The Reuben Yoder Family and Its Ancestry

The Reuben Yoder Family and Its Ancestry was first published in 1983 and distributed during the 70th anniversary of a family reunion held in 1913, the year following the death of the family patriarch, Reuben Yoder (1831-1912). Reuben Yoder was an Amish Mennonite, the son and grandson of Amish Bishops in Somerset County, PA. He collected extensive records on the descendants of his own grandfather, Bishop Christian Yoder Sr. In this revision to the 1983 work, author Chris Yoder, who went on to edit The Yoder Newsletter for 30 ... Read More

The Reuben Yoder Family and Its Ancestry was first published in 1983 and distributed during the 70th anniversary of a family reunion held in 1913, the year following the death of the family patriarch, Reuben Yoder (1831-1912). Reuben Yoder was an Amish Mennonite, the son and grandson of Amish Bishops in Somerset County, PA. He collected extensive records on the descendants of his own grandfather, Bishop Christian Yoder Sr. In this revision to the 1983 work, author Chris Yoder, who went on to edit The Yoder Newsletter for 30 years, adds information to the chapters on Reuben and his Yoder ancestors, coming downward from the immigrant Christian Yoder who arrived in Philadelphia Sept. 21, 1742. He also draws upon the 30 years of Yoder family research in the production of The Yoder Newsletter (see: www.yodernewsletter.org) to present the latest word on the relationships between the various Yoder immigrants to America, and on what is known on the Anabaptist Joder family of Steffisburg, Switzerland in the 1680s and 90s and its relationship to Jakob Amman and other Anabaptist leaders of that time. This new edition was inspired by the Centennial Reunion of the Reuben Yoder family, which will be held in Shipshewana, Indiana in July 2013. REUBEN YODER FAMILY AND ITS ANCESTRY TABLE OF CONTENTS Page no. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSii. TABLE OF CONTENTSiii. REUBEN YODER ANCESTRY Chapter 1- The Yoder Name and Origins 1 Chapter 2- Yoders Come to America10 Chapter 3- "Schweitzer Christian" Yoder21 Chapter 4- Bishop Christian Yoder29 Chapter 5- Bishop Christian C. Yoder33 Chapter 6- Reuben Yoder45 Family Tree Chart and Bibliography63 REUBEN YODER FAMILY DIRECTORY66 Elizabeth Miller Family68 Samuel Yoder Family100 Daniel Yoder Family114 Mary Yoder Powell Family125 Menno Yoder Family133 Moses Yoder Family155 Peter Yoder Family202 Levi Yoder Family207 Alphabetical Index209 APPENDICIES St. Joder and St. Mauritius221 The Joder Family of Steffisburg and the Amish223 Ulli Amman Letter245 Bishop Christian Yoder Family Register246 Discipline of 1809248 Discipline of 1837251 Bishop Christian Yoder Treatise253 Christian Yoder Sr. Will261 Christian Yoder Estate Settlement263 Christian Yoder Writing Found in an Old Copy 267 of the Martyr's Mirror Christian Ioder Loom 268 Bishop Christian C. Yoder Family Register270 Letters of Christian C. Yoder271 Will of Christian C. Yoder (1790-1846)280 Tom Yoder and the Somerset County Yoder 283 Cemetery Restorations The Widow Catherine Renounces292 Reuben Yoder Guardianship Papers293 Page no. Yoder History by Reuben Yoder295 The Story of the Hochstetler Massacre308 Letter by Reuben to son Levi315 -----Reuben Writes on War- to Grandson James Powell316 Reuben and Harriet Obituaries in the 321 Lagrange Standard The Story of Grandmother's Pin- by Betty 322 Christner- Sep. 1983 Final Report of the Reuben Yoder Estate325 A Tour Of The Mose Yoder Home327 Menno Yoder Family Sketch- by Margaret K. Yoder330 Menno Yoder Advertizing Booklet337 Extracts from the Menno Yoder Diaries 338 Reuben Yoder Family Photos342 Dan, Menno and Levi Attend Yoder 355 Reunion In Kansas- 1947 Rachel Kreider- How She "Got-into" 359 Yoder Family Research Map of Key Family Sites364" Read Less