Barbara Birky b. 19 Feb 1824 Arzbach, Bavaria, GR d. 31 Mar 1885 Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Barbara Birky

Female 1824 - 1885  (61 years)


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  • Name Barbara Birky  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 19 Feb 1824  Arzbach, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Home of daughter Fanny Sutter
    Burial 1 Apr 1885  Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1866, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Maria Anna Gascho,   b. 1798, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1840-1841, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1815  Pellheim, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1898, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 30 Apr 1849  GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Children 
     1. Jacob Stalter,   b. 8 Oct 1844, GR Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Stalter,   b. 22 Jul 1850, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1917, Gridley, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1916, Reedley, Fresno Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1918, Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     7. Barbara Stalter,   b. 2 Feb 1857, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1947, Toluca, Marshall Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     8. Fannie Stalter,   b. 17 Apr 1858, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1943, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     9. Joseph Stalter,   b. 7 Feb 1861, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1953, Meadows, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     12. Andrew Stalter,   b. 17 Dec 1865, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1931, Waldo, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     13. Jacob Stalter
    Family ID F44  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Oct 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Feb 1824 - Arzbach, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Mar 1885 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).

    2. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.

    3. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33921003/barbara-stalter.

    4. [S1126] Pellheim Mennonite records.

    5. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., 17 Feb 1824.

    6. [S381] Jacob Stalter Family Bible, 19 Jan 1824.

    7. [S381] Jacob Stalter Family Bible.

    8. [S68] Pellheim 21 House Chronicle: “Castle Builders”.

    9. [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?.

    10. [S634] Lee Stalter, Transcription of Jacob Stalter Family Bible. Letter contains notes by Lester Reeser.


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