Magdalena Augustin (Eigsti)
1835 - 1913 (77 years)-
Name Magdalena Augustin (Eigsti) [1, 2] Birth 22 Oct 1835 Pellheim, Bavaria, GR [3, 4, 5] - Recorded in Pellheim church book
Gender Female Reference Number 184 Religion Evangelical Mennonite Death 13 Mar 1913 Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL [6, 7] - At her home
Burial Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL - 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 d. 1 Feb 1852, Kirchdorf, Bavaria, GR (Age 73 years) Mother Barbara Gascho, b. 10 Nov 1800, Desseling, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 26 Dec 1880, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL (Age 80 years) Marriage 1822 Bavaria, GR Family ID F4551 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Heinrich (Henry) Bircky (Birky), b. 31 Dec 1831, Arzbach, Bavaria, GR d. 4 Aug 1918, Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL (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 d. 29 Apr 1941, Tazewell Co., IL (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 d. 30 Apr 1938, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL (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
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Event Map Birth - 22 Oct 1835 - Pellheim, Bavaria, GR Death - 13 Mar 1913 - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Burial - - 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.
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Sources - [S507] Ardys Serpette, Emery Eigsti, Howard Eigsti, The Nicholas Eigsti Family.
- [S1309] Herbert Holly (translated by Sem Sutter), The Families of Nikolaus Augustin and Joseph Augustin in Upper Bavaria.
- [S1280] Nikolaus and Barbara Gascho Augustin’s children’s birth records, 22 Oct 1835.
- [S507] Ardys Serpette, Emery Eigsti, Howard Eigsti, The Nicholas Eigsti Family, 24 Oct 1836.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S1309] Herbert Holly (translated by Sem Sutter), The Families of Nikolaus Augustin and Joseph Augustin in Upper Bavaria, Date.
- [S507] Ardys Serpette, Emery Eigsti, Howard Eigsti, The Nicholas Eigsti Family, 1906.
- [S507] Ardys Serpette, Emery Eigsti, Howard Eigsti, The Nicholas Eigsti Family.