Transplanted German farmer
Subtitle: the life and times of Christian Iutzi (1788-1857), 1832 immigrant to Butler County, Ohio, in his own words
By: edited and annotated by Neil Ann Stuckey Levine ; selections chosen by Anne Koch Jantzen, Carl Jantzen, and Neil Ann Stuckey Levine after earlier translations from German made by Marga Millitzer Hagaman and George Unger ; with invaluable assistance from Doris L. Page and Joe Springer and an introduction to agriculture in Butler County by Steve Bartels
Contributors: Levine, Neil Ann Stuckey; Friends of Chrisholm Historic Farmstead; Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society
Publisher: Friends of Chrisholm Historic Farmstead; edited by Neil Ann Stuckey Levine; Carlisle Printing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Trenton, OH (PO Box 134, Trenton, OH 45067)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780982391600
Description: "Here is a splendid, firsthand account of nineteenth-century Amish Mennonite immigration--not an uprooting, but a transplanting from one context to another. Christian Iutzi's journals and log book paint a rich picture of life on both sides of the Atlantic, offering insights into the farm management, commercial concerns, and civic interests of this father, entrepreneur, and one-time minister. We sense Iutzi's struggle to order the elements of life beyond his control as he persistently records the vagaries of weather and prices. And we feel his joy and satisfaction in his reports of marriages and bumper crops. The footnotes, annotated genealogy and list of names in the journal are wonderful research aids." (Steven M. Nolt, Goshen College, Indiana, and author, "A history of the Amish").

"No people were more important in shaping the landscape of Ohio and the region west to Missouri and north to Wisconsin than nineteenth-century German immigrants. But their voices are rarely heard in Midwestern history, mainly because they did not write in English. Neil Ann Stuckey Levine and all those who shepherded Transplanted German Farmer into print have helped to rectify that situation by giving us a well-documented translation of the journals and log book of Christian Iutzi (1788-1857). An Amish Mennonite from Hesse who moved his family to Butler County in 1832, Iutzi was not given to extensive reflection. His straightforward record of the details of weather, prices, family and work, however, add up to a fascinating portrait of daily life on farms in both Europe and America." (Andrew Cayton, Distinguished Professor of History at Miami University, and author, "Ohio: the history of a people").

"Christian Iutzi's journal provides a gentle blend of Anabaptist agrarian history and church life, first in Europe and then in America. With a broad combination of material, Iutzi's writing is a practical summary of farm life in Butler County, Ohio from 1832 to 1856. It is fascinating to observe Iutzi's life as it revolves around seedtime and harvest, drouth and flood, weddings, births, the loss of loved ones, and church." (David Kline, farmer and author, "Great possessions: an Amish farmer's journal," and "Scratching the woodchuck: nature on an Amish farm").
Notes: "The publication of "Transplanted German Farmer" has been underwritten by generous grants from the Friends of Chrisholm Historic Farmstead in Trenton, Butler County, Ohio, and Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogy Society in Metamora, Ill."--P. [5].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Nineteenth-century agriculture in Butler County, Ohio / Steve Bartels; title: Introduction with brief biographical sketch of Christian Iutzi, 1788-1857 / Neil Ann Stuckey Levine; title: The American years : April 1832 through Mar. 8, 1856; title: Farm life back in Germany : May 1812 through December 1825; title: Selections from the log book kept from 1827 to 1857; title: Jutzi genealogy to five generations, when known (with numerous leads for further research / Neil Ann Stuckey Levine with invaluable assistance from Joe Springer; title: A short bibliography; title: Roster of persons named by Christian Iutzi (1788-1857) who do not appear in the Jutzi Genealogy / Doris L. Page and Neil Ann Stuckey Levine; title: Index of place names; title: Index of personal names.