Ulrich Burkholder^[1]

1737 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Ulrich Burkholder
  Born	1737	, Switzerland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1745	Rüderswil, , , Switzerland   [2]
  Eby ID Number	00020-1507
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I16486	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Ulrich Burkholder,   b. 1699, , Switzerland ,   d. Mar 1755, , Switzerland  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Barbli,   b. Abt 1707, , Switzerland ,   d. 1789, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Family ID	F4355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Elizabeth Burkholder,   b. Abt 1765, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. John Burkholder,   b. Abt 1766, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Peter Burkholder,   b. Abt 1768, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Burkholder,   b. Abt 1780, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Christian Burkholder,   b. 3 Feb 1783, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F4357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ulrich Burkholder, "was born in Switzerland in February 1750. In July, 1755, he came to America with his mother. No information in regard to whom he was married has been received. We know his family consisted of five children". 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ________________________ However, the information you have on Ulrich from Ezra Eby's book is incorrect. Ulrich was born in Switzerland in 1737. His parents were Ulrich and Barbara. Ulrich's widowed mother immigrated directly from Switzerland with her six children in 1754. I am descended from Ulrich and Barbara's son Christian who was a well-known Mennonite Bishop in Lancaster County, Pa. Last year the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society published my article on Christian in their Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage magazine (July 2011). A brief overview of the information and supporting documents for the change in the Burkholder story can be seen here https://www.dgatx.com/family/people/Romaine-Stauffer/pubs/2011/07-cbx/hs.html Click on Addenda to see images of the Burkholder family records. When my article was published very little was known on the children of (1737) Ulrich Burkholder. Based on my year of research, I now believe the correct order of the names and ages of Ulrich and Anna Burkholder's six children are: Elizabeth (b. 1765), John (b. ca. 1766), Peter (b. ca. 1768), Anna (b. ca. 1775), Mary (b. ca. 1780), and Christian (b. 1783, moved to Canada in 1818). Email Romaine Stauffer 2012

  
  

• 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..., 373. [S1925] Rüderswil, Canon Bern, Switzerland 1745 census-tax record.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1737 - , Switzerland Residence - 1745 - Rüderswil, , , Switzerland  = Link to Google Earth