Magdalena Birky
1848 - 1931 (82 years)-
Name Magdalena Birky [1, 2, 3] Birth 23 Oct 1848 Bavaria, GR [2] Gender Female Death 25 Aug 1931 Omaha, Douglas Co., NE [2] Burial Omaha, Douglas Co., NE [3] - Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Person ID I4078 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 11 May 2021
Father Jakob Birky (Bircky), b. 1813, Unterweilbach, Bavaria, GR d. 1 Mar 1887, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL (Age 74 years) Mother Veronika Hage, b. 10 Aug 1819 d. 24 Feb 1901, Milford, Seward Co., NE (Age 81 years) Marriage 2 Sep 1842 [4, 5] Family ID F84 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family George F. Kauffold, b. 12 Dec 1829 d. 10 Feb 1905, Omaha, Douglas Co., NE (Age 75 years) Family ID F2877 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Birth - 23 Oct 1848 - Bavaria, GR Death - 25 Aug 1931 - Omaha, Douglas Co., NE Burial - - Omaha, Douglas Co., NE = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit: Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, NE, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1931; p. 2
Mother of 13 children total, 12 of whom were still living in 1900. Children were George, John, Fannie, Mary, Magdalene, Christian, Fred, Emil, Charles, Edward, Samuel (Simon) and Earnest.
NEBRASKAN 45 Years
Mrs. Kauffold Dead
Mrs. Magdalena Kauffold, 82, died Tuesday afternoon at a local hospital from the effects of injuries suffered in a fall at the home of a son, Ernest C. Jackson, 3325 Larimore avenue.
Born in Bavaria, she came to America in 1862, married four years later and homesteaded near Alliance in 1885. She came to Omaha 35 years ago, making her home with her son since her husband’s death in 1905.
Mrs. Kauffold is survived by five sons, Ernest, Sam P., Edward R., and Chris A., of Omaha, and Fred W., of Los Angeles; three daughters, Mrs. M.L. Henning and Mrs. E.F. Jackson of Omaha and Mrs. Mary Creutz of Wausa, Neb.; 18 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Crosby’s Chapel. Six grandchildren will be pallbearers. Burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery.
- Obit: Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, NE, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1931; p. 2
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Sources - [S16] Edna Schertz, Joseph and Catherine Stalter Good.
- [S951] Descendants of Valentine Birkey and Elizabeth Unzicker.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145696319/magdalena-kauffold.
- [S937] Herbert Holly, Bircky Story {Draft of article to be published}.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., 1845.
- [S16] Edna Schertz, Joseph and Catherine Stalter Good.