Christian Gerber^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 1763 - 1849  (86 years)

• Name	Christian Gerber
  Born	Abt 1763  [4]
  Christened	Y  [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Address	Vorder Giebel, near Langnau in Emmental, Bern, Switzerland
  Name	Christeli
  Died	3 Apr 1849	Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland   [7, 8]
  Buried	7 Apr 1849	Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland   [8]
  Person ID	I0505	Gerber Family Tree | Descendants of Christian Gerber I5869
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Niklaus Gerber,   b. 20 Nov 1735, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 7 May 1807  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Kipfer,   b. 20 Mar 1828, Trub, Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 29 Nov 1765, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland
  Married	2 May 1760  [9]
  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
  Family ID	F0197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katharina Burkhalter,   b. 2 May 1766, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 31 Dec 1845, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  (Age 79 years)
  Married	11 Jul 1783	Lauperswil, Bern, Switzerland   [10, 11]
  Children	+ 1. Christian Gerber,   b. 9 Apr 1786, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 23 Sep 1850  (Age 64 years) + 2. Niklaus Gerber,   b. 4 Jul 1788, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 1865, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  (Age 76 years) + 3. Michael Gerber,   b. 8 Jul 1791, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 28 Sep 1870, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  (Age 79 years) + 4. Johannes Gerber,   b. 6 Sep 1793, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 11 Feb 1873, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  (Age 79 years) + 5. Elisabeth Gerber,   b. 15 Jul 1796,   d. 2 Mar 1877  (Age 80 years) + 6. Ulrich Gerber,   b. 19 Aug 1798, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 1 Dec 1843, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  (Age 45 years)   7. Katharina Gerber,   b. 3 Nov 1800, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 28 May 1858, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  (Age 57 years)   8. Magdalena Gerber,   b. 14 Feb 1803, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 9. Peter Gerber,   b. 2 Aug 1805, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 24 May 1874, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  (Age 68 years)   10. Mathys Gerber,   b. 2 Jul 1808, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 18 Dec 1874, Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  (Age 66 years)
  Documents » Slide Show		From: Heimatrodel der Tauferfamilien von Langnau (1791-1870), pg 14
  		Gerber, Christian of Gibel and Catharina Burkhalter marriage record Marriage record of Christian Gerber of Giebel and Catharina Burkhalter in Lauperswil
  		Gerber, Christian and Catharina Burkhalter record of baptism of four of their children Record of baptism of four children of Christian Gerber and Catharina Burkhalter. A law was passed that stated that parents of any child born after 1798 who had not been baptized could lose their civil rights including right to own land. This resulted in 26 children being baptized on one day.
  Location Photos		Vorder Giebel, family farm next to Langnau Vorder Giebel, family farm next to Langnau
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2022
  Family ID	F0188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Address - - Vorder Giebel, near Langnau in Emmental, Bern, Switzerland Married - 11 Jul 1783 - Lauperswil, Bern, Switzerland Died - 3 Apr 1849 - Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland Buried - 7 Apr 1849 - Langnau (im Emmental), Bern, Switzerland  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

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

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Samuel Froehlich (Fröhlich) letter to a community in London Samuel Froehlich (Fröhlich) letter to a community in London. It was translated into German
  		Gerber, Christian - Division of Estate Gerber, Christian - Division of Estate
  		Gerber, Christian Transfer Agreement Transfer agreement between Christian Gerber and Niklaus Gerber dated 1839. It appears the transfer had to to with Giebel (Gibel).
  		Gerber, Christian of Gibel death record Death record for Christian Gerber of Giebel widow of Katharina Burkhalter at 86-87 years old.

  
  

  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.
  		Samuel Froehlich (Fröhlich) letter to Christian Gerber from 1832 Samuel Froehlich (Fröhlich) letter to Christian Gerber from 1832
  		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

  Very popular leader of the "new baptism movement" in Emmental called Froelichianer (or Neutäufer), which was established by Samuel Froelich. Christian's name is mentioned in Mennonite history regarding a large separation from the Mennonites. He was called "Christeli" to differentiate himself from his grandson. The baptismbook of Geiser mentions regarding the breaking away from the Mennonites that the most talented of all Neutäufer (in Langnau) was undoubtedly Christian Gerber. In 1821 he was called to a Mennonite lectureship. In 1832, he had his first contact with Samuel Fröhlich, and in 1834 the first meeting of the Neutäufer was held in Langnau. At times, meetings were held at Vorder Giebel in the Stöckli. In May 1835, he was excommunicated from the Mennonite worship, whereby the community of Neutäufer proclaimed their beginning as mentioned on a letter from Samuel Fröhlich currently at Giebel. He is noted as the armendirektor (a person who oversees benevolence to the poor in the village) in Langnau and owner at Giebel who died in 1894. There is a letter from Samuel Fröhlich at Giebel. You can find it as a media link on this website HERE. Christian inherited a third of Vorder Giebel from his mother when she died. His brother, Michael, inherited another third. According to Ruedi Gerber of Vorder Giebel, the dual-ownership of Giebel ended in 1791 and Michael went to live with his father at Bäregg which his father had purchased from a Christian Gerber. Upon the death of their father, Michael inherited the Hinter Baeregg, but he did not appear at the division of the estate. Instead, he sent a representative, Niklaus Gerber of Ober Hapbach. His will and testament showed that he had 10 children. It also showed he had assigned Giebel to his second oldest son, Niklaus. His youngest son was not capable of taking over the farm as he was possibly disabled. According to Ruedi Gerber of Vorder Giebel in "Usere Altvordern" document, Christian passed down to Niklaus in 1839 1 large farm house, 1 cow barn, 1 Speicher, 1 "Bauchehaus?", 1 house at Giebelkelle, 1 bee apieri, and "Moos" (could be a wetland area or Giebelmoos). He was known as "Christeli" Gerber.

  
  

• Sources

  [S0005] Adam J. Barrone, Adam Barrone. [S0061] David Diana - Redmond, Washington. [S0078] Gerber, Peter, Peter Gerber, E,ao;, 9 Nov 2013. [S0024] LDS. [S0044] Kirchenbuch, 1555-1875, Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Langnau im Emmental, K 10 / page 135,#53 (Reliability: 3). [S0062] Kirchenbuch, 1555-1875, Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Langnau im Emmental (Bern), (Bern: Staatsarchiv Bern), K 10 / page 135,#53 (Reliability: 3). [S0025] Marianne Gerber. October 28, 2001 Email [S0062] Kirchenbuch, 1555-1875, Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Langnau im Emmental (Bern), (Bern: Staatsarchiv Bern), K 33 / page 37 (Reliability: 3). [S0024] LDS. Film Number 178082, Reference Number 16710 [S37] Kirchenbücher Langnau 25 Eherodel, 1721-1803, 193 (Reliability: 3). As provided by David Diana [S50] Kirchenbücher Lauperswil 7 Taufrodel, Eherodel, 1764-1784, 89 (Reliability: 3).