Alvin Heiser b. 9 Jan 1886 Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL d. 9 Feb 1971 Champaign Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Alvin Heiser[1]

Male 1886 - 1971  (85 years)


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  • Name Alvin Heiser 
    Birth 9 Jan 1886  Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Deer Creek, IL
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 11 Jun 1905  Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • East Bend Mennonite Church by Peter Zehr
    Death 9 Feb 1971  Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Burnham City Hospital
    Burial 11 Feb 1971  Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I2738  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2019 

    Father Jacob Heiser,   b. 22 Apr 1856, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1923, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Bachman,   b. 15 Jun 1862, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1923, Jacksonville, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 20 Feb 1883  [3, 4, 5
    Family ID F173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Amelia (Molly) Birky,   b. 18 Mar 1892, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1971, Champaign, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 5 Jan 1910 
    Children 
     1. Alice Marie Heiser,   b. 8 Jan 1911, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1984, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     2. Inez Josephine Heiser,   b. 6 Sep 1913, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 2009, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     3. Clara Elizabeth Heiser,   b. 17 Jan 1919, Dewey, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1972, Dewey, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F1978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2001 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Jan 1886 - Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 11 Jun 1905 - Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Feb 1971 - Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 11 Feb 1971 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:
      Heiser.- Alvin, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bachman) Heiser, was born at Deer Creek, Ill., Jan. 9, 1886; died of heart failure at the Burham Hospital, Champaign, Ill., Feb. 9, 1971; aged 85 y. 1 m. On Jan. 5, 1910, he was married to Elizabeth Birky, who survives. Also surviving are 3 daughters (Alice-Mrs. Hubert King, Inez-Mrs. Maurice Schaer, and Clara-Mrs. Clarence Eichelberger), 6 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 4 brothers (Sam, Jacob, Jesse, and Roy), and 2 sisters (Esther--Mrs. Harvey Ingold and Lizzie-Mrs. Alvin Birkey). He was a member of the East Bend Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held Feb. 11, in charge of Irvin Nussbaum and Don Heiser, interment in East Bend Memorial Gardens.

      Living on the banks of the Sangamon River near the Alvin Heiser home/farm were a family of native Americans with the name Hilsbury. They were quiet and lived to themselves in the timber--this would be in the early 1900s. At least one of the men worked for Alvin on occasion and often Alvin and Lizzie would give them food or clothing as needed. One day they just disappeared and no one ever heard from them again.

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Page 3, Ella Wagler Oyer, Christian and Catherine (Ulerich) Wagler, Tazewell Settlers.

    2. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.

    3. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.

    4. [S6] Page 3, Ella Wagler Oyer, Christian and Catherine (Ulerich) Wagler, Tazewell Settlers, Marriage date given as 4 Dec 1882.

    5. [S981] Mary Ann Heiser Yost and Gerald Heiser, The Store, Gives year as 1882.


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