Peter Schütz

1821 - 1879  (57 years)

• Name	Peter Schütz
  Born	29 Nov 1821	Thalfröschen, Pfalz, Bayern
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Jan 1879	Venedy Township, Washington County, Illinois, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I179152	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Johannes Peter Schütz,   b. 23 Jun 1784, Thalfröschen, Pfalz ,   d. 12 Feb 1855, Thalfröschen, Pfalz, Bayern  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Maria Elisabetha Leichel,   b. 16 May 1783, Thalfröschen, Pfalz ,   d. 12 Jun 1836, Thalfröschen, Pfalz, Bayern  (Age 53 years)
  Married	Abt 1810	Thalfröschen, Pfalz
  Family ID	F21179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Luise Katharina Burkhard,   b. 12 Mar 1825, Thalfröschen, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 20 May 1904, Venedy Township, Washington County, Illinois, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	4 Jun 1844	Thalfröschen, Pfalz, Bayern
  Children	1. Jakob Konrad Schütz Schuetz,   b. 17 Apr 1845, Thaleischweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 6 Sep 1914, Illinois, USA  (Age 69 years)   2. Peter Schütz Schuetz,   b. 21 Aug 1847, Thaleischweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 27 Jun 1913, Venedy Township, Washington County, Illinois, USA  (Age 65 years)   3. Christian Michael Schütz Schuetz,   b. 17 Oct 1851, Thaleischweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 16 Jan 1925, Illinois, USA  (Age 73 years)   4. Adam Schütz,   b. 14 Jan 1854, Thaleischweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 5 Oct 1854, Thaleischweiler, Pfalz, Bayern  (Age 0 years)   5. Konrad Schütz Schuetz,   b. 13 Aug 1855, Thaleischweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 18 Jan 1899, Washington County, Illinois, USA  (Age 43 years)   6. Daniel Schütz Schuetz,   b. 23 Jun 1858, Thaleischweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 8 Sep 1904, Illinois, USA  (Age 46 years)   7. Luise Katharina Schütz,   b. 5 Sep 1861, Thaleischweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 28 Sep 1914, Missouri, USA  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F69586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://genealogytrails.com/ill/washington/bios/schutz.html Peter Schütz was born in Thalfröschen on November 29, 1821. He was baptized on November 30th. Peter was the second son of Johann Peter Schütz and Maria Leichel. His father was a horsesmith and mentored his son in the family craft. He became a blacksmith, along with his older brother Carl. In 1836, Peter?s mother died when he was only fourteen. On June 4, 1844, Peter was united in marriage to Louise Burkhard in the Protestant church of Thaleischweiler. This union was blessed with six children; a seventh, Adam, died in infancy. Peter?s father died at the age of seventy in 1855 and was buried in Thalfröschen. After their son Daniel was born, Peter and Louise decided to have another son to receive a bonus from the government. This bonus was military exemption. When their last child turned out to be a girl, they held their situation for a few more years until 1867, when the Austro-Prussian War was on the horizon. They were basically draft-dodgers but their intentions were good; Peter and Louise were very peaceful Germans that did not approve of war and definitely did not want their precious sons drafted. On May 11, 1867, they departed from the port of Le Havre on the steamer ship Tampico. After a relatively short journey, they arrived at Castle Garden in New York on May 29th. From New York, they traveled a long journey to southern Illinois, around 1868 they came by wagon train through Mascoutah to Johannisburg, where they decided to settle. They went first to Plum Hill, then to Venedy. From there, they scattered around New Memphis, Okawville, and Venedy. It is said that when the Schuetz wagon train passed the school in Venedy that all the children came out to watch it go by. Peter and Louise lived in Venedy in the 1870?s and Peter worked as a laborer. He believed in giving his children an education and sent them to school. Peter made quite a name for himself and his family and they became very prominent in Washington County. The winter of 1879 was a bitterly cold one and Peter developed pneumonia on January 9th. He died five days later on the 14th from a severe fever at the age of fifty-seven. The funeral was held the next day at the family home and he was buried in the cemetery at St. John?s United Church of Christ of Johannisburg on the 16th.

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. From "The Nashville Journal" July 3, 1913 Peter Schuetz, sr., departed this life at his home in this village Friday, June 27, aged 65 years, 10 months and 6 days. Mr. Schuetz was born in Thalfroeschen, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, Aug. 21. 1847, and emigrated to America with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schuetz, in '66. The family settled at Venedy. On April 24, 1873, he was married to Engel Barkau by Rev. Christ Mohr in the White Frame church near Okawville. To this union six sons and four daughters were born, one son Christ preceded the father in death three years ago. Several years ago deceased moved from his farm 2 miles east of Venedy to a house purchased from Fred Brueggeman, jr., in Venedy. About six months ago Mr. Schuetz's health began to fall and he suffered with asthma and other complaints. Death relieved him Friday at 5 o'clock a.m. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife and the following children: Hy. of New Baden, Wm. and Louis of here, Peter of Biddleborn, Chas. and Mrs. Mary Kuester, Mrs. Lizzie Kinzel and Lena Schuetz of St. Louis, Mrs. Oscar Reinhardt of Granite City, two brothers, Jacob Schuetz of Grand Prairie and Christ Schuetz of St. Louis, a sister, Mrs. Louise Fohrman of St. Louis. The funeral took place Saturday morning at the White Frame church, Rev. Wm. Schuessler officiating. The following from a distance attended the funeral: Wm. Kuester, wife and daughter Mildred, John Kinzel and wife, Chas. Schuetz and wife, Miss Lena and Mrs. Minnie Schuetz, Christ Schuetz, sr., and wife, Mrs. Peter Fohrman and Mrs. Louise Roethemeyer of St. Louis, Oscar Reinhardt and wife of Granite City, Hy. Schuetz and children and Mr. Reinhardt of New Baden, Peter Schuetz, jr., and family and Mr. and Mrs. John Kinzel, sr., of Biddleborn, Mrs. Christ Tieleman, Mrs. Fred Kuester and Mrs. Hy. Weilmuenster, jr., of Darmstadt, Hy. Barkau and wife, Louis Finke and wife of Addieville; Chas. Barkau and family of Johannisburg, Wm. and Louis Barkau and families of Plum Hill, Fred Barkau of Stone Church, Jacob, sr., Wm., Jake and John Schuetz and families and many others from the White church. We extend sympathy to the bereaved.