John Burcky

Notes:

Obit:
BUERCKY.-On the 14th of March, 1898, in Hubbard Co., Minn. from the effects of a gunshot wound in the abdomen, John Buercky, son of Bishop Joseph Buerchy of Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., Ill., aged 26 years, 11 months and 12 days. Buried on the 18th in the Hubbard Cemetery. funeral services by Pre. Thompson of the M. E. Church. On account of the distance from home none of his relatives but his father were present at the sad burial. Deceased leaves his parents, five brothers and two sisters besides many other relatives and friends to mourn his sudden death; yet they are consoled by the hope that he was ready, for he told those who stood around him that they should tell his parents, brothers and sisters goodbye, that he was going home to God.
JOSEPH BUERCKY.
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The Staples World, March 24, 1898 
LETTER FROM LYONS
A young man accidentally shot himself while out hunting near Big Swamp Tuesday. He was found by Amos Williams about ten in the morning and lived until eight in the evening.
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The Staples World, March 31, 1898
LETTER FROM HUBBARD
The young man spoken of in the Lyons Letter , as being found by Amos William, was J. Burke, of Illinois, who accidentally shot himself while hunting. His father was telegraphed to but did not arrive until till Thursday night, so the remains could not be taken home for burial but were buried in the Hubbard cemetery. He was quite well known here, having played in the base ball nine last summer. He made his home at Badoura where he was well spoken of.

Died:
Perhaps 11 Mar

Buried:
Hubbard Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• HIST: [BUERCKY.-Dec. 15th, in Bureau Co., Ill., of Phthisic, HENRY BUERCKY, aged 29 years, 11 months and 27 days. Remarks by A. Aesch and Joseph Buercky.]
• Religion: Mennonite
• USR1: Old age and failing health
• Residence: 1839, Butler Co., OH
• Residence: 1840, Woodford Co., IL
• Residence: 1844, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Baptism: 1854, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Ordained: 1863, Pekin Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1867, Bureau Co., IL
• Census: 1870, Indiantown, Bureau Co., IL
• Ordained: 1878, Bureau Co., IL
• Census: 1900, Wheatland, Will Co., IL

Notes:

Obit:
Burcky. - Joseph Burcky, oldest son of Andrew and Barbara Burcky, was born in Seckking, Bavaria, May 29, 1833. He came to America with his parents in 1839. They stopped in Butler Co., Ohio, one year, then came on to Woodford Co., Ill., where they lived for five years, after which they moved to Tazewell Co., where he grew to manhood. Here he confessed Christ as his Savior and was received into the Mennonite Church by baptism at the age of eighteen. Feb. 28, 1858, he was married to Jacobina Zimmerman, which union was blessed with eleven children. Three (Josephine, Jonathan, and Albert) died in their infancy. Two (John and Mary) grew to manhood but preceded their father in death. Six (Elizabeth, Simon, Benjamin, Edward, Amos, and Joseph survive their father. He was ordained as a minister of the Gospel in 1863 and moved to Bureau Co., in 1869, from which time he has served the Willow Springs Church as minister, and as bishop since 1878, until old age and failing health made it necessary for him to lay down his charge. August 1, 1920, at the People's Hospital in Peru, Ill., he passed away at the ripe old age of 84 y. 2 m. 3 d. In his departure he leaves 6 children, 20 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren, besides the many relatives and friends to whom he has endeared himself by the 50 years of service for the community of the Willow Springs Mennonite Church. Funeral services were conducted at him home by Eugene Augsburger and C. A. Hartzler of Tiskilwa, Ill., after which his body was laid away in the adjoining cemetery there to await the call of his Lord.

The ROPP genealogy notes that John Alexander Dowie addressed Tazewell County Mennonites in a meeting at the Railroad Schoolhouse May 14, 1897; the text, mentioning Peter W. Ropp and Joseph Buercky, can be found at www.zionhealingrooms.com/iwill.pdf

“They lived near Pekin, IL, then moved to a farm near Tiskilwa, IL. Besides farming, he had charge of the Willow Springs Mennonite Church south of Tiskilwa.”

Residence:
with parents

Baptism:
At age 18, Dillon Creek congregation

Ordained:
Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church

Census:
Joseph Burkey, 34, Germany; Phebe, 32, France

Ordained:
Bishop. Served the Bureau Creek congregation, now Willow Springs Mennonite Church

Census:
and Milo, IL. Birthday given as May 1936.

Died:
People’s Hospital

Buried:
Willow Springs Mennonite Church Cemetery

Joseph married Jacobina Magdalena (Bena) Zimmerman on 28 Feb 1858 in Tazewell Co., IL. Jacobina (daughter of Michael Zimmerman and Magdalena Erb) was born on 18 Jun 1838 in St. Valentin, Indre; died on 1 Jun 1900 in Peru, LaSalle Co., IL; was buried in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit:
BURCKY - On the 1st of June, 1900, near Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., Ill., of dropsy and heart failure, Jacobina, wife of Pre. Joseph Burcky, aged 61 years, 11 months and 13 days. She lived in wedlock forty-two years and was the mother of eight sons and three daughters. Five children preceded her to the spirit world. She suffered much but bore it all with Christian fortitude and longed to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. Funeral services by D.J. Johns of Goshen, Ind., assisted by Daniel Roth and Jacob Ringenberg.

Birth:
Gravestone gives date June 17, 1838 in Germany

Buried:
Willow Springs Cemetery

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:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Minister In Germany
• Religion: Mennonite
• Emigration: 1839, Fulton Co., OH
• Immigration: 1839, Fulton Co., OH
• Residence: 1843, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Michael and Barbara had 12 children.

“An 1850 census of unincorporated portions of Tazewell County lists Michael Zimmerman, 70, a farmer from Germany; Magdalena, 46, Germany; Mary [Maria], 14, Germany; Phoebe [Jacobina], 12, Germany; and Peter, 8, Ohio. He lived next door to his 35-year-old son Christian and his wife Elizabeth Stalter. An 82-year-old Michael Zimmerman is listed on the 1860 census in the Elm Grove household of son-in-law Christian Schrock. He died later that year. He is thought to have been buried in Railroad Cemetery at Elm Grove, though there is no headstone for him.

In 1832 Michael accepted employment from Comte Henri Gatien Bertrand, the former aide-de-camp to Napoleon, at Lagny, St. Valentin in the department of Indre, 16 miles northeast of Châteauroux, and approximately 170 miles south of Paris (see ROTH for background on Bertrand).
Michael remarried to Magdalena Erb at St. Valentin April 20, 1835. She was born at Breitenbach, Lower Alsace July 7, 1805, a daughter of weaver Daniel Erb and Marie Stöcky [St?cki]. They farmed at Lagny (now Les Lagnys), three miles northwest of St. Valentin.
When Bertrand's wife Fanny died in 1836, the name 'Michel Zimmerman' is mentioned with Müller and Riser [Risser] as someone who could not sign an inventory document owing to the restrictions of his religion. But his signature does appear at the bottom of the page.”

Emigration:
parents with eight younger children

Immigration:
On the packet ship Poland. Parents w/three younger children

Buried:
Railroad Cemetery
“An 82-year-old Michael Zimmerman is listed on the 1860 census in the Elm Grove household of son-in-law Christian Schrock. He died later that year. He is thought to have been buried in Railroad Cemetery at Elm Grove, though there is no headstone for him. “

Michael married Magdalena Erb on 20 Apr 1835 in Lagny, St. Valentin, FR. Magdalena was born on 7 Jul 1805 in Breitenbach , Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 23 Feb 1892 in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL; was buried in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, March 15, 1892:

"On the 23rd of Feb. 1892, in Livingston Co., Ill., of the infirmities of age, widow Magdalena Zimmerman, aged 82 years. She was found dead in her bed in the morning, having retired as usual the evening before. Before midnight her daughter had gone to her room, and found her quietly sleeping. For several years her mental vigor had wandered, but her trust in God remained steadfast. She was a faithful mother in Zion and had been a widow for many years. Buried on the 25th. Funeral services by John P. Schmitt from Sir. 41: last seven verses, Joseph Buercky of Bureau Co., and Daniel Orendroff, from 2 Cor. 5. The deceased sister leaves one son and two daughters, 23 grandchildren, and 15 great grand children."

Birth:
1810, according to her obituary

Buried:
Waldo Cemetery

Notes:

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

Andres married Anna Maria /Isen Eissin (Eyer?) about 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]