Valentin (Valentine) Bircky (Birky)

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Name Valentin (Valentine) Bircky (Birky) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Born 1794 Dehlingen, Völlerdingen, Alsace, FR [6]
- Probably born at either Lutterbacherhof or Buscherhof (both near Sarre-Union and Rimsdorf). Lutterbacherhof is now a part of the Cultural Heritage Inventory Department Palais du Rhin. See https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/IA67006033
Gender Male Residence Bef 1803 Völlerdingen, Alsace, FR [2]
- Lutterbacherhof, near Saar-Union/Saarbrücken, FR
Residence ? 1803 Riedenburg, Bavaria, GR [7, 8]
- Lived on rented farms with brother Andreas (Country court Riedenburg [Flugelsberg]), and with Christian (in County Court Munich.
Google translation :
Gern and Riedenburg
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In 1828 he stayed until about 1815
with his brother on the
Wing mountain.
Residence 1813 Dachau, Munich, Bavaria, GR [7]
- Unterweilbach tenant, of Court Spreti, near Dachau.
PURC 1825 Dachau, Munich, Bavaria, GR [7]
- Purchased an estate in Arzbach from his brother Christian.
Residence 1815 - 1828 Dachau, Munich, Bavaria, GR [7, 8]
- Tenant at Unterweilbach.
Immigration 31 May 1828 Dachau, Munich, Bavaria, GR [7]
- Received France to Bavaria immigration permit. ”Here appears Valentin Bircky from Lutterbach in Alsace, 34 years old, father of seven children, five boys, and two girls, the oldest 13 years of age, the youngest two years of age, asking for permission to emigrate.”
Residence 1830 Pellheim, Bavaria, GR - Arzbach estate (about 2 miles north of the center of Pellheim) called Schloss Pellheim.
PURC 8 Mar 1833 Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR [7]
- Purchased Kandler farm estate, house No 3 from Joseph Stalter, Elisabeth’s step-father.
PURC 15 Apr 1841 Ludwigsfeld, Bavaria, GR [7]
- Mayerrhof, house No. 8, called “Wurzer estate in Ludwigsfeld near Munich, and Dachau.
Death 12 Aug 1848 Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR - Death of wife Elisabeth Unzicker
Residence 1831-1849 Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR [7, 8]
- Valentin moved with his family to his father-in-law living in Gern near Munich
Immigration 21 Jun 1849 NY [9]
- Via Liverpool on ship Minnesota. Evidently the family was originally booked to depart with ship agent Karl Dick from Augsburg via Mannheim-LaHavre-New York. Plans must have changed since they ultimately arrived on the ship Minnesota, via Liverpool to New York.
Census 1850 Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL - Age 67, living with son Joseph and Barbara (Eigsti) Birky; also living there was Christian Springer, laborer.
Occupation In Europe A Bauer (Farmer), In US A Farmer Reference Number 36 Religion Amish Buried Sep 1860 Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL - Landes Cemetery, personal visit, Plot #36 on cemetery map dated 8/12/2013
Died 12 Sep 1860 Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL [10, 11]
Person ID I36 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 10 Oct 2020
Father Johannes (Jean) Bircky (Bircki, Percky), b. Abt 1748, d. 1802 (Age ~ 54 years) Mother Barbara Bircki, b. Abt 1748, d. 24 Jan 1826, Perlach, Bavaria, GR (Age ~ 78 years)
Family ID F7888 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elisabeth Unzicker (Hunziker), b. 1796, Breimthal, Heidelberg, Bavaria, GR , d. 12 Aug 1848, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
(Age 52 years)
Married 1812 Munich, Bavaria, GR [1]
- 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.
Children 1. Jakob Bircky, b. 1813, Unterweilbach, Bavaria, GR , d. 1 Mar 1887, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL
(Age 74 years)
2. Joseph Bircky, b. 13 May 1816, Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR , d. 13 Mar 1902, Milford, Seward Co., NE
(Age 85 years)
3. Christian (Harry) Bircky (Burkey), b. 4 Sep 1819, Obersanding, Bavaria, GR , d. 6 Nov 1890, Milford, Seward Co., NE
(Age 71 years)
4. Valentin Bircky (Birky), b. 12 Oct 1820, Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR , d. 28 Jun 1901, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL
(Age 80 years)
5. Andréas Bircky (Birky), b. 11 Oct 1822, Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR , d. 7 Nov 1892, Tazewell Co., IL
(Age 70 years)
6. Magdalena Bircky (Birky), b. 12 Dec 1824, Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR , d. 18 Feb 1897 (Age 72 years)
7. Elisabeth Bircky (Birky), b. 19 Nov 1826, Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR , d. Oct 1866, Tazewell Co., IL
(Age 39 years)
8. Catharina Birky, b. 18 Jan 1829, Nymphenburg, Bavaria, GR , d. 18 Mar 1870, IL
(Age 41 years)
9. Heinrich (Henry) Bircky (Birky), b. 31 Dec 1831, Arzbach, Bavaria, GR , d. 4 Aug 1918, Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
(Age 86 years)
10. Maria (Mary) Bircky (Birky), b. 19 Mar 1833, Bavaria, GR , d. 28 Oct 1908, Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE
(Age 75 years)
11. Johann (John) Bircky (Birky), b. 1 Jan 1835, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR , d. 28 Mar 1925, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL
(Age 90 years)
12. Jacobine (Phebe) Bircky (Birky), b. 13 Jan 1838, Bavaria, GR , d. 5 Sep 1914, Seward Co., NE
(Age 76 years)
13. Barbara Bircky (Birky), b. 9 Jan 1840, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR , d. 28 Jul 1934, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL
(Age 94 years)
Last Modified 22 Jun 2020 Family ID F12 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Valentin (Valentine) Bircky (Birky)
Born 1794, Lutterbach, Alsace, France
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Notes - Valentine, father of thirteen children, all of whom emigrated to America, although not all at the same time, lived in Gern, Bavaria, when his children were born. The year after his wife died, Valentine, with some of his family came to America. He left Gern near Munich, Bavaria with five children, and with 10,000 fl., one of the larger amounts taken out of the country--much more than most immigrants. His brother Christian took the same amount. Valentine was of the "Little Red" Birky's. The family’s emigration is documented in Friedrich Blendinger’s material (the emigration to North America from the governmental district Upper Bavaria in the years 1846-1852, in: ZBLG (magazine for Bavarian national history) 27 (1964), p. 431-487. The magazine is on line with full text. [12, 13, 14, 15]
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Sources - [S551] The Amish Bircky and Bürcky Families in Bavaria, Herbert Holly.
- [S894] Valentine and Elizabeth Birki family information.
- [S642] Probate Record for Valentine Birkey (1794-1860).
- [S57] Land record of Valentin Birki.
- [S2] The Berkey Book, Ruth Berkey Reichly, (Arlington, VA).
- [S398] Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., Joseph Staker, Staker gives the year as 1793, but tradition has it 1794. (on the grave stone). .
- [S1011] Valentin & Christian Birki in Bavaria.
- [S937] Bircky Story {Draft of article to be published}, Herbert Holly.
- [S468] Birky and Springer immigration.
- [S18] Gravestone name and dates, Photo infile.
- [S245] Valentine Birkey - Probate record , Gives death date as 23 Sep 1861.
- [S398] Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., Joseph Staker.
- [S377] Christian Wagler Sutter, Merrill E. Balser.
- [S547] Yordy Family information, Gary Yordy.
- [S962] Birkey-Landes Cemetery {Live}, Mary Ann Augsburger Kristiansen-Eng, P. 53.
- [S551] The Amish Bircky and Bürcky Families in Bavaria, Herbert Holly.