Lydia S. Burkey

1881 - 1903  (21 years)

• Name	Lydia S. Burkey  [1]
  Birth	6 Aug 1881	Eureka, Woodford Co., IL
  Gender	Female
  USR1	Smallpox
  Death	1903	China   [1]
  	Died while a missionary in China
  Burial	Y  [1]
  	Unable to locate burial information
  Person ID	I15715	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Christian Bircky (Burkey),   b. 2 Feb 1843, Mempis, Shelby Co., TN d. 5 Mar 1929, Milford, Seward Co., NE (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Catherine Klopfenstein,   b. 9 Jan 1843, Belfort, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR d. 5 Mar 1917, Milford, Seward Co., NE (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1866  [2]
  Family ID	F2894	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 6 Aug 1881 - Eureka, Woodford Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Katherine Burkey, and her sister, Lydia Burkey, both died as missionaries in China in 1903. The sisters died of smallpox within 3 days of each other.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105615378/lydia-s_-burkey. [S951] Descendants of Valentine Birkey and Elizabeth Unzicker.