Bishop Joseph Burcky b. 29 May 1836 Söcking, Bavaria, GR d. 1 Aug 1920 Peru, LaSalle Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Bishop Joseph Burcky[1]

Male 1836 - 1920  (84 years)


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  • Name Joseph Burcky  [2, 3] 
    Prefix Bishop 
    Birth 29 May 1836  Söcking, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1839  Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • with parents
    Residence 1840  Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1844  Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 1854  Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • At age 18, Dillon Creek congregation
    Ordained 1863  Pekin Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church
    Residence 1867  Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1870  Indiantown, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Joseph Burkey, 34, Germany; Phebe, 32, France
    Ordained 1878  Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Bishop. Served the Bureau Creek congregation, now Willow Springs Mennonite Church
    Census 1900  Wheatland, Will Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • and Milo, IL. Birthday given as May 1936.
    CLER Y 
    HIST [BUERCKY.-Dec. 15th, in Bureau Co., Ill., of Phthisic, HENRY BUERCKY, aged 29 years, 11 months and 27 days. Remarks by A. Aesch and Joseph Buercky.] 
    Religion Mennonite 
    USR1 Old age and failing health 
    Death 1 Aug 1920  Peru, LaSalle Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • People’s Hospital
    Burial Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Willow Springs Mennonite Church Cemetery
    Person ID I2576  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 26 Jan 2020 

    Father Andreas Burcky (Buercky), Jr.,   b. 3 Dec 1808, Flugelsberg, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1881, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Barbara Oyer,   b. Abt 1808, Söcking, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1894, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Marriage 1830  Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F1809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacobina Magdalena (Bena) Zimmerman,   b. 18 Jun 1838, St. Valentin, Indre Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1900, Peru, LaSalle Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1858  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Benjamin Burcky,   b. 24 Dec 1861, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1939, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     2. Susan Elizabeth Burcky,   b. 11 Jan 1858   d. 1944 (Age 85 years)
     3. Simon Burcky,   b. 10 Jun 1865, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1950, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     4. Mary B. Burcky,   b. 18 May 1867   d. 3 May 1898, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     5. John Burcky,   b. 2 Apr 1871, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1898, Hubbard Co. MN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     6. Edwin Peter Burcky,   b. 21 Apr 1876, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1962, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     7. Amos Burcky,   b. 10 Jun 1884   d. 1 Dec 1966 (Age 82 years)
     8. Albert Burcky
     9. Josephine Burcky
     10. Jonathan Burcky
     11. Joseph W. Burcky   d. Aft 1920
    Family ID F1808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 May 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 May 1836 - Söcking, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1839 - Butler Co., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1840 - Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1844 - Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 1854 - Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Feb 1858 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOrdained - 1863 - Pekin Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1867 - Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Indiantown, Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOrdained - 1878 - Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Wheatland, Will Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Aug 1920 - Peru, LaSalle Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:
      Burcky. - Joseph Burcky, oldest son of Andrew and Barbara Burcky, was born in Seckking, Bavaria, May 29, 1833. He came to America with his parents in 1839. They stopped in Butler Co., Ohio, one year, then came on to Woodford Co., Ill., where they lived for five years, after which they moved to Tazewell Co., where he grew to manhood. Here he confessed Christ as his Savior and was received into the Mennonite Church by baptism at the age of eighteen. Feb. 28, 1858, he was married to Jacobina Zimmerman, which union was blessed with eleven children. Three (Josephine, Jonathan, and Albert) died in their infancy. Two (John and Mary) grew to manhood but preceded their father in death. Six (Elizabeth, Simon, Benjamin, Edward, Amos, and Joseph survive their father. He was ordained as a minister of the Gospel in 1863 and moved to Bureau Co., in 1869, from which time he has served the Willow Springs Church as minister, and as bishop since 1878, until old age and failing health made it necessary for him to lay down his charge. August 1, 1920, at the People's Hospital in Peru, Ill., he passed away at the ripe old age of 84 y. 2 m. 3 d. In his departure he leaves 6 children, 20 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren, besides the many relatives and friends to whom he has endeared himself by the 50 years of service for the community of the Willow Springs Mennonite Church. Funeral services were conducted at him home by Eugene Augsburger and C. A. Hartzler of Tiskilwa, Ill., after which his body was laid away in the adjoining cemetery there to await the call of his Lord.

      The ROPP genealogy notes that John Alexander Dowie addressed Tazewell County Mennonites in a meeting at the Railroad Schoolhouse May 14, 1897; the text, mentioning Peter W. Ropp and Joseph Buercky, can be found at www.zionhealingrooms.com/iwill.pdf

      “They lived near Pekin, IL, then moved to a farm near Tiskilwa, IL. Besides farming, he had charge of the Willow Springs Mennonite Church south of Tiskilwa.” [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).

    2. [S137] Valentine Birky Remembers--1935.

    3. [S955] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending the Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878, Part One, p. 68.

    4. [S955] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending the Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878, Part One.

    5. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91619260/joseph-burcky.

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


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