Joseph Augustin (Eigsti)
1824 - 1899 (75 years)-
Name Joseph Augustin (Eigsti) [1, 2, 3] Birth 29 Apr 1824 Pellheim, Bavaria, GR [4, 5, 6] - Recorded in Pellheim church book
Gender Male Census 1880 Morton, Tazewell Co., IL - Joseph Eigstein, 40, a farmer born at Berne; Susan, 35, keeping house and born in IL; and nine children.
Death 16 Dec 1899 Woodford Co., IL Burial Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL [2] - Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID I6553 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 12 Oct 2022
Father Nicholas Augustin (Augstin) (Eigsti-Eigstein), b. 1779, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 1 Feb 1852, Kirchdorf, Bavaria, GR (Age 73 years) Mother Barbara Gascho, b. 10 Nov 1800, Desseling, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 26 Dec 1880, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL (Age 80 years) Marriage 1822 Bavaria, GR Family ID F4551 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susanna Nafziger, b. 19 Oct 1837, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 27 Jul 1877, IL (Age 39 years) Marriage 16 Dec 1899 Tazewell Co., IL [3] Children 1. Joseph Christian Eigsti, b. 26 Jan 1870 d. 25 Apr 1931 (Age 61 years) 2. Lydia Eigsti, b. 1868 d. 30 Sep 1941, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL (Age 73 years) 3. Elizabeth Eigsti, b. 1 Mar 1857 d. 13 Nov 1895, Hartford, Lyon Co., KS (Age 38 years) 4. Barbara E. Eigsti, b. 12 Jul 1859, Tazewell Co., IL d. 31 Jan 1902, NE (Age 42 years) Family ID F4555 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Nov 2021
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Notes - Obit:
EIGSTI - On the 16th of Dec. 1899, near Washburn, Woodford Co., Ill., Jos. Eigsti, aged 69 years, 7 months and 27 days. He died very suddenly. He had not been well however for several weeks and had expressed his willingness to depart whenever the messenger of death would come, having the living hope of a bright hereafter. It is hard to realize that we shall see father's face no more on earth, that no more we shall hear his loving voice. But oh! the blessed thought, we shall meet him "some sweet day, by and by." On the day of his departure he had partaken of dinner as usual, after which he went to his room and sat down in his rocking chair. An hour afterwards his daughter, going to his room, found he was dead. He had evidently passed quietly away a few minutes before. He was the father of four sons and seven daughters. His wife and two daughters preceded him to the spirit world. The remains were laid to rest in the Roanoke Mennonite cemetery.
"We'll know where to find thee,
Dear father - in heaven,
Though every fond tie
We have cherished be riven:
We'll follow thee home,
To the land of the blest,
Where sighs are not heard
And the weary are at rest." S.S.E.
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Sources - [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39150692/joseph-eigsti.
- [S1309] Herbert Holly (translated by Sem Sutter), The Families of Nikolaus Augustin and Joseph Augustin in Upper Bavaria.
- [S1280] Nikolaus and Barbara Gascho Augustin’s children’s birth records, 29 Apr 1824.
- [S1126] Pellheim Mennonite records, 29 April, Pellheim.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, 19 Apr 1830.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.