You wrote: "the name Frederick is common, but Ulrich and Verena?....makes me think there is a connection)." Ulrich (nickname = Uli) and Verena (and variations Vrena, Frena, Vreni, Freni and others) ARE very common names in German speaking Switzerland. Regards, Paul >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SWITZ] BLASER in Bern >Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:11:01 EDT > >In going through familysearch.com, I came across this family that has very >similar names....do not know how to contact the submitter, Dieter Christian >Blaser. Perhaps someone on this list knows him or has a connection to this >family (the name Frederick is common, but Ulrich and Verena?....makes me >think there is a connection). > >HIS FAMILY >1. Ulrich BLASER has Ancestral File number 580J-QP. >Ulrich BLASER and Maria MARTHALER had the following children: > > +2 i. Friedrich BLASER. > >2. Friedrich BLASER was born on 22 Dec 1834 in Muensingen, Bern, Swtz. He >was christened on 4 Jan 1835. He died on 18 Mar 1892. He has Ancestral >File >number 580K-63. > >He was married to Maria FUCHS on 10 Oct 1854. Maria FUCHS was born in 1834 >in <Muensingen, Bern, Swtz>. She was christened on 2 Mar 1834. She died >on >25 Sep 1906 in Flamatt, Fribourg, Swtz. >Friedrich BLASER and Maria FUCHS had the following children: > > 3 i. Rudolf Albrecht BLASER was born on 22 May 1869 in Laupen, >Bern, >Swtz. He died on 7 Aug 1939 in Vicques, Bern, Swtz. > 4 ii. Samuel BLASER was born on 22 Dec 1854 in <Muensingen, Bern, >Swtz> >. He died on 24 Oct 1872. > 5 iii. Anna Maria BLASER was born on 26 Jan 1857 in <Muensingen, >Bern, Swtz>. > 6 iv. Anna Elisabeth BLASER was born on 12 Mar 1860 in <Muensingen, >Bern, Swtz>. > 7 v. Friedrich BLASER was born on 28 Dec 1861 in <Muensingen, Bern, >Swtz>. > 8 vi. Johannes BLASER was born on 28 Sep 1863 in <Muensingen, Bern, >Swtz>. > 9 vii. Karl BLASER was born on 19 Mar 1865 in <Muensingen, Bern, >Swtz>. He has Ancestral File number 580K-PN. > 10 viii. Rosina BLASER was born on 19 Dec 1867 in <Laupen, Bern, >Swtz> >. > 11 ix. Verena BLASER was born on 4 Apr 1873 in <Laupen, Bern, Swtz>. > 12 x. Alfred BLASER was born on 19 Jan 1877 in <Muensingen, Bern, >Swtz> >. He died on 20 Jan 1877. > >MY FAMILY >1. BLASER. The Swiss spelling needs confirmation: BLAESI is common in >italian speaking sections. > >BLASER had the following children: > > 2 i. Mary BLASER was born in Bern, Switzerland. She died in >Portland, >Multnomah, Oregon. She resided in Albuquerque, NM. > +3 ii. Frederick Ulrich BLASER. > >3. Frederick Ulrich BLASER was born in 1859 in Bern, Switzerland. He died >on 12 May 1920 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. He was a machinist. > >He was married to Anna RASI (daughter of Mr. RASI). Anna RASI was born on >1 >May 1867 in Zurich, Switzerland. She died on 11 Aug 1949 in Portland, >Multnomah, Oregon. Anna had two sisters, Marie and Louise, who lived in >Besel, Switzerland. Frederick Ulrich BLASER and Anna RASI had the >following >children: > > +4 i. Anna BLASER. > +5 ii. Marie Lucia BLASER. > 6 iii. Fred BLASER > +7 iv. Ernest BLASER. > +8 v. Verena BLASER. > 9 vi. Louise BLASER > >4. Anna BLASER was born on 28 Jan 1887. She died in 1972 in Eugene, OR. >She was a bookkeeper and stenographer. > >5. Marie Lucia BLASER was born on 4 Feb 1888 in Portland, Multnomah, >Oregon. > She died on 2 Dec 1976 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. OCCUPATION: She >was >in millenery, a music teacher, and a housewife. > >7. Ernest BLASER was born on 28 Jul 1891. He died in 1958. He was a >machinist. > > >8. Verena BLASER was born on 12 Jun 1895. She died on 9 Mar 1938. >OCCUPATION: Bookeeper, stenographer. > > >Pete Hanson > > > > >==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== >Swiss Resource Site >http://swiss.genealogy.net > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com