Johann Jakob Bürkheim (abt. 1850 - abt. 1851)

Born about 1850 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Ancestors

Died about 1851 at about age 1 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Jakob Bürkheim was a Volga German.

Jakob Bürkheim has German Roots.

Family #100 in the 1857 Grimm census.

1857 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # 100

Head of the Household Michael Bürkheim, age 43

Wife Helena Bürkheim, age 42

Child #1 Katharina Margaretha Bürkheim, age 14

Child #2 Johann Jakob Bürkheim, age 11

Child #3 Anna Elisabeth Bürkheim, age 8

Child #4 Michael Bürkheim, age 6

Brother #1 Johann Adam Bürkheim, age 40

Wife of Brother #1 Katharina Elisabeth Bürkheim, age 37

Child #5 Georg Peter Bürkheim, age 18

Child #6 Johann Konrad Bürkheim, age 15

Child #7 Johann Friedrich Bürkheim, age 11

Child #8 Johann Jakob Bürkheim, 6 weeks in 1850, deceased 1851

Child #9 Johann Adam Bürkheim, age 3

Brother #2 Philipp Jakob Bürkheim, age 29

Wife of Brother #2 Anna Katharina Bürkheim, age 27

Child #10 Anna Elisabeth Bürkheim, age 6

Child #11 Katharina Margaretha Bürkheim, age 1

Jakob Bürkheim died young.

Because of the timing of his death, there is a chance he succumbed to cholera. The third cholera pandemic swept across Russia from 1846 to 1860, killing more than 1 million Russians. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ 1857 Census of Grimm in the District of Saratov, Russia, dated 5 November 1857; Translated by Brent Mai, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon; Published by Dynasty Publishing, Beaverton, OR, USA; Published 2005; page 38, family #100, Michael Bürkheim family.
2. ↑ J. N. Hays (2005). Epidemics and pandemics: their impacts on human history. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-658-9. Retrieved 29 March 2011. Via Wikipedia List of epidemics, Russia, 1850-1860, third cholera pandemic, 1,000,000 deaths. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics.