Emma Birky b. 17 Jul 1880 Tazewell Co., IL d. 29 Apr 1901 Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Emma Birky

Female 1880 - 1901  (20 years)


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  • Name Emma Birky  [1] 
    Birth 17 Jul 1880  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Religion Mennonite 
    USR1 Consumption 
    Death 29 Apr 1901  Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I12616  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2021 

    Father Bishop John C. Birky,   b. 4 Feb 1849, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1920, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Zimmer,   b. 25 Jan 1853, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1893, Lund, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jan 1874  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3637  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Jul 1880 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Apr 1901 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:
      BIRKY - On the 29th of April, near Hopedale, Ill., after a protracted period of suffering with consumption, Emma, daughter of John C. Birky, aged 22 years, 7 months and 12 days. In her sixteenth year she was baptized as received into church membership. She suffered with patience and submitted herself fully to the will of God. A short time before her death she said to her brothers and sisters, that they should not weep for her; that she was going home. She was buried on the first of May; services were conducted by Joseph Litwiller of Fremont, and Daniel Grieser, of Dewy, Ill.
      Her mother was Magdalena Zimmer Birky, who died in 1893 [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31827470/john-c.-birky.

    2. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115242224/emma-birky.


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