Madeleine "Magdalena" Peterschmitt

1814 - 1878  (64 years)

• Name	Madeleine "Magdalena" Peterschmitt
  Born	17 May 1814	Sainte Croix, , Alsace, France
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10193566
  Name	Madeleine "Magdalena" Schlegel
  Residence	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-490998
  Died	16 Sep 1878	Edna Mills, Clinton, Indiana, United States
  Buried	Mennonite Cemetery, Edna Mills, Clinton, Indiana, United States
  Person ID	I490998	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Joseph Schlegel,   b. 30 Apr 1819, Froeningen, , Alsace, France ,   d. 1866, , Davis Co, Iowa  (Age 46 years)
  Children	1. Rev. - Bishop Joseph Schlegel,   b. 11 Nov 1837, near, Mulhausen, , Alsace, France ,   d. 25 Dec 1913, Milford, Seward, Nebraska, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F300920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Magdalena or Madeleine, was the daughter of Francois Joseph and Magdalena (Bächer) Peter Schmitt. On November 26, 1830, she married Joseph Schlegel (b.April 30, 1809 in Froeningen, Alsace, France) at Ste. Croix-aux-Plaine, France. Magdalena and Joseph had nine children of which three survived infancy: Magdalena, b.1832; Joseph, b.1837; and Anna, b.1843. On June 19, 1854 the Schlegel family emigrated to New York from France. From there they spent a year with Joseph's brother Nicolaus Schlegel and family in Ontario before moving to Iowa and eventually buying land on August 21, 1856 in Grove Township, Davis County. Around 1866, Magdalena's husband Joseph passed away. A year later, her son Joseph was called to take on the duties of elder/bishop in Henry County, Iowa. Her daughter, Anna and family, lived adjacent to Joseph in Henry County and so she then went to live with her daughter. Magdalena's first daughter, Magdalena, had also originally immigrated to Iowa with her husband and family until her husband was called to minister to the Defenseless Mennonite Church near Edna Mills, Indiana around 1865-70. In 1874, Anna passed away and so Magdalena then decided to go live with her eldest daughter in Indiana where she remained until passing away in 1878. The Schlegel family has always pronounced our last name with a silent 'ch' which would explain why Magdalena's headstone was inscribed as "Slegel". Apparently the inscriber engraved it as he heard it. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10193566

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Sep 1878 - Edna Mills, Clinton, Indiana, United States Buried - - Mennonite Cemetery, Edna Mills, Clinton, Indiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth