Maria (Mary) Bircky (Birky)

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Name Maria (Mary) Bircky (Birky) [1, 2] Birth 19 Mar 1833 Bavaria, GR Gender Female Immigration 21 Jun 1849 NY [3]
- Via Liverpool, on ship Minnesota
Reference Number 19 Religion Amish USR1 Bright’s Disease [4] Death 28 Oct 1908 Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE Burial Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE - Salem Cemetery
Person ID I19 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 26 Dec 2018
Father Valentin (Valentine) Bircky (Birky), b. 1794, Dehlingen, Völlerdingen, Alsace, FR d. 12 Sep 1860, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL
(Age 66 years)
Mother Elisabeth Unzicker (Hunsiker), b. 1796, Breimthal, Heidelberg, Bavaria, GR d. 12 Aug 1848, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
(Age 52 years)
Marriage 1812 Munich, Bavaria, GR [5]
- 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 Joseph Bürcky (Birki), b. 19 Mar 1828, Bavaria, GR d. 6 Dec 1906, Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE
(Age 78 years)
Marriage 7 Jan 1851 Tazewell Co., IL [6]
- 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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Event Map Birth - 19 Mar 1833 - Bavaria, GR Immigration - 21 Jun 1849 - NY Marriage - 7 Jan 1851 - Tazewell Co., IL Death - 28 Oct 1908 - Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE Burial - - Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit:
Birkey.- Mary Birkey, wife of Joseph Birkey, died at her home near Shickly, Nebr., Dec. 28, 1908; aged 75 y. 9 m. 9 d. Her sickness was Bright's disease. Funeral services were conducted by Joseph Rediger and Jacob Stauffer.
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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).
- [S468] Birky and Springer immigration.
- [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.
- [S551] Herbert Holly, The Amish Bircky and Bürcky Families in Bavaria.
- [S16] Edna Schertz, Joseph and Catherine Stalter Good.
- [S103] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878.