TUSCARAWAS COUNTY OHIO - BIO: Krebs- Rufenacht Families *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Submitted by: Mary Meyers Williams Email: MWilli1008@aol.com Date: August 22, 1999 *********************************************************************** Krebs- Rufenacht Families in Tuscarawas County, Ohio 1. Samuel Krebs b. 10 Feb 1781 Niederwichtrach, Canton Bern, Switzerland d. 1856 Clay City, IN m. 28 Apr 1826 m. Magdalena Liechti b. 1777 Niederwichtrach, Canton Bern, Switzerland d. abt. 1845 Walnut Creek, Holmes County, OH Children and garndchildren: 11. Anna Krebs b. 26 Mar 1803 Oberstahl, Hochstein, Canton Bern, Swit. d. 26 Sep 1876 m. 28 Apr 1826 m. Peter Kurcher b. 14 May 1797 d. 20 Dec 1881 111. John Zurcher b. 25 Oct 1826 d. 14 May 1898 m. Rozina Steinbach 112. Peter Zurcher b. 17 Feb 1829 d. 1886 m. Anna Elisabeth Steiner 113. Christian Zurcher b. 13 Nov 1831 d. 27 Sep 1896 m. 21 Apr 1870 m. Rosetta Fankhauser 114. Anna Elizabeth Zurcher b. 19 Nov 1833 d. 1905 115. Andreas/Andrew Zurcher b. 17 Nov 1835 d. 17 Oct 1865 m. Mary Croft 116. Joseph Zurcher b. 2 Sep 1837 d. 13 May 1875 m. Margaret Croft 117. Rozina Zurcher b. 14 Sep 1839 m. 4 Apr 1862 m. James Malone 118. Anna Maria Zurcher(Mary) b. 5 Mar 1842 m. 28 Feb 1867 m. Edward Studer 119. Lydia Zurcher b. 18 Nov 1844 d. 7 May 1898 m. 31 Mar 1867 m. John C. Studer 110. Sophia Zurcher b. 13 Jan 1847 d. 15 May 1862 12. Magdalena Krebs b. 23 May 1805 Niederwichtracht, Canton Bern, Swit d. 7 Apr 1882 York Twp., Tuscarawas Co., OH bur. Jerusalem Ref. Cemetery, York Twp., Tusc. Co., OH m. Nicholas Rufenacht b. 21 Apr 1804 Switzerland d. 13 Sep 1873 York Twp., Tusc. Co., OH bur. Jerusalem REf. Cem. 121. Ann Rufenacht b. 1829 Swit. m. 14 Mar 1852 Evaan. Lutheran, Stone Creek, Tuscarawas Co., OH m. John Studer 122. Christian Rufenacht b. 1830 Swit. m. 26 Oct 1865 Tusc. Co., OH m. Margaret Winklepleck 123. Samuel Rufenacht b. 1833 Swit. d. 12 Jun 1894 Shanesville, Tusc. Co., OH m. 23 Jan 1856 Dover, Tusc. Co., OH m. Mary Horrisberger 124. Elizabeth Rufenacht b. 1837 Ohio d. 25 Oct 1912 bur. Dover, Tusc. Co., OH m. 30 Aug 1856 Dover, Tusc. Co., OH m. Jakob Horrisberger b. 1833 Swit. d. 1906 bur. Dover, Tusc Co., OH 125. Mary Rufenachr b. 1840 Ohio m. 23 Aug 1866 Tusc. Co., OH m Christian Esher 126. Susanna Rufenacht b. 13 Nov 1838 Ragersville, Tusc. Co., OH d. 7 Jul 1914 m.I 1 Jun 1856 Zion Church, Auburn Twp., Tusc. Co., OH m.I John Keyser m.II Christian Stoller b. 23 Sep 1816 Canton Bern, Swit. d. 7 Jul 1914 Tusc. Co., OH bur. Stone Creek, Tusc. Co., OH 127. John Rufenacht b. 25 Jul 1841 Shanesville, Tusc. Co., OH m. 13 Oct 1862 Goshen Twp., Tusc. Co., OH m. Catherine Balder b. 5 Nov 1823 New Philadelphia, Tusc. Co., OH d. 5 Jun 1913 Walnut Creek, Holmes Co., OH 128. Catherine Rufenacht m. 9 Aug 1866 m. Emil Welty 129. Magdaline Rufenacht b.c. 1846 m. 11 Mar 1867 Tusc. Co., OH m. John Schmitt 120. Daniel Rufenacht b. 15 Jan 1848 Ragersville, Tusc. Co., OH d. 10 Oct 1906 Tusc. Co., OH bur. East Avenue Cemetery, New Philadelphia, Tusc. Co., OH m. 15 Sep 1868 m. Elizabeth Liseser d/o Jacob Lieser and Margaret Fetzer b. 8 Jul 1848 Bavaria, Germany 17 Jan 1926 bur. EAst Avenue Cemetery. 13. Katharina Krebs b. Swit. m. 17 Nov 1836 Tusc. Co., OH m. Jacob Isley 14. Elisabeth Krebs b. 11 Oct 1834 Swit. m. 11 Oct 1834 Tusc. Co., OH m. John Speicher 141. Samuel Speicher b. 21 Sep 1835 142. Christian Speicher b. 1 Sep 1836 143. John Speicher b. 19 Oct 1837 144. Frederick Speicher b. 12 Nov 1838 145. Maria Magdalena Speicher b. 20 Jan 1840 146. Joseph Speicher b. 25 Mar 1841 147. Elizabeth Speicher b. 25 Mar 1842 148. Wilhelm Fridolin Speicher b. 13 Aug 1843 149. Catherine Speicher b. 6 Nov 1844 140. George Henry Speicher b. 23 Apr 1846 14A. David Speicher b. 10 Sep 1847 14B. Rosa Spseicher b. 26 Mar 1850 14C. Simon Peter Speicher b. 18 Mar 1852 14D. Daniel Speicher b. 10 May 1854 14E. Philip Speicher b. 8 Nov 1856 15. Maria Krebs b. Apr 1820 Niederwichtrach, Canton Bern, Swit. d. 16 Jul 1890 bur. Enterprise, WAyne Co., IL m. 8 Dec 1837 Zion Church, Winesburg, Holmes Co., OH m. Jacob Feller b. 25 Nov 1811 Canton Bern, Swit. d. 8 Dec 1863 Clay Col. IN 151. Christian Feller b. 14 Sep 1838 Holmes Co., OH d. 16 Sep 1928 bur. Kokomo. Howard Co., IN m. 22 Nov 1863 Miami Co., IN m. Elizabeth Berger 152. Maria Magdalene Feller b. 23 Jan 1840 Holmes Co., OH d. 24 Oct 1909 Clay City, Clay Co., IN m. 30 Mar 1866 m. Lorenz Schafer 153. Rosina Feller b. 26 Jun 1841 Holmes Co., OH d. 29 Dec 1904 Enterprise, Waynse Co., IL m. 17 Sep 1878 Enterprise m. Gottlieb Barth 154. Marie Feller b. 16 Oct 1842 Holmes Co., OH d. 15 Feb 1931 Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN m. 20 Oct 1859 Clay Co., IL m. George Smith 155. Samuel Feller b. 24 Jan 1844 walnut Creek Holmes Co., OH d. 17 Dec 1915 bur. Evangelical Cem., Enterprise, WAaynse Co., IL m. 19 May 1868 Bowling Green, Harriosn Twp., Clay Co., IN m. Elizabeth Miller 156. Elias Feller b. 7 Jul 1848 Holmes Co., OH d. 20 Jan 1882 bur. Evangelical Cem., Enterprise. m. 19 Oct 1867 Clay Co., IN m. Rosa Martha Siegle 157. Elizabeth Feller b. 31 Aug 1846 Holmes Co., OH d. Apr 1930 Kinmundy, IL m. 20 Oct 1870 Enterprise m. Christian Hiller 158. Caroline Feller b. 3 Nov 1847 Holmes Co., OH d. 17 Mar 1931 Chicago, Cook Co., IL m. 5 Nov 1874 Enterprise m. John Michael Hiller 159. Henry Feller b. 10 Feb 1849 Holmes Co., OH d. 7 Aug 1868 Clay Co., IN 150. Sophia Feller b. 7 Aug 1851 Holmes Co., OH d. 21 Jan 1886 Enterprise m. 21 Dec 1870 m. John Michael Miller 15A. Jacob Feller b. 11 Feb 1854 Clay City, Clay Co., IN d. 9 Nov 1926 Enterprise m. 21 Dec 1879 Ransom,l IL m. Anna Mary Schroeder 15B. Julia Feller b. 11 Jun 1855 Clay Co., IN d. 26 Aug 1892 Carmi, IL m. 4 Dec 1874 m. Emanuel Fhsein 15C. Adolphina Feller b. 3 May 1857 Clay Co., IN d. 25 Feb 1917 Enterprise m. 1886 to John Daniel Miller 15D. Paulena b. 17 Nov 1859 Clay Co., IN d. 1919 Fairfield, IL m. 13 Jan 1880 Grayville,l IL m. Louis Barth 15E. Theodore Ferdinand Feller b. 15 Jul 1861 Clay Co., IL d. 5 Dec 1920 Farina, IL m. 28 Nov 1886 Fairfield, IL m. Margaret Walz 15F. Amelia Matilda Feller b. 23 Jan 1864 Clay Co., IN d. 20 Feb 1942 Moweaqua, IL m. 19 Feb 1884 Enterprise m. Conrad Zindel August 1831: Anna Krebs and her husband, Peter Zurcher were the first family to come to America. sailing on the "Romulus von Braunschweig" and arriving in New York in August 1831. Anna was pregnant at the time with Christian. June 1835: Elizabeth appears to have migrated next, as there is a record in Switzerland of her having obtained a passport for travel to America on 30 Jun 1834. Sep. 1835: On the ship "Albany", leaving Havre, arrived in New York September 19, 1835. On this ship were: Rufenacht, Nicolas age 33 Farmer " Magdalena 26 " Susana 7 " Christian 5 Krebs, Christian 50 Farmer " Elisabeth 52 " Christian 23 Farmer " Daniel 22 Farmer " Samuel 54 Farmer " Magdalena 57 " Catherine 22 " Marie 22 Entered by Mary Meyers Williams *************OH-FOOTSEPS Mailing List***************************