Robert Lee Birkey: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Robert Lee Birkey

Male 1917 - 2008  (90 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Lee Birkey was born on 10 Sep 1917 (son of Valentine Birkey and Anna Caroline Larson); died on 29 Aug 2008.

    Family/Spouse: Ethylmae Baumgartner. Ethylmae was born on 8 Feb 1919; died on 24 Jun 2011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Kaye Louise Birkey
    2. Jill Anne Birkey

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Valentine Birkey was born on 27 Jun 1868 in IL (son of Valentin Bircky (Birky) and Elizabeth Springer); died on 28 Oct 1965 in IL; was buried in Princeton, Bureau Co., IL.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Oakland Cemetery

    Valentine married Anna Caroline Larson on 24 Feb 1904 in Henry Co. IL. Anna was born on 2 Oct 1880; died on 16 Jul 1963 in Il; was buried in Princeton, Bureau Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Anna Caroline Larson was born on 2 Oct 1880; died on 16 Jul 1963 in Il; was buried in Princeton, Bureau Co., IL.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Oakland Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Rudolph Larson Birkey was born on 17 Apr 1905; died on 10 Oct 1994.
    2. Mabel Annabel Birkey was born on 1 Jan 1907; died on 11 Aug 1980.
    3. Ward Elwood Birkey was born on 21 Nov 1912; died on 22 May 2001.
    4. Emery Neil Birkey was born on 8 Dec 1914 in Bureau Co., IL; died on 25 Feb 1996 in Princeton, Bureau Co., IL; was buried in Princeton, Bureau Co., IL.
    5. 1. Robert Lee Birkey was born on 10 Sep 1917; died on 29 Aug 2008.
    6. Dorothy Mae Birkey was born on 4 Dec 1920; died on 16 Jun 1991.
    7. Irwin Birkey was born on 2 Nov 1923; died on 17 Mar 1997.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Valentin Bircky (Birky) was born on 12 Oct 1820 in Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR (son of Valentin (Valentine) Bircky (Birky) and Elisabeth Unzicker (Hunsiker)); died on 28 Jun 1901 in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL; was buried in Bureau Co., IL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 172
    • Religion: Amish Mennonite
    • Immigration: Oct 1846, NY
    • Census: 1850, Tazewell Co., IL

    Notes:

    Obit: Herald of Truth - July 15, 1901 - Page 222, 223
    BIRKY - Valentine Birky was born on Oct. 12, 1821, and died June 28, 1901, aged 79 years, 8 months and 16 days. He came to America in 1846 and settled in Tazewell Co., Ill. In 1880* he was married to Elizabeth Springer. To this union were born thirteen children, three of whom preceded him to the spirit world. The deceased leaves ten children, twenty-four grandchildren, one great grandchild, three brothers, and three sisters to mourn his death. The funeral services were conducted by Jacob Ringenberg from Tiskilwa, and Peter Hochsettler, Groveland, Ill.
    (*This is no doubt a transcription error, should be 1850.)

    The 1850 census shows three couples family clustered next to Christian Bechler's property on the north side of Allentown Road (just west of what is now Pleasant Grove Cemetery): Walter Burkie, 26, Germany, and Elizabeth, 20; Andrew Burkie, 22, and Catherine, 18; Joseph Burkie, 28, Barbara, 25, and laborer Christian Springer, 15. In retrospect they appear to be Valentine Birky and Elizabeth Springer; Andrew Birky and Catherine Litwiller; and Joseph Birky and Barbara Eigsti; their incorrect ages may have been taken from travel documents prepared before their immigration.

    Birth:
    Normal birth at 2:00 a.m. with midwife N. Gunzler in Nymphenburg.
    Father Valentin Birki, born in Lutterbach, Department of Strasbourg, farmer’s son.
    [later hand] the above Birki now lives in Gern, farmer, community of Nymphenburg.

    Immigration:
    On Ship Kilby: Joseph, 29; Catherine Augustein, 21; Barbara Augustein, 20 (Joseph’s wife-to-be); plus Valentine Burkey, 26, Joseph’s brother, and Magdalena and Elisabeth, Joseph’s sisters. Catherine Augustein later married a John Burkey.

    Census:
    “Walter” Burkie, 26; Elizabeth 20

    Buried:
    Red Oak Cemetery

    Valentin married Elizabeth Springer on 4 Feb 1850 in Tazewell Co., IL. Elizabeth (daughter of David Springer and Elizabeth Guth (Good)) was born on 24 Jul 1830 in Bavaria, GR; died on 30 Aug 1921 in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL; was buried in Bureau Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Springer was born on 24 Jul 1830 in Bavaria, GR (daughter of David Springer and Elizabeth Guth (Good)); died on 30 Aug 1921 in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL; was buried in Bureau Co., IL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 179

    Notes:

    Obit:
    Birkey.-Elizabeth Birkey died Aug. 30, 1921, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. B. Sutter, Tiskilwa, Ill.; aged 91 y. 1 m. 8 d. She was born in Bavaria, Germany, July 22, 1830. She came to America with her parents at the age of nineteen. The family made their new home near Pekin, Ill. She was married to Valentine Birkey, Feb. 2, 1850, and lived on a farm near Tremont, Ill., for forty-three years, after which they moved to Tiskilwa for four years then to Ohio, where they made their home with their daughter, Mrs. Kathrine Albrecht. After the death of her husband, she made her home with her children. Early in life she united with the Mennonite Church and was a faithful member all her life. To them were born 13 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. She leaves 6 daughters (Mrs. Elizabeth Albrecht, Mrs. Magdalena Ioder, Mrs. Mary Sutter, Mrs. Fannie Schantz, Mrs. Katherine Albrecht, and Mrs. Anna Tschantz), 4 sons (John B., Valentine, David, and Joseph), 33 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, besides other relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted by C. A. Hartzler at the Evangelical Church, near Ohio, Ill., after which she was buried in the adjoining cemetery. Text, Psa. 90:2.

    Her family sailed with the Birkys on the Minnesota. The 1880 census of Tremont lists their household as farmer Valentine Burkey, 59; Elisabeth Burkey, 48; and 7 children. Every member of the household is erroneously listed as a native of Berne with parents from Berne.

    Birth:
    near Munich

    Died:
    at the home of her daughter

    Buried:
    Red Oak Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Birkey was born on 2 Jul 1851 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 23 Jul 1935 in Bureau Co., IL; was buried in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL.
    2. Katherine Birkey was born on 8 Nov 1852; died on 3 Feb 1931.
    3. Magdalena Birkey was born on 15 May 1855; died on 24 Oct 1923.
    4. Mary Birkey was born on 14 Apr 1870 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 11 Oct 1952.
    5. John B. Birkey was born on 26 Nov 1858; died on 14 Jun 1947.
    6. Barbara Birkey was born in 1860; died in 1860.
    7. David Birkey was born on 7 Jul 1861; died on 26 Jun 1926; was buried in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL.
    8. Anna Birkey was born on 26 May 1864; died on 9 Jan 1938.
    9. Fannie Birkey was born on 19 May 1866; died on 14 Nov 1946.
    10. 2. Valentine Birkey was born on 27 Jun 1868 in IL; died on 28 Oct 1965 in IL; was buried in Princeton, Bureau Co., IL.
    11. Henry Birkey was born on 20 Feb 1872; died on 12 Apr 1872.
    12. Joseph Springer Birkey was born on 19 Mar 1873 in IL; died on 15 Feb 1958 in IL; was buried in Bureau Co., IL.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Valentin (Valentine) Bircky (Birky)Valentin (Valentine) Bircky (Birky) was born in 1794 in Dehlingen, Völlerdingen, Alsace, FR (son of Johannes (Jean) Bircky (Bircki, Percky) and Barbara Bircki); died on 12 Sep 1860 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Sep 1860 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: In Europe A Bauer (Farmer), In US A Farmer
    • Reference Number: 36
    • Religion: Amish
    • Residence: Bef 1803, Völlerdingen, Alsace, FR
    • Residence: ? 1803, Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR
    • Residence: 1813, Dachau, Munich, Bavaria, GR
    • PURC: 1825, Dachau, Munich, Bavaria, GR
    • Residence: 1815 - 1828, Dachau, Munich, Bavaria, GR
    • Immigration: 31 May 1828, Dachau, Munich, Bavaria, GR
    • Residence: 1830, Pellheim, Bavaria, GR
    • PURC: 8 Mar 1833, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
    • PURC: 15 Apr 1841, Ludwigsfeld, Bavaria, GR
    • Death: 12 Aug 1848, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
    • Residence: 1831-1849, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
    • Immigration: 21 Jun 1849, NY
    • Census: 1850, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
    • Residence: 1860, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL

    Notes:

    Valentine, father of thirteen children, all of whom emigrated to America, although not all at the same time, lived in Gern, Bavaria, when his children were born. The year after his wife died, Valentine, with some of his family came to America. He left Gern near Munich, Bavaria with five children, and with 10,000 fl., one of the larger amounts taken out of the country--much more than most immigrants. His brother Christian took the same amount. Valentine was of the "Little Red" Birky's. The family’s emigration is documented in Friedrich Blendinger’s material (the emigration to North America from the governmental district Upper Bavaria in the years 1846-1852, in: ZBLG (magazine for Bavarian national history) 27 (1964), p. 431-487. The magazine is on line with full text.

    Birth:
    Probably born at either Lutterbacherhof or Buscherhof (both near Sarre-Union and Rimsdorf). Lutterbacherhof is now a part of the Cultural Heritage Inventory Department Palais du Rhin. See https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/IA67006033

    Residence:
    Lutterbacherhof, near Saar-Union/Saarbrücken, FR

    Residence:
    Lived on rented farms with brother Andreas (Country court Riedenburg [Flugelsberg]), and with Christian (in County Court Munich.
    Google translation :
    Gern and Riedenburg
    lt. deed of citizenship of
    In 1828 he stayed until about 1815
    with his brother on the
    Wing mountain.

    Residence:
    Unterweilbach tenant, of Court Spreti, near Dachau.

    PURC:
    Purchased an estate in Arzbach from his brother Christian.

    Residence:
    Tenant at Unterweilbach.

    Immigration:
    Received France to Bavaria immigration permit. ”Here appears Valentin Bircky from Lutterbach in Alsace, 34 years old, father of seven children, five boys, and two girls, the oldest 13 years of age, the youngest two years of age, asking for permission to emigrate.”

    Residence:
    Arzbach estate (about 2 miles north of the center of Pellheim) called Schloss Pellheim.

    PURC:
    Purchased Kandler farm estate, house No 3 from Joseph Stalter, Elisabeth’s step-father.

    PURC:
    Mayerrhof, house No. 8, called “Wurzer estate in Ludwigsfeld near Munich, and Dachau.

    Death:
    Death of wife Elisabeth Unzicker

    Residence:
    Valentin moved with his family to his father-in-law living in Gern near Munich

    Immigration:
    Via Liverpool on ship Minnesota. Evidently the family was originally booked to depart with ship agent Karl Dick from Augsburg via Mannheim-LaHavre-New York. Plans must have changed since they ultimately arrived on the ship Minnesota, via Liverpool to New York.

    Census:
    Age 67, living with son Joseph and Barbara (Eigsti) Birky; also living there was Christian Springer, laborer.

    Residence:
    Year of his death

    Buried:
    Birky-Landes Cemetery, personal visit, Plot #36 on cemetery map dated 8/12/2013

    Valentin married Elisabeth Unzicker (Hunsiker) in 1812 in Munich, Bavaria, GR. Elisabeth (daughter of Unzicker (Hunsicker) and Magdalena Nafziger) was born in 1796 in Breimthal, Heidelberg, Bavaria, GR; died on 12 Aug 1848 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR; was buried on 15 Aug 1848 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elisabeth Unzicker (Hunsiker) was born in 1796 in Breimthal, Heidelberg, Bavaria, GR (daughter of Unzicker (Hunsicker) and Magdalena Nafziger); died on 12 Aug 1848 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR; was buried on 15 Aug 1848 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 37
    • Religion: Mennonite
    • USR1: Stroke

    Notes:

    Unzicker, originally Hunzicker= from Hunzicken, Canton Bern. The initial H was probably lost during a stay in France where an H is not pronounced at the beginning of a word.

















    More likely, Elizabeth could have been a sister to Daniel b. 1798 who married Magdalena Kahn.}

    Birth:
    Near Wieslock and Heidelberg

    Died:
    Farmer’s wife, at age 54, on her father’s farm

    Buried:
    Gern Mennonite Cemetery

    Notes:

    Settlement of Valentine’s estate lists Joseph first and Jacob seond--the rest in the same order as here.

    Married:
    about 1812-1813 - 2,500 Guilders given to the bride and groom on the occasion of their marriage by the bride’s family.

    Children:
    1. Jakob Birky (Bircky) was born in 1813 in Unterweilbach, Bavaria, GR; died on 1 Mar 1887 in Peoria, Peoria Co., IL; was buried in IL.
    2. Joseph Bircky (Burkey) was born on 13 May 1816 in Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR; died on 13 Mar 1902 in Milford, Seward Co., NE; was buried in Milford, Seward Co., NE.
    3. Christian (Harry) Bircky (Burkey) was born on 4 Sep 1819 in Obersanding, Bavaria, GR; died on 6 Nov 1890 in Milford, Seward Co., NE; was buried in Milford, Seward Co., NE.
    4. 4. Valentin Bircky (Birky) was born on 12 Oct 1820 in Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR; died on 28 Jun 1901 in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL; was buried in Bureau Co., IL.
    5. Andréas Bircky (Birky) was born on 11 Oct 1822 in Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR; died on 7 Nov 1892 in Tazewell Co., IL.
    6. Magdalena Bircky (Birky) was born on 12 Dec 1824 in Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR; died on 18 Feb 1897.
    7. Elisabeth Bircky (Birky) was born on 19 Nov 1826 in Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR; died in Oct 1866 in Tazewell Co., IL.
    8. Catharina Birky was born on 18 Jan 1829 in Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR; died on 18 Mar 1870 in IL; was buried in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL.
    9. Heinrich (Henry) Bircky (Birky) was born on 31 Dec 1831 in Arzbach, Bavaria, GR; died on 4 Aug 1918 in Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL.
    10. Maria (Mary) Bircky (Birky) was born on 19 Mar 1833 in Bavaria, GR; died on 28 Oct 1908 in Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE; was buried in Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE.
    11. Johann (John) Bircky (Birky) was born on 1 Jan 1835 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR; died on 28 Mar 1925 in Peoria, Peoria Co., IL; was buried in Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL.
    12. Jacobine (Bena) BIRKY (BIRCKY) was born on 13 Jan 1838 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR; died on 5 Sep 1914 in Milford, Seward Co., NE; was buried in Milford, Seward Co., NE.
    13. Barbara Bircky (Birky) was born on 9 Jan 1840 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR; died on 28 Jul 1934 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL.
    14. Joseph Bircky (Birky) was born in 1861; died on 21 Mar 1861.

  3. 10.  David Springer was born on 14 Oct 1806 in Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR (son of Johannes Springer and Katharina Zehr); died on 16 Apr 1884 in Minier, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration: 21 Jun 1849, Solln To NY
    • Naturalization: 11 Jan 1855, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL
    • Residence: 1857, Minier, Tazewell Co., IL

    Notes:

    The only child of Catherine and Johannes to have migrated to America. David lived at Solln, a southwestern Munich suburb, and sailed with his wife Elizabeth Guth on the Minnesota in 1849.

    On 1 Apr 1844, Elisabeth Springer authorized her husband in Solln to realize the real estate.

    Immigration:
    via Liverpool, on ship Minnesota, with members of his family

    Residence:
    (David)

    Buried:
    Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery

    David + Elizabeth Guth (Good). Elizabeth (daughter of Christian Guth and Barbara Güngerich) was born on 31 Jan 1803 in Busenberg, Palatinate, GR; died on 10 Sep 1849 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Guth (Good) was born on 31 Jan 1803 in Busenberg, Palatinate, GR (daughter of Christian Guth and Barbara Güngerich); died on 10 Sep 1849 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 133
    • Religion: Amish Mennonite

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Weissenb

    Died:
    Died shortly after arriving in Tremont

    Buried:
    Hirstein Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Catharine Springer was born in 1829 in Solln, Bavaria, GR; died about 1849 in IL; was buried in Metamora, Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL.
    2. 5. Elizabeth Springer was born on 24 Jul 1830 in Bavaria, GR; died on 30 Aug 1921 in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL; was buried in Bureau Co., IL.
    3. Johann Springer was born on 28 Aug 1834 in Munich, Bavaria, GR; died on 13 May 1896 in Little Mackinaw Twp., Tazewell Co., IL.
    4. Christian Springer was born on 12 Oct 1835 in GR; died on 9 Jul 1920 in Peoria, Peoria Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.
    5. Joseph Springer was born on 20 Jun 1837; died on 29 Mar 1902 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.
    6. Magdalena Springer was born on 2 Feb 1840; died on 16 Jul 1921 in Colfax, IL.
    7. Barbara Springer was born on 28 Apr 1842; died on 16 Jan 1917 in Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL.


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