Barbara Birky
1824 - 1885 (61 years)-
Name Barbara Birky [1, 2, 3] Birth 19 Feb 1824 Arzbach, Bavaria, GR [4, 5, 6] - 10 a.m. at Pellheim estate. (born in Byron according to census info)
FAG: Pellheim, Landkreis Dachau, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Gender Female Immigration 1849 Liverpool To New York - On ship Minnesota, with her Uncle Valentine Birkey (1794), her child and others
Reference Number 113 Religion Amish Mennonite Death 31 Mar 1885 Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL [7] - Home of daughter Fanny Sutter
Burial 1 Apr 1885 Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL [3] - Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID I113 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 24 Nov 2020
Father Christian Birki, b. 14 Mar 1788-1789, Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace, FR d. 14 Feb 1866, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 76 years) Mother Maria Anna Gascho, b. 1798, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR d. Between 1840-1841, Bavaria, GR (Age 43 years) Marriage Abt 1815 Pellheim, Bavaria, GR [8] - Arzbach was the name of an estate outlying the village of Pellheim (about 1.7 miles north of the center of Pellheim. It was the site of Schloss Pellheim, the house or palace of a count. The house is now a restaurant. Pellheim was administratively incorporated into Dachau in 1972.
Family ID F219 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jacob N. Stalter, b. 12 Sep 1823, Bavaria, GR d. 8 Jun 1898, Livingston Co., IL (Age 74 years) Marriage 30 Apr 1849 GR [9, 10] Children 1. Jacob Stalter, b. 8 Oct 1844, GR 2. Mary Stalter, b. 22 Jul 1850, Tazewell Co., IL d. 11 Dec 1917, Gridley, McLean Co., IL (Age 67 years) 3. Christian Stalter, b. 18 Aug 1851 d. 22 Sep 1851 (Age 0 years) 4. Elizabeth Stalter, b. 13 Aug 1853, Tazewell Co., IL d. 9 Jun 1916, Reedley, Fresno Co., CA (Age 62 years) 5. Magdalena Stalter, b. 4 Feb 1854 d. 19 Mar 1854 (Age 0 years) 6. Katherine Stalter, b. 20 Mar 1855, Tazewell Co., IL d. 20 Dec 1918, Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL (Age 63 years) 7. Barbara Stalter, b. 2 Feb 1857, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL d. 12 Mar 1947, Toluca, Marshall Co., IL (Age 90 years) 8. Fannie Stalter, b. 17 Apr 1858, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL d. 25 Mar 1943, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 84 years) 9. Joseph Stalter, b. 7 Feb 1861, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. Jan 1889 (Age 27 years) 10. Daniel Stalter, b. 27 Jan 1864 d. 23 Feb 1864 (Age 0 years) 11. Christian B. Stalter, b. 14 Aug 1868, Tazewell Co., IL d. 8 Feb 1953, Meadows, McLean Co., IL (Age 84 years) 12. Andrew Stalter, b. 17 Dec 1865, Tazewell Co., IL d. 6 Sep 1931, Waldo, Livingston Co., IL (Age 65 years) 13. Jacob Stalter Family ID F44 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Oct 2017
- 10 a.m. at Pellheim estate. (born in Byron according to census info)
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Event Map Birth - 19 Feb 1824 - Arzbach, Bavaria, GR Death - 31 Mar 1885 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Burial - 1 Apr 1885 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit:
STALTER - On the 31st of March, near Hopedale, Tazewell Co., Ill., of a lingering illness, Sister Barbara (Burkey), wife of Jacob N. Stalter, aged 61 years, 1 month and 12 days. The deceased was a faithful member of the Amish Mennonite Church. She died in the full assurance of faith and was buried on the 1st of April, leaving a sorrowing husband, nine children and twenty-nine grandchildren. Three of the children died before her. Funeral services by Noah Augspurger, Daniel Grieser and Joseph Springer.
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The couple is found on the 1850 census of Tazewell County as farmer Jacob Stalder, 27, Germany; Barbara, 26, Illinois [Bavaria]; Jacob, 6, Illinois; and Mary, 2 months, Illinois.
They are found on the 1860 census of Tremont as farmer Jacob Stalter, 38; Barbara Stalter, 38; and six children including oldest son Jacob, 16. - The surname BIKE is used on the certificate of death. Other sources use Birky.
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Sources - [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).
- [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33921003/barbara-stalter.
- [S1126] Pellheim Mennonite records.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., 17 Feb 1824.
- [S381] Jacob Stalter Family Bible, 19 Jan 1824.
- [S381] Jacob Stalter Family Bible.
- [S68] Pellheim 21 House Chronicle: “Castle Builders”.
- [S1519] Stalter Stories from Z-A, This source says Jacob and Barbara were married 30 Apr 1849. Does this conflict with the information Herman Guth found about Barbara coming to the US?.
- [S634] Lee Stalter, Transcription of Jacob Stalter Family Bible. Letter contains notes by Lester Reeser.
- [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).