Ernst married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Heinrich married Marie Gerber on 14 Apr 1917. Marie (daughter of Christian Gerber and Anna Fankhauser) was born on 11 Aug 1891 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland; died after 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lived in Reinach.

Notes:

According to Ernst and Clara Gerber's travel log, Marie and Heini had twins.

Hans married Mathilde Studer on 16 Dec 1922 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland. Mathilde (daughter of Johann Studer and Rosine Hirschi) was born on 2 Jan 1890; died on 2 Jan 1927 in Basel, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
According to family history. Peter Gerber

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Married:
Married at Giebel in Langnau

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:

• Occupation: Carpenter

Notes:

Died:
Died while visiting daughter Aline. - Email from Peter Gerber quoting book by Oskar Studer

Johann married Rosine Hirschi on 23 Jul 1881 in Geneva, Switzerland. Rosine was born on 15 Feb 1854 in Oey-Diemtigen, Diemtigen, Schweiz; died on 2 Feb 1930 in Trubschachen, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Peter Gerber: When WW I started, the sons Camille and Oscar went to Switzerland (as they were still Swiss)in military service. Mathilde went to Basel for working. Their sisters stayed in Sennheim. But in January 1915 the whole family hat to flee and they went to a distand relative (the Kambly-family) in La Neuveville. They stayed at the Kamlbys until the son of Kambly, Paul Kambly had them to move to Trubschachen (a village near Langnau) where he had a bakery (the factory still exists: “Kambly Bisquits”). Btw: Paul Kambly II married a Gerber-descentent as his brother did, you have those two in your files. Christian Gerber (I0388) has had 7 children, a daughter Anna Elisabeth Gerber, 1858 – 1927, I2958 married 1876 Johannes Jakob. Two of their daughters, Emma und Hanna, married Oskar and Paul Kambly. Johann, Camille and the daugthers Elise and Aline worked in the Kambly factory.