Johannes Burki (Buercky, Burcky)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer And Physician

Notes:

Birth:
Likely on Mechtersheimerhof estate

Johannes married Maria Schönbeck on 6 Mar 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Christian Burcky (Buercky) was born in 1796; died in 1870.
2. Elizabeth Burcky was born on 6 Jan 1798; died in 1834 in Hesse, GR.
3. John (Johannes) Burcky was born on 2 Mar 1800.
4. Jacob Burcky was born on 9 Mar 1804 in GR; died on 3 Mar 1856 in IL; was buried in McNabb, Putnam Co., IL.
5. Daniel Burky was born on 3 Oct 1805 in GR; died on 3 Sep 1882 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.
6. Barbara Burcky was born on 1 Nov 1807; died in 1842.
7. Magdalena Burcky was born on 1 Jun 1809; died on 7 Sep 1882.
8. Frederick Burcky was born on 9 Jun 1814 in Gelnhausen, GR; died on 25 Oct 1902 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist

Notes:

Christian + Nafziger. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist

Notes:

Deacon from Langnau, of the Jura, then Alsace, Barbelstein.

Died:
Barbelsteinerhof, near Erlenbach

Johannes + Barbara Gungerich. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Anabaptist

Notes:

Birth:
Rodenhof

Johannes married Barbara Holly in 1738 in Erlenbach, Palatinate, GR. Barbara was born in 1714. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
near Dahn

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y
• Baptism: 18 Jun 1648, Bucholterberg, Diessbach, Bern, SW
• Residence: Aft 1687, Erlenbach-bei-Dahn, GR

Notes:

Wikipedia

Oberdiessbach is first mentioned in 1218 as Tiecebac. Until 1870 it was known as Diessbach.
Oberdiessbach, at that time known as Diessbach, was the center of the late medieval Herrschaft of Diessbach. In 1218 it first appears in a record when Hartmann IV of Kyburg inherited the court of Diessbach from the Zähringens. The village, the Herrschaft and the Castle Diessenberg on the Falkenfluh remained with the Kyburg family until they were given as a fief to the Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) family of Senn von Münsingen. In 1331 the city of Bern attacked and destroyed the castle while expanding their power into the region. The Senn family remained in power over the valley for over forty years after the destruction of the castle. Beginning in 1378 the Herrschaft passed through several wealthy families until 1647 when the von Wattenwyl family acquired Diessbach. The high court in the Herrschaft was fully independent until 1471, when Bern forced it to acknowledge Bern's supremacy. A castle was built in valley in 1560 to rule over the Herrschaft. This castle was replaced in 1668 by a new castle (known as the Neues Schloss or Oberdiessbach Castle) under the direction of Albrecht von Wattenwyl. The von Wattenwyl family remained in the town over the following centuries. Around 1728 the country estate Diessenhof was built for a cadet branch of the family.

Birth:
(Now Oberdiessbach) Registered in the Evangelical Reformed Church at Diessbach bei Thun

Baptism:
Witnesses: Hans Hezen, Jacob Stucki, Frena Ancher

Residence:
Bärbelsteinerhof, on the grounds of ruined Bewartstein Castle.

Notes:

“The Mennonite Nafzigers go back to these two brothers who immigrated to the border area between Alsace and the Palatinate from Uetendorf in Canton Bern, Switzerland, about 1705.

“Originally the family comes from Wurttemberg, where the name yet appears as Nefzer or Nefzger (meaning a slow easy going person). Zacharias Nafzger, a smith, settled in Thun in 1621. Since then his descendants have lived in the area as pewters and silversmiths.

“There are no records of Annabaptist origin but both men probably joined the Amish through marriage to Mennonite women. Christian was named as leaseholder in Birlenbach in Lower Alsace, where he had difficulties with the local clergyman. After a nine year lease, Christian left his homeland of Switzerland with his brother of his own free will, but under pressure from this clergyman.”

Ulrich + Magdalena Güngerich. Magdalena (daughter of Hans (The Old) Güngerich (Gungrich)) was born in 1694; died in 1759 in Essingen, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“General Notes: Magdalena was much in demand as a healer - Alfred Kuby has shown that she could accurately predict the term of existing pregnancies with the help of a urine sample. She was also a zealous advocate for her faith and quite an autocratic woman. For example, during a renovation of the house, she had her initials "MN 1738" carved in the arch of one of the gates, although her husband was still alive.”