Magdalena Augustin (Eigsti) b. 22 Oct 1835 Pellheim, Bavaria, GR d. 13 Mar 1913 Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Magdalena Augustin (Eigsti)

Female 1835 - 1913  (77 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Augustin (Eigsti)  [1, 2
    Birth 22 Oct 1835  Pellheim, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    • Recorded in Pellheim church book
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 184 
    Religion Evangelical Mennonite 
    Death 13 Mar 1913  Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    • At her home
    Burial Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Evangelical Mennonite Church Cemetery
    Person ID I184  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father Nicholas Augustin (Augstin) (Eigsti-Eigstein),   b. 1779, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1852, Kirchdorf, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Barbara Gascho,   b. 10 Nov 1800, Desseling, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1880, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 1822  Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Heinrich (Henry) Bircky (Birky),   b. 31 Dec 1831, Arzbach, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1918, Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 30 Apr 1854 
    Children 
     1. David Birky,   b. 1 Mar 1855   d. 6 Sep 1915 (Age 60 years)
     2. Barbara Birky,   b. 9 Jan 1857   d. 2 Mar 1924 (Age 67 years)
     3. Valentine Birky,   b. 27 Oct 1858   d. 24 Jan 1931 (Age 72 years)
     4. Nicholas Birky,   b. 9 Sep 1860   d. 24 Apr 1944 (Age 83 years)
     5. Elizabeth Birky,   b. 28 Aug 1862, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1941, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     6. Mary Birky,   b. 10 Oct 1864   d. 25 Feb 1953 (Age 88 years)
     7. Samuel Birkey,   b. 29 Mar 1866   d. 3 Sep 1952 (Age 86 years)
     8. Magdalena Birky,   b. 12 Mar 1868, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1938, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     9. Katherine Birky,   b. 25 Feb 1870   d. 6 Sep 1958 (Age 88 years)
     10. Susana Birky,   b. 19 Jul 1872   d. 29 Nov 1920 (Age 48 years)
     11. John Henry Birky,   b. 5 Apr 1875   d. 16 May 1958 (Age 83 years)
     12. Anna Birky,   b. 15 Apr 1887   d. 26 May 1964 (Age 77 years)
     13. Veronica (Fannie) Birky,   b. 14 Dec 1878   d. 28 Feb 1956 (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F85  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Oct 1835 - Pellheim, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Mar 1913 - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • They can be found on the same page of the 1880 census of Morton as her brother Joseph Eigsti, where they listed their birthplaces as France (Henry) and Bavaria (Magdalena), with 10 children. On Sept. 3, 1883 their son Nicholas Birkey married Matilda 'Tilly' Staker, the youngest child of Joseph Staker and Frena Roth. Henry and Magdalena are buried in the Evangelical Mennonite Cemetery at Groveland.

  • Sources 
    1. [S507] Ardys Serpette, Emery Eigsti, Howard Eigsti, The Nicholas Eigsti Family.

    2. [S1309] Herbert Holly (translated by Sem Sutter), The Families of Nikolaus Augustin and Joseph Augustin in Upper Bavaria.

    3. [S1280] Nikolaus and Barbara Gascho Augustin’s children’s birth records, 22 Oct 1835.

    4. [S507] Ardys Serpette, Emery Eigsti, Howard Eigsti, The Nicholas Eigsti Family, 24 Oct 1836.

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

    6. [S1309] Herbert Holly (translated by Sem Sutter), The Families of Nikolaus Augustin and Joseph Augustin in Upper Bavaria, Date.

    7. [S507] Ardys Serpette, Emery Eigsti, Howard Eigsti, The Nicholas Eigsti Family, 1906.


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