Andreas Bircky (Burcky), Sr. b. 1778 Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace, FR USA: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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  • Name Andreas Bircky (Burcky)  [1, 2, 3] 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 1778  Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 4 Jul 1799  Diemeringen, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Signed wedding document as a witness. He was age 37, a farmer from Diemeringen
    Residence Bef 1803  Oermingen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Lutterbacherhof
    Residence 1803  Munich, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Arrived Munich area in 1803
    Residence 1803-1806  Munich, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    • Rental of Engelmannsberg estate , along with Philipp Eyer. It was a tenancy agreement for 18 years settled in March 1803. Owner was Count Torring-Jettenbach. It was only held for three years due to a controversy over bad cultivation or management problems.In the end, Andreas paid 2, 573 Guilders compensation and left the estate with his family.
    PURC 6 Dec 1806  Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Purchased Flügelsberg estate near Riedenburg for 8,260 Guilders (170 acres of meadows and woods)
    Residence 1811  Munich, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Owner of farm Meihern near Riedenburg
    Residence 1807-1813  Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Owner of Flügelsberg, nearby Brunn/Prunn Riedenburg. Also, see Prunn/Brunn Eichstadt area - See Helmut Suttor’s material. Also Gertrudes’s letter to Margaret. Also, Herbert Holly has purchase contract.
    Residence 1813-1817  Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Lived on Maierhof at the time of Maria’s birth
    PURC 1 Jul 1818  Perlach, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 8] 
    • Purchased Sieber Manor House, named “Castle Perlachod” for 17,000 Guilders. “Perlach (no[w?] belonging to Munic city”
    PURC 1830  Söcking, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Stridl farm
    Residence 1830-1835  Söcking, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The family stayed in Söcking near Starnberg at house number 2, the property (Stridl farm) purchased from Daniel Zehr in 1830, until their emigration.
    Immigration 6 Aug 1835  Le Havre to New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9] 
    • Ship William J. John passengers from Baden: Andrie Burky, 57; Catherine, 57; Joseph Burky, 24, and Marie Burky, 22. On FHL Film #0002272. To Ontario?
    Occupation Farmer 
    Religion Mennonite 
    Residence 1806-1809 (?)  Schonbrunn, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Schönbrunn/Eichstätt und Hellmannsberg
    Death USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2580  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2022 

    Father Johannes (Jean) Bircky (Bircki, Percky),   b. Abt 1748   d. 1802 (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Mother Barbara Bircki,   b. 1748   d. 24 Jan 1826, Perlach, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F7888  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katharina Ackermann,   b. Abt 1778 
    Marriage Abt 1801 
    • according to Helmut Suttor
    Children 
     1. Barbara Burcky,   b. 1803, Söcking, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1826, Perlach, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     2. Johann Burcky,   b. 28 Apr 1804, Söcking, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1863, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     3. Katharina Burcky,   b. 5 May 1807, Flugelsberg, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1826, Perlach, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
     4. 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)
     5. Joseph Burcky,   b. 8 Sep 1810, Flugelsberg, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Jakob Burcky,   b. 1811   d. USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Marie Burcky,   b. 18 Jan 1813, Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1844 (Age 30 years)
     8. A Burcky,   b. 18 Jan 1813, Reidenburg, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1810  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1778 - Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 4 Jul 1799 - Diemeringen, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Bef 1803 - Oermingen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1803 - Munich, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1803-1806 - Munich, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPURC - 6 Dec 1806 - Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1811 - Munich, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1807-1813 - Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1813-1817 - Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPURC - 1 Jul 1818 - Perlach, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPURC - 1830 - Söcking, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830-1835 - Söcking, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1806-1809 (?) - Schonbrunn, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Castle (Schloss) Perlach    		Castle (Schloss) Perlach
    Purchased Sieber Manor House in 1818, named “Castle Perlachod” for 17,000 Guilders. By 1830 Andreas sold the estate for 19,740 Guilders. Perlach now belongs to city of Munich.

  • Notes 
    • “Andreas/André/Andrew Burkey was born circa 1778. When he witnessed the birth of a nephew at Gondrexange, Moselle in 1798, his age was exaggerated as 31 and his place of residence given as Bouquenom [Ger. Bockenheim], now the east side of Sarre-Union, Lower Alsace. Circa 1801 he married Catherine/Katharina Ackermann, and they had six children at Söcking, Bavaria (this location is often found as 'Secking'; it is now part of Hanfeld, about 12 miles below Munich, adjacent to Starnberg at the head of Lake Starnberg). In 1802 he was a witness at the Rimsdorf marriage of Heinrich Ackermann and Barbara Birki, where his age was given as 23. In 1818 Andreas purchased the Perlach castle [Ger. Perlachsoed] outlying Munich on its southeastern side (see BECKLER for more on this location). The castle had been leased by Johannes Pechler and Christian Eichelberger. According to Helmut Gingerich, Andreas sold it in 1830 with the intention of emigrating to Upper Canada (now Ontario). Whether or not he actually made that trip is an open question. If he did, he returned to Europe. They sailed from Le Havre on the William J. John, arriving at New York Aug. 6, 1835. The passenger list shows farmer Andrie Burky, 57; Catherine, 57; brewer Joseph Burky, 24; and Marie Burky, 22. They settled at Worth, Woodford County.

      “In the summer of 1835 the Schlegels resettled at Ten Mile Creek in Tazewell County. They may have made the trip with André/Andrew Burkey and Catherine Ackerman, who arrived at New York that year, and whose son Joseph Burcky married their daughter Catherine 'Katie' Schlegel that year. Lydia Slagel Smith wrote:
      "They had a long, tiresome journey, partly by boat and partly by wagon pulled with oxen. They were in peril of robbers, and had to keep a close watch over their possessions. They came through Fort Dearborn (Chicago) when there were only five houses there.
      A grandson thought they came to Illinois after a 'stopover in Canada,' so it is probable that they spent some time in Waterloo County, Ontario, where they had relatives. They may have intended to locate there, deciding later to go on to Illinois as many others did."

      Andreas Bircky from Schönbrunn, the Ingolstadt County Court, represented the children of Christian Güngerich’s first marriage in a contract at the time of his second marriage in 1816. [2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13]

  • Sources 
    1. [S551] Herbert Holly, The Amish Bircky and Bürcky Families in Bavaria.

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

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

    4. [S937] Herbert Holly, Bircky Story {Draft of article to be published}.

    5. [S674] Herbert Holly, Bircky/Alsace.

    6. [S675] Suttor, Oesch, Nafziger Family Records.

    7. [S789] Letter from Gertrude Guth to Margaret Oyer.

    8. [S370] Herbert Holly, Castle Perlach Bircky Farm.

    9. [S608] Ship List of passengers on ship William J. John.

    10. [S1105] Herbert Holly, Christian Gungerich Family Moving from Hesse to Bavaria, Part 1.

    11. [S729] Research records sent to Alta Heiser Detweiler in correspondence by Gertrude Guth.

    12. [S668] Royal Bavarian District Court Starnberg.

    13. [S670] Hermann Hage, Amish Mennonites in 19th Century Bavaria.


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