Jacobine (Bena) BIRKY (BIRCKY) b. 13 Jan 1838 Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR d. 5 Sep 1914 Milford, Seward Co., NE: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Jacobine (Bena) BIRKY (BIRCKY)

Female 1838 - 1914  (76 years)


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  • Name Jacobine (Bena) BIRKY (BIRCKY)  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 13 Jan 1838  Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Female 
    Immigration 21 Jun 1849  NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • via Liverpool, on ship Minnesota
    Reference Number 186 
    Death 5 Sep 1914  Milford, Seward Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Milford, Seward Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Blue Mound Cemetery
    Person ID I186  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2024 

    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  [6] 
    • 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 Daniel Unzicker, Jr.,   b. 11 Feb 1829, Wilmot Twp., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1914, Milford, Seward Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1857  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • By Andrew Ropp,minister
    Children 
     1. Daniel Unzicker, Jr.,   b. 12 Sep 1858, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1889, Plattsmouth, Cass Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     2. Samuel Unzicker,   b. Aug 1861, IL Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. William Unzicker,   b. Abt 1865
     4. Alfred Unzicker,   b. May 1868, IL Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Emma Unzicker,   b. May 1871, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1928, Omaha, Douglas Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years)
    Family ID F87  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Jan 1838 - Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 21 Jun 1849 - NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Nov 1857 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Sep 1914 - Milford, Seward Co., NE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Milford, Seward Co., NE Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • This Unzicker family relocated from Wilmot to Collinsville, Butler County, at about the same time as the Ropp family.

      They are found on the 1870 census of Morton as farmer Daniel Unsecker, 40, Canada; Josephine, 32, Bern; with four children born in Illinois.

      The 1910 census of Precinct O [Milford}, Seward County, shows Daniel Unzicker, 81, Can Germany, immigrated [presumably from Canada to the United States] in 1833; and Jacobina, 72, Germany, immigrated in 1848. The same census page shows the family of Jacobine's nephew Christian Birky and his first wife Elizabeth Guth/Good. Christian was born in Tazewell County March12, 1851, a son of Johannes/John Birkey of the 'Big Birkeys' and Elizabeth Birky of the 'Little Red Birkeys.'

      Served as administrator for Valentine’s estate.
      Were Daniel and Phoebe cousins?
      “Daniel (Jr.) Unzicker, born at Wilmot, Ontario Feb. 11, 1829, and died in Nebraska. He married Jacobene 'Phoebe' Birky in Tazewell County Nov. 17, 1857. She was born at Gern (now a neighborhood of Munich) Jan. 15, 1838, and died Sept. 15, 1914, a daughter of Valentine Birky and Elizabeth Unzicker. She may have been his cousin. Daniel was a shoe maker. They can be found on the 1910 census of Milford, and are buried there.” [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S245] Valentine Birkey - Probate record.

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

    3. [S951] Descendants of Valentine Birkey and Elizabeth Unzicker.

    4. [S582] Family research of Ruth Unzicker.

    5. [S468] Birky and Springer immigration.

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

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


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