Joseph Bürcky (Birki)
1828 - 1906 (78 years)-
Name Joseph Bürcky (Birki) [1, 2, 3] Residence 1844-67 Tazewell Co., IL [4] Birth 19 Mar 1828 Bavaria, GR - Bavaria cited on his naturalization document
Gender Male Immigration Abt 1840 Butler Co., OH Residence 1841 Butler Co., OH [4] Census Jun 1860 Morton, Tazewell Co., IL [5] - Burket with wife and five children
Naturalization 22 Feb 1865 Tazewell Co., IL - Along with his brother Valentine, citing his birthplace as Bavaria
Census Aug 1870 Gridley, McLean Co., IL [4, 5] - Burkey with wife and seven children
Residence 1867-1872 Gridley Twp., McLean Co., IL [4] Ordained 1877 Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL - Deacon in Hopedale Mennonite Chuirch
Census 10 Jun 1880 Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL [4, 5] - Birky with wife and six children (Catherine married)
CLER Y Occupation Farmer Reference Number 18 Religion Amish Mennonite Residence 1882-1889 Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL [4] Residence 1889-1903 Decatur Co., KS [4] Residence 1906 Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE [4] - Do not know when Joseph moved to NE
Burial Dec 1906 Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE - Salem Cemetery
Death 6 Dec 1906 Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE Person ID I18 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 22 Oct 2023
Father Christian Bürcky (Birki), b. 1781, Bitche, Moselle, FR d. 26 Apr 1840, Siebenbrunn, Bavaria, GR (Age 59 years) Mother Katharina Nafziger, b. 1776/1777 d. 3 Apr 1861, Ehingen, Bavaria, GR (Age 84 years) Family ID F50 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Maria (Mary) Bircky (Birky), b. 19 Mar 1833, Bavaria, GR d. 28 Oct 1908, Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE (Age 75 years) Marriage 7 Jan 1851 Tazewell Co., IL [5] - By A. Ropp
Children 1. Catherine Birky, b. 28 Jan 1852, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 1 Jan 1931, Davenport, Thayer Co., NE (Age 78 years) 2. Elizabeth Birky, b. 19 Sep 1853, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 22 Mar 1907, Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE (Age 53 years) 3. Jacob Birky, b. 19 Sep 1855, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 12 Jan 1917, Calkins, MT (Age 61 years) 4. Valentine Birkey, b. 2 Feb 1858, Dillon Creek, Tazewell Co., IL d. 18 Sep 1928, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 70 years) 5. Mary Birky, b. Abt 1860 d. Bef 1870 (Age ~ 9 years) 6. Joseph E. Birky, b. 9 Sep 1862, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 5 Oct 1935, Albany, Linn Co., OR (Age 73 years) 7. Barbara Birky, b. 3 Dec 1867, El Paso, Livingston Co., IL d. 22 May 1942, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 74 years) 8. Daniel Birky, b. 28 Feb 1870, IL d. 13 Apr 1901, Oberlin, Decatur Co., KS (Age 31 years) Family ID F11 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Sep 2011
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Notes - Obit: (Gospel Witness, December 1906)
BIRKEY.-Joseph Birkey was born in Germany, Mar. 19, 1828, and died near Shickley, Neb., Dec 6, 1906; aged 78y. 8m. 17d. On January 7, 1851, he was married to Mary Birkey. They lived in this relation for over fifty-five years. To this union were born nine children, three of whom have preceded him to the spirit world. Three sons, three daughters, fifty-three grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren are left to mourn their loss, but they mourn not as those who have no hope. Bro. Birkey was deacon in the Mennonite church for twenty-nine years and was faithful to the trust placed upon him. He was laid to rest on the 8th of December in the Salem cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by Christian Beller of this place and Jacob Stauffer and Joseph Rediger, of Milford, Neb. A great many people assembled to show their love and esteem to one who had lived in their midst and also to show their sympathy to the bereaved ones. As his body now rests in the grave we believe his soul is sweetly resting on the shores of eternal deliverance. Peace to his ashes.
“From 1889-1903 he served churches in Decatur and Sheridan Counties in Kansas, and in Nebraska, the Filmore congregation (now the Salem Mennonite Church).”
According to Harry F. Weber in Centennial History of the Mennonites of Illinois,
“Joseph was the youngest of the six sons and the smallest, and he was a man of over 6 feet in height and weighed over 200 pounds. In 1850, according to U.S. census files, Joseph Birkey was 22 years old and his brother Jacob was 24, and they were living with their brother John Birky in Tazewell County, Illinois.” From “A Brief Account of the History, Ancestry & Descendants of the John C. Birky Family.”
“The “E” (in Joseph’ name) was assumed by Joseph Birky in later years because there were many others with the name Joseph Birky.” [4, 5, 6, 7]
- Obit: (Gospel Witness, December 1906)
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Sources - [S103] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878.
- [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).
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- [S955] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending the Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878, Part One.
- [S16] Edna Schertz, Joseph and Catherine Stalter Good.
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