Dr. Leo C. Burcky

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Buried:
Evergreen Memorial Gardens

Family/Spouse: Ethelyn Kelly. Ethelyn was born in 1906; died in 1992; was buried in Kewanee, Henry Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Willow Springs Cemetery

Andrew married Annie Burcky on 4 Apr 1895 in Bureau Co., IL. Annie was born in 1863; died on 4 Jul 1925 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Illinois Death Index 1916-1950 Cert. #601 8778 Filed Jul 06 1925 in Chicago, Cook County

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Married:
(Ref: Illinois Marriage Indes Vol L, pg 49)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist
• Immigration: 17 Sep 1838, New York, New York

Notes:

http://www.mcusa-archives.org/mennobits/1881/jul1881.html
Herald of Truth - Volume XVIII, Number 7 - July, 1881
Obit:
Burcky.-May 31st, in Bureau Co., Ill., Andrew Burcky, aged 72 years, 5 months and 26 days. He leaves an aged widow, 2 children, 9 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Words of comfort were spoken on the funeral occasion by Jacob Unzicker, Andrew Ropp, and Peter P. Stuckey (1881).

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Son of Andrew "Andre" Birchi "Burchi" & Catherine Ackerman
Andrew Burcky was born Dec. 5, 1809, and died in Bureau County May 31, 1881. In 1830 in Bavaria he married Barbara Oyer (or Eyer), who was born circa 1808, and died at Tiskilwa Nov. 22, 1894. They sailed with Joseph Heiser and Peter Yordy from Le Havre on the packet ship Charles Carroll, arriving at New York Sept. 17, 1838. That passenger lists describes "A[illegible] Burkey, 29; Barbara Burkey, 29; and Joseph Burkey, 2" (son Joseph was born at Söcking May 29, 1836); Joseph 'Heser', 20 [Joseph Heiser]; and Peter 'Jodte', 23 [Peter Yordy], who would become their next door neighbors. The obituary of a son states that they arrived in America in 1839, spent a year in Butler County and five years in Woodford County, then relocated to Tazewell County. 18 They are found on the 1860 census of Elm Grove as farmer Andrew Bergy,


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Immigration:
Sailed with Joseph Heiser and Peter Yordy from Le Havre on the packet ship Charles Carroll.

Died:
31 May?

Buried:
Willow Springs Cemetery

Andreas married Barbara Oyer in 1830 in Bavaria, GR. Barbara was born about 1808 in Söcking, Bavaria, GR; died on 22 Nov 1894 in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL; was buried on 24 Nov 1894 in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist

Notes:

HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXI, No. 24, December 15, 1894 - pp. 380, 381
Obit:
Buercky.-On the 22d of November 1894, at Tiskilwa, Ill., of the infirmities of old age, sister Barbara, widow of Bro. Andrew Buercky, aged 86 y., 5 m. She leaves 2 sons, 8 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren and many friends to mourn her death. Her remains were laid to rest on the 24th in the Willow Spring graveyard Indiantown, Bureau Co., Ill. Funeral services by Jac. Ringenberg and Hy. V. Albrecht in German from Phil. 2:21 and Rev. 14:13, and Val. Strubhar of Washington, Ill., in English from 2 Tim. 4:7, 8. J. Buercky.
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Barbara’s maiden name is not verified as Oyer. She was thought to have been an Eyer or Oyer, but this is contradicted by the birth entry of their son Joseph created at Söcking May 29, 1836. It names the father as Andreas Burka and the mother as Barbara Grounis [or something similar], both Anabaptists, residing at No. 2.

Buried:
Willow Spring Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: 1806-1809 (?), Schonbrunn, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 4 Jul 1799, Diemeringen, Bas-Rhin, FR
• Residence: Bef 1803, Oermingen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR
• Residence: 1803, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1803-1806, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• PURC: 6 Dec 1806, Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1811, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1807-1813, Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1813-1817, Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR
• PURC: 1 Jul 1818, Perlach, Bavaria, GR
• PURC: 1830, Söcking, Bavaria, GR
• Residence: 1830-1835, Söcking, Bavaria, GR
• Immigration: 6 Aug 1835, Le Havre to New York

Notes:

“Andreas/André/Andrew Burkey was born circa 1778. When he witnessed the birth of a nephew at Gondrexange, Moselle in 1798, his age was exaggerated as 31 and his place of residence given as Bouquenom [Ger. Bockenheim], now the east side of Sarre-Union, Lower Alsace. Circa 1801 he married Catherine/Katharina Ackermann, and they had six children at Söcking, Bavaria (this location is often found as 'Secking'; it is now part of Hanfeld, about 12 miles below Munich, adjacent to Starnberg at the head of Lake Starnberg). In 1802 he was a witness at the Rimsdorf marriage of Heinrich Ackermann and Barbara Birki, where his age was given as 23. In 1818 Andreas purchased the Perlach castle [Ger. Perlachsoed] outlying Munich on its southeastern side (see BECKLER for more on this location). The castle had been leased by Johannes Pechler and Christian Eichelberger. According to Helmut Gingerich, Andreas sold it in 1830 with the intention of emigrating to Upper Canada (now Ontario). Whether or not he actually made that trip is an open question. If he did, he returned to Europe. They sailed from Le Havre on the William J. John, arriving at New York Aug. 6, 1835. The passenger list shows farmer Andrie Burky, 57; Catherine, 57; brewer Joseph Burky, 24; and Marie Burky, 22. They settled at Worth, Woodford County.

“In the summer of 1835 the Schlegels resettled at Ten Mile Creek in Tazewell County. They may have made the trip with André/Andrew Burkey and Catherine Ackerman, who arrived at New York that year, and whose son Joseph Burcky married their daughter Catherine 'Katie' Schlegel that year. Lydia Slagel Smith wrote:
"They had a long, tiresome journey, partly by boat and partly by wagon pulled with oxen. They were in peril of robbers, and had to keep a close watch over their possessions. They came through Fort Dearborn (Chicago) when there were only five houses there.
A grandson thought they came to Illinois after a 'stopover in Canada,' so it is probable that they spent some time in Waterloo County, Ontario, where they had relatives. They may have intended to locate there, deciding later to go on to Illinois as many others did."

Andreas Bircky from Schönbrunn, the Ingolstadt County Court, represented the children of Christian Güngerich’s first marriage in a contract at the time of his second marriage in 1816.

Residence:
Schönbrunn/Eichstätt und Hellmannsberg

Residence:
Signed wedding document as a witness. He was age 37, a farmer from Diemeringen

Residence:
Lutterbacherhof

Residence:
Arrived Munich area in 1803

Residence:
Rental of Engelmannsberg estate , along with Philipp Eyer. It was a tenancy agreement for 18 years settled in March 1803. Owner was Count Torring-Jettenbach. It was only held for three years due to a controversy over bad cultivation or management problems.In the end, Andreas paid 2, 573 Guilders compensation and left the estate with his family.

PURC:
Purchased Flügelsberg estate near Riedenburg for 8,260 Guilders (170 acres of meadows and woods)

Residence:
Owner of farm Meihern near Riedenburg

Residence:
Owner of Flügelsberg, nearby Brunn/Prunn Riedenburg. Also, see Prunn/Brunn Eichstadt area - See Helmut Suttor’s material. Also Gertrudes’s letter to Margaret. Also, Herbert Holly has purchase contract.

Residence:
Lived on Maierhof at the time of Maria’s birth

PURC:
Purchased Sieber Manor House, named “Castle Perlachod” for 17,000 Guilders. “Perlach (no[w?] belonging to Munic city”

PURC:
Stridl farm

Residence:
The family stayed in Söcking near Starnberg at house number 2, the property (Stridl farm) purchased from Daniel Zehr in 1830, until their emigration.

Immigration:
Ship William J. John passengers from Baden: Andrie Burky, 57; Catherine, 57; Joseph Burky, 24, and Marie Burky, 22. On FHL Film #0002272. To Ontario?

Andreas married Katharina Ackermann about 1801. Katharina was born about 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 6 Aug 1835

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Birth:
Calculated from passenger list

Emigration:
With husband, and children Joseph and Marie

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Married:
according to Helmut Suttor