Valentine Augsti (Augustin) b. 17 Jun 1813 Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 5 Nov 1872 Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Valentine Augsti (Augustin)

Male 1813 - 1872  (59 years)


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  • Name Valentine Augsti (Augustin)  [1, 2] 
    Birth 17 Jun 1813  Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1852  Starke Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • With son Valentine
    Residence 1859  Slabtown, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Montgomery Twp, Livingston Co., IL
    Census 1860  Montgomery Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Valentine was listed as a farmer and had personal property valued at $250.
    CLER Y 
    Occupation Farmer 
    Religion Amish Mennonite 
    Residence later in 1869  Nebraska Twp., Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 14 Feb 1869  Dry Grove Twp., McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1870  Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    USR1 Inflammation Of The Nerves And Bladder 
    Death 5 Nov 1872  Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • At his home
    Burial 7 Nov 1872  Gridley Twp., McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Waldo Twp. Cemetery. Funeral conducted by Jacob Naffziger (brother to Peter the Apostle Naffziger)
    Person ID I5239  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2024 

    Father Joseph Augustin (Augstin, Augster),   b. Abt 1783-1784, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1832, Raon-sur-Plaine, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Mother Barbara Augsburger,   b. 1783, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1832, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1810 
    Family ID F3678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Veronica Bacher,   b. 1822   d. 1836 (Age 14 years) 
    Marriage 14 Aug 1848  Turquestein, Meurthe, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The civil record of the first of Valentin Augsti's two marriages in France, dated Aug. 14, 1848, at Turquestein, Moselle, where he was living at the time, states - authoritatively but highly questionably - that he was b. in Turquestein. Proof to that effect was produced in the form of an attested affidavit or identity certificate (acte de notoriété) prepared by the Justice of the Peace for the canton of Lorquin, Moselle, on May 22, 1848, and officially approved (homologué) by the civil court at Sarrebourg, Moselle, on May 31, 1848. Wait a minute! Had Valentin Augsti actually been b. and his birth duly registered in the town in which he wed, it would have been quite a simple matter to check local civil birth records for the requisite proof. No such document is to be found in Turquestein. The elaborate subterfuge evident in Valentin Augsti's marriage record of 1848 was necessary - or so it would seem - because his parents had failed to register his birth with civil authorities wherever that birth actually took place. The parents were having children in Strasbourg between 1809 and 1812. But war came to Strasbourg in 1813, and the city was blockaded, disrupting citizens' lives and the machinery of local government. In the records of Valentin Augsti's two civil marriages at Turquestein, the surname is spelled “Augster.” In America the spelling “Augstein” is sometimes used. [5]
    Children 
     1. Valentine Augstin (Augustin),   b. 3 Mar 1850, Turquestein, Meurthe, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1936, Reedley, Fresno Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F3683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2006 

    Family 2 Marie Lehmann,   b. 19 Oct 1824   d. 27 Oct 1851, Turquestein, Meurthe, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1850  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Marie Augstin (Augustin),   b. 1851
    Family ID F3684  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2006 

    Family 3 Anna King,   b. 4 Nov 1822   d. 20 Aug 1903, Nebraska Twp., Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 17 Mar 1859  McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • By Christian Ropp
    Children 
     1. Daniel Augstin,   b. 24 Jan 1860, Slabtown, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1926, Carlock, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. Phoebe Augstin,   b. 1862, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1902 (Age 40 years)
     3. Christian Augstin (Augustine),   b. 1864, Congerville, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1950, Meadows, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F3677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Jun 1813 - Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Aug 1848 - Turquestein, Meurthe, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1852 - Starke Co., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1859 - Slabtown, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Mar 1859 - McLean Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Montgomery Twp., Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - later in 1869 - Nebraska Twp., Livingston Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 14 Feb 1869 - Dry Grove Twp., McLean Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Nov 1872 - Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 7 Nov 1872 - Gridley Twp., McLean Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obituary: Herald of Truth - Volume IX, Number 12 - December, 1872, page 190, 191

      Died on the 5th of November, in Livingston co., Ill., of inflammation of the nerves and bladder, VALENTINE AUGSTEIN, aged 51 years and ten months. He was buried the 7th in the presence of many relatives and acquaintances. He was a faithful member of the Amish Mennonite church, and a co-laborer in the vineyard of the Lord, leaving, a deeply grieved wife and five children to mourn their loss. We hope that he is now resting from his labors in heaven, where he frequently desired to be. Funeral services were delivered by Jacob Naffziger, of Woodford co., Ill., at the house, from 2 Cor., 15 and a very impressive exhortation at the graveyard; by Christian Schloegel at the church from Ps. 103, and by the writer from 1 Thess. 4:13-18. He evidently departed this life in a living faith, by which to comfort his family and friends. The day before his death he could say, "I am ready." These were the last words he uttered that could be distinctly understood.
      The physicians had intended to perform an operation on him, and when the day set for that purpose had arrived, they found him too weak for them to undertake the work. He had very severe pain to endure until death relieved him of his suffering, which he bore with christian fortitude. He frequently prayed his Maker for a happy end. He also comforted his affectionate wife in his last days, saying she should not grieve so much over his departure, and that the heavenly Father would care for her if she would depend on him, saying, "I am freed from my pains, and will enter into everlasting joy and glory.

      He commanded her to bring up the children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. He then reached his hand to the children; commanding them to be faithful and obedient to their mother.
      In this manner he set his house in order. He was a light to the church and to the world. His heart was filled with love toward God and man; and to the poor and needy he rendered assistance. In his earlier years he was very poor and could barely support himself and family, and often he said to his wife, that if ever he should accumulate enough to help the poor, that none should ever go from him without assistance.

      In this he fulfilled his word, and commanded his wife thus to do after his departure. It grieved him very much to see people who are richly blest with the comforts of life, to send the needy away empty.

      Let us all take these things well to heart especially those upon whom God has bestowed an abundance of this world's goods, and consider if we are willing to discharge our duties to the poor and needy, and make use of God's rich bounties lo(sic) his honor and glory or not. JOHN P. SCHMITT.

      “Ordained as a minister in France; came to Ohio, 1853, then to Illinois. Came to the Gridley Prairie, 1870. Married twice. . . .Served the Blanc-Rupt congregation in the upper valley in the White Saar which broke away from the Salm congregation. ...probably served the Mackinaw Meeting (later the Goodfield Mennonite Church and now part of the First Mennonite Church, Morton, Illinois and the Roanoke Mennonite Church) from ca. 1859-1869 and then the Gridley Prairie congregation (now the Waldo Mennonite Church) from 1869-72. [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1313] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, (Masthof Press).

    2. [S358] Ardys Serpette, Valentine Augstin (Augustin).

    3. [S358] Ardys Serpette, Valentine Augstin (Augustin), 1813.

    4. [S336] Waldo Cemetery Records.

    5. [S103] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878.

    6. [S352] Steve Estes, A Kennel Family Outline Part I.

    7. [S103] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878, P. 67.


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