Joseph Burkey

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: 1844, Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1868, Bureau Co., IL
• Census: 1900, Gridley, McLean Co., IL

Notes:

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Willow Springs Mennonite Church (Tiskilwa, Illinois, USA)

Willow Springs Mennonite Church, 1946
Scan courtesy Mennonite Church
USA Archives-Goshen
X-31.1, Box 17/28
Willow Springs Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located 4 miles south of Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Illinois, a mem­ber of the Illinois Mennonite Conference, was organized in 1836 as an Amish Mennonite congregation, the settlers having come mostly from Bavaria, Germany, plus a few from Butler County, Ohio. The Bavarians had first settled in 1835 in the Hennepin and Gran­ville neighborhood in Putnam County. After meet­ing in homes for 35 years the congregation built its first meetinghouse in 1873. This was destroyed by lightning in 1896, but was immediately rebuilt, and later enlarged several times.
Three subsidiary groups have been formed from Willow Springs: Ohio Station in the north central part of the county 1840-1915, which never developed into a congregation; Sheffield in the western part of the county 1943-1950; and the Tiskilwa Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite), which was formed in 1911 when a group withdrew to join the Central Illinois Mennonite Conference.

The first minister in the Hennepin community was Jacob Burkey of Hesse, Germany, who never lived in the Tiskilwa neighborhood. The Willow Springs congregation suffered for many years from inadequate and even absentee ministerial leadership and was not established on a sound basis until 1868, when Joseph Burkey, a minister at Tremont, Illinois, moved in and was ordained bishop a year later. His successor was C. A. Hartzler, a minister from Garden City, Missouri, who came in 1913 and was or­dained bishop a year later. C. W. Long was pastor in 1957, with a membership of 142.

Birth:
Gravestone date

Census:
Joseph, born in IL October 1836 to German parents; Elizabeth, born in Germany in March 1832.

Died:
Gravestone date

Buried:
Waldo Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Rediger. Elizabeth (daughter of Christian Reidiger and Magdalena Stalter) was born on 10 Mar 1832 in GR; died on 6 Feb 1919 in Gridley, McLean Co., IL; was buried in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Distiller In Bavaria
• Immigration: 5 Sep 1833, New York from Hamburg
• Immigration: 6 Aug 1835, Le Havre to New York
• Census: 1850, Woodford Co., IL

Notes:

Birth:
Herbert Holly found civil birth entry

Immigration:
Aboard Brig Montano, with brother John. Ship list states that both were citizens of the United States. Perhaps they had made the trip earlier. Or perhaps it is a mistake.

Immigration:
Ship William J. John, with sister Marie and parents.

Census:
District 56: farmer Joseph Berkey, 40, Germany; Catharine, 34, France; and Joseph, 13, Illinois.

Joseph married Catherine Schlegel in 1835. Catherine (daughter of Christian Schlegel and Catherine Ernst) was born on 5 Sep 1816 in Froidefontaine, Belfort, FR; died in 1894 in IL; was buried in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Waldo 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

Notes:

Birth:
Calculated from passenger list

Emigration:
With husband, and children Joseph and Marie

Notes:

Married:
according to Helmut Suttor

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1824

Notes:

Christian + Catherine Ernst. Catherine was born in 1790; died between 1850-1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist
• USR1: Paralysis of the lungs

Notes:

Died:
At 78 years old