John Albrecht b. 3 Apr 1814 Bavaria, GR d. 6 Oct 1905: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

John Albrecht

Male 1814 - 1905  (91 years)


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  • Name John Albrecht  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 3 Apr 1814  Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Aug 1843  [4
    • After serving in the military
    Death 6 Oct 1905 
    Burial Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Willow Springs Cemetery
    Person ID I6114  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2021 

    Father Christian Albrecht,   b. 4 Dec 1779, Wilgartswiesen, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1843, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth Engel,   b. 23 Jul 1780, Dermerstein, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1842, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 2 Aug 1802  Hochspeyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    • Near Kaiserslautern
    Family ID F4236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Ackermann,   b. 19 May 1819, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1875 (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage Mar 1847  [7
    Children 
     1. Catherine Albrecht,   b. 7 Nov 1845   d. 15 Nov 1898 (Age 53 years)
     2. John A. Albrecht,   b. 20 Apr 1849, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1927, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Christian Albrecht,   b. 12 Nov 1850   d. 21 Sep 1921 (Age 70 years)
     4. Henry Albrecht,   b. 22 Sep 1852   d. 8 Mar 1854 (Age 1 year)
     5. Mary Albrecht,   b. 10 Apr 1853   d. 31 Jul 1904 (Age 51 years)
     6. Magdalena Albrecht,   b. 4 Oct 1853   d. 1 Jul 1860 (Age 6 years)
     7. Peter Albrecht,   b. 22 Jan 1856   d. 30 Jun 1860 (Age 4 years)
     8. Henry Valentine Albrecht,   b. 14 Feb 1860, Arispie Twp., Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1938, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F4253  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2018 

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  • Notes 
    • The Albrechts of the Mennonites in Illinois are descendants of five brothers and two sisters who came from Bavaria and settled in Illinois in 1837. The most widely known of this group was Henry V. Albrecht.

      History of Bureau County, Illinois, H. C. Bradsby, Editor. World Publishing Company Chicago 1885 
      John Albrecht, Arispie, was born April 3, 1814, in Bavaria, Germany. He is a son of Christian and Elizabeth (Engel) Albrecht. (See biography of Daniel Albrecht.)

      John Albrecht was reared in Germany, where he entered the regular army at the age of twenty-one years and served six years in a cuirassier regiment. Unable, on account of military duties, to accompany his parents to America in 1837 he waited patiently till his time expired, when he borrowed $100 of a relative and in August, 1843, came to America. He was Fifty-four days on the ocean and running out of money after landing, was obliged to borrow of a traveling companion with whom he came to St. Louis, Mo.

      He reached home in Bureau County, poor in purse but rich in strength of mind and body. He worked by the month for three years, paid what he owed and got married. He then rented land and farmed for four years, after which he bought eighty acres of prairie and forty acres of timberland at $5 per acre. From time to time he bought more land till now through his and his children's indomitable perseverance and industry he is in the possession of 1, 192 acres of land.

      He was married in March, 1847, to Mary Ackerman, who was born in May, 1819, in Bavaria. She is the daughter of Henry Ackerman. She is the mother of the following children: Mrs. Catharine Stalter, Mrs. Mary Roop, John A., Christian, and Henry V. Albrecht. Mrs. Mary Albrecht died January 27, 1875. The whole family are members of the Mennonite Church. Politically they are Democratic.

      Of the above children John A. Albrecht was born April 20, 1849. He is farming a place of 240 acres. He was married February 9, 1873, in Tazewell County, Ill., to Elizabeth Burkey, who was born July 2, 1851. Her parents are Valentine and Elizabeth (Springer) Burkey, natives of Germany. Mrs. Elizabeth Albrecht is the mother of five children, viz: Mary E., born January 18, 1874; Simon, born February 18, 1876; Johannes born April 4, 1877; Bertha F., born August 17, 1878; and William D. born September 19, 1881. Christian Albrecht was born November 22, 1850. He is at home working the old homestead. He was married March 10, 1878 to Fannie Stecker, born July 2, 1856, in Ohio. She is a daughter of Nicholas and Magdalena (Eimer) Stecker. This union was blessed with one son, Alvin Roy, who was born October 5, 1880.  [8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S522] Mrs. Henry (Harriet) Albrecht, The Albrecht Family of Bureau County (from The Albrechts, 1836-1969, published 1969).

    2. [S435] Amanda Sears, Lloyd Burkey, Lois Albrecht Zehr, Lucille Blade Crawford, Harriet Martin Albrecht and many others, The Albrechts, 1836-1969.

    3. [S1060] Find-A-Grave.

    4. [S1292] Bruce W. Jantzi, Amish Mennonite Albrecht, Part !!.

    5. [S1292] Bruce W. Jantzi, Amish Mennonite Albrecht, Part !!, Date and place-Aug 15?.

    6. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111079399/christian-albrecht.

    7. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100545215/john-albrecht.

    8. [S486] The Mennonite Encyclopedia, (Mennonite Publishing House, Scottsdale, PA), Volume 1, Page 35.


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