Benjamin Burkey

Notes:

Buried:
Lerton Cemetery

Valentine + Jacobina (Phoebe) Burkey. Jacobina (daughter of Christian (Harry) Bircky (Burkey) and Maria (Mary) Stalter) was born on 6 Jan 1845; died on 17 Dec 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 1860, Wheatland Twp., Bureau Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, March 1886:
"Burkey - On the 5th of March, near Milford, Seward County, Neb., of old age, Andrew Burky, aged 84 years, 2 months and 4 days. He was married forty-eight years and leaves five children. Services were held by Joseph Shlegel, Joseph Gascho and Pre. Shupp, from 2 Cor. 5:1-3."

“After marriage they lived in Putnam County, where his name can be found as 'Andrew Birky' on the 1840 federal census (only one home removed from Jacob and John Burcky). They appear on the 1850 census of Eden, LaSalle County as farmer Andrew Burky, 48, Germany; Martellina, 30, Germany; Valentine, 10, Illinois; Florina, 7, Illinois; Andrew, 5, Illinois; and John, 1, Illinois. In 1880 they appear on the census of Crete, Saline County, Neb.

“Andrew is found as the purchaser of 20 acres of public land at Granville Feb. 12, 1839 for $5 per acre. 'Andrew Birky' on the 1840 federal census of Putnam County (living alongside Jacob, John, and Christian of the Crooked Alsace chain). They appear on the 1850 census of Eden, LaSalle County as farmer Andrew Burky, 48, Germany; Martellina, 30, Germany; Valentine, 10, Illinois; Florina, 7, Illinois; Andrew, 5, Illinois; and John, 1, Illinois. In 1880 they appear on the census of Crete, Saline County, Nebraska, where Andrew's and Lena's birthplaces were given as Bavaria.

“His birth entry described his parents as field worker Johannes Birki, 26 [he signed Hans Bircki], and Frene Zwalterin, 22. In 1838 in Illinois he married Magdalena 'Lena' Albrecht. She was born on the Büdenhof estate at Sesslach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria June 17, 1819, and died at Milford, Nebraska April 10, 1886, a daughter of Christian Albrecht and Elisabeth Engel. She is also buried in East Fairview Cemetery. Andrew is found as the purchaser of 20 acres of public land at Granville Feb. 12, 1839 for $5 per acre. 'Andrew Birky' on the 1840 federal census of Putnam County (living alongside Jacob, John, and Christian of the Crooked Alsace chain). They appear on the 1850 census of Eden, LaSalle County as farmer Andrew Burky, 48, Germany; Martellina, 30, Germany; Valentine, 10, Illinois; Florina, 7, Illinois; Andrew, 5, Illinois; and John, 1, Illinois. In 1880 they appear on the census of Crete, Saline County, Nebraska, where Andrew's and Lena's birthplaces were given as Bavaria”.

Birth:
His birth entry described his parents as field worker Johannes Birki, 26, and Ferene Valter, 22.

Census:
Andrew, age 36, farmer born in Germany, with wife Magdalena, aage 42, born in Germany; Valentine, ate 19; Frances age 17; Andrew age 15; John age 13; Joseph age 9; Magdalena age 6; Christian age 3; and Joseph Keanich? age 40, born Germany.

Buried:
East Fairview Cemetery

André married Magdalene Albrecht about 1838. Magdalene (daughter of Christian Albrecht and Elisabeth Engel) was born in 1819 in Sesslach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, GR; died on 10 Apr 1886 in Milford, Seward Co., NE; was buried in Milford, Seward Co., NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, May 1886:
"Burkey - On the 12th of Apr., near Milford, Seward Co., Neb., of consumption, Magdalena Burkey, aged 64 years, 5 months and 27 days. She leaves 5 children. She was a member of the Amish Mennonite Church and was buried in the graveyard. Funeral services were held by Joseph Gasho and Pre. Shupp from 2 Tim 4:7, 8."


“Madalane Albrecht who married a Burky, moved to Putnam county. For a short time they lived south of the old home and then moved to the neighborhood of what is now Ohio, Ill., on the north line of Bureau county, which surrounding country was always more familiarly called the “North Prarie.”

Birth:
Budenhof estate

Buried:
East Fairview Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farming and stock raiser
• Reference Number: 173
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Immigration: 1842 or 1843, New Orleans, LA
• Census: 23 Jul 1860, Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 4 Aug 1870, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1881, Seward Co., NE

Notes:

Obit:
BURKEY. On the 6th of Nov. 1890, near Milford, Seward Co., Neb., Christian Burkey, aged 71 Y., 2M., 2 D. He lived in matrimony 51 years and leaves a wife, 11 children, 46 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren to mourn their loss. He was a member of the A. Mennonite church. Services were conducted by Jos. Schlegel from John 11:25, 26, and Jos. Gasho from 2 Cor. 5:1.


Following is an excerpt from 1878 History of Woodford County, Past and Present: “Burky, Christian. farmer and stock raiser; sec. 15; P.O. Metamora; was born in Bavaria, Germany Sept. 4, 1819; he was raised a farmer and came to this country in 1842, landing at New Orleans and proceeding up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers to Peoria, where he remained a couple of weeks and then came to Woodford County; at the end of one year, however, he removed to Tazawell [sic] County, and resided there until 1875, when he returned to Woodford County. He was married in Germany in 1839 to Miss Mary Stalter, who was born in Bavaria in 1821. They have eleven children - Mary, Joseph, Christian, Phebe, Valentine, Elizabeth, Henry, Katie, Fannie, John and Barbara. He owns 80 acres of land valued at $4,800.”

Immigration:
Made their way up the Mississippi River toward Illinois.

Census:
Morton Twp. p. 181 Listed as head of household, with wife Mary and 10 children:
Joseph 19 b. Germany, Christian 16 b. Germany; Jacobine 15, Elizabeth 13, Valentine 12, Henry 10, Kate 8, John 6, Francis 4(F), Barbara 2--all born in IL.

Census:
Listed as Christian Burky, age 50, farmer, born Bavaria; wife Maria, age 48, keeping house, born Bavaria; Valentine age 21, farmer born Illinois; Henry age 19, farmer; Catharine age 18; John age 16; Veronika age 14; Barbara age 11, all born in Illinois

Residence:
Farm near Milford

Buried:
East Fairview Cemetery

Christian married Maria (Mary) Stalter in 1838 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR. Maria (daughter of Heinrich Stalter and Jakobine Stalter) was born on 5 Mar 1820 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR; died on 3 Jan 1916 in Raymond, Seward Co., NE; was buried in Milford, Seward Co., NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 178
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Obituary: Jan 27, 1916 Gospel Herald
Burkey. - Mary Burkey (nee Stalter) was born Mar. 5, 1820, at Munich, Bavaria, Germany; died Jan. 3, 1916, at the home of her son at Raymond, Nebr.; aged 95 y. 9 m. 29 d. Married to Christian Burkey in 1838, came with him to America in 1843. To them were born 12 children, 1 died at birth, 1 in later years and 10 remain to mourn her departure. She also leaves 49 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She has always lived a beautiful Christian life and has enjoyed good health until the last 10 days when she was taken with lagrippe.

Died:
At home of son

Buried:
East Fairview Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 192
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Residence: Nassau-Weilburg, GR
• Residence: 1817, Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR
• Immigration: 1836, Hennepin, Putnam Co., IL

Notes:

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.


“Once lived at Buscherhof, near to Lutterbacherhof, in Alsace. Herbert Holly found in a document “Johannes Bircky from Busherhof, in former times baronial Nassau-Weilburgerish.” (House of Nassau-Weilburg)

“Their daughter Barbe’s “civil birth entry described her parents as farmer Jean Perky and his wife Svalter. It was signed 'Johannes Birki.”

“We found Buscherhof listed in the early 1700s as part of the parish that included Bouquenom, Harskirchen, Mittersheim, Neusarrewerden, Rimsdorf, Sarrewerden, Vibersviller, Willer, and Zollingen. This indicates that it was within 5 miles south or 11 miles west of the Lutterbacherhof. The Cassini map created in the late 1700s shows a Bouchert farm on the east side of Sarrewerden.

“We know of only one clue that might indicate their living place in Bavaria: when Christian Albrecht and Elizabeth Engel traveled directly to Hennepin, Putnam County in 1836, they were thought to be intentionally reuniting with friends John and Veronica (Solphonia). The Albrechts had lived in a large communal house at Kaiserslautern and on the Büdenhof estate at Sesslach; Sesslach is a medieval walled village in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, about 200 miles east of Kaiserslautern. John and Veronica (Solphonia) had arrived at Hennepin in 1835, and hosted the Albrechts over their first year 1836-37. John is found as John Burkey Sr., 73, born in France, in the Putnam household of Peter Albrecht on the 1850 federal census; he does not appear on the 1860 census. “

“I found this text in Past and Present of Bureau County, describing the arrival of two Mennonite 'Burchey' families in Putnam County in 1835. That of John Burkey and Solphonia is mentioned second: "Mennonite Church of Indiantown: The first family of this sect came to Putnam County in 1835 or 1836, from Ohio. In the family, whose name was Burchey, were four boys, Daniel, Christian, Frederick, and Jacob, the latter being a minister of the gospel, and thus was a nucleus formed for the Mennonite church, which has been maintained up to the present time. About a year later came another family of the same name with four sturdy sons and one daughter (leaving four daughters in the mother country, Germany). Then from Germany also came Christian Albrecht with six sons and four daughters. Many others joined them from time to time. Until 1867 meetings were held in private parlors, once in three weeks, and till 1873, they met every two weeks."

“The couple farmed on La Canardière ['the farm stock yard', Ger. Entenhof or Antehof] at Gondrexange. Freni's sister Catherine Zwalter (born circa 1768), worked there as well with her husband Joseph Gascho (born circa 1773). In 1802 Johannes signed a lease contract at Steingaden, Bavaria.

“Son Andre’s civil birth entry describes his parents as Jean Perki, farmer at La Canardièr, and Fréne Svaltert. It was witnessed by Jean's brother André Perki, 21, of Bouquenom [now called Sarre-Union, adjacent to Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace]. It was signed 'Johannes Birki' and Andreas Birki. db

“The bann announcement announcing their intention to marry described them as Jean Perki, 22, and Freine Stavalter, 21. The couple farmed on La Canardière ['the farm stock yard', Ger. Entenhof or Antehof] at Gondrexange. Freni's sister Catherine Zwalter (born circa 1768), worked there as well with her husband Joseph Gascho (born circa 1773). In 1802 Johannes signed a lease contract at Steingaden, Bavaria. The name Christian Bürcky also appears on that document; this individual could not be identified with certainty.313 Another document signed there in 1804 describes only Johannes of Buscherhof, the German name of his family's prior home in Lower Alsace. An additional document names Johannes Birki and 'cousin' Friedrich Hage.314 Johannes and Freni also lived at Obersanding (15 miles south of Regensburg), then purchased the Hellerhof estate there in 1826. It was put up for auction in 1836, the same year that Johannes and Freni emigrated from Europe, and sold in 1839. The packet ship Charles Carroll sailed from Le Havre, and arrived at New York May 12, 1836. Its passenger list shows farmer John Berkie, 52; Fenica, 56; farmer Andrew, 30; Madeline, 17 [this may have been Magdalena Albrecht, who married Andrew in 1838; her name is marked with an 'x' and a note that she delivered a female child May 7]; John, 21; Catherine, 16; and Nicholas [actually Joseph], 20. They settled at Hennepin, Putnam County (adjacent to Granville), and hosted the Albrechts over their first year 1836-37.”

The index to the civil records of Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace indicates an entry for the birth of Johannes Birki Sept. 17, 1801. Note that the next listed child Andreas/Andrew was born nine months later, substantially lessening the likelihood that Johannes belongs with this family. However, the actual entry is omitted from the online archives, so the parents cannot be identified with certainty.

Residence:
Busherhof (Lorraine), in former times baronial Nassau-Weilburgerish. (House of Nassau-Weilburg)

Residence:
The family moved from Schildschwaig to Maierhofen, at Hemau near Riedenburg. His brother Andreas and family were living nearby on Flugelsberg near Prunn/Brunn.

Immigration:
Request to emigrate. Left with children and son-in-law Peter Roggy.

Buried:
Probably Putnam Co., IL

Johannes married Veronica (Freni) Zwalter on 27 Feb 1798 in Gondrexange, Moselle, FR. Veronica (daughter of Christian Zwalter and Marie Risser) was born in 1780; died before 1850 in Putnam Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1835

Notes:

From Gondrexange, Moselle, FR.

Notes:

according to civil status acts:?1798-02-27 Gondrexange Marriage : Perki Jean marie à Frene zwalter le 9 ventose to 6?[ 02.27.1798 ] , according to Otto , Jean son of Jean Perky senior & Elizabeth Ruby, witness Schwager?Gascho

Married:
in the Dieuze Ponds area. A witness was his brother-in-law Gascho.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Linen weaver
• USR1: Pneumonia
• Immigration: 29 Apr 1836, NY

Notes:

Lived in a large community house at Kaiserslautern, Bavaria, Germany in the early 19th century.
The family knew John Burkey, who had come to America several years earlier and were living in Illinois at Hennepin on the Illinois River.

See source no. for description of the journey to Illinois, began June 1836 from Bavaria. Landed in New York, boarded a boat and traveled by the Hudson River to Albany and the Erie canal to Buffalo. From there by the way of the Great Lakes, and landed Fort Dearborn (now Chicago). There they obtained a team and wagon they traveled overland to Hennepin in Bureau County. They walked that distance as a family of father, mother, twelve children and about that many grandchildren. The trip took over three weeks.

The first winter four of their children erected a one room log cabin in which the four families lived the next winter, having only the large old fashioned chimney fire place to cook with and keep them warm.

Birth:
Hermersbergerhof

Immigration:
18 Jun 1836 on the Orion from Bremen. In order to escape the military draft for his sons.

Buried:
Albrecht Family cemetery on the home farm

Christian married Elisabeth Engel on 2 Aug 1802 in Hochspeyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR. Elisabeth (daughter of Jakob Engel and Anna Imhoff) was born on 23 Jul 1780 in Dermerstein, GR; died on 24 Nov 1842 in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL; was buried in Bureau Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Pneumonia

Notes:

Birth:
near Kaiserslaughtern

Buried:
Albrecht Family Cemetery on home farm
Source 1292 says she is buried in Willow Springs Cemetery , Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL

Notes:

Married:
Near Kaiserslautern

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]

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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Hofbesitzer In Germany (Estate/farm Possesser/owner)
• Religion: Mennonite
• PURC: 1802-1803, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• PURC: 6 Aug 1830, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• Immigration: 1842, New Orleans, LA - Then Tazewell Co. IL.

Notes:

Went to Bavaria in 1802. Owner of the grounds of the St. Theresa Cloister at Gern near Munich. Went to the USA with 8 children in 1842. One son, Jakob, stayed in Germany (page 248.) However, he probably only traveled with seven children, since Jakob stayed in Europe and Elizabeth immigrated with Christian Birki in 1851.

“At age 26, Heinrich Stalter II accompanied his widowed mother and two younger siblings, Johannes and Maria, to Upper Bavaria. From 1803 until 1806 it is unclear where they lived specifically, but it is thought that they initially went to an area near Donauworth, some 35 miles north of Munich. By 1807, Heinrich II was married to a woman named Jakobine Stalter. It is unclear whether her surname Stalter was only her married name or if Heinrich married a girl with the maiden name of Stalter. Heinrich II became owner of two estates of a former Catholic cloister located at Gern near Munich. (This area is 1.4 miles east of the center of downtown Munich today. The abbey that was subsequently returned to the Catholic church is now the Kloster St. Theresa). The estates became central habitation points for Heinrich's siblings. His brothers, Johannes, Jacob, and Josef all lived at the estates at one time. Heinrich and Jacobina had a son, Jakob, born July 22, 1807. Over the next 35 years, Heinrich and Jacobina raised a family (nine children) and successfully operated their estates. In operating their lands, they employed a number of Amish workers. Among these were Valentine Birkey and Nicholas Augstein (Eigsti) although their involvement in the operations is vague. There were a number of marriages among the families of the Stalters, Birkeys and Augsteins. By 1842, Jacobina had died. Several of Heinrich's children had already left Bavaria for America. Heinrich disposed of his assets in Germany and, with several of his children, emigrated to America. Although the passenger list with Heinrich's emigration data has not been located, Guth reports his emigration occurred in 1842. What is known is that he after he arrived in Illinois, he lived with various family members, including his daughter, Catherina Stalter Yotty in Tazewell County in 1850. There is no historic evidence that he purchased any real property in America, not unexpected given his advanced age at the time he immigrated. He died sometime between 1852 and 1860 in Tazewell County, Illinois and is buried in the Birki Cemetery, just north of Groveland. His daughter, Elizabeth, was the second wife of Christian Birki on whose farm the Birki Cemetery is located. “

While in Bavaria, Heinrich was one of the signatories to a letter sent March 18, 1811, to King Maximilian I. Joseph (ruler from 1806-1825). In it the “Elders of the Menonists” of the dairy farm Oberndorf, appealed to the King for permission to hire their own private instructors to educate their children in their own catechism, since he had allowed them freedom of religion. But “some of the community have received legal orders to send their children to school a good half hour away.”

The answer came to them on Sept. 11, 1811, that “attendance of the local school remained compulsory, but the Mennonite children were not compelled to participate in religious instruction.”

Others signing the letter were: Christian Güngerich, Christian Bürcky, Johannes Bächler.

Birth:
Kirschbacherhof

PURC:
Awarded “outright” ownership of the cloister of St. Theresa at Gern by Max Joseph of Bavaria.
Elector Max IV Joseph signed a lease in July 1803 for the “Ditzschen Hof” in Gern at Nymphenburg to the ”Mennonite Stalter the older.”

PURC:
Heinrich buys from the Bavarian Queen Friederike Wilhelmine Caroline von Bayern, widow of the late King of Bavaria, the Holzbauer property: house No. 2 with 155 daily work of 2.720 guilders. In the emigration documents Heinrich has sold his property in 1841 for 10,766 guilders. (A Bavarian daily work has 3407 sqm = 36,672.64 sqft)?

Immigration:
According to Herbert Holly research, Heinrich Stalter had considered the idea of emigrating, but his wife was against it even though three children were already living in the USA. It was only after the death of his wife that Heinrich made the decision to emigrate with his family. He applied to emigrate on August 28, 1841, which was approved.




Buried:
Birki Cemetery, Groveland Twp., Section 22: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2596053/birki-cemetery/map#share_email

Heinrich married Jakobine Stalter about 1806. Jakobine was born about 1790; died on 11 Oct 1834 in Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 50
• Religion: Mennonite

Notes:

Died:
at 44 years of age