Individual Details

Christian "Chrystli" Burkholder Senior

(1 Jun 1746 - 13 May 1809)

Christian Burkholder arrived in America on 1 October 1754. He was ordained a minister on 12 August 1770, and as a bishop on 18 October 1778. Christian wrote the first hymn by a Mennonite in Lancaster County, "Christus ist voll Kraft und Liebe" (Christ is full of love and power). He also wrote Anrede an die Jugend (Address to Youth) in 1792. Christian's Froschauer Bible, published in Zurich in 1551, and his Martyrs' Mirror, published in Ephrata Clositer in 1748, are in the Muddy Creek Farm Library at Ephrata, Pennsylvania.

Events

Birth1 Jun 1746La Heutte, Bern, Switzerland
Marriage12 Jul 1766Anna Groff
Death13 May 1809Earl, Lancaster, PA
Alt nameChristian Burkhalter
BurialGroffdale (Brick) Cemetery, Earl, Lancaster, PA

Families

SpouseAnna Groff (1739 - 1795)
ChildMaria Burkholder (1767 - 1823)
ChildAbraham Burkholder (1768 - 1840)
ChildDaniel Burkholder Senior (1770 - 1856)
ChildBarbara Burkholder (1772 - 1843)
ChildAnna Burkholder (1773 - )
ChildChristian Burkholder Junior (1775 - 1839)
ChildChristiana Burkholder (1778 - 1856)
ChildAnna Burkholder (1782 - 1823)
ChildElizabeth Burkholder (1787 - 1872)
FatherUlrich Burkholder Senior (1699 - 1754)
MotherBarbli Schenk (1705 - 1789)
SiblingBarbara Burkholder (1734 - )
SiblingAnna Burkholder (1735 - )
SiblingUlrich "Uli" Burkholder Junior (1737 - 1804)
SiblingOlsbet Burkhalter (1740 - 1782)
SiblingPeter Burkholder Senior (1743 - 1812)

Endnotes

1. Stauffer, H. Romain (Burkholder). "Bishop Christian Burkholder and His Swiss Family." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Volume 34, Number 4 (July 2011), pages 16-35., p. 30.

2. Stauffer, H. Romain (Burkholder). "Bishop Christian Burkholder and His Swiss Family." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Volume 34, Number 4 (July 2011), pages 16-35., page 23.

3. Stauffer, H. Romain (Burkholder). "Bishop Christian Burkholder and His Swiss Family." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Volume 34, Number 4 (July 2011), pages 16-35., p. 30.

4. Stauffer, H. Romain (Burkholder). "Bishop Christian Burkholder and His Swiss Family." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Volume 34, Number 4 (July 2011), pages 16-35., page 26.