Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Enlisted 6 Jan 1942 in Army

Moved to Engelwood, CO in Sept 1997

Cremated but has a tombstone at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in Seneca, KS.

Birth: Info from Cletus W. Suther.
!Marriage: The Sabetha Herald, Sabetha, KS - 12 JUL 1995. Looking Back 25
!Death: Tombstone in the Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery, Seneca, KS.
!Living 1970, in Oneida, KS.

Clarence married Dolores Alfreda Schmucker on 14 Jul 1945 in Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA. Dolores (daughter of Arthur Schumacher, daughter of Arther B. Schmucker and Mary E. Wolkamp) was born on 25 Aug 1923 in Herrington, Dickenson, KS; died on 28 Feb 1974; was buried in Mar 1974. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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