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Male Abt 1700 - Abt 1760  (~ 60 years)


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  • Name Birki  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth Abt 1700 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1750-1760 
    Person ID I2786  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2021 

    Children 
     1. Andrew Birki
     2. Christian Birki (Bircki),   b. Abt 1759   d. 13 Aug 1797, Bitche, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years)
     3. Birki
    Family ID F1961  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2008 

  • Notes 
    • “Burcki” came from Giebel near Langnau in the Emmenthal. The name is listed in the 1798 Bürgerverzeichnisse (census) of Canton Bern, Switzerland. Hans Burcki was an early Taufer (Anabaptist) leader who left Switzerland before the Amish movement began. He was exiled to Holland, but escaped at Breisach in Baden. Since he had twelve children it is suspected that many of the Amish Mennonite Berkey, Burkey, and Birkey families descend from him. (See http://www.gerberfamily.org/giebel_haus.php) [1, 2, 3, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S137] Valentine Birky Remembers--1935.

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

    3. [S780] Old History is Retold at Birky Meet.

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


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