Barbara (Fanny) Yordy b. 14 Dec 1853 Bavaria, GR d. 20 Sep 1894 Morton, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Barbara (Fanny) Yordy

Female 1853 - 1894  (40 years)


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  • Name Barbara (Fanny) Yordy  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 14 Dec 1853  Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Gender Female 
    Immigration 27 Jun 1884  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • From Hamburg and Le Havre. Steamship Hammonia sailed late May 1884. “Babette Jordy, 28, native of Bavary, with son Christ, 4. They appeared to be traveling with other Amish Mennonite immigrants bound for Illinois: Marie Eichelberger (40) and her daughter Anna (4); Babette Augsburger (18) who would later marry John Landis in McLean County; Freidr. Porcellius (20) who would marry Carolyn Stähly in 1892 and live his life near Flanagan and Secor; an
    Death 20 Sep 1894  Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I6564  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father Jacob Jordy,   b. 3 Jun 1811, Dambach, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 18 Aug 1874, Zeitlarn, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 63 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Schantz,   b. 16 Aug 1813, Rimling, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1856 (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 1841  Gross-Prüfening, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • This estate is now a neighborhood of the Regensburg suburb Prüfening, was about midway between Regensburg and Nittendorf.
    Family ID F6793  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 1 Oct 1888  Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • By Christian Ropp, at the home of her uncle, Peter Yordy.
    Children 
     1. Christian H. Yordy,   b. 20 Feb 1882, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1958, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F4560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Dec 1853 - Bavaria, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 27 Jun 1884 - New York, NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Oct 1888 - Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Sep 1894 - Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Barbara Jordy/Yordy was born Dec. 14, 1853, and died at Morton Sept. 20, 1894. Her headstone gives no birthdate, but only her age at death, 42. She became the third wife of Christian Eigsti.
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      Barbara brought one son, Christian, to the marriage. Barbara and Christian Eigsti had no children of their own.

      Woodford County Marriage Registry, Book 1, page 142 shows on October 1, 1888, four years after her arrival in America, Barbara Yordy was married to Christian Eigsti by Amish Bishop Christian Ropp in Roanoke township at the home of Peter Yordy. She listed her age as 37 years at the time of her marriage. It was her first marriage and his third. Barbara listed her residence as Roanoke Township, while Christian Eigsti lived in Morton Township, Tazewell County. Barbara listed her parents as Jacob Yordy and Magdalena Shants. Christian listed his parents as Nicolas Eigsti and Barbara Gascho. Barbara Yordy Eigsti died on September 20, 1894. She and Christian Eigsti had no children of their own. Both are buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Elm Grove Township.

      Although to date there is no proven biological relationship between Barbara or Chris H. Yordy and the Yordy siblings of central Illinois, it is very likely that some biological relationship existed. The record indicates that Barbara and Chris H. lived with Peter and Mary Yordy in Woodford County when they arrived in America. Because she had an illegitimate child, she was not allowed to marry in the church. However, she followed Amish tradition by marrying Christian Eigsti in her “residence” … the home of Peter Yordy in Roanoke Township. These findings strongly suggest that Barbara was related to Peter Yordy (and thus to Christian Yotty and Jacobina Yordy Yeackley Ropp Krug) … possibly a niece.

      Barbara’s illegitimate son, Chris H. Yordy, married Lena Staker on February 16, 1904 in Morton. He died on February 27, 1958 in Morton and is buried in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. He was the progenitor of the “Morton Yordy’s”. [2, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S913] Jacob Yordy family (1813-1874).

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

    3. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40926467/barbara-eigsti.

    4. [S1143] Herbert Holly (translation by Sem C. sutter), The Families of Nikolaus Augustin and Joseph Augustin in Upper Bavaria.

    5. [S612] Hermann Hage to Joseph Staker, Identifying Jordys.

    6. [S547] Gary Yordy, Yordy Family information.


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