Barbara Steinman
1857 - 1937 (79 years)-
Name Barbara Steinman Birth 22 Sep 1857 Gender Female Death 19 Mar 1937 Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL 
Burial 22 Mar 1937 Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL - Waldo Cemetery
Person ID I6005 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 1 Apr 2019
Father Daniel Steinman, b. 1 May 1831, Breitenbrunn, Bavaria, GR d. 17 Mar 1916, Waldo, Livingston Co., IL (Age 84 years) Mother Katharina (Catharine) Birky, b. Nov 1834, Bavaria, GR d. 8 Feb 1874, Livingston Co., IL (Age ~ 39 years) Marriage 12 Nov 1854 Tazewell Co., IL - A /261 2454
Family ID F221 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Joseph Orendorff, b. 4 Jul 1852 d. 25 Jun 1884, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL (Age 31 years) Marriage 28 Feb 1876 Children 1. Joseph Orendorff, b. 10 Apr 1881 d. 18 Sep 1965, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL (Age 84 years)2. Daniel Orendorff, b. 1877 d. 1878 (Age 1 year) 3. Benjamin Orendorff, b. 1878 d. 1879 (Age 1 year) Family ID F4186 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Apr 2017
Family 2 Joseph Yoder, b. 21 Aug 1822, Lewistown, Mifflin Co., PA d. 21 Feb 1908, Wayland, Henry Co., IA (Age 85 years) Marriage 16 Feb 1889 [1] Family ID F4178 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Apr 2019
Family 3 Daniel Eigsti Family ID F4185 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Death - 19 Mar 1937 - Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL 
Burial - 22 Mar 1937 - Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit:
Eigsti.--Barbara, daughter of the late Daniel and Catharine Steinman, was born Sept. 22, 1857, in Tazewell Co., Ill.; died at her home in Flanagan, Ill., Mar. 19, 1937; aged 79 y. 5 m. 22 d. After six weeks of illness she died of complications. At the age of 9 years she with her parents moved to a farm near Flanagan, where she grew to womanhood. In the year of 1876 she was united in marriage to Joseph Orendorff, Sr., who died in 1884. To this union were born 3 sons (Daniel and Benjamin who died in infancy, and Joseph Jr. who survives and lives near Flanagan). In 1889 she was united in marriage to Joseph Yoder, who died in 1908. To this union was born 1 daughter (Ida Yoder Poser) who resides at Flanagan. In 1910 she was united in marriage to Daniel Eigsti who preceded her in death in 1936. She is survived by 4 grandchildren and 1 great- grandchild, 3 sisters (Mrs. C. Orendorff, Mrs. Anna Salzman, both of Wayland, Iowa, and Mrs. Henry Ingold, of Fisher, Ill.); 1 brother (D. C. Steinman), and a step-sister (Mrs. Bertha Zehr, Flanagan, Ill.). She was preceded in death by 3 sisters. In her youth she became a member of the Waldo Mennonite Church and remained a faithful member to the end. Her last days were of patient waiting for deliverance from the body of pain and suffering and on Friday evening the Lord granted dear Grandmother's release. Funeral services were conducted March 22, at the Waldo Mennonite Church by J. D. Hartzler and D. W. Slagel. Burial in the Waldo Cemetery.
"She's through with her suffering,
To her there is no pain;
She left her earthly troubles,
For the Heavenly crown to gain."
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Sources - [S103] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878.
- [S103] Steven R. Estes, Illinois Ministers Attending Amish Ministers’ Meetings of 1862-1878.
