11. | Anna Fankhauser was born on 14 Nov 1851 in Trub, Bern, Switzerland (daughter of Niklaus Fankhauser and Elisabeth Neuenschwander); died on 5 May 1901 in Trub, Bern, Switzerland. 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."
Children:
- Anna Gerber
- Ernst Gerber was born on 11 Sep 1879 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland; died on 30 Jun 1974 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA.
- Bertha Gerber was born on 17 Nov 1880 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland.
- Christian Gerber was born on 3 May 1882 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland; died on 10 Dec 1886 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland.
- Emma Gerber was born on 21 Oct 1883 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland.
- Fritz Gerber was born on 11 Aug 1885 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland; died on 31 Mar 1951.
- 5. Marie Gerber was born on 11 Aug 1891 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland; died after 1973.
- Johann Gerber was born on 12 Aug 1894 in Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland.
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