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Amos Z. Birky b. 22 Feb 1878 IL d. 14 Sep 1958 Tangent, Linn Co., OR: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

1878 - 1958 (80 years)

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Name	Amos Z. Birky [1]
Birth	22 Feb 1878	IL
Gender	Male
Religion	Mennonite
USR1	Heart attack
Death	14 Sep 1958	Tangent, Linn Co., OR
Burial	Albany, Linn Co., OR
	Fairview Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID	I8146	Schrock-Birkey Connection
Last Modified	15 Mar 2019

Father	Bishop Joseph H. Birky, b. 25 Nov 1850, Tazewell Co., IL d. 25 Sep 1927, Beemer, Cuming Co., NE (Age 76 years)
Mother	Katherine Zimmer, b. 11 Oct 1855, Zurich, Hay Co., Ontario, Canada d. 27 Nov 1941, Bancroft, Cuming Co., NE (Age 86 years)
Marriage	7 Mar 1875	Delavan, Tazewell Co., IL [2]
Family ID	F2000	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Magdalena Schneider, b. 1879, SW d. 1915 (Age 36 years)

Marriage Dec 1900 [2]

Children

1. Nellie Birky, b. 28 Jan 1909, Beemer, Cuming Co., NE

d. 10 Aug 1924, Thurman, Washington Co., CO

(Age 15 years)

Family ID F5737 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Jul 2018

Notes

Obit: Gospel Herald - Volume LI, Number 42 - October 21, 1958-page 1009, 1010
Birky, Amos, son of Joe and Katie (Zimmer) Birky; born in Illinois on Feb. 22, 1878; passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Glenn Kuhns, Tangent, Oreg., Sept. 14, 1958; aged 80 y. 6 m. 23 d. Married in Dec., 1900, to Lena Schneider, who died in 1915. To this union two daughters were born (Tillie-Mrs. Glenn Kuhns, Tangent, Oreg.; and Nellie, who preceded him in death). Married later to Fanny Yantzi, who died Jan. 30, 1953. Surviving besides his daughters are 6 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, 3 brothers (Joe, Beemer, Nebr.; Simeon, Frazee, Minn.; Jake, Shickley, Nebr.), 5 sisters (Mrs. Henry Steider and Mrs. Chris Oswald, Shickley, Nebr.; Mrs. Joe Eichelberger, Mrs. Dan Nitzsche, and Mrs. Ed Wittrig, all of Beemer, Nebr.). Member of the Fairview Church, Albany, Oreg., where services were held on Sept. 17, in charge of Henry Gerig and Verle Nofziger; burial near Lebanon, Oreg.