Barbara Beller b. 22 Mar 1847 Plaine, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 25 May 1887 Morton, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Barbara Beller

Female 1847 - 1887  (40 years)


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  • Name Barbara Beller  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 22 Mar 1847  Plaine, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 25 May 1887  Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Landes Mennonite Cemetery, Plot #9 on cemetery map dated 8/12/2013
    Person ID I6563  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 18 Oct 2023 

    Father Jacob Beller,   b. 23 Aug 1803, Bambois, Plaine, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 1876/1877, Bambois, Plaine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Schertz (Shirch) 
    Family ID F3291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christian Augustin (Eigsti),   b. 2 Feb 1832, Pellheim, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1903, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 5 Mar 1882  Indiantown, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Home of Andrew Houcher
    Family ID F4238  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Mar 1847 - Plaine, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Mar 1882 - Indiantown, Bureau Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 May 1887 - Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The Jacob Beller Family Record, 1803-1970.
      Barbara was born at Bambois de Plaine (above Plaine) March 22, 1847. The clearing of Bambois between Les Quelles and Plaine was the site of a lumber mill and Anabaptist cemetery, and was home to Ropps before they migrated down from the Vosges Mountains. 

      Barbara Beller arrived in America on September 13, 1878 on the Ship "Neckar" from the port of Bremen. She was the last passenger listed on the ship's passenger list (Ancestry.com, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1878, September 13 > Neckar)
      She did work for a Mrs. Schertz in Tiskilwa, Illinois. 

      Barbara became the second wife of Christian Eigsti in Bureau County in 1882 after Christian's first wife, Elizabeth (Orendorff) died. According to their wedding certificate in Bureau County, it was Christian's second marriage and Barbara's first marriage. They were married In Indiantown in Bureau County, at the home of Andrew Hauter by Joseph Burcky.

      The Eigsti's lived and farmed near Morton, Illinois. They had one daughter, Mary. Barbara died when Mary was 9 months old. Before she died, she asked Mary's half sister, (Katie) Mrs. Jonas Litwiller, to care for Mary, and this is Mrs. Litwiller did. According to her death certificate, Barbara died of "exsanguination" (blood loss) suggesting hemorrhage related to pregnancy or miscarriage. Barbara is buried at Landes Mennonite Cemetery, where her stone in the Eigsti grouping says, "Barbara wife of C. died May 25, 1887 at 40 years, two months, three days."  [5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S507] Ardys Serpette, Emery Eigsti, Howard Eigsti, The Nicholas Eigsti Family.

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

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

    4. [S1067] Mary Ann Augsburger Kristiansen-Eng, People of Landes Cemetery: A Summary (Part 1).

    5. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32268800/barbara-eigsti.


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