Christen (Christian) Bürcki (Bourquit) b. 1648 Diessbach, Canton Bern, SW d. Abt 1729 Niederschlettenbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Allemagne: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Christen (Christian) Bürcki (Bourquit)[1, 2]

Male 1648 - Abt 1729  (81 years)


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  • Name Christen (Christian) Bürcki (Bourquit)  [3, 4
    Birth 1648  Diessbach, Canton Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    • (Now Oberdiessbach) Registered in the Evangelical Reformed Church at Diessbach bei Thun
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 18 Jun 1648  Bucholterberg, Diessbach, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Witnesses: Hans Hezen, Jacob Stucki, Frena Ancher
    EARL
    Residence Aft 1687  Erlenbach-bei-Dahn, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Bärbelsteinerhof, on the grounds of ruined Bewartstein Castle.
    Death Abt 1729  Niederschlettenbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Allemagne Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial GR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9212  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2018 

    Father Melchior Bürcki,   b. 1608, Bucholterberg, Diessbach, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elsbeth Hezen (Herze) 
    Marriage 21 Apr 1634  Oberdiessbach, Bern, SW Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F9481  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Johannes (Hans) Bürcki,   b. 1695   d. 1741, Birlenbach, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     2. Christian Berkey (Burkie),   b. Abt 1708
     3. Jacob Burki (Burckh),   b. Abt 1710
     4. Anna Burki,   b. Abt 1712
    Family ID F6499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1648 - Diessbach, Canton Bern, SW Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 18 Jun 1648 - Bucholterberg, Diessbach, Bern, SW Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Aft 1687 - Erlenbach-bei-Dahn, GR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt 1729 - Niederschlettenbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Allemagne Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Wikipedia

      Oberdiessbach is first mentioned in 1218 as Tiecebac. Until 1870 it was known as Diessbach.
      Oberdiessbach, at that time known as Diessbach, was the center of the late medieval Herrschaft of Diessbach. In 1218 it first appears in a record when Hartmann IV of Kyburg inherited the court of Diessbach from the Zähringens. The village, the Herrschaft and the Castle Diessenberg on the Falkenfluh remained with the Kyburg family until they were given as a fief to the Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) family of Senn von Münsingen. In 1331 the city of Bern attacked and destroyed the castle while expanding their power into the region. The Senn family remained in power over the valley for over forty years after the destruction of the castle. Beginning in 1378 the Herrschaft passed through several wealthy families until 1647 when the von Wattenwyl family acquired Diessbach. The high court in the Herrschaft was fully independent until 1471, when Bern forced it to acknowledge Bern's supremacy. A castle was built in valley in 1560 to rule over the Herrschaft. This castle was replaced in 1668 by a new castle (known as the Neues Schloss or Oberdiessbach Castle) under the direction of Albrecht von Wattenwyl. The von Wattenwyl family remained in the town over the following centuries. Around 1728 the country estate Diessenhof was built for a cadet branch of the family. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S313] J. Virgil Miller, Both Sides of the Ocean: Amish-Mennonites From Switzerland to America, (Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA).

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

    3. [S850] J. Virgil Miller, personal letter, The Families of Christian and Jacob Burcki.

    4. [S1027] Christen Bürcki baptismal record.

    5. [S1089] Marriage Record of Mölcher Bürcki of Bucholderberg and Margrätt Porttner of Amsoldingen parish.

    6. [S1088] Marriage Record of Melcher Bürcki and Elsbeth Hezen.


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