Other Events:

• Occupation: Hills, Rock County, Minnesota, USA; Farmer
• Occupation: Lemars, IA; Ran a laundromat.

Edward married Frieda Clara Knobloch on 27 Aug 1945 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA. Frieda (daughter of Ernst Jacob Knobloch and Caroline Rosine Feucht) was born on 15 Mar 1915 in Alvord, Lyon County, Iowa, USA; died on 27 Mar 2016 in Eureka, Woodford County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Paul Clarence Gerber was born on 24 May 1942; died before 27 Mar 2016.
3. Ernestine Kay Gerber was born on 23 Aug 1945; died before 27 Mar 2016.

Other Events:

• : 1903, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA; Through Ellis Island, NY
• Naturalization of Citizenship: 14 Sep 1906

Notes:

visited the US between 1897 and 1899 according to shipping manifest

The childhood home of Ernst was inhabited by a family with the name Bieri in 1929, according to Ernst and Clara's travel log. This would have been Giebelkelle.

Ernst married Clara Moser on 3 Jan 1907 in Oneida, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA. Clara (daughter of Jacob Moser and Anna Beiler) was born on 7 Jun 1888 in Oneida, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA; died on 2 Oct 1965 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Oct 1965 in Apostolic Christian Cemetary, Bern, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1900, Oneida, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA; Shown on Census that she was a servant in the home of John Bromer at 12 years old.

Notes:

Birth info comes from worldconnect and the source was Cletus W. Suther.

Other Events:

• Address: Giebelkelle or Giebelchelle
• Address: Reinach, Switzerland
• Address: 6 Nov 1855, Vorder Giebel, near Langnau in Emmental, Bern, Switzerland

Notes:

Purchased Giebelkelle from his father in 1885. It also appears from a chart at a Gerber Reunion he may have lived in "Weg" at Trubschachen prior to moving to Reinach.

Later moved to Reinach - letter from Heinrich Gerber to Paul Gerber on 2 July 1993.

According to Ruedi of Vorder Giebel, Christian didn't make large payments (or increased in payments) as he leased Giebelkelle.

Christian married Anna Fankhauser on 9 Nov 1878 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland. Anna (daughter of Niklaus Fankhauser and Elisabeth Neuenschwander) was born on 14 Nov 1851 in Trub, Bern, Switzerland; died on 5 May 1901 in Trub, Bern, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

FANKHAUSER: TRUB. Fankhaus is the place name of a farm. The German verb fangen means to catch. This house is catched, that is to say surrounded by hills and forest, enclosed territory. - By Delbert Gratz



ORIGIN OF NAME - VERSION 2

Heinz Fankhauser from Burgdorf...

When fall comes, the farmers have to drive their animals down from the high pastures for the winter. There must have been some sort of stockade (or corrall) in Fankhaus Graben which pinned the cows and/or sheep and/or goats in until the various owners could sort out which belonged to whom. There must have been a house there for the fellow who maintained it.



ORIGIN OF NAME - VERSION 3

Contributed by Frieda Funkhouser Wilson - FUNKHOUSER A SWISS-AMERICAN GENEALOGY (1364-1978) Copyright 1978

...at the turn of the century the circulated story was that one of the Fankhauser ancestors "was an inspector of a prison or guard of prisoners. This story has been refuted. Cousin Hans Fankhauser says there are no jails or prisons in Trub for the one thing. Instead the name Fankhauser comes from the verb 'fangen' meaning 'to catch' (the bears). A 'fang' was a large pit for trapping the bears and other wild animals that threatened the crops and livestock of the families who lived in this valley in the Middle Ages. The trap tender lived in a 'Fanghus.' As a small community grew there, it took the name and the families there became Fankhausers."

Other Events:

• : 1877; According to 1910 census. His brother, Gottlieb, also immigrated in 1877.
• : 1880; 1900 census
• Occupation: 1880; Carpenter
• Naturalization of Citizenship: 17 Oct 1903

Jacob married Anna Beiler on 26 Apr 1880 in Forrest (Or Fairbury), Livingston County, Illinois. Anna (daughter of Johannes Beyeler and Catharina Blank) was born on 8 May 1857 in Guggisberg Or Bolligen, Bern, Switzerland; died on 2 Jan 1929 in Oneida, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA; was buried on 7 Jan 1929 in Apostolic Christian Cemetary, Bern, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• : 1878; According to 1910 Census
• : 1880; According to 1900 Census. This date is preferred.

Notes:

Another source shows birthdate on 11th of May

orphaned at the age of 5.

Name recorded as Beyeler (CH) or Beiler (US). LDS has both Bolligen and Guggisberg as the birthplace.

Notes:

Married:
Married in Livingston County on 4/26/1880 See www.cyberdriveillinois.com Volume 6 License 721
Obtained from cyperdriveillinois.com

Other Events:

• Address: Vorder Giebel, near Langnau in Emmental, Bern, Switzerland

Notes:

Owner of Vorder Giebel

He sold his farm to Ulrich for $60,000, which was worth 250,000 Swiss Francs at the time of his death. Adjusted for inflation, that is worth more than $2 million USD. He loaned out much money as there were many debt letters found at the time of his death. His wealth may have partially be due to him being an only child.

Built the Stöckli at Giebel with meeting room for the church. He held the title of "steward of the poor" at the church.

His wife, a Gerber from the original Gerber house (Baumgarten), was known for her beauty and work ethic.

According to Ernst and Clara's travel log (8 Sept 1929), Christian was mentioned as the person who built the church.

Ruedi said he felt his father, Ulrich, was too interested in cattle trading, but he admired his grandfather Christian who promoted the reunions of the Neutäufer in the Versammlungshaus, or meeting house. This is known as the Stöckli which he built where the Küherhaus/Hüsli used to be. A "küher" was a high-level farm hand who was responsible for caring for the cattle. Apparently, the existing Stöckli has "NG 1862" inscribed on it, referring to Niklaus Gerber.

Anna Elisabeth was said to be from Alteneischeuer or Alteneischürli. Her ancestors, came from Baumgarten. Her parents lived at Baumgarget at her birth.

Christian married Anna Barbara Gerber on 19 May 1854 in Thun, Switzerland. Anna (daughter of Ulrich Gerber and Barbara Gerber) was born on 9 Jun 1835; was christened on 21 Jun 1835; died on 27 Feb 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Address: 9 Jun 1835, Baumgarten; Parents lived at Baumgarten at the time of Anna Barbara's birth. Baumgarten has been thought to be an ancestral farm for the Vorder Giebel Gerber line.
• Address: 19 May 1854, Alteneischürli; Lived at Alteneischürli at the time of Anna Barbara's marriage

Notes:

She came from the original farm of the early Gerbers, called Baumgarten - Marianne Gerber, 28 Oct 2001.

According to a chart assembled by John Gerber of Giebel, Anna Barbara came out of the farm called Altenel and was the daughter of Ulrich and Barbara Gerber.

Descendent Ruedi Gerber mentioned in a letter that Anna Barbara was very well respected and beautiful. She was said to be a very hard worker, and she did not care about doing even the farm work that was usually done by men.

Other Events:

• Address: 17 Jun 1836, Mühlebach or Muehlebach

Notes:

Lived at Mühlebach

Niklaus married Elisabeth Neuenschwander on 17 Jun 1836. Elisabeth (daughter of Johannes Neuenschwander and Barbara Gerber) was born on 18 Jun 1814 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland; died on 20 Apr 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Found on an internet site:

Johannes "John" Moser

Born April 11, 1820 in Zollikofen, Switzerland

Married Elizabeth

Known children: Nicklaus, Christian, Godfred and Anna
son Nicklaus came to America in 1867, John followed in 1880. Later, the family moved to Bern, Kansas.

Died Apr 1899, being buried in the Bern Church Cemetery.

Johannes married Elizabeth Moser on 20 Mar 1841 in Zollikofen, Bern, Switzerland. Elizabeth (daughter of Christian Moser and Katharina Maurer) was born on 20 May 1817 in Zollikofen, Bern, Switzerland; died on 7 Sep 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Catharina Blank on 21 Feb 1857 in Bolligen, Bern, Switzerland. Catharina (daughter of Bendicht Gurtner Blank and Anna Barbara Mueller) was born on 1 Jun 1826 in Bolligen, Bern, Switzerland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It appears from Anna's birth record that Catharina lived at Riedli, a farm south of Bolligen.