Download or read book The Reuben Yoder Family and Its Ancestry written by Christopher K. Yoder and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 ANCESTRYTABLE OF CONTENTSPage no.PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii.TABLE OF CONTENTS iii. REUBEN YODER ANCESTRY Chapter 1- The Yoder Name and Origins 1 Chapter 2- Yoders Come to America 10 Chapter 3- "Schweitzer Christian" Yoder 21 Chapter 4- Bishop Christian Yoder 29 Chapter 5- Bishop Christian C. Yoder 33 Chapter 6- Reuben Yoder 45 Family Tree Chart and Bibliography 63REUBEN YODER FAMILY DIRECTORY 66 Elizabeth Miller Family 68 Samuel Yoder Family 100 Daniel Yoder Family 114 Mary Yoder Powell Family 125 Menno Yoder Family 133 Moses Yoder Family 155 Peter Yoder Family 202 Levi Yoder Family 207 Alphabetical Index 209APPENDICIES St. Joder and St. Mauritius 221 The Joder Family of Steffisburg and the Amish 223 Ulli Amman Letter 245 Bishop Christian Yoder Family Register 246 Discipline of 1809 248 Discipline of 1837 251 Bishop Christian Yoder Treatise 253 Christian Yoder Sr. Will 261 Christian Yoder Estate Settlement 263 Christian Yoder Writing Found in an Old Copy 267 of the Martyr's Mirror Christian Ioder Loom 268 Bishop Christian C. Yoder Family Register 270 Letters of Christian C. Yoder 271 Will of Christian C. Yoder (1790-1846) 280 Tom Yoder and the Somerset County Yoder 283 Cemetery Restorations The Widow Catherine Renounces 292 Reuben Yoder Guardianship Papers 293Page no. Yoder History by Reuben Yoder 295 The Story of the Hochstetler Massacre 308Letter by Reuben to son Levi 315 �����Reuben Writes on War- to Grandson James Powell 316 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 Estate 325 A Tour Of The Mose Yoder Home 327 Menno Yoder Family Sketch- by Margaret K. Yoder 330Menno Yoder Advertizing Booklet 337 Extracts from the Menno Yoder Diaries 338 Reuben Yoder Family Photos 342` 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 Sites 364