Lorenz Jacky b. 17 Aug 1795 Schönau, Pfalz d. 13 Dec 1874 Ohio, USA: Das Birkenhördt-Projekt

1795 - 1874 (79 years)

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Name	Lorenz Jacky
Nickname	Lawrence
Born	17 Aug 1795	Schönau, Pfalz [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Died	13 Dec 1874	Ohio, USA
Buried	Miltonsburg Cemetery, Malaga Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA [5]
Person ID	I55280	Suedpfalz
Last Modified	22 Feb 2017

Father	Kaspar Jacky, b. 4 Jan 1738, Schönau, Pfalz , d. 4 Aug 1802, Schönau, Pfalz (Age 64 years)
Mother	Eva Margaretha Pflug, b. 16 Jun 1756, Cleebourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France , d. 5 Jul 1824, Schönau, Pfalz, Bayern (Age 68 years)
Married	19 Mar 1776
Family ID	F25152	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elisabetha Brubach, b. 2 Jul 1797, Rumbach, Pfalz, Bayern , d. 26 Oct 1877, Ohio, USA (Age 80 years)

Married 20 Mar 1814 Rumbach, Pfalz, Bayern

Children

	1. Katharina Jacky, b. 28 Feb 1816, Rumbach, Pfalz, Bayern
	2. Friedrich Jacky Yockey, b. 16 Aug 1818, Rumbach, Pfalz, Bayern , d. 1868, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA (Age 49 years)
	3. Elisabetha Jacky, b. 5 Apr 1821, Rumbach, Pfalz, Bayern , d. 5 Jul 1896, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA (Age 75 years)
	4. Heinrich Jakob Jacky Yockey, b. 9 Nov 1822, Rumbach, Pfalz, Bayern , d. 1851, Malaga Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA (Age 28 years)
	5. Lorenz Jacky Yockey, b. 2 Jan 1825, Rumbach, Pfalz, Bayern , d. 15 Dec 1895, Illinois, USA (Age 70 years)
	6. Carl Jacky Yockey, b. 28 Jul 1826, Rumbach, Pfalz, Bayern , d. 16 Aug 1895, Stafford, Monroe County, Ohio, USA (Age 69 years)
	7. Christian Jacky Yockey, b. 2 Oct 1828, Rumbach, Pfalz, Bayern , d. 1881, Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA (Age 52 years)
	8. Ludwig Jacky Yockey, b. 10 Mar 1831, Rumbach, Pfalz, Bayern , d. 2 Oct 1916, Little Sioux, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA (Age 85 years)
	9. Charlotte Yockey, b. 15 Feb 1833, Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA , d. 4 Apr 1916, Douglas, Shelby County, Iowa, USA (Age 83 years)
	10. Philip Yockey, b. 9 Sep 1835, Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA , d. 23 Apr 1865, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA (Age 29 years)
	11. Caspar Yockey, b. 27 Sep 1837, Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA , d. 31 Dec 1899, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA (Age 62 years)
	12. John Michael Yockey, b. 31 May 1839, Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA , d. 17 Jun 1931, Smithland, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA (Age 92 years)
	13. Edward Yockey, b. 16 May 1841, Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA , d. 19 Feb 1919, Smithland, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA (Age 77 years)

Last Modified 1 May 2018

Family ID F18634 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

BIOGRAPHY:
Lawrence Yockey?s will is on file in the Probate Court at Woodsfield, Book 1, page 272. He left the bulk of his property, real and personal, to his wife, Elizabeth and at her death was to go to his 12 sons and daughters in equal portions as follows: Catharine (Yockey) Klouse; heirs of Frederick Yockey; heirs of Henry Yockey; Lawrence Yockey Jr.; Elizabeth (Yockey) Lang (1821-1896); Christian Yockey; Lewis Yockey; Charlotte (Yockey) Gambs (1833-1916); Charles Yockey; John Caper Yockey (born in Miltonsburg in 1838; and Edward Yockey.
According to stories handed down by the family, Lawrence Yockey decided to emigrate to America to avoid conscription in the Prussian Army. His son Lewis was born March 10, 1831, in Rumbach, Germany and when he was six weeks old, the family embarked for the New World, arriving in America when his child was 6 months old. Their journey was made in a sailing vessel. While Lawrence avoided German military service, five of his sons served in the Union Army during the Civil War. They were:* Charles Yockey, who was married to Melinda Okey* Phillip Yockey, born in Ohio, who died on the battlefield. His brother Lewis went to bring the body back to Ohio. (Neither Phillip nor his heirs is listed in his father?s will.)* Henry Yockey, born in Ohio, who died of yellow fever in Florida during the Civil War* John Yockey, born in 1839 in Miltonsburg, who served in Company G. 22 Regiment, Iowa for three years, including the siege of Vicksburg.* Edward Yockey, born in 1841 at Miltonsburg, was wounded in the Battle of Antietam and taken prisoner and interred at Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He survived the incarceration and died in 1919 in Smithland, Iowa.
Records show that on March 18, 1833 Lawrence Yockey and John Jacob Dorr came to court and made oath of their intention to become citizens of the United States (Journal 1, page 291) and Lawrence was officially naturalized at the April term of court in 1837 (Journal 2, Page 208). Lawrence Yockey, Jr. is listed in the 1880 census of Wayne County Illinois in Indian Prairie Township.
According to an account by Catherine Foreaker Fedorchak, Elizabeth Yockey, daughter of Lawrence and Elizabeth Yockey, lived near Miltonsburg and, wanting a change of scenery from rural to urban (likely she became tired of milking cows), walked to the river and took a boat for Pittsburgh, probably to visit some friends or relatives. It was there that she met and married Michael Lang (1818-1896). After living in Pittsburgh for a few years they moved to Monroe County and both are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Woodsfield. Elizabeth died when the horse she was driving down the Reservoir Hill became frightened at something and upset the carriage, breaking her neck and killing her.

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