Samuel Staker b. 24 Jun 1880 d. 1971: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Samuel Staker[1, 2]

Male 1880 - 1971  (90 years)


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  • Name Samuel Staker 
    Birth 24 Jun 1880  [3
    Gender Male 
    Death 1971 
    Person ID I4201  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 18 Jun 2015 

    Father Christian Staker,   b. 6 Oct 1845   d. 30 Jul 1919 (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Ropp,   b. 13 Apr 1847   d. 19 Dec 1919 (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 1866 
    Family ID F4104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Louise Zimmerman,   b. 1889   d. 1931 (Age 42 years) 
    Family ID F6612  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Anna Birky,   b. 15 Apr 1887   d. 26 May 1964 (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 5 May 1936 
    Family ID F2946  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Jun 2015 

  • Notes 
    • Samuel Staker married Louise Zimmerman. Their farm was located on the edge of Groveland - so close to town that they could almost be considered town folks. Sam and Louise had five children - Russell, Walter, Lester, Alice and Myrtle. Louise died in 1931 at the age of forty-two. Sam was a sociable person who enjoyed being with people. After a few years as a widower, he married Anna Birkey. Anna died in 1964 at the age of seventy-seven. Sam died in 1971. He was ninety-one. [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.

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

    3. [S951] Descendants of Valentine Birkey and Elizabeth Unzicker.

    4. [S504] Gail A. Earles, The Andreas and Elizabeth Eiman Ropp Family in America.


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