George Jacob Bierig (b. May 20, 1836, d. August 21, 1911)
George Jacob Bierig was born May 20, 1836, and died August 21, 1911. He married Mary Katherine Schriener.
Notes for George Jacob Bierig: The George Jacob Bierig Family 1836-1965
This family originally lived in Germany. The Czar of Russia embarked on a land-grant method for developing lands in western Russia. He offered free land if people from other countries would farm the land and live on it. One of the groups that moved from Germany to Russia was the Bierig family. They settled with other Germans in what was called "Bauer Colony." It is located near the present day city of Saratov on the Volga River about 500 miles from the Caspian Sea.
George Jacob Bierig married Mary Katherine Schriener. Mary's father, Mr. Schriener played the violin very well and once performed for the Czar of Russia. All six children of George and Mary were born in Bauer Colony.
The Russian military service drafted the 2nd, 4th, .....boys for service. The 1st, 3rd,.....were allowed to remain at home to help their parents. Jacob. J. (the 2nd son) was in naval service for 5 years. He served at Constantinople and then toured the U. S. A. on a goodwill tour. He worked some, harvesting in Kansas, earning $1.00 a day (wages in Russia were 9 cents a day). Jacob J. liked the U. S. A. and told his family when he returned to Russia that his goal was to move there.
George (4th son) was slated to serve in the Russian Army. Jacob J. and the other brothers decided they would help George skip the country. At the Russian border was a guard group. Jacob J. and brothers diverted the attention of the guards by a ruse of engaging the guards in a game of pitch while George sneaked through. Then they all came through and caught up with George.
The whole family (plus the wives of the two oldest sons and the two children of Jacob J. named Jacob (Jake) and Elizabeth) made their way to Bremen, Germany where Jacob J. insisted they wait until a U. S. A. ship flying a United Stated flag was able to take them to New York. George (4th son) married Eva Elizabeth (Brashier) on the day they sailed in 1892. Because of sickness aboard ship they were diverted from New York and unloaded at Baltimore. They made their way to Kansas, where Jacob J. was a blacksmith in Durham.
Several of the boys made the "Cherokee Strip Land Rush" and each homesteaded a 160 acre farm near the present day village of Isabella, Oklahoma. Most of the descendents have made a success of wheat farming in the heart of the West, and still reside in this area.
George homesteaded the NW one quarter (160 acres) Section 21-T31-R10W Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma. Patent #44,360 Vol. 104, pg.278, Pg. B-26-304 Deeds
Children of George Jacob Bierig and Mary Katherine Schriener are:
George Jacob Bierig (b. May 20, 1836, d. August 21, 1911)
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