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A Mennonite family name of Swiss origin, Schrag was found in the [[p3594.html|Palatinate]] as early as 1664. From [[Germany|Germany]] members of the family migrated to [[Galicia (Poland &amp; Ukraine)|Galicia]] in 1773, and from there to the Russian province of [[Volhynia (Ukraine)|Volhynia]]. In 1874 some members of the Schrag family left [[Russia|Russia]] in the Mennonite migration to [[North America|North America]] and located in [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]] and [[South Dakota (USA)|South Dakota]], where many of their descendents are members of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] (GCM). In 1937, three representatives of this branch of the family were in the GCM ministry. Other notable members of the Volhynia group of Schrags include: Martin Schrag, a faculty member at [[Messiah College (Grantham, Pennsylvania, USA)|Messiah College]]; [[Schrag, Menno (1904-1987)|Menno Schrag]], editor of the <em>[[Mennonite Weekly Review (Periodical)|Mennonite Weekly Review]]</em>; James Schrag, first General Secretary of Mennonite Church USA, and John Schrag, who was on the faculty of [[Grace University (Omaha, Nebraska, USA)|Grace Bible Institute]].

Other members of the general Schrag family immigrated directly from Germany and Switzerland to [[North America|North America]]. As early as 1766 a Johannes Schrag landed in Philadelphia. Casper Schrock, born in [[Switzerland|Switzerland]] ca. 1745, came to North America as a young man and settled in Somerset County, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. His son Peter (1795-1846) was an [[Amish Mennonites|Amish Mennonite]] minister in [[Wayne County (Ohio, USA)|Wayne County]], Ohio. Many of his descendants live in [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]] and [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]]. Among the early members of the [[East Zorra Mennonite Church (Tavistock, Ontario, Canada)|East Zorra Amish Mennonite Church]], organized ca. 1837 in [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], were Daniel Schragg, John Schrag and Joseph Schrag. Daniel Schrag (1813-1891) was born in Bavaria, lived in [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], and settled in [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], where he became a minister of the East Zorra Church in 1849. Many descendants of the Ontario Schrags have lived in [[New York (USA)|New York ]] and [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]].

The genealogy of the Tobias Schrock (Schrag) family shows that in 1959 many of his descendants were living in Amish communities in [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]] and [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]]. He was born in [[Holmes County (Ohio, USA)|Holmes County]], [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]] in 1823. Obituaries in Mennonite periodicals from the 1950's show the Mennonite Church (MC) and [[Amish Mennonites|Amish]] branches of the family to have been most numerously represented in Indiana, followed by [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], and Illinois. Thirty-two Schrock (Shrock) ministers were serving in the MC and Amish branches of the church in 1937. Among the better-known members of the family was [[Schrock, Andrew A. (1863-1949)|Andrew A. Schrock]] (1863-1949), who was, for many years, the bishop of the [[Metamora Mennonite Church (Metamora, Illinois, USA)|Metamora Mennonite Church]] in Metamora, Illinois, and Tobe Schrock (b. 1897), who was bishop of the [[Bowne Mennonite Church (Clarksville, Michigan, USA)|Bowne Mennonite Church]] in Elmdale, Michigan.
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