Barbara Yordy b. 18 Dec 1860 Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL d. 20 Sep 1943 Eureka, Woodford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Barbara Yordy[1]

Female 1860 - 1943  (82 years)


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  • Name Barbara Yordy 
    Birth 18 Dec 1860  Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Religion Amish Mennonite 
    Death 20 Sep 1943  Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • Maple Lawn Home
    Burial Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Roanoke Mennonite Church Cemetery
    Person ID I580  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2017 

    Father Peter Yordy,   b. 26 Jul 1815, Jaegerthal, Niederbronn-Les-Bains, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1897, Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Maria (Mary) Birky,   b. 18 Apr 1816, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1903, Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 9 Feb 1847  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    • In the Amish Dillon Creek congregation.
    Family ID F225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Dec 1860 - Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Sep 1943 - Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit: Metamora Herald, October, 1943
      Barbara Yordy was born in Tazewell County, Illinois, December 18, 1860 and died about midnight September 20, 1943, at the age of 82 years, six months,three days, at the Mennonite Home at Eureka. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Yordy. She was also the last member of a family of eight, all of whom preceded her in death a number of years ago. She leaves a number of nieces and nephews in different states to mourn her departure.
      Barbara Yordy entered the Old People’s home August 17, 1922, being one of the first members to enter the Home. She is the last one of the early members to pass away. Her life was spent mostly at the Yordy home east of Roanoke, Illinois, with the exception of a few years at the Brethren Home at Girard, Illinois, just previous to entering the home at Eureka. She became a member of the Mennonite church in her early years.
      Services were held at the Roanoke Mennonite Church in charge of Rev. John Harnish at 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 23. Burial was in the Church cemetery. --J.D. Smith, Supt.



      Barbara never married, but spent her life caring for her incompetent brother Peter. They lived together in a house near Roanoke, IL. Then for a time Peter lived with his brother, Joseph Yordy at Fisher, IL while Barbara lived with Dan Orendorff (with her sister, Mary), at Flanagan, IL, until she ran away, hitch hiking back to her house in Roanoke. She slept under a tree one night on her way home. After Peter learned that Barbara was back home he had Joseph put him on the train and went back home to live with Barbara. Peter was killed when struck by lightning while hoeing in a field. After Peter was killed Barbara went to a Brethren Home in Girard, IL, to live, but later moved and died at the Maple Lawn Home in Eureka.


      “I showed the photo [of four Yordy siblings] to Glendon Albrecht (b. 1909), the oldest living grandson of Jacob Yordy at the time. Glendon thought the picture was taken around the time of Christian Yordy's funeral. Glendon told me that Barbara had been in a nursing home "because she wasn't right in the head". He attended Christian's funeral and told me that Barbara was taken out for a time in order to attend the funeral and see some of the family members. Glendon was a teenager at the time and thought that Barbara "acted pretty strange." That fits with the information I have on Christian and Barbara. Christian died on July 10, 1922 and right afterward, Barbara was transferred from the Brethren Home in Girard, Illinois, to the new Mennonite Nursing Home in Roanoke by Christian's son, Amos, her conservator.” (Gary Yordy)

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      Documents at the Woodford County, IL courthouse show that 13 Jun 1901, Christian Bachman (her brother-in-law) asked that a Conservator be appointed for Barbara Yordy, “a distracted person” and “unsoundness of mind” which fact can be proved by Dr. H.H. Zinser, Elizabeth Bachman, Jacob Yordy, Joseph Yordy and Christian Yordy. At the time she had real and personal estate of about $4000, but was unfit to manage or control her property. As a result, Daniel Orendorff, Christian Yordy and Christian Bachman of Woodford County signed a bond for $9000 for appointed Conservator, Daniel Orendorff. Further documents show some of the actions taken on behalf of Barbara by Daniel. Ezra Yordy became Conservator in 1916. [1, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S368] Yordy Family Records.

    2. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.

    3. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., Gives death date as 1945.

    4. [S491] Gary Yordy, Peter Yordy Tree - Descendants of Mary Birky (his wife), through her son, the John Yordy family, Death date.

    5. [S102] Interview with Alta Heiser Detweiler.

    6. [S607] Gary L. Yordy and Carol Yotty Heilman, The Yordy Siblings of Central Illinois: Peter Yordy, Christian Yotty, and Jacobina (Philabena) Yordy.

    7. [S879] Appointment of Conservator.


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