Niklaus Gerber^{[1, 2]}

1735 - 1807  (71 years)

• Name	Niklaus Gerber
  Born	20 Nov 1735	Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland
  	There are some that claim Niklaus' christening was on 3 Jul 1735. There is no record of it in the States Archive of Canton Bern (page 90). The information that Niklaus was the son of Matthys Gerber is incorrect. It came from Julius Billeter who made many errors. Family records confirm that Niklaus was the son of Michael Gerber, owner of Giebel, and whose inscription remains there.
  Gender	Male
  Birth	20 Nov 1735	Vorder Giebel, near Langnau in Emmental, Bern, Switzerland
  Address	1754	Ober Lohngrat
  Address	1782	Hinter Baeregg / Bäregg
  Died	7 May 1807  [3, 4]
  Person ID	I2527	Gerber Family Tree | Descendants of Christian Gerber I5869
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	Michel Gerber,   c. 14 Nov 1697, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Anna Roethlisberger,   b. 9 Dec 1698, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 19 Aug 1743, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  (Age 44 years)
  Married	17 Mar 1724  [5]
  Documents		Gerber, Michael and Anna Roethlisberger marriage record Marriage record of Michael Gerber and Anna Roethlisberger
  Histories		Gerber, Michael and Anna Roethlisberger Marriage Record Marriage Record of Michael Gerber and Anna Roethlisberger
  Location Photos » Slide Show		Vorder Giebel, family farm next to Langnau Vorder Giebel, family farm next to Langnau
  		Vorder Giebel Speicher (Spycher) outside of Giebel This speicher (storage shed) has an incription on it that indicates Michael Gerber and Anna Roethlisberger built it in 1735.
  		Vorder Giebel Speicher (spycher) inscription This inscription says, "Michael Gerber and Anna Roethlisberger have built this speicher in 1735."
  Family ID	F0166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Magdalena Kipfer,   c. 18 Mar 1736, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 29 Nov 1765, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  (Age ~ 29 years)
  Married	2 May 1760  [6]
  Children	+ 1. Michael Gerber,   b. 13 Feb 1761,   d. 31 Mar 1853  (Age 92 years) + 2. Christian Gerber,   b. Abt 1763,   d. 3 Apr 1849, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Documents		Gerber, Michael of Gibel and Magdalena Kipfer marriage record Marriage record of Michael Gerber of Giebel and Magdalena Kipfer
  Location Photos		Vorder Giebel, family farm next to Langnau Vorder Giebel, family farm next to Langnau
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F0197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Baumgartner
  Children	1. Barbara Gerber   2. Elisabeth Gerber   3. Magdalena Gerber   4. Niklaus Gerber,   b. 1793,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2011
  Family ID	F0812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 Nov 1735 - Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland Birth - 20 Nov 1735 - Vorder Giebel, near Langnau in Emmental, Bern, Switzerland Address - 1754 - Ober Lohngrat Address - 1782 - Hinter Baeregg / Bäregg  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Vorder Giebel Photograph Photograph of Giebel and Stoekli and Spycher (Speicher).

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Gerber, Niklaus Christening Record Christening Record of Niklaus Gerber
  		Gerber, Niklaus Death Record Death Record of Niklaus Gerber
  		Niklaus Gerber baptism record From Kirchenbücher der Kirchgemeinde Langnau im Emmental Taufrodel (1726 - 1744), page 94
  		Gerber, Niklaus of Gibel Death Record 1807 Niklaus Gerber of Gibel death record 1807

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Gerber ab Giebel - Heini und Annemarie Gerber Letter of Heini Gerber and Annemarie Hungeler of Kussnacht. Outlines his research, which is compiled from various sources.
  		Gerber ab Giebel(auf Englisch) Letter of Heini Gerber and Annemarie Hungeler of Kussnacht. Outlines his research, which is compiled from various sources.
  		Gerber, aus der Gohl Stammend (auf Deutsch) Gerber History by Heini Gerber of Kussnacht. Outlines his research, which is compiled from various sources.
  		Gerber, aus der Gohl stammend - History by Heini Gerber (never completed)auf Englisch This history of the Gerber family is incomplete as it was work-in-progress when Heini died. It has some slight edits by Tim Gerber but has not been proof-read for accuracy.
  		Gerber von Giebel (auf Deutsch) History of Gerbers by Heini Gerber and/or Annemarie Gerber. Compiled from various sources.
  		Gerber von Giebel History of Gerbers by Heini Gerber and/or Annemarie Gerber. Compiled from various sources.
  		Gibel (Giebel) Glass Poem and Photographs Photographs and Poem of Gerber Glass. The glass dates back to 1736. The poem was written by "uncle" Christian Gerber, born 1855 or 1865.
  		History of Giebel This is an extensive history of the occupants of Giebel, starting with Hans Bürki. It has been well-researched and sourced. Much of the information came from records still extant at Giebel. Originally created by Peter Gerber of Switzerland, it was edited by Tim Gerber for use on this website.

  
  

  Location Photos

  Vorder Giebel Painting Painting of Vorder Giebel "Gibel". It was commissioned by Christian Gerber (I0018). Here are emailed notes from Peter Gerber (I0044) with corrections: I think I sent you a foto of a painting of the Gibel-farm by Otto Siegentaler (attached again) When I fotographed that painting, I thought the painter made the "Spycher" much too big.....see photo of yesterday from about the same place. Yesterday I asked John at Gibel about that. We showed him the painting (Marianne brought it with her), he was rather touched and told us, that he remebered the production of the painting. It was a brother of Ruedi Gerber, Christian Gerber from Reinach (I0018) who ordered the painting from a painter living in Reinach. The painter went to Gibel after the second world war (John doesn't remember the year, between 1945 and 1950) and made a first painting. The Spycher then was indeed much larger than now, about 3 meters larger at the right and the left and with another front. The roof was shingled ("Schindeln" in German), but damaged and the tiles to make it anew were stocked nearby. The painter painted also the stocks of tiles.....which didn't please Ruedi. So Ruedi asked the painter to leave away the stocked tiles....the painter then made at home three copies of the painting, one for Fritz, one for Christian and the third for a child of Christian. We don't know, where the other two copies and the first painting are now, certainly not at Gibel. John was rather touched looking at the painting and even remembered the trees painted (and what fruit they had, they are now no longer there). The "Spycher" has been made smaller since then, the wood for the enlargement was rather damaged from the "Hausbock" (an insect making holes in the wood).

  
  

• Notes

  Owner of Vorder Giebel Niklaus was a person who looks after the cows and makes cheese. He was farmer at Giebel and owner of the farm Lohngrat. Purchased a farm called "Hinter Bäregg" from his uncle, Christian in 1782. From the first marriage with his wife (maiden name "Kipfer"), there were two sons: Michael and Christian. It has been noted that when the mother died, a relative, Niklaus Gerber of Ober Hapbach, was designated as an overseer of her estate until the children became of age or when the father died. However, this makes little sense because Niklaus, the eventual owner of Hapbach, would have been a very young child when the mother died. It is possible that Niklaus of Ober Hapbach was made the executor of her Muttersgut (inheritance to the children from her dowery) only when her husband Niklaus died later. By that time, Niklaus would have been old enough to be an executor and would have owned Ober Hapbach. From the second marriage in approximately 1770-1771, there was one son, Niklaus, and three daughters, Barbara, Elizabeth, and Magdalena. In 1754 he was banned from his land by the State church as many Anabaptists (Mennonites) were. Later, he lived in Baeregg when in 1784 he sold/transferred Giebel to both of his sons, Michael and Christian. After their mother, Magdalena Kipfer died, Christian paid Michael for his portion of Giebel and became the single owner of Giebel. In the 1791 Mutterguts-Abrechnung, a document that divides the inheritance from the mother, the two sons from Niklaus' first marriage received 2/3 ownership of Giebel. The remaining third was retained by Niklaus and appears later in his division of assets. His will was dated March 1, 1801. There is some conflicting information here as it was also reported that he sold Giebel to his sons earlier in 1784. This Muttersgut-Abrechnung may simply be outlining a transaction that had previously occurred. This seems logical considering Ruedi Gerber's understanding. Niklaus purchased another farm in 1783 called "Unter Hapbach" for his son, Niklaus, of his second marriage. The book "Zähjs Holz" says that Unter Hapbach was purchased by a brother of Giebel-Glais. Giebel-Glais was the son of Johannes Gerber, Niklaus' brother. The book may be slightly off, or it is possible that one of Johannes' sons purchased it later, possibly Michael (which would lend credibility to the idea that he could be the famed Deacon Michael Gerber of Hapbach). Niklaus' will is dated March 1801. [7, 8, 9] The estate transferred in 1774 consisted of: 1 house, 1 cow barn, 1 bee apiary, 1 speicher, 1 hog/sheep barn, 1 hog barn, one house on the Kellen (presumably, Giebelkelle). Held back was some land or right to use land for 7 cows in the summer and 19 cows in the winter, and some forest. Mittler Giebel was owned by Hans Gerber (son of Michael Gerber and brother to Niklaus?), and Giebelmoos was owned by the Grimm family. Ruedi Gerber indicated that Niklaus purchased Hinter Baeregg from his brother Christian in 1782, not 1783. Brothers Christian and Michael separated ownership of Giebel completely in 1791. Niklaus died in 1807. It was this Niklaus Gerber who sold the portion of Lohngratalp but held back a portion of the forest (Schwandgraben) because there was not a lot of timber at Giebel. [10]

  
  

• Sources

  [S0025] Marianne Gerber, October 28, 2001 Email (Reliability: 3). [S0024] LDS. LVNZ-67L [S0024] LDS. Film Number 178083, Reference 16710 [S0025] Marianne Gerber, October 28 email (Reliability: 3). [S4] Kirchenbücher der Kirchgemeinde Langnau im Emmental, (Bern Canton Chancellery), 6 (Reliability: 3), 17 Mar 1724. [S0024] LDS. Film Number 178082, Reference Number 16710 [S11] Gerber von Giebel, Heinrich Gerber, 1 (Reliability: 2). [S10] Gerber, aus der Gohl stammend, Heinrich Gerber, 1 (Reliability: 2). [S12] Unsere Altvordern, Ruedi Gerber. [S12] Unsere Altvordern, Ruedi Gerber (Reliability: 2).