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Dear Cousins,
This is a supplement to the family record Mother sent you last year.
Since then, I have received additional infarmaticn on Grandpa Egger's side
of the family, which I feel wculd be of interest to you all. It was provi-
ded by I'rederich Spycher, whom f erreneously identified as the son of cne
of Grandpa's sisters and a cousin of the th'_rteen children. He is, in fact,
a half second cousin (Just try to figure that; one out!), rather than a first
cousin.
The new information was brought to me by Frederich Spycher's Jon, Cody:,
whcj happens to be doing graduate wor:t at Oregon State University. Gady and
his friend spent a great deal of time helping me make a genealogy chart, which
I'm sending to Uncle Emil. I don't have the equipment for making multiple
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collies of the chart, so I will try ts summarize the information as fellows:
The record begins with Christian Egger I, who was married to Susanna
Joni. Birth, death and marriage dates for them were not available. They
had one child:
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Christian z, er rI (1753r-1815) who was married to Susanna :lager (1.761-
1 3c, } a ' They had two children:
i s Susanna. Egger, who married Samuel. Rubin, the village minister.
Marriage to a, minister was considered to be prestigious, a
status symbol of sorts.
2. Christian Egger III (1784-1859) who h.a.dtwo wives: In 1818
he marriedaargri.t Aellig (1787-1845). In 1.847, he married
f'cr a second time Elsbeth Mari (-lager, who was the widow of
oqe Johann lager. He had only one child, and that was by his
first wife, Margrit:
(a) Christian Egger IV (1.819-1879) ; ^rho was GrandA a® s
father. He was called the `" sc;hafor ( shepherd) of
the Engstl.i.genahp" (ed page 2 of the family his-
terv) . He ,also had two wives.:
he was married first in 1840 to Sara Yosti
(1822-1.845) , who was the daughter of Anton Rost:
and Susanna Aesid ig. The only child by this marriage
was Christian 1E2r, V. dumber V, in turn, only had
cne child, a. daughter wh.c married a man by the name
of Spycher.. The only child cf this union was Freder_i.ch
Spych.er. Gcdy, his son, is the next to the youngest
of twelve children.
We should be more interested in the second
marriage cf Christian IV, because we are descendents
from this lino. In .1847, two years a'-te,r the death
of his first wife, he married Susanna Bartschi (no
birth and dea lh date given) She was the daughter cf
Abraham P rtsrhi. and Margaret Dubi , Seven children
were born of this second marriage:
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( 1 ) J o h a n n E g g e r ( 1 8 5 1 - 1 9 2 2 ) h a d t w o w i v e s : M a r g a r e t T r u m m e r
( 1 8 7 1 - 1 8 9 5 ) a n d R o s a T r a c h s e l ( 1 8 5 7 - 1 9 3 5 ) . T h e r e i s n c
r e c o r d o f h i s c h i l d r e n , i f h e h a d a n y .
( 2 ) S a m u e l E g g e r ( 1 8 5 5 - 1 9 2 4 ) w h o m a r r i e d E l i z a b e t h A e l l i g ( 1 8 5 9 -
1 9 4 0 ) . N e e d l e s s t o s a y , t h e y h a d t h i r t e e n c h i l d r e n .
( 3 ) M a r g a r e t ( n o d a t e s ) w a s m a r r i e d t o a m a n b y t h e n a m e o f Z u m b e h r .
N o r e c o r d o f c h i l d r e n .
( 4 ) S a r a ( n o d a t e s ) m a r r i e d a m a n n a m e d G e r m a n n . T h e i r d a u g h t e r
( n o n a m e g i v e n ) m a r r i e d a M r . B r u n n e r . T h e B r u n n e r c h i l d r e n
( n u m b e r a n d n a m e s n o t g i v e n ) a r e o u r s e c o n d c o u s i n s a n d f i r s t
c o u s i n s o f o u r p a r e n t s .
( 5 ) M a r i a ( n o d a t e s )
( 6 ) E l i z a b e t h ( n o d a t e s )
( 7 ) K a t h a r i n a ( n o d a t e s )
M a r i a , E l i z a b e t h , a n d K a t h a r i n a w e n t t o t h e S o u t h o f F r a n c e m a n y y e a r s
a g o a n d h a v e n ' t b e e n h o a r d f r o m s i n c e .
T h e r e c o r d i s b y n o m e a n s c o m p l e t e , b u t i t d o e s c l a r i f y m a t t e r s s o m e w h a t .
I r e m e m b e r M o t h e r ' s s p e a k i n g o f G r a n d p a ' s t h r e e s i s t e r s w h o d i s a p p e a r e d s c
m y s t e r i o u s l y , b u t I n e v e r h e a r d h e r m e n t i e n a n y o f t h e o t h e r t h r e e c h i l d r e n .
A m i n y o n e p l a n n i n g a t r i p t o S w i t z e r l a n d w o u l d p r o b a b l y f i n d d e s c e n d e n t s o f S a r a ,
q 1 1 , d m a y b e e v e n J o h a n n , l i v i n g i n t h e A d e l b o d e n a r e a .
I n e i d e n t l y , i f a n y o n e w i s h e s t o w r i t e t o H e d w i g S c h o n h o l z e r , s h e h a s
m o v e d f r o m B e r n a n d h e r n e w a d d r e s s i s :
1 5 8 1 V a l l a m a n d
L e v B l a n c h e t t e s ,
S w i t z e r l a n d
B e s t w i s h e s f o r a M e r r y C h r i s t m a s a n d h a p p i n e s s i n t h e c o m i n g y e a r .
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I n 1 9 4 8 , a h i s t o r y o f t h e B u s c h l e n - M a u r e r f a m i l y w a s p u b l i s h e d i n S w i t z e r -
l a n d . T h e d e s c e n d e n t s o f A b r a h a m A e l l i g a n d h i s w i f e E l s b e t h ( E l i z a b e t h )
w e r e i n c l u d e d i n t h i s h i s t o r y b e c a u s e s h e w a s a D a n z e r . T h e y a r e b e l i e v e d
t o h a v e h a d f i f t e e n c h i l d r e n , e l e v e n o f w h o m s u r v i v e d t o a d u l t h o o d . O f
t h e s e e l e v e n , t h r e e e m i g r a t e d t o A m e r i c a ; E l i z a b e t h A e l l i g E g g e r , C h r i s t i a n
A e l l i g , a n d R o s e A e l l i g K l o p h e n s t e i n . T h e a u t h o r o f t h a t f a m i l y h i s t o r y h a d
m a d e s o m e a t t e m p t t o t r a c e t h e f a m i l y o f E l i z a b e t h a n d S a m u e l E g g e r , b u t w h a t
l i t t l e i n f o r m a t i o n h e w a s a b l e t o g a t h e r w a s i n c o m p l e t e a n d l a r g e l y i n e r r o r .
H e d w i g S c h o n h o l z e r , C h r i s t i a n G e r m a n n , a n d F r i e d a A e l l i g , a l l o f w h o m a r e
c h i l d r e n o f E l i z a b e t h E g g e r ' s s i b l i n g s i n S w i t z e r l a n d , h a v e c a r r i e d o n a
c o r r e s p o n d e n c e w i t h s e v e r a l . o f E l i z a b e t h ' s g r a n d c h i l d r e n f o r m a n y y e a r s .
A n d t h e y h a v e v e r y k i n d l y e x t e n d e d t h e i r h o s p i t a l i t y t o t h e i r A m e r i c a n
c o u s i n s , w h o h a v e v i s i t e d S w i t z e r l a n d . W h e n H e d w : i g S c h o n h o l z e r c a m e t o
A m e r i c a f o r a v i s i t l a s t s u m m e r , s h e w a s c o n f r o n t e d w i t h t h e p r o b l e m o f
k e e p i n g s t r a i g h t t h e a l m o s t o n e h u n d r e d r e l a t i v e s s h e w a s t o m e e t p e r s o n a l l y
i n t h r e e w e e k ' s t i m e . A t h e r r e q u e s t , E v e l y n R y a n a n d I u n d e r t o o k t h e t a s k
o f e x t e n d i n g t h e f a m i l y r e c o r d w h i c h w a s p u b l i s h e d i n S w i t z e r l a n d .
T h e p r i m a r y p u r p o s e o f t h e u n d e r t a k i n g i s t o c o m p l e t e o u r E g g e r g r a n d p a r e n t ' s
p o r t i o n o f t h e f a m i l y h i s t o r y f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f t h e r e l a t i v e s i n S w i t z e r l a n d .
T h e s e c o n d a r y p u r p o s e i s t o p r o v i d e a f a m i l y h i s t o r y , b e g i n n i n g w i t h t h e
A e l l i g s i n S w i t z e r l a n d , t h a t w i l l b e o f i n t e r e s t t t o t h e w i d e l y s c a t t e r e d d e s -
c e n d e n t s o f o u r g r a n d p a r e n t s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d C a n a d a . E v e l y n h a s
b e e n w o r k i n g t o t r a n s l a t e t h e A e l l i g h i s t o r y f r o m G e r m a n t o E n g l i s h , a n d I
h a v e m a d e c o n t a c t w i t h a t l e a s t o n e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f e a c h o f t h e f a m i l i e s
o f t h e o r i g i n a l t h i r t e e n c h i l d r e n t o g e t i n f o r m a t i o n o n h i s o r h e r p a r t i c u l a r
b r a n c h o f t h e f a m i l y . M a n y t h a n k s t o a l l o f y o u w h o h a v e r e s p o n d e d s o
e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y t o e v e r y r e q u e s t f o r i n f o r m a t i o n .
T h e i n f o r m a t i o n i s n o t c o m p l e t e i n s o m e c a s e s , p r i m a r i l y b e c a u s e o f m y i n -
e x p e r i e n c e i n t h e j o b o f c o l l e c t i n g s u c h d a t a a n d m y f a i l u r e t o c o m m u n i c a t e
t o m y c o r r e s p o n d e n t s t h e e x a c t n a t u r e o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n d e s i r e d . B i o g r a p h -
i c a l s k e t c h e s o n e a c h o f t h e t h i r t e e n c h i l d r e n a n d t h e s i x t y - t w o g r a n d -
c h i l d r e n a r e i n c l u d e d , a n d s o m e a r e m o r e c o m p l e t e t h a n o t h e r s . T h e d e c i s i o n
t o i n c l u d e t h e s e w a s m a d e t o o l a t e t o d o t h e b e s t p o s s i b l e j o b . S o m e
c o r r e s p o n d e n t s v e r y k i n d l y s u b m i t t e d s u c h i n f o r m a t i o n o n s u b s e q u e n t g e n e r a -
t i o n s , b u t a n a r b i t r a r y d e c i s i o n w a s m a d e n o t t o . i n c l u d e i t f o r t h e s a k e o f
e c o n o m y o f s p a c e .
I h a v e r e l i e d h e a v i l y o n m y m o t h e r , B e r t h a E g g e r R u t l e d t e , f o r t h e b i o -
g r a p h i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n o n h e r p a r e n t s , h e r b r o t h e r s a n d s i s t e r s , a n d h e r n i e c e s
a n d n e p h e w s . U n c l e E m i l a n d s e v e r a l o f t h e g r a n d c h i l d r e n h a v e t o l d m e f a m i l y
s t o r i e s t h a t h a v e b e e n i n v a l u a b l e i n c o m p l e t i n g m y p a r t o f t h e j o b . M a r g a r e t
S m i t h K l e i n t , w h o r e a l l y q u a l i f i e s f o r t h e t i t l e o f f a m i l y h i s t o r i a n , p r o v i d e d
t h e b i r t h d a t e s a n d o t h e r p e r t i n e n t d a t e s i n t h e l i v e s o f S a m u e l a n d E l i z a b e t h
a n d t h e i r t h i r t e e n c h i l d r e n . S h e ' s t h e o n e w h o i n i t i a t e d t h e c o r r e s p o n d e n c e
w i t h t h e r e l a t i v e s i n S w i t z e r l a n d , a n d t h e r e c o r d s s h e h a s k e p t t h r o u g h t h e
" r e a r s a r e t h e n u c l e u s f o r t h i s f a m i l y h i s t o r y .
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S o m e b a c k g r o u n d m a t e r i a l o n S w i t z e r l a n d i s i n c l u d e d , a s a m a t t e r o f i n t e r e s t ,
b u t n o a t t e m p t h a s b e e n m a d e t o g o i n t o a l l o f t h e p o l i t i c a l , c u l t u r a l ,
h i s t o r i c a l a n d e c o n o m i c f o r c e s a t w o r k i n S w i t z e r l a n d , t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , a n d
C a n a d a t h a t m a y h a v e h a d a n y i n f l u e n c e o n t h e h i s t o r y o f t h i s f a m i l y .
T h e d e s c e n d e n t s o f S a m u e l a n d E l i z a b e t h E g g e r m e n t i o n e d i n t h i s r e c o r d c a n b e
b r o k e n d o w n a s f o l l o w s :
2 n d g e n e r a t i o n 1 3 c h i l d r e n
3 r d g e n e r a t i o n 6 2 g r a n d c h i l d r e n ( 1 )
4 t h g e n e r a t i o n - 1 3 6 g r e a t g r a n d c h i l d r e n ( 2 )
5 t h g e n e r a t i o n - 6 0 g r e a t , g r e a t g r a n d c h i l d r e n ( 3 )
6 t h g e n e r a t i o n - 1 g r e a t , g r e a t , g r e a t g r a n d c h i l d
T O T A L 2 7 2 ( 4 )
D e s c e n d e n t s b y f a m i l y :
2 n d 3 r d 4 t h 5 t h 6 t h T O T A L
1 . L o u i s e 1 1
2 . S o p h i a 7 7 9 1 2 4
3 . S u s i e 5 1 0 1 8 3 3
4 . M a r i e 4 3 2 9
5 . C h r i s t 5 1 4 6 2 5
6 . M a g g i e 1 . 2 3 1 1 4 ( 4 ) 5 7
7 . J a c k 6 1 7 3 2 6
8 . R o s e 2 3 6 1 1
9 . B e t h 5 1 6 ( 4 ) 2 1
1 0 . S a r a h 5 9 2 1 6
1 1 . S a m 3 5 ( 4 ) 8
1 2 . E m i l 2 9 1 1
1 3 . B e r t h a 5 1 2 1 7
G i a M i l i n o v i c h ( b o r n i n ; 9 6 9 ) i s t h e f i r s t m e m b e r o f t h e 6 t h g e n e r a t i o n . S h e
i s t h e d a u g h t e r o f P a t r i c k M i l i n o v i c h ( 5 t h g e n e r a t i o n ) , t h e g r a n d d a u g h t e r o f
B e a t r i c e Q u a d e r e r M i l i n o v i c h ( 4 t h g e n e r a t i o n ) , t h e g r e a t g r a n d d a u g h t e r o f
B e r t Q u a d e r e r ( 3 r d g e n e r a t i o n ) , t h e g r e a t , g r e a t g r a n d d a u g h t e r o f S o p h i a
E g g e r Q u a d e r e r ( 2 n d g e n e r a t i o n ) , a n d ; h e g r e a t , g r e a t , g r e a t g r a n d d a u g h t e r o f
s a m u e l a n d E l i z a b e t h E g g e r ( 1 s t g e n e r a t i o n ) .
H e l g a F r a n k e n s t e i n ( b o r n i n 1 9 6 6 ) i s t h e y o u n g e s t c h i l d o f t h e y o u n g e s t c h i l d
( K a y R u t l e d g e F r a n k e n s t e i n ) o f t h e y o u n g e s t c h i l d ( B e r t h a E g g e r R u t l e d g e ) o f
S a m u e l a n d E l i z a b e t h E g g e r .
A n n ( P a t ) R u t l e d g e
N o v e m b e r , 1 9 7 0
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5 a d o p t e d a n d / o r s t e p g r a n d c h i l d r e n
1 9 a d o p t e d a n d / o r s t e p g r e a t g r a n d c h i l d r e n
6 a d o p t e d a n d / o r s t e p g r e a t , g r e a t g r a n d c h i l d r e n
I t i s u n l i k e l y t h a t t h i s i s a c o r r e c t t o t a l . I t i s p r o b a b l e t h a t
t h e r e a r e a d d i t i o n a l g r e a t , g r e a t g r a n d c h i l d r e n i n t h e f a m i l y o f M a g g i e
H a n s o n , a n d i t i s p o s s i b l e t h a t t h e r e a r e s o m e i n t h o s e o f B e t h O w s l e y
a n d S a m E g g e r . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , I n e g l e c t e d t o a s k f o r 5 t h g e n e r a t i o n
d a t a i n t h e s e t h r e e c a s e s .
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S w i t z e r l a n d h a s t w e n t y - f o u r c a n t o n s , w h i c h a r e s i m i l a r t o o u r s t a t e s . M o s t
c a n t o n s e l e c t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s t o m a k e t h e i r l a w s , j u s t a s w e d o i n o u r s t a t e
g o v e r n m e n t s , b u t i n s e v e r a l o f t h e s m a l l e r c a n t o n s t h e v o t e r s d o n o t e l e c t r e p r e -
s e n t a t i v e s ; i n s t e a d t h e y a l l m e e t a n d c a r r y o n t h e b u s i n e s s o f t h e c a n t o n i n a
p e o p l e ' s a s s e m b l y c a l l e d t h e L a n d s g e m e i n d e , m u c h a s t h e G r e e k s d i d i n t h e i r
a n c i e n t c i t y - s t a t e s . T h i s t y p e o f d i r e c t d e m o c r a c y h a s b e e n p r a c t i c e d i n
S w i t z e r l a n d f o r m o r e t h a n 5 0 0 y e a r s .
W i t h i n i t s 1 6 , 0 0 0 s q u a r e m i l e s - t h a t ' s a b o u t t o n e - s i x t h t h e s i z e o f t h e s t a t e o f
O r e g o n - f o u r l a n g u a g e s a r e s p o k e n : 7 2 % s p e a k G e r m a n ; 2 2 % F r e n c h ; 6 % I t a l i a n ;
a n d 1 % R o m a n s h , a d i a l e c t o f L a t i n . A l i t t l e m o r e t h a n h a l f o f t h e p e o p l e a r e
P r o t e s t a n t a n d m o s t o f t h e r e s t a r e C a t h o l i c .
F o r m o r e t h a n o n e h u n d r e d f i f t y y e a r s S w i t z e r l a n d h a s b e e n a n i s l a n d o f n e u -
t r a l i t y i n t h e m i d s t o f w a r . R e f u g e e s a n d e x i l e s f r o m o t h e r c o u n t r i e s h a v e
f o u n d i t a p e a c e f u l s a n c t u a r y . P e r h a p s i t h a s b e e n a b l e t o r e m a i n n e u t r a l
b e c a u s e i t s h i g h m o u n t a i n s p r o v i d e a n a t u r a l d e f e n s e a g a i n s t i n v a s i o n . A n d t h e
S w i s s b e l i e v e t h a t a m a n w h o e n j o y s f r e e d o m m u s t b e p r e p a r e d t o d e f e n d i t .
F r o m t h e a g e o f t w e n t y S w i s s y o u n g m e n a r e c a l l e d u p f o r a f e w w e e k s o f v i g o r o u s
m i l i t a r y t r a i n i n g e a c h y e a r , A n d e v e r y c i t i z e n - s o l d i e r h a s i n h i s o w n h o m e h i s
u n i f o r m , k i t , g u n a n d a m m u n i t i o n . T h e S w i s s c a n c a l l u p a n a r m y o f 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 m e n
i n t w o d a y ' s t i m e .
A l t h o u g h i t r e m a i n s n e u t r a l i n m a t t e r s o f w a r , i t i s m o s t i n t e r n a t i o n a l i n
o t h e r w a y s . I t i s , o r h a s b e e n , t h e h o m e o f t h e w o r l d ' s g r e a t e s t i n t e r n a t i o n a l
o r g a n i z a t i o n s ; t h e R e d C r o s s - i t s f l a g , a r e d c r o s s o n a w h i t e f i e l d , i s t h e
S w i s s f l a g w i t h c o l o r s r e v e r s e d - t h e P o s t a l a n d T e l e g r a p h U n i o n , t h e L e a g u e
o f N a t i o n s , t h e G e n e v a C o n v e n t i o n . A l t h o u g h i t d o e s n o t b e l o n g t o t h e U n i t e d
N a t i o n s , i t d o e s b e l o n g t o t h e U . N . a g e n c i e s w h i c h h a v e p e a c e f u l g o a l s a n d
t h e E u r o p e a n o f f i c e s f o r s u c h a g e n c i e s a r e l o c a t e d i n . S w i t z e r l a n d .
E c o n o m i c a l l y , S w i t z e r l a n d i s a " h a v e - n o t " n a t i o n . I t h a s n o c o a l a n d i r o n
a n d f e w r a w m a t e r i a l s e x c e p t f o r w o o d . I t i s l a n d l o c k e d , a l t h o u g h i t d o e s
h a v e t h e r i v e r p o r t o f B a s e l o n t h e R h i n e . W h a t ' s m o r e , h a l f o f i t i s c o v e r e d
w i t h m o u n t a i n s a n d m o s t o f i t s f a r m l a n d i s l o c a t e d o n a h i l l y p l a t e a u . Y e t ,
w i t h a l l t h e s e d i s a d v a n t a g e s i t i s p r o s p e r o u s . T h e S w i s s f r a n c i s a m o n g t h e
m o s t s t a b l e c u r r e n c y i n t h e w o r l d ; i t s v a l u e h a s n o t c h a n g e d i n t h i r t y y e a r s .
I t s b a n k s a r e s e c u r e a n d b o a s t m o r e s a v i n g s a c c o u n t s t h a n t h e r e a r e p e o p l e i n
S w i t z e r l a n d .
T h e k e y t o i t s e c o n o m i c s u c c e s s i s i t s p e o p l e . T h e y a r e h a r d y , c a p a b l e o f
w r e s t i n g a l i v i n g f r o m a m o u n t a i n w i l d e r n e s s ; t h e y a r e s k i l l f u l a n d c l e v e r a n d
a p p l y t h e i r s k i l l s t o i n d u s t r i e s t h a t b r i n g t h e g r e a t e s t r e t u r n s ; t h e y a r e
r e s o u r c e f u l a n d t h e y k n o w h o w t o m a k e f u l l u s e o f w h a t t h e i r c o u n t r y h a s . -
T h e S w i s s a r e k n o w n f o r h i g h q u a l i t y p r o d u c t s t h a t r e q u i r e f e w r a w m a t e r i a l s
a n d m u c h s k i l l w a t c h e s a n d p r e c i s i o n i n s t r u m e n t s , c h e m i c a l s a n d t e x t i l e s
a n d t h e i r f a c t o r i e s a r e r u n b y t h e i r o n e g r e a t r e s o u r c e , w a t e r p o w e r . T h e
m e a d o w s o f t h e A l p s p r o v i d e p a s t u r e f o r c a t t l e a n d t h e l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s o f
o f m i l k p r o d u c e d a r e t u r n e d i n t o w o r l d - f a m o u s c h o c o l a t e a n d c h e e s e . S w i t z e r -
l a n d ' s l e a d i n g i n d u s t r y i s t o u r i s m a n d t h e S w i s s h a v e m a d e i t s o b y c a p i t a l -
i z i n g o n t h e i r m o u n t a i n s c e n a r y , b y p e r f e c t i n g t h e h o t e l b u s i n e s s t o a n a r t ,
a n d b y p r o v i d i n g a n e f f i c i e n t a n d c l e v e r l y e n g i n e e r e d t r a n s p o r t a t i o n s y s t e m .
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" T h e C a n t o n o f B e r n , l o c a t e d i n t h e s o u t h - c e n t r a l p a r t o f t h e c o u n t r y , i s t h e
s e c o n d l a r g e s t o f S w i t z e r l a n d ' s c a n t o n s , T h e C a n t o n ' s l a r g e s t c i t y , B e r n ,
b u i l t i n M e d i e v a l t i m e s , i s a l s o t h e f e d e r a l c a p i t a l o f S w i t z e r l a n d . T h e o f f i c i a l
l a n g u a g e o f t h e C a n t o n i s G e r m a n . I n i t s s o u t h e r n s e c t i o n a r e t h e h i g h l a n d s
k n o w n a s t h e B e r n e s e O b e r l a n d . I n t e r l a k e n , a n e l e g a n t r e s o r t t h a t s t a n d s b e -
t w e e n t w o l o n g l a k e s , a n d t h e f a m o u s p e a k , t h e J u n g f r a u , a r e l o c a t e d i n t h e
B e r n e s e O b e r l a n d ;
T h e v i l l a g e o f A d e l b o d e n i s a l s o i n t h e B e r n e s e O b e r l a n d . I t l i e s a b o u t t h i r t y -
f i v e m i l e s s o u t h e a s t o f t h e c i t y o f B e r n , V a s t h e c r o w f l y s . " I t i s p o p u l a r
w i t h t h e t o u r i s t s , e s p e c i a l l y i n t h e w i n t e r t i m e , a s i t o f f e r s e x c e l l e n t s k i -
i n g . T h e v a l l e y i n w h i c h A d e l b o d e n l i e s i s d o m i n a t e d b y s e v e r a l p e a k s ; a m o n g
t h e m a r e t h e E n g s l i g e n a l p a n d t h e W i l . d e s t r u b e l , A b o v e t h e v a l l e y f l o o r , a n d
b e l o w t h e W i l . d e s r u b e l , i s a t i n y g l a c i a t e d v a l l e y . T h e e t e r n a l s n o w s o f ' t h e
m o u n t a i n f e e d t h e c r e e k w h i c h f l o u t s t h r o u g h t h e t i n y v a l l e y a n d d r o p s o v e r t h e
e d g e t o f o r m a w a t e r f a l l . T o r e a c h t h e t o p o f t h e w a t e r f a l l , t o d a y , o n e m u s t
w a l k f r o m A d e l b o d e n t o i t s f o o t a n d t a k e a n a e r i a l c a r w h i c h i s c a r r i e d u p
t h e h i l l o n c a b l e s , O r o n e c a n d o a s i t w a s d o n e i n G r a n d f a t h e r ' s d a y a n d
m a k e t h e s t e e p c l i m b o n y o u r o w n p o w e r . T h e r e a r e p e r h a p s a h a l f - d o z e n s m a l l
f a r m s a t t h e t o p o f t h e w a t e r f a l l . T h e s e a r e r e a l l y n o t f a r m s , b e c a u s e t h e
g r o u n d i s r o c k y a n d s u i t a b l e o n l y f o r p a s t u r e . E a c h h o u s e h a s t h e b a r n
a t t a c h e d , w h i c h i s t y p i c a l o f t h e v e r y o l d h o u s e s o f S w i t z e r l a n d . S t i l l h i g h e r ,
n e a r t h e t o p o f t h e E n g s l i g e n a l p i s t h e c h e e s e m a k e r ' s h u t . H e s t a y s w i t h
t h e c o w s o n t h e u p p e r m e a d o w s a l l s u m m e r a n d m a k e s e a c h d a y ' s m i l k i n t o c h e e s e .
E v e r y t h i n g h e r e i s p r o b a b l y v e r y m u c h a s i t w a s o n e h u n d r e d f i f t e e n y e a r s a g o
w h e n S a m u e l E g g e r w a s b o r n o n N o v e m b e r 1 9 , 1 8 5 5 . T h e h o u s e i n w h i c h h e w a s
b o r n i s v e r y o l d s I t h a s b e e n r e m o d e l e d s o m e w h a t s i n c e t h e E g g e r s l i v e d t h e r e .
N o t v e r y m u c h i s k n o w n a b o u t h i s f a m i l y , b u t i t i s b e l i e v e d t h a t h e h a d t h r e e
s i s t e r s . T h e a d o p t e d d a u g h t e r o f o n e o f h i s s i s t e r s l i v e s i n A d e l b o d e n , a n d
t h e s o n o f a n o t h e r , a M r . S p y c h e r , l i v e s i n t h e w e s t e r n p a r t o f S w i t z e r l a n d .
O n e c o u l d g u e s s t h a t t h e E g g e r s w e r e a p o o r f a m i l y a n d t h a t c h e e s e - m a k i n g w a s
a n i m p o r t a n t p a r t , i f n o t a l l , o f t h e i r l i v e l i h o o d .
T h e c h i l d r e n � o f A b r a h a m A e l l , i g p e r h a p s h a d l i t t l e m o r e t o e a t t h a n d i d S a m u e l
a n d h i s s i s t e r s - t h e r e w e r e e l e v e n o f t h e m t o s u p p o r t o n a s c h o o l t e a c h e r ' s
s a l a r y , B u t t h e y c e r t a i n l y e n j o y e d a l i t t l e m o r e p r e s t i g e i n t h e c o m m u n i t y
t h r o u g h t h e a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e i r f a t h e r . H e w a s a j u d g e a n d p r e s i d e n t o f a
c o u n c i l o f j u d g e s f o r h i s p o l i t i c a l d i s t r i c t . H e a l s o r e p r e s e n t e d h i s d i s t r i c t
i n t h e a s s e m b l y f o r t h e C a n t o n o f B e r n , a n d h e w a l k e d t h e d i s t a n c e t o B e r n
t o p e r f o r m h i s d u t i e s t h e r e . H e i s b e s t k n o w n a s t h e e n g i n e e r f o r t h e r o a d
b e t w e e n F r u i t i g e n a n d A d e l b o d e n , , w h i c h e n a b l e d A d e l b o d e n t o d e v e l o p i t s t o u r i s t
f a c i l i t i e s . H e u n d e r t o o k t h e j o b h i m s e l f b e c a u s e t h e d i s t r i c t c o u l d n o t
a f f o r d t o h i r e a n e n g i n e e r , a n d t h e r o a d w a s c l e v e r l y d e s i g n e d t o a v o i d h i g h
c o n s t r u c t i d n c o s t s . T h e r o a d , a s h e d e s i g n e d i t , i s s t i l l i n u s e , a n d b u s
l o a d s o f s k i i e r s a n d t o u r i s t s u s e i t t h e y e a r a r o u n d . T h e m e m o r i e s o f h i s w i f e ,
E l i z a b e t h D a n n e r A e l l i g , a r e n o t a s s h a r p l y d e f i n e d , b u t s h e c e r t a i n l y h a d t o
p l a y a s u p p o r t i v e r o l e , i f o n l y b y n o t c o m p l a i n i n g a b o u t a l l t h e t i m e h e
d e v o t e d t o h i s c o m m u n i t y . E x c e p t f o r h i s j o b a s a s c h o o l t e a c h e r , p r o b a b l y
n o n e o f t h e p o s i t i o n s h e h e l d w e r e s a l a r i e d . I n t h e m o n t h o f J u l y , 1 8 8 8 , h e
s u f f e r e d a s t r o k e a n d d i e d , w a l k i n g b a c k t o F r u i t i g e n f r o m A e s c h i w h e r e h e h a d
b e e n a t t e n d i n g t o s o m e c o m m u n i t y b u s i n e s s , l e a v i n g h i s w i d o w w i t h s o m e m i n o r
c h i l d r e n s t i l l a t h o m e . S h e d i e d o n G o o d F r i d a y , 1 9 0 3 .
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Their oldest daughter, Elizabeth, was born July 23, 1859. She probably had at
least a secondary school education, because she had learned French which is
taught on the secondary level in the German - speaking cantons. She had not yet
reached her eighteenth birthday when she married Samuel. Egger, April 14, 1877.
Their first four children were born in Adelboden, and she was pregnant with
their fifth child when they left Switzerland to come to America in May of 1884.
(1) There is evidence that at this time the Swiss government was subsidizing
emigration and that Samuel received all ox part of the cost of passage for him-
self, his wife, and three of the children.
They first settled in Ohio, probably near the town of Alliance, and their next
three children were born here. They moved to Bemidji, Minnesota somewhere
around 1887. We don't know how long they remained in Bemidji, but it couldn't
have been too long, because at least three of the next five children were born
at Pine Island, Minnesota. It is reported that they went to Minnesota from
Ohio by wagon, and they probably used the same mode of transportation when they
moved from Minnesota to Barren, Wisconsin in 1897. In 1908 they left Wisconsin
to go to Idaho. They applied for a homestead, for which they paid an appli-
cation fee of $400, in Arena Valley near the town of Parma, Idaho. They lived
in Arena Valley until 1916, when they moved to Middleton, Idaho. In 1919 they
bought a farm near Star; Idaho and lived there until Samuel's death in 1924.
Elizabeth spent the remainder of her life in a little house in Middleton. (2)
Samuel supported his large family mostly by farming. Sometimes he was employed
as a cheese -maker working for someone else, and at times he found his own
market for the cheese he made by selling it to the saloons. He always kept
cows, which he treated with great gentleness; it is said that he could walk
up to any of his cows in the pasture and milk them without tethering them.
Those who knew him remember him as a happy man, who liked to sing and yodel.
He had a fine bass voice and was often called upon to sing on special occasions.
The letters he wrote to some of his children indicate that he had mastered
the English language well. Both he and Elizabeth were deeply religious.
After they came to America, they followed a religion that was much more funda-
mentalist than that of the Protestant Church of Switzerland. In their last
years they belonged to the Church of God in Middleton. He was quite liberal
in the matter of politics and his son, Emil, remembers that he voted the
Progressive ticket. Samuel died at Star, Idaho, September 20, 1924 of cancer
of the stomach. He is buried in the cemetary at Middleton.
Elizabeth had been well - trained in the domestic arts - cooking, sewing, knitting,
and needlework - and she needed that training in taking care of a large family
on a limited income. She was huge in size - for most of her life she weighed
close to 300 pounds - and she was practically immobile. Usually she sat at a
table in the middle of the kitchen with cutting board, knife and other utensils
(1) In 1970 their son, Emil Egger, went to the Bureau of Land Management
in Boise to get some information on the place they homesteaded in
Arena. Valley and found the record of Samuel's citizenship on file there.
According to this record, he was fifty -two years old when he applied
• for citizenship, and he had emigrated to the United States on the
vessel Normania, arriving in New York May 3, 1884.
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a t h a n d . H e r d a u g h t e r s a c t e d a s h e r " l e g s " b r i n g i n g f o o d t o h e r f o r p r e p -
a r a t i o n a n d c a r r y i n g i t t o t h e s t o v e f o r c o o k i n g . S o u p , c h e e s e a n d b r e a d m a d e
u p a l a r g e s h a r e o f t h e i r d i e t . S h e w a s g i v e n t o s e l f - p i t y a n d c r i e d a g r e a t
d e a l o v e r s m a l l m a t t e r s . S h e w a s f u l l o f f e a r s a n d s u p e r s t i t i o n s . ( 3 ) S h e
n e v e r l e a r n e d t o s p e a k E n g l i s h a s w e l l a s S a m u e l , a n d s h e a l m o s t a l w a y s s p o k e
G e r m a n t o h e r c h i l d r e n . S h e n e v e r s a w a d o c t o r u n t i l s h o r t l y b e f o r e s h e d i e d
a t t h e a g e o f e i g h t y . T h e d o c t o r w h o a t t e n d e d h e r t h e n s a i d t h a t h e r w e i g h t
w a s p a r t l y d u e t o f l u i d s r e t a i n e d i n t h e t i s s u e s , a c o n d i t i o n k n o w n a s e d e m a .
S h e d i e d i n M i d d l e t o n , J a n u a r y 2 1 , 1 9 4 0 , o f p n e u m o n i a , p r o b a b l y r e s u l t i n g
f r o m t h e e d e m a a n d t h e c o m p l i c a t i o n s o f o l d a g e . S h e w a s b u r i e d b e s i d e S a m u e l
i n t h e c e m e t a r y a t M i d d l e t o n .
( 2 ) T h e n u m b e r o f m o v e s t h e y m a d e i s r a t h e r a m a z i n g w h e n o n e c o n s i d e r s
t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s . F a r m e r s a r e u s u a l l y t h e m o s t s t a b l e O l e m e n t o f
t h e p o p u l a t i o n , a n d t h e s i z e o f t h e f a m i l y a n d i n e f f i c i e n t t r a n s -
p o r t a t i o n s h o u l d h a v e b e e n o p e r a t i n g t o k e e p t h e m i n o n e p l a c e .
P e r h a p s G r a n d f a t h e r h a d a l i t t l e g y p s y i n h i s s o u l .
( 3 ) S h e b e l i e v e d i n " m a r k i n g c h i l d r e n " a n d w h e n h e r
b o r n w i t h a d e f o r m e d l i t t l e f i n g e r o n o n e h a n d ,
w a s b e c a u s e s h e h a d s h a k e n h a n d s w i t h a m a n w i t h
w h o m s h e h a d m e t o n t h e b o a t c o m i n g t o A m e r i c a
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s o n , C h r i s t w a s
s h e s a i d t h a t i t
a c r i p p l e d h a n d ,
" T h e s e a r e t h e t h i r t e e n c h i l d r e n o f S a m u e l . a n d E l i z a b e t h E g g e r :
1 . L o u i s e w a s b o r n i n A d e l b o d e n , C a n t o n o f B e r n . , S w i t z e r l a n d , o n J a n u a r y
1 4 , 1 8 � 9 . W h e n S a m u e l a n d E l i z a b e t h c a m e t o A m e r i c a , t h e y l e f t h e r
i n S w i t z e r l a n d w i t h h e r A e l l i g g r a n d p a r e n t s . ( 1 ) L o u i s e c a m e t o
A m e r i c a w i t h P o s e A e l l i g , E l i z a b e t h ' s y o u n g e r s i s t e r , i n 1 8 8 9 . S h e
p r o b a b l y l i v e d w i t h h e r p a r e n t s u n t i l h e r m a r r i a g e t o G e n e P i e r c e ,
w h o w a s t h e c o n s t a b l e i n B a r r o n , W i s c o n s i n . S h e h a d n o f o r m a l .
n u r s e s t r a i n i n g , b u t s h e s e e m e d t o h a v e a n a t u r a l a p p t i t u d e f o r
n u r s i n g . F o r s e v e r a l y e a r s s h e c a r e d f o r p a t i e n t s i n a s m a l l h o s -
p i t a l : o p e r a t e d b y t w o d o c t o r s i n B a r r o n . T h e c h i l d s h e a d o p t e d w a s
p r o b a b l y o n e s h e c a r e d f o r w h i l e w o r k i n g i n t h e h o s p i t a l . L o u i s e
d i e d i n B a r r o n , O c t o b e r 2 8 0 1 . 9 1 8 , o f i n f l u e n z a .
( a ) C l a r e n c e P i e r c e w a s t h e a d o p t e d s o n o f G e n e a n d
L o u i s e P i e r c e . T h e d a t e o f h i s b i r t h i s u n k n o w n .
H e s e r v e d i n t h e a r m y d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I . S o o n
a f t e r t h e w a r , h e l o s t c o n t r a c t w i t h t h e r e s t o f t h e
f a m i l y . H i s w h e r e a b o u t s , a n d w h e t h e r o r n o t h e i s
s t i l l l i v i n g , i s u n k n o w n .
2 . S o p h i a w a s b o r n i n A d e l b o d e n , C a n t o n o f B e r n , S w i t z e r l a n d , o n
A u g u s t 1 4 , 1 . 8 8 0 . S h e a l s o l i v e d w i t h h e r p a r e n t s u n t i l h e r m a r r i a g e
t o T o m Q u a d e r e r i n 1 8 . T o m ' s . f a t h e r , J o h n Q u a d e r e r , w a s o f S w i s s
o r i g i n a n d a n o u t s t a n d i n g c i t i z e n o f t h e c o m m u n i t y o f B a r r o n . H e
" d o n a t e d t h e l a n d f o r t h e B a r r o n C o u n t y C o u r t H o u s e , a n d h e w a s
i n v o l v e d i n n u m e r o u s o t h e r c i v i c a n d b u s i n e s s e n t e r p r i s e s i n B a r r o n .
T o m a n d S o p h i a l i v e d i n n e a r b y H i l l s d a l e , w h e r e T o m w o r k e d a s a
p l a s t e r e r . S o p h i a d i e d i n c h i l d b i r t h , A p r i l 2 2 , 1 9 1 4 . T o m , w h o
w a s b o r n i n 1 8 7 8 2 d i e d i n 1 9 4 8 . T h e y h a d s e v e n c h i l d r e n :
( a ) B e r t , b o r n i n 1 8 9 3 , w a s t h e f i r s t g r a n d c h i l d o f
S a m u e l , a n d E l i z a b e t h , a n d h e w a s b o r n t w o y e a r s
b e f o r e t h e i r y o u n g e s t c h i l d , B e r t h a . W h e n h i s
m o t h e r d i e d , h e w a s o l d e n o u g h t o b e o n h i s o w n .
H e s e r v e d i n t h e a r m y i n F r a n c e d u r i n g G V o r l d W a r
I . H e w a s m a r r i e d t o E l l e n W a l d r i f f , b o r n i n 1 9 0 1 .
l i e w o r k e d i n t h e m e a t p a c k i n g , i n d u s t r y f o r m o s t o f
h i s l i f e i n D u l u t h . H e d i e d i n t h e V e t e r a n ' s H o s -
p i t a l i n S t . P a u l , M i n n e s o t a i n 1 9 6 6 . H e a n d E l l e n
h a d t w o c h i l d r e n :
( 1 ) B e a t r i c e ( 1 9 2 1 ) , m a r r i e d t o J o s e p h M i . l i n . o v i c h ( 1 9 1 8 )
5 c h i l d r e n : P a t r i c k ( 1 9 4 9 ) , w h o h a s o n e c h i l d ,
G i a ( 1 . 9 6 9 ) ; P a u l J a c k ( 1 9 5 0 ) ; J o s e p h
B e r t ( 1 . 9 5 2 ) ; G e o r g e H e r m a n ( 1 9 5 4 ) ;
a n d S a r a h J a n e ( 1 9 5 9 )
( 2 ) P a u l a ( : 1 9 4 2 ) m a r r i e d t o R i c h a r d K r a u s e ( 1 9 4 5 )
n o c h i l d r e n
I s ( 1 ) Y e a r s l a t e r E l i z a b e t h s a i d , h a d s h e h a d i t t o d o o v e r , s h e w o u l d
n e v e r h a v e l e f t L o u i s e i n S w i t z e r l a n d . T h e s e p a r a t i o n m a d e i t s e e m
t o h e r t h a t L o u i s e w a s n o t r e a l l y h e r c h i l d .
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(b) Marie, born in 1900, was only fourteen when her mother died.
She went to Live with Louise Pierce and helped her until Louise
died in 1918. Then she went to Illinois to help her aunt, Sarah
Ryan, during the .flu epidemic. She stayed with Sarah until her
marriage. She was married to Merle Phelps, who was born in 1898.
Merle and Marie now live in Wisconsin. They have no children.
(c) Hazel was born in 1904. 111hen her mother died, she and her brother,
Frankie, went to Idaho and stayed with their Egger grandparents
for about a year. Then they were taken back to 'Wisconsin by their
father. She was staying with her aunt, Sarah Ryan, when she died
of influenza in 1918.
(d) Frankie was born in 1906. After he and Hazel were brought back
to Wisconsin from Idaho by their father, he was taken to live in
Canada with his Uncle, Christ Egger. He died as the result of
hemorrhaging during a tonsiledtomy in 1920.
(e) Lawrence was born in 1909. He and his brother, Donald, were
placed in an Indian school when their mother died.(1) He served
in the army in Germany during world 'Jar II. After the guar, he
worked in San Francisco, California as a waiter. He is now
retired and still lives in San Francisco. He never married.
(f) Donald was born in 1912. After receiving his elementary and
secondary education in the Indian school, he attended college
in New Mexico. He and his wife, ?Rose Aragon (1914) were
employed for some years at the Intermountain Indian School at
Brigham City, Utah, he in the business office, and she as a
counselor. He died of heart trouble in 1963. They had two
children:
(T) Mary Louise (1944), married to Robert La Framboise
2 children: Christy Dawn (1967) and
Lori Ann (1968)
(2) Donna Pose (1945), married to Peter Carboni
(g) Louise raas born when her mother died in 1914. She,too, was cared
for by her aunt, Louise Pierce, until her death. TJhen she was
four years old, she went to live with Rose Klophenstein, Eliza-
beth's sister. After the marriage of her sister Marie to Merle
Phelps, she lived with them until her marriage to Bliley (:?ig)
Miller. :dig, who was born in 1.896, operates a machine shop in
Tonica, Illinois, and for many years has served as mayor of the
town. Louise and :?ig Miller have three children:
(1) The children to Tom and Sophia. Quaderer qualified for Indian
education, because their paternal., grandmother was an American Indian.
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(1) Joanne (1933)
2 children: Patricia Lynn (1957)
Paula Jo (1959)
(2) Tommy (1942), married to Mary Horton (1943)
no children:
(3) Sam. (1947), married to :'Vice Swift (1946)
no children
3. Susie was born in Adelboden, Canton of Dern, Switzerland, on May 1,
1881. She was married in 1904 to Lee Smith, who was born in 1879.
Before her marriage, she cooked in a hotel in Barron. They lived in
wi.sconsin until about 1918 when they moved to Idaho. Lee was a
minister who also raised and sold strawberries to supplement his
income. Susie lived with and cared for her mother in the years be-
fore Elizabeth died. Susie had a goiter, which probably contributed
to her death in Middleton, on December 4, 1944. Lee died in 1964.
They had five children:
(a) Francis was born in 1.906. In 1936 she married Wes Hadsall,
born. in 1902. T,,jes has worked as a mechanic in and around
Middleton most of his life. Presently they live in Middle-
ton where Francis works in the school cafeteria. They have
no children.
(b) Niargaret was born in 1907. Before her marriage, she trained
as a nurse and later as a teacher. Her husband, Dick Kleint,
• was born in 1886. For most of his life he was a farmer near
Donnelly, Idaho. Since his death in 1964, their son has
taken over the operation of the family farm and Margaret
lives in her own house on the place. Dick and Margaret had
tivo children:
(1) Paul (1935) married to Gretel Gieske (1939)
2 children: Dick,( ) and Kathy ( )
(2) Karen (194.5) married to Floyd Black
3 children: Robert, ( ) Nicole, ( )
and Kendell ( )
(c) Eleanor was born in 1908. Her husband, Jess Kropf, was
born in 1882. Jess did farm work most of his life and died,
after a long illness, in 1970. Eleanor lives in Middleton
and works for Simplot, a food processing plant in Caldwell,
where she has been employed for many years. Eleanor and
Jess had no children.
(d) Clarendon was born in 1910 and died in 19�
Muriel Ferguson, was born in 1917. Early
worked in the saw mill at McCall, Idaho.
a preacher and built a church at Cascade,
addition to his church work,, he worked as
Clarendon and Muriel had six children:
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54. His wife,
in life Clarendon
Later he became
Idaho. In
a carpenter.
" ( 1 ) J o y c e ( 1 9 3 7 ) , m a r r i e d t o ( )
2 c h i l d r e n : ( ) { )
( 2 ) D a v i d ( 1 9 3 9 ) , m a r r i e d t o
3 c h i l d r e n :
( )
( 3 ) J o a n n e ( 1 9 4 3 ) , m a r r i e d t o ( )
1 c h i l d : ( )
( 4 ) J o n a t h o n ( 1 9 4 5 ) , m a r r i e d t o
2 c h i l d r e n :
( 5 ) S u s a n ( 1 9 5 0 )
( 6 ) J o l e n e ( 1 9 5 6 )
( e ) L u c i l l e w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 2 . S h e w a s m a r r i e d t o E d w i n G r e e n ,
b o r n i n 1 8 9 9 . 4 7 h e n t h e y w e r e f i r s t m a r r i e d , t h e y o p e r a t e d a
r a n c h n e a r E a g l e , I d a h o . P r e s e n t l y , t h e y h a v e a r a n c h i n
L o n g V a l l e y b e t w e e n D o n n e l l y a n d C a s c a d e . T h e y h a v e t w o
c h i l d r e n :
( 1 ) J u n e ( 1 9 3 3 ) m a r r i e d t o V a u g h n J a s p e r ( 1 9 2 9 )
5 c h i l d r e n : P e n n y ( 1 9 5 3 ) 9 D a v i d ( 1 9 . 5 8 ) , t w a n d a ( 1 9 6 0 ) ,
B r e t t ( 1 . 9 6 4 ) , a n d M a r k ( 1 . 9 6 6 )
( 2 ) J o h n ( 1 9 3 4 ) , u n m a r r i e d
4 . M a r i e w a s b o r n i n A d e l b o d e n , C a n t o n o f B e r n , S w i t z e r l a n d , M a r c h 1 ,
1 8 8 3 . S h e l i v e d a t h o m e u n t i l h e r m a r r i a g e i n 1 9 1 1 t o E d B l u c h e r ,
" w h o w a s b o r n i n 1 8 8 0 . E d w o r k e d i n a l u m b e r m i l l n e a r B o i s e ; t h e n
t h e f a m i l y m o v e d t o B e n d , O r e g o n , i n 1 . 9 2 4 w h e r e h e w o r k e d f o r B r o o k s
S c a n l o n , a l u m b e r m i l l t h e r e , u n t i l h i s r e t i r e m e n t i n 1 9 5 0 . M a r i e
s u f f e r e d f r o m P a r k i n s o n ' s d i s e a s e a n d s h e w a s i n a h o s p i t a l i n
P e n d l e t o n , O r e g o n , w h e n s h e p a s s e d a w a y o n S e p t e m b e r 1 4 , 1 9 5 6 . H e r
h u s b a n d d i e d i n 1 9 6 2 . T h e y h a d f o u r c h i l d r e n :
u
( a ) J o h n w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 3 . D u r i n g i d o r l d W a r I I h e s e r v e d i n t h e
a r m y a n d w a s s t a t i o n e d i n t h e P h i l i p p i n e I s l a n d s . A f t e r t h e
w a r h e w o r k e d f o r S e a r s a n d B l i t - 1 ; I . i . e n h a r d B r e w e r i e s i n P o r t -
l a n d . L a t e r h e w a s e m p l o y e d a s a c u s t o d i a n i n t h e P o r t l a n d
P u b l i c S c h o o l s . H e i s n o w l i v i n g i n S e a t t l e , ��' I a s h i n g t o n . H e
n e v e r m a r r i e d .
( b ) C h a r l e s ( S a m m i e ) w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 8 . H e i s m a r r i e d t o M a r i l y n
I : o h o , b o r n i n 1 9 2 1 . H e h a s l i v e d i n B e n d m o s t o f h i s l i f e
a n d h a s b e e n e m p l o y e d b y M e a d o w G o l d D a i r y t h e r e a l m o s t c o n -
t i n . o u s l . y s i n c e 1 9 4 1 . T h e y h a v e t w o c h i l d r e n :
( 1 ) G e r a l d L . ( 1 9 4 2 ) .
2 c h i l d r e n : M i c h e l e ( 1 9 6 7 ) a n d C a t h y r n ( 1 9 6 9 )
( 2 ) C a r o l L . ( 1 9 4 9 ) ( a d o p t e d ) , m a r r i e d t o n e l a n C o l l e y ( )
n o c h i l d r e n
i(c) Puth and her twin, Bob, were born in 1921. She earned a degree
in Social. Work and worked at this for a time in Bend. Later,
she got a graduate degree in Library Science and has worked as
a librarian at various locations in Washington and Oregon. She
was married to Jim Lovelace, who died in 1.949. Subsequently,
she was married and divorced twice, and again uses the name
Lovelace. Presently, she works in the public library in Port-
land. She has no children.
(d) Bob was born in 1921. During World War II he was a captain in
the United States Air Force. After the war, he was an instructor
in the Air Force Reserve. In 1953 his plane crashed on the
Washington side of the Columbia River and was found six months
later by hunters. He had been married to Lorraine Jorgenson,
but they were divorced at the time of his death. They had one
child:
(1) Robert M. (1944)
5. Christ (Chris), born in Ohio on October 11 1884, was the first of
the thirteen children to be born in America. His formal, education
ended at a relatively early age, perhaps because young men in those
days were badly needed on the family farm. When he was about seven-
teen years old, he left home and went to North Dakota to work for
Omar Lyons, a homesteader, and lived with his family. One of the
• Lyon's children was Mary (Mamie), who was born in 1898. When Mr.
Lyons took a shipment of machinery and horses to Alberta, Canada,
Chris went with him. Later, he took up a homestead of his own near
Lethbridge and went into wheat farming on a large scale. In the
interim, Mamie had married Harry McClain and had two daughters.
They were divorced in 1923, and Mamie and Christ were married in
in 1925. Christ died of diabetes and hardening of the arteries,
August 27, 1961. Mamie now lives in Lethbridge. Her 'two children
by her first marriage area
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(a) Constance (1919), married to Edward Stettner (1914 - 1965).
One child:
(1) Larry (1948)
(b) Maxine (1.920) married to Frank Bates (1913). Five children:
(1) Caroll.ee (1941.), married to Newell Jackson
4 children: Jeffry (1963); Stephanie (1965);
Linda (1966); Bradley (1968)
(2) Frank (1942)9 married to Laura Selk. No children
(3) Judy (1943), married to Gordon Manville.
2 children: Gordon (1968); (1970)
(4) Darrell. (1947)
(5) Daniel (1950)
0 The three children of Christ and Mamie Egger are:
(c) Charlotte was born in 1.928. She had some nurses training in
Boise, Idaho. Later she took a business course and worked as
a stenographer before her marriage to William Hoffarth. She
and her husband now operate the family .farm, near Lethbridge.
They have two children:
(1) Scott (1959) (adopted)
(2) Cynthia (1961) (adopted)
(d) Raymond was born in 1930. He was trained as an auctioneer.
Later he was in the cattle ranching business. Presently he
is an auctioneer in Northern Alberta. He is married to
Barbara Carson (1930) and they have two children:
(1) Donald (1955) (adopted)
(2) Roberta (1958) (adopted)
(e) Marlene was born in 1934. She is married to Michael Aldoff,
who is also an auctioneer, and he and Raymond work together.
Marlene and Michael have four children:
(1) Michael (1958)
(2) Monte (1960)
(3) Maria (1963)
Is (4) Miles (1970)
6. Maggie was probably born in Alliance, Ohio, on Christmas Day, 1.885.
At the age of eighteen she was married to Magnus Hanson, who was
born in 1882. They operated a dairy farm near Hillsdale, Wisconsin
for most of their married life. She is remembered as a hard- working
person who reared a large family and helped her husband with the
farm work. She died of cancer of the liver, February 20, 1948, in
Barron. Magnus married again, after her death, and he died in 1967.
They had twelve children:
(a) Arthur was born in 1906. His wife, Myrtle Rhodes, was
born in 1909. For a time, Art worked for the County of
Barron, operating heavy machinery. About 1940 he and his
brothers, Harry and Billy, came to Idaho to work for their
uncle, Percy Rutledge, in the logging business. Later Art
went into the logging business on his own. Presently he
and Myrtle live in Horseshoe Bend and he and his son operate
the Hanson Logging Company. They had two children:
(1) Delores (1929), married to Herb Grant (1925)
3 children: Jim (1948), Janice (1.950) and
Susan (1951)
(2) Dale (1934), married to Iola Harper (1934)
7 children: Billy (1953), Debra (1.954),Leola (1955),
Robert (1957), Dale (1959),
Johnathon (1966), and Jamie (1968)
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" ( b ) L i l a w a s b o r n i n 1 9 0 7 . H e r h u s b a n d E a r l M y e r s , b o r n i n 1 9 0 3 ,
w a s a f a r m e r . L i l a d i e d i n c h i l d b i r t h i n 1 9 4 0 . H e r h u s b a n d
d i e d i n 1 9 5 7 . T h e y h a d s i x c h i l d r e n .
( 1 ) E a r l ( 1 9 2 5 )
( 2 ) K e n n e t h ( 1 9 2 8 )
( 3 ) E v e l y n ( 1 9 2 9 )
( 4 ) L a r r y ( 1 9 3 6 - 1 9 4 7 )
( 5 ) V i v i a n ( 1 9 3 8 )
( 6 ) G e r a l d ( 1 9 4 0 )
( c ) C h e s t e r w a s b o r n i n 1 9 0 9 . H e w a s m a r r i e d f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e
t o R u b y B a r t l e t t . . H e w o r k e d i n v a r i o u s b u s i n e s s i n B a r r o n ,
i n c l u d i n g a b e e r a g e n c y . P r e s e n t l y h e a n d h i s s e c o n d w i f e ,
D o r o t h y , o p e r a t e a c l e a n i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t i n M i c h i g a n . C h e t
h a d n o c h i l d r e n o f h i s o w n , b u t h e h a s o n e . s t e p s o n , a n d h e
a n d R u b y t o o k L i l a ' - Q y o u n g e s t c h i l d , G e r a l d , w h e n s h e d i e d .
( d ) W a l t e r , b o r n i n 1 9 1 . 1 , i s m a r r i e d t o T h e l m a G u . l . i c k s o n , b o r n i n
1 9 1 3 . H e s e r v e d i n t h e n a v y d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I . W a l t i s a
t r u c k m e c h a n i c a n d l i v e s i n B a r r o n . H e a n d T h e l m a h a d t w o
c h i l d r e n :
( 1 ) R o l f ( 1 9 3 4 )
( 2 ) M a r g a r e t ( )
" ( e ) M a g n u s w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 3 . H e i s m a r r i e d t o S u s a n L a m b , w h o w a s
b o r n i n 1 . 9 1 6 . P r e s e n t l y , t h e y l i v e i n S a g i n a w , M i c h i g a n w h e r e
h e i s e n g a g e d i n a h a r d w a r e a n d s h e e t m e t a l b u s i n e s s . T h e y h a v e
o n e c h i l d
( 1 ) R i c h a r d ( 1 9 4 7 )
( f . ) W i l l i a m ( B i l l y ) w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 5 . H e c a m e t o I d a h o w i t h h i s
b r o t h e r s , A r t a n d H a r r y . H e w a s w o r k i n g f o r a c o n s t r u c t i o n
c o m p a n y o n W a k e I s l a n d w h e n i t w a s c a p t u r e d b y t h e J a p a n e s e
d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I . F I e a n d h i s f e l l o w e m p l o y e e s w e r e p r i s o n -
e r s o f t h e J a p a n e s e f o r a b o u t t h r e e y e a r s . F o r m a n y y e a r s h e
h a s b e e n l i v i n g i n S o u t h e a s t A s i a w o r k i n g a s a h e a v y e q u i p -
m e n t o p e r a t e s . H i s w i f e , D ' w a n g , i s a n a t i v e o f T h a i l a n d
a n d t h e y h a v e t h r e e c h i l d r e n :
( 1 ) S a w a n ( 1 9 6 1 )
( 2 ) T o m m y ( 1 9 6 3 )
( 3 ) B o n n i e ( 1 9 6 7 )
( g ) D o r i s w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 7 . S h e w a s m a r r i e d f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e t o
C h a r l e t . o n H u s e t . P r e s e n t l y s h e i s m a r r i e d t o E l m e r G e r l a c h .
T h e y o p e r a t e a r e s t a u r a n t a n d b a r i n R i c h l a n d , W i s c o n s i n . D o r i s
h a d t h r e e c h i l d r e n b y h e r f i r s t m a r r i a g e :
( 1 ) M a r l e n e ( )
( 2 ) K a r e n ( )
( 3 ) K e i t h ( )
(h) Harry was born in 1919 and came to Idaho with Art and Billy,
He was married to Angeline Maestast whose birthdate is 1.914.
Harry served in the navy during World War II. For most of his
life he has worked in the logging industry operating heavy
equipment. He now owns and operates logging trucks near Boise.
He and Angeline have two children.
(1) Karen (1942)9 married to George Ragland
3 children: Kelly (1961), Shannon (1963), and
Casey (1965)
(2) Judy (1947), married to Paul Rasmussen
1 child-. Melissa (1970)
Lloyd was born in 1921. He is married to Vivian Jornby, who
was born in 1923. At the present time he is a machinist in
a factory in Clinton, Wisconsin. He and Vivian had six children-.
(1) Jenny (1943)
(2) Susan (1945)
(3) Roger (1949 - 1949)
(4) Mary (1952)
(5) Amy (1955)
(6) Steven (1959)
(j) Orville was born in '1923 and d:
• (k) Violet was born in 1925 and is
a, time they lived in Portland,
restaurant and she worked as a
they live in Minneapolis where
They have 'three children-
(1) Sandra (1949)
(2) Steven (19,53)
(3) Jeff (1,959)
Led in 1943. He was unmarried.
married to Donald Sather. For
Oregon, where he operated a
dental assistant. Presently
be sells metal building products.
(1) June was born in 1931. She is married 'to Jerry Montilluer.
]- �arly in their marriage they lived in Detroit, Michigan. At
present they live JLn Albuquerque, New Mexico,, where he works
in a factory. They have two children:
(1) Charles (1954)
(2) Cheryl (1,957)
7. John (Jack) was born in Alliance, Ohio., May 129 1887. He was married
in 1917 to Clara Paulina Hatch, who was born in 1,889. Jack followed
his brother Christ to Canada and homesteaded land near Lethbridge.
Later he sold out to Christ and returned to Idaho, where he engaged
in various businesses, including the Ford agency in Wilder and a.
vulcanizing shop in Boise. He also worked as a steam engine mechanic.
• Then the family moved to Calgary, Canada where Jack turned to car-
pentry for a living. Jack died of heart trouble in Calgary, July 6,
1960. His widow, Clara, still lives in the family home. Jack and
Clara had six children.-
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" ( a ) I n e z H a z e l w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 9 . I n 1 9 4 2 s h e m a r r i e d S t e p h e n
P a w l . u . k , w h o w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 3 . T h e y l i v e i n C a l g a r y w h e r e h e
w o r k s a s a c a r p e n t e r . T h e y h a v e t o u r c h i l d r e n ;
( 1 ) M i c h a e l ( 1 9 4 3 ) , m a r r i e d t o L y n n J a r m a n ( 1 9 4 2 )
1 c h i l d : M i c h a e l ( 1 9 6 6 )
( 2 ) D a r y l ( 1 9 4 4 ) , m a r r i e d t o B r . i g i t L a w s o n ( 1 9 5 0 )
1 c h i l d ; A n t h o n y ( 1 9 7 0 )
( 3 ) N o r m a n . ( 1 9 4 6 ) , m a r r i e d t o D i a n e H a m p t o n ( 1 9 4 2 )
n o c h i l d r e n
( 4 ) B r y a n ( 1 9 4 8 ) , m a r r i e d t o C h r i s t i n e G r a h a m ( 1 9 4 6 )
1 c h i l d : M a r s a d i e ( 1 9 7 0 )
( b ) D o r r i s M a r i e t t a w a s b o r n i n 1 9 2 0 . H e r h u s b a n d , A r t h u r C e r t z e n ,
w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 8 , a n d t h e y w e r e m a r r i e d i n 1 9 4 7 . P r e s e n t l y t h e y
l i v e i n C a l i f o r n i a w h e r e h e i s a b a r b e r . T h e y h a v e t w o c h i l d r e n :
( 1 ) G a r t h ( 1 9 . 5 0 )
( 2 ) J a n i c e ( 1 9 . 5 9 )
( c ) L o i s B e r n i c e , b o r n i n 1 9 2 1 , w a s m a r r i e d i n 1 9 5 4 t o C h a r l e s
M i l l e r . T h e y l i v e i n S u m m e r L a n d , B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a , w h e r e h e
w o r k s f o r a n a g r i c u l t u r a l r e s e a r c h c e n t e r . T h e y h a v e t w o c h i l d r e n s
( 1 ) G a r r y ( 1 9 5 6 )
4 0 ( 2 ) R a n d a l l ( 1 , 9 5 9 )
( d ) J o h n N o r m a n w a s b o r n i n 1 9 2 7 . H e w a s m a r r i e d i n 1 9 4 9 t o
F l o r e n c e S h e r l e y , b o r n i n 1 9 2 9 . T h e y l i v e i n C a l g a r y , w h e r e
J o h n w o r k s l a y i n g h a r d w o o d f l o o r s . T h e y h a v e t h r e e c h i l d r e n :
( 1 ) L a r r y ( 1 9 5 0 )
( 2 ) K e i t h ( 1 9 5 3 )
( 3 ) N e i l ( 1 9 6 3 )
r
( e ) G e r a l d ( G e r r y ) D o w n e y w a s b o r n i n 1 9 3 0 . . H e w a s m a r r i e d i n
1 9 5 2 t o M a r y M a r g a r e t : " T a n n i , a l s o b o r n i n 1 9 3 0 . G e r r y i s a n
e n g i n e e r f o r t h e C a n a d i a n P a c i f i c R a i l r o a d a n d t h e y l i v e i n
C a l g a r y . T h e y h a v e t h r e e c h i l d r e n .
( 1 ) M a r k ( 1 9 5 5 )
( 2 ) L o r i A n n e ( 1 9 5 7 )
( 3 ) C h r i s t i n e ( 1 . 9 6 0 )
( f ) D o u g l a s B r y a n w a s b o r n i n 1 9 3 2 . I n 1 9 5 9 h e m a r r i e d J e a n R e i d ,
b o r n i n 1 9 3 3 . D o u g w o r k s f o r t h e c i t y f i r e d e p a r t m e n t i n
C a l g a r y . T h e y h a v e t h r e e c h i l d r e n ;
( 1 ) L i s a ( 1 . 9 6 1 )
( 2 ) J o h n ( 1 9 6 4 )
i s ( 3 ) R e i d ( 1 9 6 8 )
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a8, Rose, born November 28, 1888, was probably the first of the children
to be born in Minnesota. She went to high school in Barron, and after
the family moved to Idaho in 1908, she took a state examination which
qualified her to teach. She taught one year at a country school near
Middleton. The following year she taught at Crawford, near the present
town of Cascade. In 1910 she married Jess Lefever, who was born in
1884. The town of Cascade began when the railroad through Long Valley
was built. Jess homesteaded one hundred acres on both sides of the
tracks and built 'their home and his barber shop, the first two build-
ings in the town. They lived in Cascade until shortly before Jess
died in 1960. Rose was living in Carmichael., California when she died
of cancer, December 22, 1964. Rose and Jess had two children:
(a) Mary Charlotte was born in 1911. . She attended the
University of Idaho and later earned a graduate degree at
The University of Montana. Her husband, born in 1.907,
was a career Air Force officer. Charlotte taught school
while he was overseas during World War II. Colonel Davis
is now retired and they live in Tucson, Arizona. They
had two children:
(1) Jeffrey (1935), married to Carole Bissell.. (1937)
3 children: Michael Lawrence (1958), Kim Alison
(1960), and Johnathon Jesse (1961)
(2) Mary (1942), married to Joe L. Thomas (1940)
no children
(b) Raymond Egger was born in 1912 . and was married for the first
time to Delores Hutchinson, born in 1918, and they had one
child. Iiis second marriage was to Marijane (Jean) Woodward,
born in 1916. Raymond served in the air force in North
Africa during World War II. He has worked in construction
and related fields. He and Jean now live in Carmichael,
where he owns a construction company. Raymond's child
from his :first marriage is;
(1) Joanne (1937), married to Don Presley (1934)
3 children; Al.bie (1957), Raymond (1959),
and Jamie (1966)
9. Elizabeth (Beth) was born in Minnesota, January 14, 1890. In 1908
she went to Canada where she kept house for her brother, Christ, and
cooked for harvest crews. In 1917 she married zran Owsl.ey, who was
born in 1880. 'fan was a farmer in southern Alberta. They lived on
a homestead near the village of Barons until 1940, when they moved
to Barons. ?an died in 1948. In 1952 Beth moved to Edmonton where
she died of a heart attack, May 1.0, 1952. They had five chil.drene
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(a) Zan. Jr. was born in 1918. He married Laura Brendvold,
who was born in 1921. . Zan worked as a heavy equipment
operator in Calgary. He had had rheumatic fever as a
child, which probably contributed tea his death from a
heart, attack in 19.57. He and Laura had .four children-.
(1) Jay (1942)
(2) Fay (1945)
(3) Darryl (1947)
(4) ?an (19.54)
(b) Mary Elizabeth (Betty) was born in 1919. She received
her nurses training at. the University Hospital in Edmonton.
In 1.946 she was married to Bob Bothwell, also born in
1919. Bob is,a highway construction contractor and they
make their home in Edmonton. Bob and Betty have four
children:
(1) Bob (1947 )
(2) Ken (1948)
(3) Don (1950)
(4) Jane (1954)
(c) Ken.net.h V. (Mick.) was born in 1920.
Canadian Air Force during 11orl.d War
• Warnack., who was born in 1.924. He
several years. In 1965 the family
Mick is sales manager for a machine
have four children-
(1) Patricia (1953)
(2 ) Cheryl. (1954 )
(3) Debbie (:1959)
(4) Kenny (1964)
Mick served in the Royal.
II. He is married to Vera
farmed near Barons for
moved to Lethbridge, where
company. Mick. and Vera
(d) Ronnie was born in 1926. He died in 1937, the victim of a
gun accident.
(e) Donna was born in 1933. She attended school in Barons, and
in 1951 went. to Edmonton to go into nurses training. In 1954
she married Rudy Newparth; who was born in 1931. Presently
they live in Edmonton, where Rudy operates a warehouse and cold
storage business. They have four children-.
(1) Elaine (1955)
(2 ) Paul (1957 )
(3 ) Roza.nne (1.958 )
(4) Elyse (1.961)
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" 1 0 . S a r a h w a s b o r n i n P i n e i s l a n d 9 M i n n e s o t a , A u g u s t 1 . 1 , 1 8 9 1 . S h e
c a m e t o I d a h o w i t h h e r p a r e n t s , a n d w h e n s h e f i n i s h e d s c h o o l , s h e
w e n t t o w o r k i n a h o t e l i n P a r m a . T h e r e s h e m e t J o h n F r a n k l i n ( J a c k )
R y a n a n d t h e y w e r e m a r r i e d i n 1 . 9 1 2 . , T a c k , w h o w a s b o r n i n 1 8 8 3 , w a s
f r o m T o n i c a , I l l i n o i s . T h e y r e t u r n e d t o I l l i n o i s t o l i v e o n t h e R y a n
f a m i l y f a r m . J a c k , d i e d i n 1 . 9 4 7 , a n d S a r a h d i e d o f h e a r t t r o u b l e ,
J a n u a r y 2 , 1 9 5 8 . J a c k : h a d o n e s o n b y a p r e v i o u s m a r r i a g e s
( a ) A l f r e d w a s b o r n i n 1 9 0 7 a n d w a s a b o u t f i v e y e a r s o l d w h e n
h i s f a t h e r a n d S a r a h w e r e m a r r i e d . H e a t t e n d e d d e n t a l .
s c h o o l , a n d p r a c t i c e d d e n t i s t r y i n S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a . H e
h e l p e d h i s y o u n g e r s i s t e r , E v e l y n , t h r o u g h d e n t a l s c h o o l
t h e t w o o f t h e m p r a c t i c e d t o g e t h e r i n L o s A n g e l e s f o r a
t i m e . A l f r e d . l o s t a h a n d i n a g u n a c c i d e n t a n d w a s f o r c e d
t o g i v e u p h i s p r o f e s s i o n a s a r e s u l t . H e s t i l l l i v e s i n
C a l i f o r n i a a n d r a i s e s h u n t i n g d o g s . H e w a s m a r r i e d t h r e e
t i m e s , b u t h e h a d n o c h i l d r e n b y a n y o f t h e s e m a r r i a g e s .
J a c k a n d S a r a h h a d f o u r c h i l d r e n
( b ) M a r y w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 3 a n d l i v e d a t h o m e u n t i l h e r m a r r i a g e
t o W e n d a l l ( L e f t y ) W a r r n e r , w h o w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 1 . L e f t y
h a s b e e n c u s t o d i a n a t T o n i c a H i g h S c h o o l f o r t h e p a s t
t h i r t y - f i v e y e a r s . T h e i r o n l y c h i l d i s a p h y s i c i a n w h o s e
w i f e i s f r o m E n g l a n d :
" ( 1 ) R i c h a r d ( 1 9 3 6 ) , m a r r i e d t o M a r i a m M e e k : ( 1 9 3 4 )
2 c h i l d r e n : R u t h M a r y ( 1 9 6 6 ) a n d T i m o t h y
R i c h a r d ( 1 9 6 8 )
0
( c ) H o w a r d ( B u s s ) w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 6 . I i e i s m a r r i e d t o H e l e n
C i z e k , w h o w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 9 . B u s s a t t e n d e d l a w s c h o o l , a t
t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s . I l e p r a c t i c e d l a w f o r a t i m e
a n d l a t e r s e r v e d a s , f u d g e o f t h e A p p e l l a t e C o u r t . P r e s e n t l y
h e i s s e r v i n g a s J u s t i c e o f t h e I l l i n o i s S u p r e m e C o u r t ,
a n d h e a n d H e l e n l i v e i n T o n i c a . T h e y h a d t h r e e c h i l d r e n :
( 1 ) J o h n F r a n k l i n I I ( 1 9 5 2 ) 9 d i e d s o o n a f t e r b i r t h
( 2 ) B e t h ( 1 9 5 4 ) ( a d o p t e d )
( 3 ) C h r i s ( 1 9 5 7 ) ( a d o p t e d )
( d ) E v e l y n ( T o o t i e ) w a s b o r n i n 1 9 1 9 . S h e a t t e n d e d d e n t a l
s c h o o l a t L i , n c o l n , N e b r a s k . a , a n d p r a c t i c e d w i t h h e r b r o t h e r ,
A l f r e d , f o r a t i m e i n L o s A n g e l e s . B e f o r e h e r m o t h e r ' s
d e a t h , s h e r e t u r n e d t o T o n i c a a n d w e n t : i n t o t h e p r a c t i c e o f
o r t h o d o n t i a . S h e s t i l l l a v e s i n T o n i c a i n t h e f a m i l y h o m e .
S h e i s u n m a r r i e d .
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(e) Jackie was born in 1928 and is married to Shirley Cook,
born in 1932. When his father died, Jackie took over the
operation of the family farm. Later, he moved his family
to Wisconsin, where he owns a dairy farm near Richland
Center. lie and Shirley have five children:
(1) Dannie (1953)
(2) Debbie (1954)
(3) Jim (1958)
(4) Penny (1960)
(5) Jeffry (1962)
Sam was born in Pine island, Minnesota, September 20, 1892. In 1927
he married Theo Magden., who was born in 1910. He served in the army
during World War I. After the war he worked for the Union Pacific
Railroad as a tie inspector. (1) For several years., he and Theo
owned and operated the Cascade Hotel. at Cascade. Later they moved
to Boise and bought an apartment house, They were living in Boise
when Sam died of cancer of tine liver, October 19, 1,946. Theo had
one child by a previous marriages
(a) Eileen was born in 1926. She graduated from Cascade High
School, and in 1944 she married Warren Mount, who was born
in 1921. Warren is a mechanic for Boise Cascade Lumber
Company and the family still, lives in Cascade. Warren and
Eileen have three children:
(1) Cleo (1945)
(2) Julian (1951)
(3) Steven (1956)
Sam and Theo had two children from their marriage:
(b) Carol Lee was born in 1.928 and attended elementary school
in Cascade and high school in Boise. In 1948 she married
Wayne Leach, who was born in 1,927. Presently they live in
Yuba City,, California, where Wayne teaches business
administration in the high school. Carol Lee also teaches
school in Yuba City. They have two children:
(1) Darrell (1955) (adopted)
(2) Deborah (1957) (adopted)
A tie inspector is an employee of the railroad company who judges
the quality of ties the company has contracted to buy from the
lumber mill.
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" ( c ) S a m m i e K a y w a s b o r n i n 1 9 4 3 . S h e w a s t h e y o u n g e s t
g r a n d c h i l d o f S a m u e l a n d E l i z a b e t h , S h e d i e d o f
d i . p t h e r i , a i n 1 9 5 0 .
1 2 . E m i l w a s b o r n i n P i n e I s l a n d , M i n n e s o t a . , S e p t e m b e r 8 , 1 8 9 5 . H e
a t t e n d e d s c h o o l i n W i s c o n s i n , b u t h i s e d u c a t i o n t e r m i n a t e d w h e n t h e
f a m i l y m o v e d t o I d a h o . H e f o l l o w e d h i s o l d e r b r o t h e r s t o C a n a d a
a n d l i v e d t h e r e f o r f o u r y e a r s , T h e n h e r e t u r n e d t o I d a h o w h e r e
h e m a r r i e d A l i c e B r u c e ( b o r n i n 1 9 0 1 ) i n 1 . 9 2 2 . W h e n t h e y w e r e
f i r s t m a r r i e d , E m i l - a n d A l i c e l i v e d o n t h e f a m i l y f a r m a t S t a r .
F o r a t i m e t h e y l i v e d a t M c C a l l , I d a h o , w h e r e E m i l w o r k e d a s a
t i e i n s p e c t o r . E m i l r e t i r e d i n 1 9 6 0 , a n d h e a n d A l i c e n o w l i v e
i n B o i s e . T h e y h a v e t w o c h i l d r e n :
( a ) B r u c e w a s b o r n o n h i s g r a n d p a r e n t ^ s f a r m a t S t a r i n 1 9 2 3 .
H e i s t h e f i r s t m a l e : g r a n d c h i l d t o c a r r y t h e E g g e r n a m e .
H e s e r v e d i n P a t t o n ' s 3 r d A r m y i n E u r o p e d u r i n g W o r l d
W a r I I . A f t e r t h e w a r h e a t t e n d e d t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f I d a h o
a n d g r a d u a t e d w i t h a d e g r e e i n f o r e s t r y . H e i s m a r r i e d .
t o L e o r a H o u s t o n , b o r n i n 1 9 3 5 , a n d t h e y l i v e i n P o m e r o y ,
W a s h i n g t o n w h e r e B r u c e i s a . r a n g e r f o r t h e U . S F o r e s t
S e r v i c e . T h e y h a v e f o u r c h i l d r e n s
( 1 ) K a t h l e e n ( 1 9 5 7 )
( 2 ) K e l v i n ( 1 , 9 5 8 )
" ( 3 ) A n n ( 1 9 6 0 )
( 4 ) J e a n i e ( 1 9 6 2 )
( b ) B o n n i e w a s b o r n i n 1 9 2 5 . S h e a t t e n d e d s c h o o l i n M c C a l l
a n d B o i s e . I n 1 9 4 5 s h e m a r r i e d A r t h u r E g b e r t , b o r n i n
1 9 2 6 . P r e s e n t l y , t h e y l i v e i n G r a n g e v i l l e , I d a h o , w h e r e
A r t h u r i s e m p l o y e d i n t h e s a w m i l l . T h e t w o o f t h e m a r e
a c t i v e i n c o m m u n i t y a n d c h u r c h w o r k . L i k e h e r G r a n d f a t h e r
E g g e r , B o n n i e h a s a f i n e s i n g i n g v o i c e , a n d s h e i s o f t e n
c a l l e d u p o n t o s i n g o n s p e c i a l o c c a s i o n s . S h e a n d A r t h u r
h a v e f i v e c h i l d r e n :
( 1 ) N i n a ( 1 9 4 5 ) 9 m a r r i e d t o R i c h a r d M a d r y ( 1 9 4 6 )
( 2 ) B r u c e ( 1 9 4 7 )
( 3 ) T i m ( 1 9 4 8 )
( 4 ) D a l e ( 1 9 5 2 ) ( 1 )
( 5 ) B o n n i e ( 1 9 5 6 )
( 1 ) A s o f t h i s w r i t i n g , t h i s y o u n g m a n i s l i v i n g t e m p o r a r i l y i n S w i t z e r -
l a n d . H e i s s t a y i n g w i t h h i s g r a n d f a t h e r ' s e i g h t y - . f o u r - y e a r - o l d
c o u s i n , C h r i s t i a n G e r m a n n . J u d g i n g f r o m t h e l e t t e r I r e c e n t l y
r e c e i v e d f r o m H e d w i g S c h o n h o l z e r , t h e t w o o f t h e m h a v e m a n a g e d t o
b r i d g e b o t h t h e " g e n e r a t i o n g a p " a n d t h e c u l t u r a l g a p b e t w e e n t h e
t w o c o u n t r i e s a n d a r e g e t t i n g a l o n g f a m o u s l y .
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13. Bertha Esther (1) was born in Barron, Wisconsin, June 1.2, 1900.
She was the youngest child of Samuel and Elizabeth. Egger. She
attended school in Wisconsi
(d) Patricia Ann (Pat) was barn in 1931, She graduated from
the University of Idaho and worked for a time as a social
worker in California, For the past: twelve years she has
been a teacher in the Park,ro.se School District in Portland,
She is unmarried,
(e) Joy Kay was born in 1932 and received her nurses training
at the University of Portland, Soon after graduations she
was married to Paul Frankenstein; who was born in 1926,
Kay and Paul now live in Seattle; where he is employed by
the U. S, Forest Service in the department that supervises
ski areas and other recreational services. They have five
children:
(1) Paul (Gery) (1956)
(2) Anneliese (1955)
(3) Gretchen (1961)
(4) Fritz (1964)
(5) Helga (1966)
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CURRENT ADDRESSES OF PERSONS PERTINENT TO TKIS FAMILY RECORD
1. Louise Pierce
(no known survivors
29 So hia Quaderer G✓17j
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Marie Phelps
Dallas,, Wisconsin
Louise Miller
Box 281
Tonica. Illinois 61370
Lawrence Quaderer
2048 Polk Street
San Francisco, California 94109
Beatrice Milinovich
2110 - 10th Ave. E.
Hibbing, Minnesota 55746
3, Susie Smith
Margaret Kleint
Donnelly, Idaho 83615
Lucille Green
Box 56
Donnelly, Idaho 83615
Eleanor Kropf
Middletown, Idaho
Francis Hadsall
Middleton, Idaho
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Sam Blucher
Dean Swift Road, Box 377 D
Bend, Oregon 97701
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Mrs, Christ Egger
21,17 S. 20th
Lethbridge,, Alberta, Canada
Charlotte Hoffa.rth
Carmangay, Alberta, Canada
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Art Hanson
Horseshoe Bend,, Idaho
Harry Hanson
2421 wil.dwood,, Rt. 4
Bosse, Idaho 83702
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8024 - 25th St, S, E,
Calgary, Alberta,, Canada
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Raymond Lefever
4127 Hollister Ave.
Carmichael, Calif. 95608
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940 W. Las Palmas
Tucson, Arizona 85704
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Betty Bothwell
7407 -118th A. Street
Edmonton, Alberta,, Canada
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2513 -15th Ave. South
Lethbridge, Alberta,Canada
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10415 Fulton Drive
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Tonica, Illinois 61370
Dr, Evelyn Ryan
Box 72
Tonica, Illinois 61370
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Cascade, Idaho
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4140 !-,rankl,in Road
Yuba City, California
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M72-3 Woodlawn
Boise, Idaho 83702
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Boise, Idaho 83702
R, D. Rutledge
Route 5
Caldwell, Idaho 83605
Persis DeLaMare
3710 N. Z. Flanders
Portland, Oregon 97232
Pat Rutledge
12385 S. E. Main
Portland, Oregon 97233
Kay Frankenstein
11.015 36th S. W.
Seattle, Washington 981.46
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