Barbara Bachman b. 15 Jun 1862 Tazewell Co., IL d. 24 Mar 1926 Fisher, Champaign Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Barbara Bachman

Female 1862 - 1926  (63 years)


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  • Name Barbara Bachman  [1, 2
    Birth 15 Jun 1862  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Religion Amish Mennonite 
    Residence 11 Dec 1881  Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1900  Fisher, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Barbara listed as wife of Andreas Eyer, head of household, and children: John Heiser, Amos Heiser, Joseph Heiser, Willie Eyer and Daniel Eyer; and her mother, Barbara Bachman.
    Death 24 Mar 1926  Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I396  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2019 

    Father John Bachman,   b. 12 Mar 1818, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1888, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Barbara Sutter,   b. 1 Feb 1827, Probfeld, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1903, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 4 Nov 1855  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Joseph A. Heiser (Hieser),   b. 14 Nov 1859, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1889, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 11 Dec 1881  Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • MR #84
    Notes 
    • Joseph and Barbara were married in the Mennonite Church at Elm Grove, by Christian Nafziger. Joseph Litwiller and A. Ropp were witnesses.
    Children 
     1. John Emil Hieser,   b. 4 Dec 1882, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1919, Foosland, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     2. Amos Albert Hieser,   b. 18 Feb 1885, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1942, Champaign, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     3. Bishop Joseph Aaron Heiser,   b. 22 Aug 1888, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1977, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2001 

    Family 2 Andrew Eyer,   b. 17 Jan 1866, Aumuhle, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1910 (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 17 Jun 1894  Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • By Peter Zehr
    Children 
     1. William C. (Willie) Eyer,   b. 8 Feb 1895, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1928, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     2. Daniel A. Eyer,   b. 1 Feb 1899, Dewey, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1969 (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F451  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2001 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Jun 1862 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 11 Dec 1881 - Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Dec 1881 - Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Jun 1894 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Fisher, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Mar 1926 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Mennonite Women: A Story of God's Faithfulness

      "This mother endured many hardships and remained faithful. After eight years of happy marriage she suddenly became a widow with three sons to raise in a new community. On the advice of men in her congregation, she married a man who proved to be an alcoholic and emotionally disturbed. She cared for a mentally retarded son and a senile mother. She lost a son in the great World War I flu epidemic....When the strong, handsome Joseph Heiser who lived nearby asked her to marry him, twenty-year-old Barbara gladly accepted.....A year after her own marriage Barbara's twin sister married Joseph Heiser's brother Jacob. Sisters married to brothers!" ....
      "Following her husband's untimely death, Barbara was left a widow, in a new community, with three sons to bring up alone, and she had a farm to manage. She took little Aaron into her arms and, from that day on, called him Joseph, after his father."

      Barbara and her sister, Elizabeth, were twins.
      Later Barbara married Andrew Eyer, and they had two sons, William (b.8 Feb 1895) and Daniel (b. 1899).

      “On December 11, 1881, Joseph Hieser, the fifth son of Jacob and Catherine Wagler Hieser, married Barbara Bachman, one of the John Bachman’s twins. They made their first home in Tazewell County in the Deer Creek area. To this union were born three sons: John Emil, Amos Albert, and Joseph Aaron.

      “In the spring of 1889 Joseph and Barbara Hieser decided to join others and moved their family to Champaign County, Illinois. At this time the children were yet small, John being 6 years old, Amos 4, and Joseph 7 months. Joseph’s brother, Jacob Hieser and brother-in-law Peter Zehr, were already living in the East Bend community. Peter Zehr was the first minister and bishop of the new East Bend church. Joseph and Barbara Hieser made this move on March 4, 1889. He bought the land that lay to the north side of his brother Jacob’s property.

      “As there was no dwelling on the property Joseph and his family purchased, they lived temporarily in a small house on his brother Jacob’s farm, until such a time as he could get their own home built. He possibly had already been making plans to build, when his brother-in-law Peter Zehr, who had purchased hay, needed help to get it into the mow. Joseph, a strong robust man, helped pitch the hay into the barn. While working he suddenly became ill, making it necessary to acquire a doctor. The doctor left some medicine without having come to an exact diagnosis. Joseph passed away on March 27, 1889, at the age of 29 years and 4 months, three weeks after moving to Champaign County. It was later determined that death was due to an apomanary(?) hemorrhage (ruptured lung artery). This caused internal bleeding, a result of over exertion.

      “This surely must have been disheartening to Barbara Heiser, who was left with her three small sons; John, Amos and Joseph. This left her with a great responsibility and she was now faced with many hardships, the children’s diseases, but at all times she trusted in the Lord to see her through. As there was a new home to build and hired help for farming the purchased ground, she met with many hard financial situation.

      “For about five years Andrew Eyer, a native of Germany, farmed for Barbara. On June 17, 1894, Barbara married Andrew. To them were born two sons, William and Daniel. About nine years after their marriage, Andrew found himself battling with a mental disability. He was taken to Kankakee State Hospital, Kankakee, IL, where he spent the next seven years. About three weeks before his death, October 8, 1910, he was brought home. Once again Barbara was left without a husband. She now had five sons.

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      Champaign Co., IL, Probate Court guardianship record #1234 (0401000201234) dated 1895, in the matter of the Guardianship of John E. Heiser, et.al., Barbara Eyer, Guardian:

      Petition of Barbara Eyer in the matter of the Estate of Joseph Heiser deceased, for Letter of Guardianship respectfully represents that John E. Heiser, minor aged 12 years on the 4th day of December 1894; Amos Heiser, minor aged 10 years on the 18th of February 1895; and Joseph Heiser, minor aged 7 years on the 22nd day of August 1895...
      said minors are residents of this County; that they have no father living, or other legal guardian residing in this state; that said minors are heirs of one Jacob Heiser, deceased, father of their father Joseph Heiser, deceased, late of Champaign County, Ills. and as such heirs they will shortly be entitled to receive a sum of money realized from the sale of the estate of said Jacob Heiser, deceased, and that said sum of money being about seven hundred dollars, will be payable to them about November 1st 1895. And that your petitioner is the Mother of and desires herself to be appointed guardian of said minors. Dated Urbana, Ill., Sept 26, 1895. Barbara Eyer being duly affirmed deposes and says that the facts averred in the above petition are true according to the best of her knowledge, information and belief. Sworn to and subscribed before me, Harry L. Kelly, N.P. Filed on the 27th of Sept 1895. Bond $1400. H. L. Kelly, Atty, Fisher, Ill.

      Receipt of Ward
      On August 30, 1909, Joseph Heiser, now being of legal age of 21, acknowledged receipt of the sum of $304.33 from Barbara Heiser Eyer as his Guardian, in full settlement of amount due to him. This was the Final Report of the Guardian, found to be correct, and it was approved and Guardian discharged. Signed by Joseph A. Heiser. [7, 8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S501] Barbara Heiser Eyer Guardianship of sons.

    2. [S938] Virgil Miller and Verle Oyer, The Andrew Eyer Family.

    3. [S1060] Find-A-Grave.

    4. [S1104] 1900 U. S. Census.

    5. [S261] D Hofferth, Ancestors of Andreas Suttor.

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

    7. [S45] Willard H. Smith, Mennonites in Illinois, (Herald Press, Scottdale, PA, 1983).

    8. [S239] Ruth Hieser Oyer, a niece, Written in Memory of Uncle Amos A. Hieser and dedicated to his wife Aunt Bertha E. Hieser.


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