Actually I am pretty sure there is something in von Moos, although I don't have a copy of the page. It may be under a sleightly different spelling, perhaps starting with an umlauted a instead of the first e. Try looking under Wattenwil and it should show up. Rick Saunders

Dear Segessemann / Segessenmann researchers: I have added the 1989 FNBS data to SwissGen's Swiss Surname Directory for the surnames Segessemann and Segessenmann. Unfortunately, there were no listings in von Moos' Bibliography of Swiss Genealogies. I suppose you'll have to get going and write a Segessemann / Segessenmann family history / genealogy for Mario to include in future editions. ;-) You may obtain the additional data at: http://iseli.simplenet.com/ch-names/ best wishes, Dave Schmutz SSD admin.

Rick and Sharon: According to FNBS, 1989 edition, Segessemann only had citizenship in Wattenwil BE before 1800. There are other villages listed, but starting in 1908 in Thun BE and then 1920 in Oberhelfenschwil, then other towns in 1923, 1958, 1961. There is, however, a slightly different spelling - adding an extra "n" - Segessenmann. In FNBS, they are listed in Signau, BE from before 1800 (there is only this single listing - no others). best wishes, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Fredric Z. Saunders [mailto:fzsaund@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 11:59 AM To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SWITZ] Segessemann Hi Sharon, Most Segessemann have an origin before 1800 at Wattenwil. I believe there were a couple of other communities where Segessemann later had citizenship in the 1800s, but they had earlier had it at Wattenwil. If I recall correctly there was one other community at which Segessemann had citizenship before 1800 besides Wattenwil. I have Segessemann ancestry at Wattenwil, but lose the name after a 1786 marriage. You can see my Segessemann line at my site below. Rick Saunders http://pweb.netcom.com/~fzsaund/0.html

Hi Sharon, Most Segessemann have an origin before 1800 at Wattenwil. I believe there were a couple of other communities where Segessemann later had citizenship in the 1800s, but they had earlier had it at Wattenwil. If I recall correctly there was one other community at which Segessemann had citizenship before 1800 besides Wattenwil. I have Segessemann ancestry at Wattenwil, but lose the name after a 1786 marriage. You can see my Segessemann line at my site below. Rick Saunders http://pweb.netcom.com/~fzsaund/0.html

Researching my husbands family. His grandfather came to the US in the early 1900s. His name was Hans, as was his father and grandfather. His great-grandfathers name was Simon. They came from the Canton Bern. His mothers name was Elise Segesseman. Thank you. Sharon California USA

I am researching an ancestor, PHILLIP AMAN II, b.1784 - 1789. in Onslow Co, NC. Among his children listed on the document I have is: Rite (John) Aman Bringht (William Bryant) Aman. Can anyone tell me if RITE is a Swiss name translated to JOHN. And is BRINGHT a Swiss name, translated to WILLIAM and/or BRYANT? Thank you ... Bob Wright

I have a Knüchel line that lived in early Switzerland. When the migrated to Alsace the name was spelled Knochel. They were from the Canton of Bern. Alana Bauman 830 Daisy Street SE DeMotte, IN 46310 sbauman@netnitco.net

Alana - according to Swiss Surnames here are the listings for the name KNU(E)CHEL in Canton Bern: Ba(e)tterkinden (a) in the area before 1800 Iffwil (a) Jegerstorf (a) Also in Canton Solothurn - Tscheppach (a) before 1800 Hope this will help in your search. Joe Wolfe On Mon, 6 Mar 2000 13:07:18 -0800 "Alana Bauman" <sbauman@netnitco.net> writes: > > I have a Knüchel line that lived in early Switzerland. When the > migrated to Alsace the name was spelled Knochel. They were from the > Canton of Bern. > > Alana Bauman > 830 Daisy Street SE > DeMotte, IN 46310 > sbauman@netnitco.net > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Swiss Resource Site > http://swiss.genealogy.net >

Terri: In Swiss Surnames is the following listings for the name KNOBEL - but note that none are in Canton Bern. Canton Glarus - Betschwanden (a) there before 1800 - Glarus (a) - Haslen ()a) - Leuggelbach (a) -Luchsingen (a) - Nidfurn (a) -Schwa(e)ndi (a) Canton Schwyz - Altendorf (a) - Lachen (a) - Wangen (a) FL (Liechtenstein) There are others but they came to the different cantons from mainly Glarus and Schwyz. and at a much later date. Hope this will be of help. Regards Joe Wolfe On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 01:09:31 -0800 Terri Hauk <thauk@home.com> writes: > I am researching the KNOBEL surname from Switzerland. I have > very limited information but here's what I know: > > My great grandmother was Isabelle S. KNOBEL, born 1880 in Bern, > Switzerland. Her father was John KNOBEL and she may have had a > brother, Benjamin KNOBEL. This family emigrated from Switzerland > in 1882 to Kentucky, probably Louisville, Jefferson County. John > later owned land in other parts of KY and in Ohio. Isabelle and my > g-grandfather, Thomas Alva MCDONALD, born 1875 in Meade Co., KY, > were > married in 1902 in Louisville. Thomas had returned as a disabled > veteran of the Spanish-American War in Cuba and was either still > in law school or just starting his law practice in Louisville when > they were married. They had 2 children, Benjamin C. McDonald and > Verena McDonald, both born in KY. They eventually moved to > Evansville, > Vanderburgh Co., IN and later retired to a farm in Elberfeld, > Vanderburgh Co., IN. Isabelle died in 1951 in Elberfeld and Thomas > died there in 1959. > > I don't have any information as to where in Switzerland this > KNOBEL family may have originated or how or why they emigrated > to the US. I don't have Isabelle's mother's given name or surname. > I believe Verena is/was a popular Swiss name but also wonder if it > could have been from Isabelle's mother's name? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Regards, > Terri McDonald Hauk > thauk@home.com > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the > Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >

aka SAM SPADE

Hello Leonard, My maiden name was Bucher. My great grandfather was William (A?) Bucher. I do not know exactly his place of birth in Switzerland-either Bern or Lucerne. I have been told his parents were "hotel people" He was an attorney and immigrated to Leavenworth, KS where he was married Do you have any Williams, Roberts or Richards in your family tree? Thanks, Billie

Seeking information on any Joseph HALTER/HALSUR/HOLTZER/HOLZER - born abt 1803, who was married to an Alphia [Alphina]. Descent is through their daughter Magdalena, who was married 8 Jan 1856 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, to Marcus WALCHER. The 1880 census gives her place of birth as Switzerland, which was the place of birth of her husband. Her marriage license application gives her maiden name as HOLTZER. Her death record [31 Oct 1887 - Independence, Cuyahoga, OH] gives her maiden name as HALSUR. On the 1880 census she is located on page 31 in Independence Twp. On page 30 of the same census is a Joseph HALTER, born Jan 1832 in Baden. It is felt that this Joseph may have been her brother. Toni Richard Turk tturk@sanjuan.net http://trturk.recallwd.com http://www.gj.net/~tturk

Are you also looking for information in USA. -- I know that the local University has a theatre named Hunziker (I believe it is the same spelling). They name buildings after important people or patrons. If you want I could check on information for you. This is in Wayne, New Jersey -- William Paterson University. Regards Claire ----- Original Message ----- From: <DSHUNZIKER@aol.com> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 7:50 AM Subject: [SWITZ] Hunziker Surname > Looking for kin to Heinrich Hunziker and Elisabeth Zehnder, Canton Aargau, > Switzerland, Married around 1787. > Their son, Hans Rudolph Hunziker, born Sept 1798 and His wife Verena Urech, > married March 1822. Unterkulm, Canton Aargau, Switzerland. > Their three sons Johannes Hunziker, born 1823, Samuel Hunziker, born 1826, Fri > edrich Hunziker born 1830. > I am in Friedrich Hunziker's line, and know that he and his family came to > America in 12881. > > Send response to: Duane Hunziker email; DShunziker@Aol.Com > Thank You > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation? Gone longer than 4 days? > mail to Switzerland-L-request@rootsweb.com > subject line: unsubscribe > nothing in message > Do not add anything else but the one word.... unsubscribe > >

i read with interest the question on a coat of arms of the schawalder name by wolf.date of 2-21-00 my interest has been getting the correct spelling of schwallier, could this be it? steven schwalier schwalie schwalier came from alsace lorraine but also in my earlier research it is stated that his parents came from switzerland. he was a black smith by trade and settled in seneca county ohio in the 1850s .steven spoke both german and french. no parents names have been found to date and his brother was a mayor but no names for him yet. did the sons always take up the trade of the father? any information on this schawalder line will be most welcome. tnx ralph RMOOTE@AOL.COM

I am researching the KNOBEL surname from Switzerland. I have very limited information but here's what I know: My great grandmother was Isabelle S. KNOBEL, born 1880 in Bern, Switzerland. Her father was John KNOBEL and she may have had a brother, Benjamin KNOBEL. This family emigrated from Switzerland in 1882 to Kentucky, probably Louisville, Jefferson County. John later owned land in other parts of KY and in Ohio. Isabelle and my g-grandfather, Thomas Alva MCDONALD, born 1875 in Meade Co., KY, were married in 1902 in Louisville. Thomas had returned as a disabled veteran of the Spanish-American War in Cuba and was either still in law school or just starting his law practice in Louisville when they were married. They had 2 children, Benjamin C. McDonald and Verena McDonald, both born in KY. They eventually moved to Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., IN and later retired to a farm in Elberfeld, Vanderburgh Co., IN. Isabelle died in 1951 in Elberfeld and Thomas died there in 1959. I don't have any information as to where in Switzerland this KNOBEL family may have originated or how or why they emigrated to the US. I don't have Isabelle's mother's given name or surname. I believe Verena is/was a popular Swiss name but also wonder if it could have been from Isabelle's mother's name? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Terri McDonald Hauk thauk@home.com

Looking for kin to Heinrich Hunziker and Elisabeth Zehnder, Canton Aargau, Switzerland, Married around 1787. Their son, Hans Rudolph Hunziker, born Sept 1798 and His wife Verena Urech, married March 1822. Unterkulm, Canton Aargau, Switzerland. Their three sons Johannes Hunziker, born 1823, Samuel Hunziker, born 1826, Fri edrich Hunziker born 1830. I am in Friedrich Hunziker's line, and know that he and his family came to America in 12881. Send response to: Duane Hunziker email; DShunziker@Aol.Com Thank You

Seeking info re family of Kasper Carl HASLER b. Mar 1855 Switzerland who immigrated to U.S. in 1880 (perhaps on the ship Havre arriving New York from Hamburg 14 Feb 1880 listed as a shoemaker). He met my great-grandmother Margareta WETZEL (born Zurich) in Golden City, Barton, MO, USA. Kasper had a brother John HASLER b. 1851 Switzerland (immigrated 1883) who was living with Kasper in 1900 in Dade County, MO, USA. Born to Kasper and Margareta were Charles Carl, Mary Elizabeth, Lydia Martha and Walter Wesley. Kasper and his family later moved to Oklahoma by 1910 and spent the rest of their life there. Your prospective cousin, Linda Hollman

Gustav, Gottfried, Daniel LECHNER went to the US from Wil, Zürich, Switzerland about 1869 and joined the army. They were declared missing by the court in Switzerland in 1912. I have possible death dates (1877, 1878/75, 1881). >From letters written to family Gustav was married to a Reine MOOR possibly in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, about 1872 and had a son and daughter (died as child). He divorced in about 1877. >From the same letters, Daniel married a Luisa LUTHI about 1874 and had a daughter. They lived in Phildelphia, Pensilvania, at that time. I am looking for the decendants of the three brothers. Also, since I have never done any research in the US, where do I go to to find birth, death and marriage information. Contact me privately, since this is not a research topic directly related to Switzerland. Felix Höhener

Greetings.... I wonder if anyone would be able to tell me the name of a university that someone living in Interlaken would go to for studying chemistry and lab procedures circa 1920? Thank you CJL

Is anyone researching the Freitag family from Elm in Glarus? I have recently discovered that my great-grandmother, Anna Maria Freitag, was born on 26 October 1862 in Elm. She was in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania by 1883 when she married Adam Laupert from Oberhausen, Germany. Someone was kind enough to check FTM's CD#356, "Germans to America 1875-1888" for me and I found one reference for Anna Freitag, age 20, who arrived in the US on October 12, 1882 from Switzerland listing her occupation as Dressmaker. According to this information, there were no other Freitag's on this ship. However, a seemingly very large family of Freitag's came from Switzerland on May 12, 1882 on the same ship. This family appears to be headed by Heinrich and Regula Freitag and included 9 children ranging in age from 5 to 22. Would a 20 year old female dressmaker travel alone to join her family? If you are researching this line or have any ideas for me, please let me know. Thank you, Paula Murphy