Husband: Jakob II Treuthardt
Wife: Margaritha Zumstein
Jakob II and Margaritha were Friedrich's parents.
They are my great-great-grandparents.
Grandparents of Jakob II were the
[Kirchmeyer] Bartolome and wife Katharina (Tritten) Treuthardt (see posts
#35, 46). Parents of Jakob II were [Carpenter and Musikant] Jakob I and Barbara Treuthardt (see posts #43, 44, 45). Jakob II was born at Zweisimmen in 1801, and his parents moved to Thun.
The whole unknown story of why, when and how Jakob II moved to the Canton of Vaud has already been imagined and examined (see posts #58, 59, 69).
In 1828, when Jakob II was 27 years old, and Margaritha was 22 years old, they were married at Lausanne, Vaud Canton. Margaritha's parents were Andreas Zumstein and Anna Glauser. I am guessing that Margaritha was a newcomer to the Canton of Vaud, as her family seems to have come from the area of Brienz, Switzerland (that is a subject for further research).
Jakob II and Margaritha settled at Echandens, north of Lausanne, where three children were born to them, Louise, Charles, and Friedrich (the last child, who was born in 1834).
Note: In previous research I had discovered the name "Zum Stein," written as two words. However, this is incorrect, according to my Swiss resource, Ulrich Bretscher, and the Switzerland telephone directory. Ulrich reported to me on September 25 that he "consulted the Swiss telephone register and found 972 Zumstein entries and zero Zum Steins."
Showing posts with label Lausanne Switzerland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lausanne Switzerland. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
33. Switzerland, our family trip in 1993
Exploring Switzerland in 1993
Eddie and I took our three young children (Benjamin, 16, Bryce, 12, Angelyn, 8) to Switzerland and Germany for three weeks. We rented a 5-passenger sedan, a Peugeot, and made jaunts into areas where the Kriegs and Treuthardts had lived. Those areas included Zweisimmen and Aubonne and Lausanne. (Love those double consonants!)
Zweisimmen (zwei = two) is situated at the confluence of the Simme and the Kleine Simme Rivers, thus it is "Two Simme's." Being in Zweisimmen on a Sunday morning, we went to the village church and participated in a German service. We made a mistake right away. We sat in somebody's pew. The family came in, stood at the pew and wondered what to do. We offered to move, but they declined and sat in another place. Benjamin was already taking German in high school and could understand the topic the pastor talked about. The church is (of course!) all wood, and there is a large clock on the steeple. The walls have old artwork painted on them, as well as Scripture verses (in German) written in large letters. A lovely organ was being played masterfully for the liturgy and hymns. At the offertory, and at the end of the service, the organist played while the people sat quietly. (This doesn't happen so often in America, as people don't have that same etiquette for music.) After the service we stayed awhile and talked to a couple of people, so they would know who we were.
Also we walked around the cemetery and saw a few tombstones with Treuthardt names engraved on them. Since these stones are relatively recent, we surmised that there were still Treuthardts living here. Margaret had been to Zweisimmen before us, and she had found out that there were two elderly men named Treuthardt living a little ways apart from the town, who did not speak English. That is more than 20 years ago.
The "language line" was right outside Zweisimmen. On one side of that line inside the village, the highway signs were in German. On the other side, the highway signs were in French, which is what people spoke there. Here were indications of the language fluency of the Treuthardts, and it is easy to see how the Treuthardts could speak more than one language. What they really speak is the "Swiss" or rather Allemanisch, which is another subject.
We drove around the north side of Lake Geneva, up to and through Aubonne briefly. In the neighborhood, east of Aubonne is Morges, where there is a museum in a fortress called Château-arseneaux, Musée Militaire Vaudois -- The Military Museum of Canton Vaud. We toured the museum and got an inkling of the history of the military of the Swiss, situated as they are in the middle of the continent with potentially hostile nations all around them.
With a name like Krieg (generally thought by our family to mean, "war"), we certainly felt right at home.
In Lausanne we walked to the Cathedral. It is the largest Gothic cathedral in Switzerland, consecrated in 1275 A.D. After admiring the interior architecture and art, and the large organ, we climbed a steep staircase to the roof of the Cathedral and marveled at the vistas of the surrounding Alps and Lake Geneva in the crisp air. Lausanne retains the quaint ancient nightly practice of a watchman atop the cathedral in the middle of every night calling out the hours in all four directions, from 10:00 o'clock p.m. until 2:00 o'clock a.m.
Driving around the cities and country roads, seeing the beautiful countryside and taking in Swiss history and culture as we could, gave us a sense of what those people must have missed when they came to Texas. Texas has its charms, but it doesn't have Alps and glacier valleys or crystal blue lakes and rivers and beautiful vistas at every turn. These images were impressed in my mind as this family study progressed.
The Swiss people left Switzerland for Texas in the 1880's because of economic hardship and severe times. We were visiting the same regions that the Treuthardts left 110 years earlier.
Thanks to Eddie for doing this trip for me!
~Taken from my writing of April 27, 2004
"Friedrich Christian Treuthardt,
the Family History Study for Great-Grandfather"
Friday, March 15, 2013
23. Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, circa 1814
The Treuthardt family lived in the Canton of Vaud. At the time of their immigration to the U.S., Friedrich's employment was near Aubonne. That Lausanne was mentioned in Anna's obituaries means we should pay attention and try to visualize it. Lausanne is "the principal place in the Canton of Vaud." Below is a brief description of Lausanne. The lake referred to herein is the Lake of Geneva.
These remarks are taken directly from a book, A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium, written by The Hon. Richard Boyle Bernard, M.P. in 1814, and printed in London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Pater Noster-Row; 1815.
[M.P. means "Member of Parliament."]
Between Vevay and Lausanne is the vineyard of Vaud, which bears a great reputation. We passed through the villages of Cully and Lutri, both situated on the lake, and after mounting a considerable hill arrived at Lausanne, which is the capital of the Canton of Vaud. It stands on three hills, and on the intervening valleys, which being very steep, render its situation more picturesque than convenient. It is situated about 400 feet above the level of the lake, from which it is distant about half a league; the village of Ouchy serves as its port, and carries on a good deal of trade. Lausanne contains several remains which prove its antiquity, and several Roman inscriptions are preserved in the townhouse, which is a handsome building.
Here are three churches, one on each of the hills. Of these the cathedral is well worthy of attention. It is said to have been founded by one of the ancient kings of Burgundy, and is certainly superior to any church I had hitherto seen in Switzerland. Its architecture exhibits various specimens of Gothic: there are many windows of painted glass in good preservation, and also several handsome monuments. The choir is handsome, and its pillars are of black marble. Its spire rises to a great height, and from the church-yard there is a fine prospect of the lake, and the surrounding country...
The population of Lausanne is computed at 8,000, and they are very industrious; there are manufactories of hats and cottons, and the printing business is carried on to a greater extent than in any other town in Switzerland. There are also several jewellers' shops and watchmakers' warehouses.
Of all the Swiss towns this is considered as the most remarkable for the adoption of French fashions, and there is much more dissipation here than at Geneva, as it is the constant residence of many wealthy families; but, with few exceptions, the houses are neither large nor well built. Near the church is shewn the residence of Gibbon, the historian, and his library is now the property of a gentleman of this town, who purchased it in England.
Lausanne was formerly subject to its bishops, who were princes of the German Empire. A council was held here in 1448, when Pope Felix V., to restore peace to the Romish church, and extinguish the schisms to which it was then a prey, resigned the tiara and retired to the Abbey of Ripaille, in Savoy, a second time. This prince is distinguished by some of the historians of his century by the title of the Solomon of the age... His restless disposition having induced him to seek the papal dignity, he, soon after obtaining it, became a second time a recluse... This remarkable character died in 1451, age 69, at Geneva; he was buried with a Bible under his head...
The reformation was established in the Pays de Vaud, in 1536 after a public controversy had been held between the Protestant and Romish ecclesiastics. The environs of Lausanne present as cheerful and animated a sight as is to be seen in any part of Switzerland, and the view from the public walk, in particular, is enlivened by the bays and promontories, which diversify the sides of the lake.
From Annamarie the following Note:
Since this is a Kindle book, no page numbers are available. The above remarks come from Chapter IX.
In his preface in 1815, The Hon. Richard Bernard did not recommend his pages "to the perusal of the critical reader; as in fact, they contain merely the hasty observations suggested by the scenes he visited in the course of his Tour, together with a few occasional remarks, which he thought might be acceptable to the generality of readers; since notwithstanding the late increase of travellers, the numbers are still very great, who, being prevented by business, or deterred by the inconveniences of travelling, from visiting the Continent, might be disposed to pardon some inaccuracies, should they meet with a small portion either of amusement of information."
These remarks are taken directly from a book, A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium, written by The Hon. Richard Boyle Bernard, M.P. in 1814, and printed in London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Pater Noster-Row; 1815.
[M.P. means "Member of Parliament."]
Between Vevay and Lausanne is the vineyard of Vaud, which bears a great reputation. We passed through the villages of Cully and Lutri, both situated on the lake, and after mounting a considerable hill arrived at Lausanne, which is the capital of the Canton of Vaud. It stands on three hills, and on the intervening valleys, which being very steep, render its situation more picturesque than convenient. It is situated about 400 feet above the level of the lake, from which it is distant about half a league; the village of Ouchy serves as its port, and carries on a good deal of trade. Lausanne contains several remains which prove its antiquity, and several Roman inscriptions are preserved in the townhouse, which is a handsome building.
Here are three churches, one on each of the hills. Of these the cathedral is well worthy of attention. It is said to have been founded by one of the ancient kings of Burgundy, and is certainly superior to any church I had hitherto seen in Switzerland. Its architecture exhibits various specimens of Gothic: there are many windows of painted glass in good preservation, and also several handsome monuments. The choir is handsome, and its pillars are of black marble. Its spire rises to a great height, and from the church-yard there is a fine prospect of the lake, and the surrounding country...
The population of Lausanne is computed at 8,000, and they are very industrious; there are manufactories of hats and cottons, and the printing business is carried on to a greater extent than in any other town in Switzerland. There are also several jewellers' shops and watchmakers' warehouses.
Of all the Swiss towns this is considered as the most remarkable for the adoption of French fashions, and there is much more dissipation here than at Geneva, as it is the constant residence of many wealthy families; but, with few exceptions, the houses are neither large nor well built. Near the church is shewn the residence of Gibbon, the historian, and his library is now the property of a gentleman of this town, who purchased it in England.
Lausanne was formerly subject to its bishops, who were princes of the German Empire. A council was held here in 1448, when Pope Felix V., to restore peace to the Romish church, and extinguish the schisms to which it was then a prey, resigned the tiara and retired to the Abbey of Ripaille, in Savoy, a second time. This prince is distinguished by some of the historians of his century by the title of the Solomon of the age... His restless disposition having induced him to seek the papal dignity, he, soon after obtaining it, became a second time a recluse... This remarkable character died in 1451, age 69, at Geneva; he was buried with a Bible under his head...
The reformation was established in the Pays de Vaud, in 1536 after a public controversy had been held between the Protestant and Romish ecclesiastics. The environs of Lausanne present as cheerful and animated a sight as is to be seen in any part of Switzerland, and the view from the public walk, in particular, is enlivened by the bays and promontories, which diversify the sides of the lake.
From Annamarie the following Note:
Since this is a Kindle book, no page numbers are available. The above remarks come from Chapter IX.
In his preface in 1815, The Hon. Richard Bernard did not recommend his pages "to the perusal of the critical reader; as in fact, they contain merely the hasty observations suggested by the scenes he visited in the course of his Tour, together with a few occasional remarks, which he thought might be acceptable to the generality of readers; since notwithstanding the late increase of travellers, the numbers are still very great, who, being prevented by business, or deterred by the inconveniences of travelling, from visiting the Continent, might be disposed to pardon some inaccuracies, should they meet with a small portion either of amusement of information."
Monday, March 11, 2013
20. Death and Obituary -- Anna Geiser Treuthardt
March 11, 1936, Wednesday
On this day in 1936 Great-grandmother Anna Johanna Geiser Treuthardt died. The funeral was on Thursday March the 12th. Two short obituaries exist, from the collection of Katherine & Reinhold. Neither obituary has a citation, though the first one was surely published in the Georgetown, Texas Williamson County Sun and the information would have been supplied by Anna’s daughter Ida Krieg and a grandchild or two. This obituary must have been printed a day or two after the funeral.
I have numbered the obituaries and added some comments at the end.
1)
"Pioneer Resident of Georgetown Dies Wednesday
"Heart Ailment Fatal to Mrs. Anna Treuthardt
"Early Wednesday morning a heart ailment from which she had been suffering for some time was fatal to Mrs. Anna Treuthardt, pioneer resident of this city, and native of Switzerland. Death came swiftly to this beloved woman, and carried her into the great beyond, where her spirit went to convene with that of her maker.
"Funeral services, which were held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the Friedrich Funeral Home, were conducted by the Rev. Robert F. Jones, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Interment was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery immediately following the services at the chapel.
"Mrs. Anna Treuthardt, 89, was born in Roggwyl, Switzerland on Feb. 7, 1847. From an early age, she was taught to love her God, and at the age of 16 she was confirmed into the church at Roggwyl. In 1871, she was married to Frederick Christian Treuthardt, of Georgetown, in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1883, some 53 years ago, they came to Georgetown to make their home.
"Three children were born to this union, one of whom survives Mrs. Treuthardt. She is Mrs. Ida Krieg of Thrall. Twelve grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren also survive.
"Pallbearers, who were grandsons of the deceased were Oscar Krieg, Julius Krieg, Will Krieg, Arnold Krieg, Ed Krieg, all of Thrall, and John Treuthardt of Georgetown."
2)
“Georgetown, March 12.-- Funeral services were held here Thursday at 10 a.m. for Mrs. Anna Truehardt, 89, who died near Georgetown early Wednesday after an illness of six weeks.
“Mrs. Truehardt was born Feb. 7, 1847, at Roggwyl, Switzerland. She was married in 1871 to Frederick C. Truehardt at Lausonne (sic), Switzerland. With her husband and children she came to the United States in 1883 and settled near Georgetown. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ida Krieg of Thrall; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
“The Rev. Robert Jones conducted the funeral services. The eight grandsons of Mrs. Truehardt acted as pallbearers: They are John Truehardt of Georgetown, Siegfred Krieg of Eola, Oscar, Werner, Ed, Will, Julius and Arnold Krieg, all of Thrall."
Spellings of surnames
In 1, the name Krieg was misspelled and I have corrected it. [Nobody would object to that.] This was a misprint by the newspaper.
In 2, the surname is consistently spelled Truehardt. This is inaccurate for the Swiss immigrants and for the Arnold Treuthardt family. John, descendant of Arnold, is listed first in the pallbearers list; but he too exclusively used the original Swiss spelling. The Americanized form of the surname was adopted by the Will Treuthardt family. Will, who died in 1930, six years earlier than his step-mother Anna, used the original spelling as well, as shown by the name Treuthardt engraved on his tombstone. This is why I believe the second citation was written or amended by the Will Treuthardt family; and I don’t know where this second obituary was published.
Pallbearers
Obituary 2 states that Anna's eight grandsons were pallbearers. In 1, two grandsons’ names are omitted – Werner and Sigfrid. In neither copy are the Krieg grandsons listed in birth order. The youngest Sigfrid (with misspelled name) is listed first, and the others are "mixed."
Survivors
Only one daughter, Ida, 12 grandchildren (8 of Ida’s and 4 of Arnold’s children), and 17 great-grandchildren are listed as survivors. Not listed are those who predeceased Anna. This caused me confusion at first. I’ll explain more in the next blog. It is all clear now, and it was clear to the people in 1936 who read the newspaper. Incidentally, several more great-grandchildren were born to Anna after her death, including me.
The funeral home
I have never heard of Friedrich Funeral Home of Georgetown. Maybe others familiar with that time know where it was located.
Georgetown
So what was it? In the city (1) or near it (2)? It depends on how you define the city limits of Georgetown. It is not hard to reckon how somebody could interpret it either way. Since Ida herself was writing the information for obituary 1 (I’m 99% sure of that), it means something to me that Ida considered Georgetown her familiar hometown.
The Switzerland clues
Now we are getting someplace, with evidence. We know Anna’s birthdate and place in Switzerland. We learn that she came from a God-fearing family and that she was confirmed at the age of 16 in the church where she was brought up. We learn her husband’s full name, and their marriage year and place.
I knew that my father and uncles had said their grandparents’ marriage place was Lausanne. For years I did not know more than that. But the place of marriage is not exactly right. The Treuthardts were not married at Lausanne but at Lavigny. Lausanne is the closest big city to Lavigny, a small town even today. This too confused me, as to why the exact place was not named; until I noted that Americans don’t know where Switzerland is, and much less do they know where the towns are. Especially in those times it would have been true.
Year of immigration
And we have a reliable year of immigration, 1883!
On this day in 1936 Great-grandmother Anna Johanna Geiser Treuthardt died. The funeral was on Thursday March the 12th. Two short obituaries exist, from the collection of Katherine & Reinhold. Neither obituary has a citation, though the first one was surely published in the Georgetown, Texas Williamson County Sun and the information would have been supplied by Anna’s daughter Ida Krieg and a grandchild or two. This obituary must have been printed a day or two after the funeral.
I have numbered the obituaries and added some comments at the end.
1)
"Pioneer Resident of Georgetown Dies Wednesday
"Heart Ailment Fatal to Mrs. Anna Treuthardt
"Early Wednesday morning a heart ailment from which she had been suffering for some time was fatal to Mrs. Anna Treuthardt, pioneer resident of this city, and native of Switzerland. Death came swiftly to this beloved woman, and carried her into the great beyond, where her spirit went to convene with that of her maker.
"Funeral services, which were held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the Friedrich Funeral Home, were conducted by the Rev. Robert F. Jones, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Interment was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery immediately following the services at the chapel.
"Mrs. Anna Treuthardt, 89, was born in Roggwyl, Switzerland on Feb. 7, 1847. From an early age, she was taught to love her God, and at the age of 16 she was confirmed into the church at Roggwyl. In 1871, she was married to Frederick Christian Treuthardt, of Georgetown, in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1883, some 53 years ago, they came to Georgetown to make their home.
"Three children were born to this union, one of whom survives Mrs. Treuthardt. She is Mrs. Ida Krieg of Thrall. Twelve grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren also survive.
"Pallbearers, who were grandsons of the deceased were Oscar Krieg, Julius Krieg, Will Krieg, Arnold Krieg, Ed Krieg, all of Thrall, and John Treuthardt of Georgetown."
2)
“Georgetown, March 12.-- Funeral services were held here Thursday at 10 a.m. for Mrs. Anna Truehardt, 89, who died near Georgetown early Wednesday after an illness of six weeks.
“Mrs. Truehardt was born Feb. 7, 1847, at Roggwyl, Switzerland. She was married in 1871 to Frederick C. Truehardt at Lausonne (sic), Switzerland. With her husband and children she came to the United States in 1883 and settled near Georgetown. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ida Krieg of Thrall; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
“The Rev. Robert Jones conducted the funeral services. The eight grandsons of Mrs. Truehardt acted as pallbearers: They are John Truehardt of Georgetown, Siegfred Krieg of Eola, Oscar, Werner, Ed, Will, Julius and Arnold Krieg, all of Thrall."
Spellings of surnames
In 1, the name Krieg was misspelled and I have corrected it. [Nobody would object to that.] This was a misprint by the newspaper.
In 2, the surname is consistently spelled Truehardt. This is inaccurate for the Swiss immigrants and for the Arnold Treuthardt family. John, descendant of Arnold, is listed first in the pallbearers list; but he too exclusively used the original Swiss spelling. The Americanized form of the surname was adopted by the Will Treuthardt family. Will, who died in 1930, six years earlier than his step-mother Anna, used the original spelling as well, as shown by the name Treuthardt engraved on his tombstone. This is why I believe the second citation was written or amended by the Will Treuthardt family; and I don’t know where this second obituary was published.
Pallbearers
Obituary 2 states that Anna's eight grandsons were pallbearers. In 1, two grandsons’ names are omitted – Werner and Sigfrid. In neither copy are the Krieg grandsons listed in birth order. The youngest Sigfrid (with misspelled name) is listed first, and the others are "mixed."
Survivors
Only one daughter, Ida, 12 grandchildren (8 of Ida’s and 4 of Arnold’s children), and 17 great-grandchildren are listed as survivors. Not listed are those who predeceased Anna. This caused me confusion at first. I’ll explain more in the next blog. It is all clear now, and it was clear to the people in 1936 who read the newspaper. Incidentally, several more great-grandchildren were born to Anna after her death, including me.
The funeral home
I have never heard of Friedrich Funeral Home of Georgetown. Maybe others familiar with that time know where it was located.
Georgetown
So what was it? In the city (1) or near it (2)? It depends on how you define the city limits of Georgetown. It is not hard to reckon how somebody could interpret it either way. Since Ida herself was writing the information for obituary 1 (I’m 99% sure of that), it means something to me that Ida considered Georgetown her familiar hometown.
The Switzerland clues
Now we are getting someplace, with evidence. We know Anna’s birthdate and place in Switzerland. We learn that she came from a God-fearing family and that she was confirmed at the age of 16 in the church where she was brought up. We learn her husband’s full name, and their marriage year and place.
I knew that my father and uncles had said their grandparents’ marriage place was Lausanne. For years I did not know more than that. But the place of marriage is not exactly right. The Treuthardts were not married at Lausanne but at Lavigny. Lausanne is the closest big city to Lavigny, a small town even today. This too confused me, as to why the exact place was not named; until I noted that Americans don’t know where Switzerland is, and much less do they know where the towns are. Especially in those times it would have been true.
Year of immigration
And we have a reliable year of immigration, 1883!
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