Joseph Birky

1818 - 1888  (69 years)

• Name	Joseph Birky  [1]
  Birth	25 Feb 1818	Pellheim, Bavaria, GR   [1, 2, 3]
  	Near Pellheim
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	17 Jun 1844	Le Havre to New York   [1]
  	On ship Baltimore. Name given as Joseph Burger age 26, traveling with Mary “Burge” and son Johann Horn, Peter Zerr 25, Catharina Kunder (Kettner?) 27 (New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1844, June 17, Baltimore, p.4)
  Death	1888  [4]
  Person ID	I9442	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Christian Birki,   b. 14 Mar 1788-1789, Rimsdorf, Lower Alsace, FR d. 14 Feb 1866, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Maria Anna Gascho,   b. 1798, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR d. Between 1840-1841, Bavaria, GR (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1815	Pellheim, Bavaria, GR   [5]
  	Arzbach was the name of an estate outlying the village of Pellheim (about 1.7 miles north of the center of Pellheim. It was the site of Schloss Pellheim, the house or palace of a count. The house is now a restaurant. Pellheim was administratively incorporated into Dachau in 1972.
  Family ID	F219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Ringenberg (Ringenberger),   b. 6 Nov 1819, Linstroff, Moselle, Lorraine, FR d. 17 Jul 1871, Alvin, Vermillion Co., IL (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F6658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S377] Merrill E. Balser, Christian Wagler Sutter. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co. [S1126] Pellheim Mennonite records, 25 April 1818. [S937] Herbert Holly, Bircky Story {Draft of article to be published}. [S68] Pellheim 21 House Chronicle: “Castle Builders”.