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Other Events:

• Occupation: Lester, Lyon County, Iowa, USA; Farmer

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From IAGenWeb Lyon County Genealogy

Ted was born October 8, 1909 at Oneida, Kansas. He attended Nemaha, Kansas school.

Ted moved to the Lester area in 1930. He hired out to many area farmers to hand pick ear corn. He recalls a â€Å“good dayâ€Â was picking one acre of corn!

Emma was born January 13, 1910. She attended a country school in Logan Township. She spent many of her youthful years helping mothers with young children and new babies.

Ted and Emma were married November 8. 1932,in Rock Rapids. The day of their wedding was highlighted by a blizzard which many people remember to this day.

Their first home was near Hills, Minnesota, but they moved to a farm southwest of Lester where they farmed and milked cows for many years. Ted and Emma retired and moved to Lester in 1972.

There were seven children born to this union:

Bob married Nancy Wysong, Lester, Iowa.

John,married Donna Moser, Mesa, Arizona.

Ernie married Sharon DeHaan, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Wayne married Dorothy Sabo (deceased), Mansfield, Ohio.

Pauline married Dave Teubel, Larchwood, Iowa.

Bill, married Erma Esslinger, Lester, Iowa.

Jim married Suzanne Miller, Lester, Iowa.

A special highlight since their retirement was being able to celebrate their 50th Anniversary in 1982. At this time Ted keeps busy doing woodworking and Emma enjoys baking, handwork and working for others.

Theodore married Emma Marie Feucht on 8 Nov 1932 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA. Emma (daughter of Carl Albrecht Feucht and Pauline Christine Knobloch) was born on 13 Jan 1910 in Alvord, Lyon County, Iowa, USA; died in Apr 2008. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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born at Alvord, IA

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Married:
Married at Sioux Falls, SD

Other Events:

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

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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.

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Buried in Lester, IA
Born in Finsteroth, Wurttemberg, Germany
Immigrated to US on April, 30, 1896
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Excerpted from "The Feucht Family Record" dated ABT 1968

Carl Feucht, fifth child of Johann and Jacobena, was born in Finsteroth, Wurttemberg, Germany, on April 10, 1881. At the little village school, he received education until the age of fourteen. When not in school, he would be found helping in the garden and orchard on his parents small acreage.

In 1895 (at the age of 14) he and his sister, Frieda, came to America and went to Schambach's in Elgin, 111. He farmed near Elgin for about nine years.

On September 22, 1904, he married Emma Marie Knobloch at Elgin, 111. That same year, they moved to Stark, 111., and farmed here for about a year and a half.

Then in the spring of 1906, they moved to Iowa and farmed south of Lester. They became members of the Apostolic Christian Church in September 1906.

His wife, Emma, passed away suddenly at the age of 24 years, on February 15, 1907, leaving two small sons, Ernst (1^ years old) and Ben (1 week old).

On February 18, 1908, he married Emma's older sister, Pauline Christine Knobloch. They farmed south of Lester and completely built the homestead. Thirteen children were born to this union.

Both Carl and Pauline enjoyed traveling and entertaining and did a great deal of both. Carl passed away July 11, 194-9, after a lingering illness and on February 6, 1963, Pauline passed away.
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From IAGenWeb Lyon County Genealogy

Carl Feucht was born April 10, 1881 in Wurttenberg, Germany. At the age of 14, he and his sister came to America because of better living conditions and no military service for young men.

Carl worked as a hired man in the Elgin, Illinois area. On September 22, 1904, he married Emma Marie Knobloch. Later that year, he moved to Stark, Illinois. He farmed for about a year and a half and on August 4, 1905, their first son, Ernst, was born.

In the spring of 1906, they moved to Iowa and rented a farm 3 miles south and a ½ mile west of Lester. Ben was born February 8, 1907, and due to complications from his childbirth, Emma passed away on February 15, 1907.

Carl remarried February 18, 1908, to Emmaâ€â„¢s sister Pauline. A third son, Emil, was born on November 4, 1908. At this time he decided to homestead here and purchased 160 acres of prairie land 1 mile west and 1 3/4 miles south of Lester. He hired Theodore Goldsmith to build their home and farm buildings. Mr. Goldsmith lived with Carl and Pauline during the week and was a skilled carpenter as the barn frame was built with wooden pegs. The barn was destroyed by a fire on September 16, 1988. Carl hauled some of the lumber with team and wagon from Lou Chamberlain Lumber of Lester.

By 1937 Carl owned and farmed a section of land. Over the years, they had horses, a few dairy cows, hogs, cattle, ducks, geese and chickens. Many times the chickens were dressed and sold in Sioux Falls to various eating places and sold to meat markets. The family butchered all of their own meat and this tradition is still carried on by some of the Feucht family. Carl enjoyed buying and selling horses to neighbors and horse buyers for use in the infantry during World War I.

Some of the things they did in the area were custom corn shelling, threshing, witching for water and doing errands for others when Carl went to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Pauline enjoyed gardening, flowers and baking. Her favorites were breads and apple kuchen. For relaxation she did crocheting and other handwork.

Carl married Pauline Christine Knobloch on 18 Feb 1908. Pauline (daughter of Wilhelm Martin Knobloch and Christine Friederike Nester) was born on 23 May 1881 in Boeckingen, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany; died on 6 Feb 1963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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born in Wurttemberg, Germany

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Excerpted from "The Knobloch Family Record" dated 1973

Pauline Christine Knobloch Feucht, second child of Wilhelm and Friederike Knobloch was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, May 23, 1881. She came to this country on the 18th of March, 1890. with her parents, three brothers and three sisters. At the age of 16 she became a member of the Apostolic Christian Church.

She helped her parents at home and then did housework in Elgin and Peoria, Illinois.

Her younger sister Emma was married to Carl Feucht in 1904. In 1907 Emma passed away leaving two small sons, Ernst and Ben. In 1908 she was married to Carl Feucht, son of John and Jacobena Schambach Feucht.

They farmed south of Lester and completely built the homestead. Pauline and Carl enjoyed traveling and entertaining and did a great deal of both.

Carl passed away July 11, 1949, after a lingering illness. Pauline lived on the same farm with her son, Alfred, and enjoyed working in the yard, keeping up her garden and making meals..

Her health was reasonably good for a number of years and she was active in keeping up her hobbies, which were crocheting and knitting for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She passed away at her home February 6, 1963, after a lingering illness.
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Married:
Married in Lester, IA

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]

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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."

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• : 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.

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

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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

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Married:
Married in born in Finsteroth, Wurttemberg, Germany

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]