Joseph Augustin (Eigsti) b. 29 Apr 1824 Pellheim, Bavaria, GR d. 16 Dec 1899 Woodford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Joseph Augustin (Eigsti)

Male 1824 - 1899  (75 years)


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  • Name Joseph Augustin (Eigsti)  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 29 Apr 1824  Pellheim, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    • Recorded in Pellheim church book
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1852, Kirchdorf, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Barbara Gascho,   b. 10 Nov 1800, Desseling, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1880, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 1822  Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susanna Nafziger,   b. 19 Oct 1837, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1877, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 16 Dec 1899  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. Elizabeth Eigsti,   b. 1 Mar 1857   d. 13 Nov 1895, Hartford, Lyon Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
     4. Barbara E. Eigsti,   b. 12 Jul 1859, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1902, NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F4555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Apr 1824 - Pellheim, Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Dec 1899 - Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Dec 1899 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.

    2. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39150692/joseph-eigsti.

    3. [S1309] Herbert Holly (translated by Sem Sutter), The Families of Nikolaus Augustin and Joseph Augustin in Upper Bavaria.

    4. [S1280] Nikolaus and Barbara Gascho Augustin’s children’s birth records, 29 Apr 1824.

    5. [S1126] Pellheim Mennonite records, 29 April, Pellheim.

    6. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, 19 Apr 1830.


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