34. Birth -- Gottlieb Krieg, 1871

Today, April 2, is the anniversary date of Gottlieb Krieg's birthday.   He was born in Gysenstein, Bern Canton, Switzerland.   He immigrated to Texas through New York, in 1888 when he was 17 years old.   He and Ida Treuthardt were married at Walburg, Williamson County, Texas, on December 19, 1895, at St. Peter Lutheran Church.    They lived and farmed at the Swiss colony,  New Bern, about seven miles southwest of Taylor, Texas.   Gottlieb died at the age of 40 on July 27, 1911 at Roy, New Mexico.    He had gotten a lung infection (thought at that time to be tuberculosis), and had gone to New Mexico to try to improve in the dry climate.   He did not improve but died.    His brothers went to New Mexico to bring the body home via train.    The funeral was on the front porch.   He is buried at New Bern Cemetery.