Veronica (Fannie) Sutter
1838 - 1927 (88 years)-
Name Veronica (Fannie) Sutter [1, 2] Birth 11 Nov 1838 Neuberg-an-Donau, Bavaria, GR - Forsthof
Gender Female Immigration 1851 New York, NY - On the ship Samuel M. Fox from Havre
Religion Amish Mennonite Residence 1863 Morton, Tazewell Co., IL [3] - Living with Veronica’s parents
Residence 1914 Fisher, Champaign Co., IL [2] Burial Apr 1927 Fisher, Champaign Co., IL - East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
Death 16 Apr 1927 Fisher, Champaign Co., IL [4] Person ID I494 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 12 Sep 2022
Father Johannes Sutter (Suttor), b. 26 Dec 1796, Lindelbrunnerhof Bei Annweiler, Palatinate, GR d. 2 Aug 1887, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL (Age 90 years) Mother Barbara Oesch, b. 24 Jun 1799, Saarbuckenheim, Alsace, FR d. 10 Sep 1884, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 85 years) Marriage 31 Oct 1819 Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR [5] - Near Lake Starnberg, below Munich. They were first cousins.
Family ID F228 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Andrew (Andréas) S. Birky, b. 3 Mar 1830, Bavaria, GR d. 11 Sep 1895, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 65 years) Marriage 25 Mar 1858 Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Children 1. Infant Birky, b. Bef 1863 2. Infant Birky, b. Bef 1863 3. Mary Birky, b. 19 Sep 1862, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 24 Mar 1954, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 91 years) 4. Andrew F. (Lame) Birky, b. 19 Jun 1864, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 31 May 1928, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 63 years) 5. Peter Samuel Birky (Birkey), b. 25 Apr 1867 d. 26 Jul 1946 (Age 79 years) 6. John W. Birky, b. 21 Nov 1871, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 29 Jun 1941, Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 69 years) 7. Amos E. Birky, b. 15 Feb 1880 d. 20 Jan 1914, Champaign Co., IL (Age 33 years) Family ID F215 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Jul 2007
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Notes - Obit: May 26, 1927 Gospel Herald
Birkey--Fannie S. Birkey was born Nov. 11, 1838; died April 16, 1927. She was the daughter of John Sutter of Berlin, Germany, who with his family came to the United States in 1848. She became a member of the Mennonite Church in her youth. In 1858 she was married to Andrew Birkey, who preceded her in death in 1895. She was the mother of five sons and two daughters. She is survived by three sons, one daughter, twenty-six grandchildren, and thirty-nine great-grandchildren. The funeral service was held in the East Bend Mennonite Church near Fisher, Ill., by A. H. Lehman of Chicago, Ill.
"Our dear Mother's tasks are finished,
Labors o,er and victories won
Now she's gone to be with Jesus,
Beckons to US all to come." [6, 7]
- Obit: May 26, 1927 Gospel Herald
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Sources - [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).
- [S315] Conservatorship-Birky.
- [S1269] Mary Ann Augsburger Eng, The Oesch Ancestral Home at Forsthof, Bavaria 1827-1889.
- [S18] Gravestone name and dates.
- [S377] Merrill E. Balser, Christian Wagler Sutter.
- [S222] Pilgrims of the Past.
- [S365] Personal remembrances of family members:Birky, Schrock, Sutter.
- [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).