Veronica Bacher b. 1822 d. 1836: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Veronica Bacher

Female 1822 - 1836  (14 years)


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  • Name Veronica Bacher  [1, 2
    Birth 1822 
    Gender Female 
    Death 1836 
    Person ID I5247  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2024 

    Family Valentine Augsti (Augustin),   b. 17 Jun 1813, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1872, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 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. [3]
    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 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S358] Ardys Serpette, Valentine Augstin (Augustin).

    2. [S1313] Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, (Masthof Press).

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


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