George Egert^[1]

1796 - Abt 1859  (62 years)

• Name	George Egert
  Born	25 Oct 1796	Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1859	Loraine, Henry, Illinois, United States
  Person ID	I5659336075	Master Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2007

  
  

  Father	Tobias Egert,   b. Abt. 1770, Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France ,   d. 18 Mar 1796, Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France  (Age ~ 26 years)
  Mother	Catherine Seiller,   b. Abt. 1770
  Married	12 Apr 1790	Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France
  Family ID	F5260024197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anastasia Jaegli,   b. 22 Nov 1799, Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France ,   d. Abt 1878  (Age 78 years)  [2, 3, 4]
  Married	11 May 1821	Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France
  Children	1. Joseph Egert,   b. 13 Aug 1822, Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France ,   d. 28 Feb 1907, Geneseo, Henry, Illinois, United States  (Age 84 years) + 2. Michael Egert,   b. 24 Oct 1828, Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France ,   d. 13 Jun 1906, Geneseo, Henry, Illinois, United States  (Age 77 years) + 3. Barnhart Egert,   b. 3 Sep 1836, Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France ,   d. 26 Oct 1867, Loraine, Henry, Illinois, United States  (Age 31 years) + 4. Theresa Egert,   b. 30 Sep 1838, Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France ,   d. 12 Dec 1919, Hooppole, Henry, Illinois, United States  (Age 81 years) + 5. Helen Egert,   b. Aug 1840, Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France ,   d. 1928  (Age ~ 87 years) + 6. Julienne A Egert,   b. 18 Dec 1843, Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France ,   d. 6 Jun 1926, Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2007
  Family ID	F5260024183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Oct 1796 - Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France Married - 11 May 1821 - Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France Died - Abt 1859 - Loraine, Henry, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S8072066354] Hulse-Egert-Besse-Hamilton Family Genealogy, Randall Hulse, rphulse@bellsouth.net, (OneWorldTree). George Egert was a cultivator, or truck farmer, by profession. On November 5, 1821 he married Anastasia Jagli (Jaegli, Yagley, Yackley). She was born on November 22, 1799 in the same town as George - Wittisheim, France. In 1851 they sailed with their seven children to America. The trip from Frane to New Orleans took six weeks by sailboat. Legend indicates that the journey was often rough and some days the ship was driven back by high winds farther than they had accomplished the day before. From the port of New Orleans they traveled up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers to LaSalle, IL - then to DuPage County where they lived in the vicinity of Naperville, IL. In approximately 1854, walking and herding their livestock.....George, Anastasia and their children brought their personal possessions and household goods in a covered wagon to Henry County. They settled in either Loraine or Yorktown Township. George died at the age of 63 and anastasia at the age of 79. They had nine children, however many records are incomplete and only seven could be indentified; George, Michael, Barnhart, Theresa, Helen, Julienne and a young daughter who drowned at the lake northeast of Hooppole, IL. No information is availabe (as of 1983) to indicate where George, Anastasia, and the young daughter are buried. The following is the repsonse received from Wittisheim, France concerning our requests for the Egert family's emigration records: "We acknowledge your request for the list of emigrants to America but are unable to respond. We are sure that a list existed at one time, however, due to the bombardment during WWII many of the documents were burned and destroyed. I believe that these are among the ones have been lost. This is from the records of Wittisheim, France." [S8072066353] Watts Descendants of Virginia, Lori Linnell, LWLinnel@cox.net, (OneWorldTree). [S8072066226] Hutches-Kenan geneology, dkhutches, Ancestry. [S8072066355] Illinois Ancestors, http://www.illinoisancestors.org. Data provided by Kathy Minder