Valentin Bircky (Birky) b. 12 Oct 1820 Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR d. 28 Jun 1901 Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Valentin Bircky (Birky)

Male 1820 - 1901  (80 years)


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  • Name Valentin Bircky (Birky)  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 12 Oct 1820  Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    • Normal birth at 2:00 a.m. with midwife N. Gunzler in Nymphenburg.
      Father Valentin Birki, born in Lutterbach, Department of Strasbourg, farmer’s son.
      [later hand] the above Birki now lives in Gern, farmer, community of Nymphenburg.
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Oct 1846  NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • On Ship Kilby: Joseph, 29; Catherine Augustein, 21; Barbara Augustein, 20 (Joseph’s wife-to-be); plus Valentine Burkey, 26, Joseph’s brother, and Magdalena and Elisabeth, Joseph’s sisters. Catherine Augustein later married a John Burkey.
    Census 1850  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • “Walter” Burkie, 26; Elizabeth 20
    Reference Number 172 
    Religion Amish Mennonite 
    Death 28 Jun 1901  Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Burial Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Red Oak Cemetery
    Person ID I172  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2021 

    Father Valentin (Valentine) Bircky (Birky),   b. 1794, Dehlingen, Völlerdingen, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1860, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth Unzicker (Hunsiker),   b. 1796, Breimthal, Heidelberg, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1848, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 1812  Munich, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • about 1812-1813 - 2,500 Guilders given to the bride and groom on the occasion of their marriage by the bride’s family.
    Notes 
    • Settlement of Valentine’s estate lists Joseph first and Jacob seond--the rest in the same order as here.
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Springer,   b. 24 Jul 1830, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1921, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 4 Feb 1850  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Birkey,   b. 2 Jul 1851, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1935, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     2. Katherine Birkey,   b. 8 Nov 1852   d. 3 Feb 1931 (Age 78 years)
     3. Magdalena Birkey,   b. 15 May 1855   d. 24 Oct 1923 (Age 68 years)
     4. Mary Birkey,   b. 14 Apr 1870, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1952 (Age 82 years)
     5. John B. Birkey,   b. 26 Nov 1858   d. 14 Jun 1947 (Age 88 years)
     6. Barbara Birkey,   b. 1860   d. 1860 (Age 0 years)
     7. David Birkey,   b. 7 Jul 1861   d. 26 Jun 1926 (Age 64 years)
     8. Anna Birkey,   b. 26 May 1864   d. 9 Jan 1938 (Age 73 years)
     9. Fannie Birkey,   b. 19 May 1866   d. 14 Nov 1946 (Age 80 years)
     10. Valentine Birkey,   b. 27 Jun 1868, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1965, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
     11. Henry Birkey,   b. 20 Feb 1872   d. 12 Apr 1872 (Age 0 years)
     12. Joseph Springer Birkey,   b. 19 Mar 1873, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1958, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F81  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Oct 1820 - Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - Oct 1846 - NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Feb 1850 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Jun 1901 - Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit: Herald of Truth - July 15, 1901 - Page 222, 223
      BIRKY - Valentine Birky was born on Oct. 12, 1821, and died June 28, 1901, aged 79 years, 8 months and 16 days. He came to America in 1846 and settled in Tazewell Co., Ill. In 1880* he was married to Elizabeth Springer. To this union were born thirteen children, three of whom preceded him to the spirit world. The deceased leaves ten children, twenty-four grandchildren, one great grandchild, three brothers, and three sisters to mourn his death. The funeral services were conducted by Jacob Ringenberg from Tiskilwa, and Peter Hochsettler, Groveland, Ill.
      (*This is no doubt a transcription error, should be 1850.)

      The 1850 census shows three couples family clustered next to Christian Bechler's property on the north side of Allentown Road (just west of what is now Pleasant Grove Cemetery): Walter Burkie, 26, Germany, and Elizabeth, 20; Andrew Burkie, 22, and Catherine, 18; Joseph Burkie, 28, Barbara, 25, and laborer Christian Springer, 15. In retrospect they appear to be Valentine Birky and Elizabeth Springer; Andrew Birky and Catherine Litwiller; and Joseph Birky and Barbara Eigsti; their incorrect ages may have been taken from travel documents prepared before their immigration. [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S894] Valentine and Elizabeth Birki family information.

    2. [S245] Valentine Birkey - Probate record.

    3. [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).

    4. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.

    5. [S594] Burkey, Joseph & Eigsti, Kathryn immigration.

    6. [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA), Gives death as 16 Feb 1924.

    7. [S551] Herbert Holly, The Amish Bircky and Bürcky Families in Bavaria.


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