder,   b. Abt 1752, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Veronica Burkholder,   b. Abt 1756, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F4355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "The progenitor of this family, Christian Burkholder, [Ezra Eby in correctly identifies him as Christian but in fact was Ulrich] was a native of Switzerland. He was born about the year 1707, and even in his young days became a strong advocate of the 'Non-conformist' principles of religion. Finding the opposition of the 'Church Party' becoming too strong, he mediated of moving with his family to the 'Land of the Free' (America), but ere the appointed time of leaving their native country came, he took sick and died. Shortly before his death he advised his wife and children to emigrate from Switzerland and proceed to America where they might settle with their countrymen and, better still, with their co-religionists, the Mennonites. Soon after her husband's death, which took place in March, 1755, the widow with her family of six children, three sons and three daughters, set sail for America and landed at Philadelphia, in July, 1755. She settled in Lancaster County where she died in 1789. The names of her six children whom she brought to America are II Christian, II Peter, II Ulrich, II Mary, II Anna, and II Veronica." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. _______________ Bishop Christian Burkholder and his Swiss Familyrevises the story of Christian Burkhalter, an early, well known, Mennonite bishop in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. These web pages show two of the key, primary sources for this revised story and two of the ancestral Burkhalter homes in Switzerland. In 1754, when Bishop Christian was eight years old, he immigrated to Pennsylvania with his widowed mother and five siblings. For many years, he was believed to be the son of Christian Burkhalter of Gerolsheim, Germany and the grandson of Mennonite minister Hans Burkhalter. In 1759 this Christian of Gerolsheim, his wife Gertrude, and their four children, were listed among the six Mennonite families still living in Gerolsheim. Bishop Christian immigrated in 1754, and his father died before the immigration. Therefore, he cannot be a son of the Christian alive in Gerolsheim in 1759. In 1980 Bishop Christian's Martyrs' Mirror was discovered after being lost for more than a century. He had written his family record in this book in his own hand, listing the names of his siblings and their birth years. In the 1990s the names and ages in this family record were matched with those in a 1745 census record found in Switzerland. (1 p18) Romaine Stauffer, "Bishop Christian Burkholder and His Swiss Family" in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2011 Jul)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 372. [S1924] Bishop Burkholder's Martyrs' Mirror. German den 27 Dag Wintermonat 1768 hat mir meine haus mutter einen iungen sun geborne der heist Aberham The 30 day brachmonat 1770 hat mir mein hous frauw ein iungen sun geboren der heist Daniol Buckalter The 22 of ianuwari 1772 hat mir meine haus frau ein iungi dochter geboren die heist Barbra Datum den 28 dag Christmonat uhm 7 uhr abenz ano 1773 hat mir meine haus frau eine jungi dochter geboren di heist Ana Burkolterÿ Kribz ist sein zeichen Christian burkholder hat sich fer heirat den 13 häumonet 1766 (meine haus muter ist gestorben den 13 nofember 1795) The 16 of May 1767 hat meine haus frauw eine Junge dochter geboren di heist Maria burkalteri Waserman ist sein zeichen das iar 1734 barbara burkolteri das iar 1735 Ana burkhaltry das iar 1737 Uli burkolter u den 7 May 1743 beter burkolter den 1 brachmonat 1746 Chrystli burkalter das iahr 1740 olsbet burkaltri English The 27th day of November 1768 has my beloved wife borne a young son and he is called Abraham. The 30th day of June in 1770 my beloved wife bore a young son called Daniel Burkholder The 22nd of January 1772 my beloved wife bore a young daughter. She is called Barbara. The date of December 28 around 7 o'clock in the evening anno 1773 my beloved wife bore a young daughter and she is called Anna Burkholder. Her sign is cancer. Christian Burkholder married July 13, 1766 (my beloved wife died November 13, 1795) The 16th of May 1767 my beloved wife bore a young daughter. She is called Maria Burkholder. Waterman is her sign. The year 1734 Barbara Burkholder The year 1735 Anna Burkholder The year 1737 Ulrich Burkholder and the 7th of May 1743 Peter Burkholder the first of June 1746 Christian Burkholder The year 1740 Elizabeth Burkholder -- Translation by Amos B. Hoover, 1980 [S1925] Rüderswil, Canon Bern, Switzerland 1745 census-tax record. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 373.

  
  

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  Born - 1699 - , Switzerland Residence - 1745 - Rüderswil, , , Switzerland Died - Mar 1755 - , Switzerland  = Link to Google Earth