Jacobina “Phoebe” Reidiger b. 23 Oct 1794 Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 19 Jul 1869 Carlock, Dry Grove Twp., McLean Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Jacobina “Phoebe” Reidiger

Female 1794 - 1869  (74 years)


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  • Name Jacobina “Phoebe” Reidiger  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 23 Oct 1794  Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    • Other info from Don Roth gives date as 7 Nov 1796
    Gender Female 
    Death 19 Jul 1869  Carlock, Dry Grove Twp., McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Burial White Oak Twp., McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Troyer Cemetery
    Person ID I1316  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Father Sebastian Reidiger,   b. 1763, Mahlberg, Waldeck, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1836, Mahlberg, Waldeck, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Güngerich,   b. 27 Jun 1773, Steinseltz, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1835, Mahlberg, Waldeck, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Family ID F3691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Johannes King,   b. 24 Jun 1791, Pirmasens, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1860, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Children 
     1. Jacobina (Phebe) King,   b. 14 Sep 1814, Baden, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1896, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. Johannes King,   b. 1816   d. 1818 (Age 2 years)
     3. Christian R. King,   b. 22 Dec 1819, Baden, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1904 (Age 84 years)
     4. Anna King,   b. 4 Nov 1822   d. 20 Aug 1903, Nebraska Twp., Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     5. Daniel R. King,   b. 1828   d. 1902 (Age 74 years)
     6. Nicholas R. King,   b. 1823   d. 1876 (Age 53 years)
     7. John R. King,   b. 16 Sep 1825, Baden, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1895, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Oct 1794 - Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Jul 1869 - Carlock, Dry Grove Twp., McLean Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - White Oak Twp., McLean Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • She was born on the Spitalhof between Kehl and Kork in Baden, just across the Rhine River from Strasbourg. Emigrated to America with husband, Johannes King (known in America as John or Hans King). 

      In 1860, Jacobina was living with daughter, Anna, and her husband, Valentine Augstein in Mongomery Twsp., Woodford Co., IL. (as Jacobina Rudiger). They moved to Dry Grove Township on 2/14/1869. Information from: "Daniel Augstein", The Christian Evangel, August 1926, p. 190.

      In 2010, her headstone was still standing in the cemetery. [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S565] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, Old World Genealogy of Sebastian Reidiger (1720-1791) of Ottenweierhof in Baden.

    2. [S330] Steve Estes, Jacobina King.

    3. [S1313] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, (Masthof Press).

    4. [S733] King Family Update, Place.

    5. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, She was born on the Spitalhof between Kehl and Kork in Baden, just across the Rhine River from Strasbourg.:https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62404040/jacobina-phoebe-king.

    6. [S134] Descendants of Christian Birky.

    7. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62404040/jacobina-phoebe-king.


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