Johannes (Jean) Bircky (Bircki, Percky)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: late 1700s, Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace, FR
• Residence: Abt 1803, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• Immigration: 11 Jun 1803, Dehlingen, Völlerdingen, Alsace, FR
• Immigration: 1804, Dehlingen, Völlerdingen, Alsace, FR

Notes:

An entry from a document in Bern, Switzerland of emigrant families

Jan 1700
Benedikt Bürcky from Trimstein, Switzerland (abt 30 miles SE of Bern) moved to Griesbach, Alsace (Hanau-Lichtenberg)

3 Jun 1710
Christen Bürcky moving out from Switzerland

3 Apr 1727
Niclaus Bürcky from Höchststetten, Germany (Near Karlsruhe and Heidelberg) moved out with his children

19 Sep 1748 (This could be our Johannes)
Johannes Bürcky from Herblingen, Germany, moved to Zweibrücken/Palatinate/Germany.

Birth:
an estimation derived only from the birth year of his second wife

Residence:
Buscherhof, also near Saarewerden

Immigration:
Permission for emigration to Bavaria granted - from Lutterbacherhof

Immigration:
Buscherhof in Alsace to Steingaden, Bavaria

Johannes married Elisabeth Rubi about 1776. Elisabeth died about 1782. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Johannes Bircki (Burkey) was born in 1777 in Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace, FR; died in 1850/1860 in Putnam Co., IL.

Family/Spouse: Barbara Bircki. Barbara was born in 1748; died on 24 Jan 1826 in Perlach, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Andreas Bircky (Burcky), Sr. was born in 1778 in Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace, FR; died in USA.
2. Barbara Bircki was born about 1782.
3. Christian Birki was born on 14 Mar 1788-1789 in Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace, FR; died on 14 Feb 1866 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Feb 1866 in Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL.
4. Valentin (Valentine) Bircky (Birky) was born in 1794 in Dehlingen, Völlerdingen, Alsace, FR; died on 12 Sep 1860 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Sep 1860 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL.
5. Maria Birki was born on 18 Jan 1824 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR.