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51 According to the Eiwohnerverzeichnis, this family lived at Oben im Gohl at the "Oberhaus". Gerber, Christian (I4170)
 
52 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Family F41
 
53 According to the travel log of Ernst and Clara Gerber in 1929, Hans lived up in the mountains at a house owned by Ulrich's estate. Hans used to mow the hay up there. It would take an hour of walking after reaching as far a car could drive. Gerber, Hans (I0524)
 
54 Also note that one source (Adam Barrone) shows that he was born in Rorschach (Rorschachersberg), Switzerland. However, these villages are both located on the south side of the Bodensee.

Johann Heinrich (German)
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Extracted from Kellenberger Family History and Record Book - Revised 1978

Grandfather - Christian David Kellenberger
Born December 12, 1827 in Walzenheusen, Switzerland
Died March 2, 1895 near Sabetha, Kansas
Buried Country Cemetery near Bern, Kansas
Grandmother - Marie Magdalena Tobler
Born April 4, 1828 in Heiden Kt Appenzell, Switzerland
Died February 13, 1901 near Richard, Missouri across
the line from Fort Scott, Kansas and was buried there.


This was written in 1916.

I, H. J. Kellenberger, was born at Rohrsbach Co. St. Gallen, Switzerland on the 10th day of October, 1862. When I was four years old, my father moved to Zurich. Then in 1873 we came to America. On the 1st day of August, we started off at Zurich; quite a lot of my schoolmates were at the station to bid me goodbye. It took us three days to get to LeHarvre via Paris. Then we boarded a new steamer, named Washington, to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It took us just two weeks to come across. We landed at New York. It was quite a city at that time already. They had lots of elevated railroads. Then we started on our trip again by rail; on the 3rd day we arrived at Peoria, Illinois, where we settled down as I had an uncle living there. We only stayed one year at Peoria as it was not the city to suit my father's trade, so we moved to St. Louis, Missouri. When we children grew older, we thought we would like the country life better, so we went to Tremont, Illinois -- close to Peoria again. There we lived on a farm until I was 23 years old. In the spring of 1885, the 27th day of February, I came to Neemaha County, Kansas. On the 15th day of November, I got married and started farming on my own. Then in 1898 we went to try the South -- Eastern Oklahoma and Fort Scott, Kansas.

In 1910, we left Fort Scott and came in our old locality again within a few miles of where we now live.

P. S. My first days of plowing, I done right across the road of where
I now live, 1 mile east of Bern, Kansas, but there was no town
then, as there was no railroad here. The Rock Island built the
road through here in the fall of 1886, then the townsite sprung
up fast.
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Extracted from Kellenberger Family History and Record Book - Revised 1978

JOHN HENRY KELLENBERGER

Son John Henry, in German or Swiss Johan Heinrich
Born at Rohrsback K.T. St. Gallen, Switzerland - October 10, 1862
Came to America with his parents in 1873, 11 years old.

When he was 23 years old, he came to Nemaha County Kansas in February, 1885 in the neighborhood of Sabetha and Bern, Kansas to work on the farm.

November 15, 1885 he was united in marriage to Salome Strahm, daughter of Christian and Kathrina Gerber Strahm in the Apostolic Christian Church near Bern. Salome was born at Bluffton, Indiana, December 21, 1860, and came to Kansas with her parents as a child when the Indians still roamed around.

To this union five children were born:

Martha - November 25, 1886
David John - September 27, 1888
Christian Louis - August 12, 1890
Henry William - December 14, 1892
Nathan Solomon - November 26, 1894

When Henry and Salome were married they lived with her father as the mother had died many years before and Salome was keeping house for her father. The house was built onto a hillside and Martha was born at that place. Some called it a dug out - later they built rooms above.

Then November 14, 1895 the mother Salome died quite suddenly. It must have been a stroke or heart attack, after a two week mild illness.

In August 16, 1896, Henry was married to Anna Blaser, daughter of Ulrich and Magdelena Shenk Blaser. She was born in KT, Bern, Switzerland on July 31, 1865 and came to America in 1889.
Mother Anna died May 2, 1957 at Lester, Iowa.

Some of you may think this marriage was quite soon. The father Henry wanted to keep his children together and housekeepers were not to be had. It would have been a scandal for a girl to keep house for a widower those days, and Anna was kind to come in and help raise the five children, which few girls would consider. Then another five children were born:

Rose Celia - August 18, 1897 - Sabetha, Kansas
Lena Emma - March 14, 1899 - Indian Territory
Hulda - July 26, 1900 - Richards, Missouri
Herman - January 27, 1902 - Hammond, Kansas
Ernest Andrew - June 16, 1906 - Hammond, Kansas

In 1899 Henry and Anna left Kansas and moved to Aften Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in hopes to have their choice of land to homestead. Then Uncle Sam changed his mind and turned this country into a Indian reservation. This is where Lena was born. It was all prairie and wild country, roads were trails across the prairie every which way. The land lord was part Indian. Then in January, 1900 they moved to Fort Scott, Kansas two years. Lived just across the line in Missouri near Richards. Here Hulda was born and the grandmother died in 1901. Then they bought a farm across the line in Kansas near Hammond or ten miles north of Fort Scott. Here Barman and Ernest were born. In 1910 they moved back to Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas.

By 1916 the four older boys had left for Lyon County, Iowa. Their father Henry went to visit them, liked the country, so in February, 1917, the family left for Lester, Iowa to make their home. The father. Henry wanted to keep his family together. In 1917, sons Henry and Nathan were drafted into World War I. In August 1918 son Henry sent word he would be at Ft. Dix, New Jersey, then sent across. Father Henry and Anna left September 3 for Rockville, Connecticut to visit Anna's sister and family and to see son Henry before he left for overseas. The father caught cold on the way and died at the sister's home September 13, 1918. He never saw his son Henry, as he already had left for Europe. (It was two months before Henry heard that his father had passed away). He had a bad case of hayfever for many years before and got worse every year. He was brought home and buried at the Apostolic Church Cemetery south of Lester.

Sons Henry and Nathan both came home from the army.

Later five of the boys left for Winthrop, Minnesota, then to Elgin, Illinois where David, Henry, Nathan and Barman still live at this time, 1967. Ernest worked at the Elgin Watch Factory 19 years, then bought a jewelry store at Morris, Minnesota in 1944.

Son Christian settled in the Lester, Iowa area as a young man and engaged in farming until his retirement. He is still living in Lester. Three daughters, Martha, Rose and Lena, also settled in this area. Presently, Martha is living in Lester, Rose in Larchwood and Lena in Sioux Falls.

Daughter Hulda, moved to Elgin, Illinois in 1928 with her family and passed away July 26, 1932 after giving birth to her third child.
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Kellenberger, Heinrich Johann (I0305)
 
55 Alternate birth location: Gurzelen Seftigen

Settled in Sardis, OH in 1848 according to post on rootsweb by Darin Schneider on 17 Aug 2000 
Hauert, Anna (I0318)
 
56 Andrew (Andy) died in a logging accident in Oregon State (near Three Sisters, OR) as a young man. He left behind his wife and a daughter. He is buried at Apostolic Christian Cemetery outside of Sabetha, KS Gerber, Andrew Reuben (I2246)
 
57 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Family F0021
 
58 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. 
Beiler, Anna (I2248)
 
59 Apparently owned Hinter Baeregg and sold it to his nephew, Niklaus Gerber, son of brother, Michael. Gerber, Christian (I4761)
 
60 Appears that Klara married a Mueller before marrying a Gafner. Zehnder, Klara (I0361)
 
61 As found a Apostolic Christian Cemetery near Bern. Blaser, Rosa (I0185)
 
62 As found a Apostolic Christian Cemetery near Bern. Blaser, Rosa (I0185)
 
63 As found a Apostolic Christian Cemetery near Bern. Eliza (I19419)
 
64 As found a Apostolic Christian Cemetery near Bern. Eliza (I19419)
 
65 As found on Ancestry.com. Heuerty, Jake (I2892)
 
66 Barbara's surname may be Burki. Baertschi, Barbara (I18724)
 
67 Became owner and farmer at BaereggfeldGerber, Friedrich (I0515)
 
68 Became owner of a farm called "Giebelmoos". Was an elder of the Neutaefer Church until excommunicated. He was single at the time of the reading of the will. He was also a farmer at nearby Moserli as were his descendants into at least the late 1900's. Gerber, Peter (I0503)
 
69 Becky VanDyke states that he lived in Rock Rapids, IA in 1776. Meester, Johann Henry (I2782)
 
70 BIOGRAPHIES: G thru H; Lyon County, Iowa
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Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of
Lyon County, Iowa. Published under the Auspices of the Pioneer
Association of Lyon County. Geo. Monlun, Pres.; Hon. E. C. Roach
Sec'y; and Col. F. M. Thompson, Historian. Geo. A. Ogle & CO.,
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Transcribed for Lyon County by Darlene Jacoby and
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HAAN, JOHN
John Haan, whose home and farm are in Riverside
Township, Lyon County, is still in his early manhood,
and his industry, economical habits and upright life,
are a credit to his race and blood. He was born
January 16, 1870, in Javerland, Germany, and the first
five years of his life were spent in his native land,
when his parents removed to this country, making
indeed a vast change in the lives of their posterity,
as well as greatly modifying their own condition.
Germany is a land of liberty and education and law,
but it has no such opportunity for ambitious manhood
as Lyon County has presented in the closing years of
the century.

The Haans crossed the ocean in a British liner, and
effected a location in Grundy County, Iowa, where
young John received considerable schooling in the
neighboring district school. After completing his
education he went to work on his father's farm, and
for two years was employed as a farm laborer. In 1891
he became engaged in farming for himself in Pleasant
Valley Township, Grundy County, and was married
February 24, 1892, to Miss Bessie, daughter of Hie and
Engel Rieman. He spent 1894 and 1895 farming in Butler
County, and in December, 1894, bought a tract of land
in Lyon County, described as follows: the north half
of the northeast quarter of section 21, and also the
north half of the northeast quarter of section 22,
range 45, township 100. In January, 1896, he came to
Lyon and settled on this land, and in August, 1898,
bought more land, as follows: the south half of the
northeast quarter of section 21, and the south half of
the northwest quarter of section 22, of the same range
and township. He is also the proprietor of a farm of
two hundred and forty acres in Noble County,
Minnesota, owning in all an amount of land that would
have made him an aristocrat in the old country, but
which here simply lifts him out of poverty, and gives
him an enduring competency.

To Mr. and Mrs. John Haan have come the following
children: Alfred, born January 13, 1893; John,
September 5, 1894; Henry, February; 20, 1896; Ella,
March 8, 1898; William McKinley, November 25, 1899;
Bertha, December 5, 1901; and an infant, born August
13, 1904. The father of John Haan was born October 12,
1825, in East Friesland, where he was reared to farm
life, and where he married Miss Ella Buus in 1858.
They had children as follows: Anna, who died when
twenty-six years old; Henrietta, who lived to be
nineteen years old; Lena; Hannah; Delia; John; Henry,
who died in 1875, while still an infant. The
grandfather of John Haan was born in Germany, and
served in the French Wars. He died in 1835. The
grandmother of John Haan died in 1875. She was born in
East Friesland, and her father also in East Friesland.
He was a farmer and coming to the United States in
1866, located in Illinois, later making a home in
Grundy County, Iowa.

Ella Buus, the mother of John Haan, was born in East
Friesland December 7, 1835, and died February 25,
1880.

Hie Rieman was always a farmer, born in East
Friesland, Germany, and came to the United states in
1868, and located in Illinois and married there; went
from there to Grundy County, stayed there ten years,
and then moved to Butler County, where he still lives
in his sixty-seventh year. His wife died June 30,
1904. 
Haan, John (I2858)
 
71 Birth info comes from worldconnect and the source was Cletus W. Suther. Moser, Clara (I0074)
 
72 Birth year deduced from Einwohnerverzeichnis records. She could have been born in 1714. Oberli, Anna (I4762)
 
73 Birth/baptism record on page 8 of the States Archive of Canton Bern is very difficult to read. Can only determine that it was the family of Luethi. Luethi, Anna (I5868)
 
74 Birth: Obituary in The Sabetha Herald, Sabetha, KS 9 SEP 1998.
!Marriage: Obituary.
!Death: Obituary. Buried in the Montrose Cemetery, Albany, KS.
!Graduated from Sabetha High School, Sabetha, KS in MAY 1933.
!Member of Iris Chapter No. 357 of the Order of the Eastern Star, where she
!Member of the United Methodist Church in Sabetha, KS. 
Hollister, Virginia Marie (I0051)
 
75 Bluffton News-Banner, Monday, May 15, 1950

Elizabeth Tonner Dies at age 91

Mrs. Elizabeth Tonner, 91, lifelong resident of Wells county died at 8 a.m. today at the home of her son, Jacob, who resides north of Vera Cruz. She had been ill for 10 days and death was attributed to infirmities of age.
Born Sept. 28, 1858 in Wells county, the decedent was a daughter of Benedict and Anna Hiebacker Baumgartner. She was united in marriage in Wells county to Jacob Tonner, who preceded her in death in August 1927.
Survivors include the son, Jacob, of Bluffton route; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Tschannen, Mrs. Samuel Steffen, of Bluffton and Mrs. Dan Kehrn, of Decatur route; 20 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Two daughters, Anna Tonner, and Mrs. Elizabeth Tonner Baumgartner, three brothers, two sisters, two half-brothers and two half-sisters are deceased.
Services will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the home of the son, Jacob and at 10:30 o'clock at the Apostolic Christian church, of which she was a member. Rev. Samuel Aeschliman will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body will be taken from the Jahn funeral home to the home of the son and friends may call after 7:30 this evening. 
Tonner, Jacob (I2590)
 
76 born at Alvord, IA Feucht, Emma Marie (I0251)
 
77 Born at Vorder Giebel, according to birth certificate. Gerber, Ruth (I5421)
 
78 Born in Bern, KS

Moser and Grimm often appear as â€Å“Huguenotâ€Â names: French Protestants @ 16th-17th century. These tended to come from south and southwest France. (thanks Cousin M. Houck for the further info). The Moser name means â€Å“Meadow Dwellerâ€ÂÃ¢€Â¦farmer. There is a medieval coat of arms somewhere. Moser is the traditional spelling, with a lot of variationsâ€Â¦Musser, Mosier, Mosser. Going WAY back, the Mosers are probably descended from â€Å“â€Â¦German Teutonic tribes that overcame the Roman legions in about 375 A.D. and took control of most of Europeâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â Doesnâ€â„¢t sound like meadow-dwelling farmers to me, unless they needed a LOT of land! NOTE the name "Pfarrer"...may mean something to the effect of either "unknown" or "illegitimate" 
Moser, John (I0283)
 
79 Born in Bluffton, IN Strahm, Salome (I0301)
 
80 Born in Canton Bern, Switzerland Aeschlimann, Barbara (I0387)
 
81 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I0260)
 
82 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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Feucht, Johann Michael Martin (I0210)
 
83 Born in Hammond, KS


Land Record record for ERNEST KELLENBERGER (Not sure if this is the same Ernest)
Name: ERNEST KELLENBERGER
Date: 30 Aug 1928
Location: CA, San Bernardino
Document #: 1018773
Serial #: CALA 0041324
Sale Type: Homestead
Meridian or Watershed: SB
Parcel: Township 010N, Range 002E, Section 35 
Kellenberger, Ernest Andrew (I0289)
 
84 Born in Hammond, KS Kellenberger, Herman Theophil (I0288)
 
85 Born in Indian Territory Kellenberger, Lena Emma (I21055)
 
86 Born in Larchwood, IA

Died in WW-II in Luzon Island in the Phillippines. According to Leo Moser, the first report was that he was killed by sniper fire, but the subsequent report showed a grenade was thrown into his foxhole, killing everyone near him.

From iagenweb
Harry E. Moser was born to John and Rose Moser on September 22, 1923 at Larchwood, Iowa. He entered the Armed Forces September 22, 1944 receiving his training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas and was attached to the 136th Infantry Regiment.

He served in the Philippines and was killed in action in Luzon on May 13, 1945. His remains were sent home for burial in the Apostolic Christian cemetery at Lester, Iowa in 1948.

His memory is recognized by the Lester Legion -- Post 683. 
Moser, Harry Eugene (I0275)
 
87 Born in Larchwood, IA

Died of appendicitis 
Moser, John Nicholas (I0273)
 
88 Born in Larchwood, IA

Drown in a stock tank. 
Moser, Donald Hale (I0277)
 
89 Born in Larchwood, IA Moser, Mariann Lucille (I0272)
 
90 Born in Larchwood, IA Moser, Leo Calvin (I0276)
 
91 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I0278)
 
92 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I0280)
 
93 Born in Larchwood, IA Moser, Evelyn Elizabeth (I0281)
 
94 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I0282)
 
95 Born in Larchwood, IA Moser, Ione Louella (I0825)
 
96 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I0245)
 
97 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I0243)
 
98 Born in Rock Rapids, IA Dehaan, Sharon Fay (I0265)
 
99 Born in Sioux Falls, SD Vanderwolde, Michael John (I0256)
 
100 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I0240)
 

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