Paul married Gail L. McGregor on 14 Sep 1963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living

Paul married Anna Pearson in 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

According to Frieda's obituary, she had still living one sister, Elsie Leuthold of Lester, Iowa; one brother, Ezra (Marie) Knobloch of Rock Rapids, Iowa. It is unknown at the time of writing of this note if they were half-siblings for full.

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.

Ernst married Caroline Rosine Feucht on 17 Jul 1910. Caroline (daughter of Johann Michael Martin Feucht and Margarethe Jacobine Christine Friedrik Schambach) was born on 30 Oct 1882; died on 3 Mar 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Wilhelm married Christine Friederike Nester on 18 Nov 1880 in Boeckingen, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany. Christine (daughter of Johann Christoph Nester and Kathrine Christine Rugner) was born on 10 Mar 1856 in Boeckingen, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany; died on 26 Mar 1936 in Hills, Rock County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Apostolic Christian Church Cemetary-Lester, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

born in Finsteroth, Wurttemberg, Germany
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Excerpted from "The Feucht Family Record" dated ABT 1968

Johann Feucht (born Sept. 14, 1845) was married to Jacobena Schambach (born Nov. 24, 1853) in the spring of 1876 at Finsteroth, Wurttemberg, Germany. They owned several acres of ground, a little here and there, near the village of Finsteroth, on which they raised wheat for flour, hay for cattle, potatoes, etc., and all the food needed to sustain their family. They also had an orchard which fruit was mostly used for their family. Some was dried for use in the winter. At first the farming was all done by hand, but later with horses especially for the plowing. Cows produced the dairy products for the family and later goats were used for milk too.

Johann bought fruit and wood from others and then with his horses drove to the big town of Heilbron to sell them at a stand that he had set up. While the horses were resting, he would sell his goods and then return home.

Eleven children were born to this union; the first two being a set of twin boys, of which the one died at birth. Of the other three sons and six daughters, one of each died before they reached one year of age. The other eight children, with the exception of Pauline and William who were just six and five when they came to America, all attended the little village Lutheran school in Finsteroth. (Finsterrot)

Jacobena was brought up Lutheran, then went to the Methodist church awhile, but still was not satisfied. A neighbor invited her to attend church with her once, which happened to be the Apostolic Christian Church. She felt that here was a faith that she had been looking for, and in 1894, she and her daughter Caroline, were taken up as members.

Jacobena had a cousin, George Schambach, living in Elgin, Illinois, and after some correspondence back and forth it was decided that one by one the children and then the folks would move to America where living conditions were better and where there was no military service for the boys.

So in May 1892, their oldest son Gottfried (14 years old) came over to America by himself. Two years later, in 1894, Rosena and Albert (ages 15 and 14) came over, followed by Carl and Frieda in May 1895 (then 14 and 11 years old).

In the spring of 1897, Father and Mother with their three last children, Caroline (14), Pauline (6) and William (5) packed up their belongings, said goodbye to their friends at Finsteroth, W^irttemberg, Germany, and headed for Antwerp, Belguin (a three days ride by train from Heilbron, Germany), where they boarded a ship called "Freesland .

They were on the ocean about 9 days and were often sick. When they finally landed in New York, they took a two days journey by train to Elgin, Illinois, where they were met by some of their family and the Geo. Schambachs.

Their son, Carl, was farming near Elgin at the time, so they moved in with him and were there for about seven years before moving to Stark, Illinois in 1904. They were near Stark for another four years, spending two years with Carl again (before he moved to Lester) and the other two years with their son, Fred. During the winter of 1906 and the spring of 1907, they, along with their daughter Caroline, made a visit to Germany.

In 1908, they moved to Iowa, living on a farm near Larchwood for about two years. In 1910 their daughter, Caroline, got married and they lived in with her and her husband until their deaths.

Johann passed away on March 27, 1926, and Jacobena, who had been in ill health for some time, passed away on June 9, 1933. Their final resting places are in the Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery south of Lester, Iowa.
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Johann married Margarethe Jacobine Christine Friedrik Schambach on 19 Sep 1876 in Neuhutten, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany. Margarethe (daughter of Johann Christoph Schambach and Margaretha Buehler) was born on 24 Nov 1853 in Neuhutten, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany; was christened on 27 Nov 1853; died on 9 Jun 1933; was buried in Apostolic Christian Church Cemetary-Lester, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Federal Census in 1900 shows she had 11 children, 8 who were still living. Also showed she lived in Hanover Township, Cook Couty, IL (Elgin).

born in Finsterrot, Wurttemberg, Germany

Notes:

Married:
Married in born in Finsteroth, Wurttemberg, Germany