Karl and Anna Weber Badertscher and family are this week’s focus.
Karl, the youngest of five children, was born to Ulrich and Anna Walti Badertscher on Aug. 7, 1853, in Lauperswil, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Ulrich was born July 10, 1796, in Lauperswil Emmental Bern, Switzerland. He died circa 1883.
Karl was a farmer and married Anna Weber on Dec. 12, 1878, in Switzerland. The couple had a son, Siegfried, born Oct. 8, 1879, who was four when the family came to America around 1883. They first settled in Wayne County, Ohio, with Karl’s parents, a half-brother, Frederick, and sisters, Maria and Rosina, (or Rosetta).
Ulrich and Anna had two sons born before Karl. They were John Rudolph, born Dec. 5, 1843, and died July 19, 1868, in Canton Bern.
The second son, John, was born May 30, 1846, and died two years later, also in Bern.
Ulrich and Anna’s oldest child, Maria, was born Nov. 18, 1839, and was never married. Rosina was born July 6, 1850, and married John Freidrich Kammerman. Both daughters were born in Canton Bern, and we have no further information on them.
When Ulrich died in Wayne County, around 1883, his wife, Anna, chose to come to Putnam County, along with Maria, Rosina and Karl, because she had several brothers and a sister living in the Bluffton-Pandora communities. Anna’s mother, Christina Gerber Walti, died on Sept. 30, 1890, at the age of 90.
Ulrich and Anna's son, Frederick, remained in Wayne County where he married Maria Steffen.
This left Karl the only child remaining in this area.
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Ulrich’s first wife: Anna Barbara Witmer Born: Feb. 17, 1793, Switzerland Died: Feb. 21, 1838, Switzerland
Ulrich and Anna Witmer Badertscher’s child
Frederick Badertscher Born: March 25, 1833, Canton Bern, Switzerland Died: April 2, 1909, Wayne County Spouse: Maria Steffen
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Ulrich Badertscher’s second wife: Anna Walti Born: June 2, 1819, Bagischwand Emmental Bern, Switzerland Died: Nov. 7, 1893
Anna’s father: John Walti, 1787-1855 Anna’s mother: Christiana Gerber, 1793-1890
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Ulrich and Anna Walti Badertscher’s children Maria Badertscher Born: Nov. 18, 1839, Canton Bern Died: 1904 ?
John Rudolph Badertscher Born: Dec. 5, 1843, Muenster, Canton Bern Died: July 19, 1868 ?
John Badertscher Born: May 30, 1846, Canton Bern Died: 1848, Canton Bern
Rosina Badertscher Born: July 6, 1850, Canton Bern Died: March 16, 1906 ?
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Karl Badertscher Born: Aug. 7, 1853, Lauperswil Stadtbezirk, Canton Bern Died: Feb. 6, 1937, Pandora Burial: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Pandora
Karl's first wife: Anna Weber Born: March 2, 1852, Golaten, Canton Bern Died: May 4, 1917, Pandora Buried: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Pandora
Anna’s father: Peter Weber Anna’s mother: Anna Neuenschwander
Children of Karl and Anna Weber Badertscher
Siegfried Badertscher Born: Oct. 8, 1879, Switzerland Died: Oregon ? Spouse: Ida Amsler Born: Canton Aargau, Switzerland The couple had one daughter, Dorothy, born, July 25, 1912
Karl Badertscher Born: Aug. 19, 1880, Switzerland Died: Aug. 19, 1880, Switzerland
Karl August Badertscher Born: Nov. 15, 1881, Switzerland Died: March 25, 1883, Switzerland
Theresa Badertscher Born: July 22, 1883, Riley Township Died: Oct. 27, 1920, Tiro, Crawford County, Ohio Spouse: Edwin J. Amstutz The couple had 7 children; 5 grew to adulthood
Helena B. Badertscher Born: Dec. 19, 1885, Pandora Died: Sept. 2, 1971, Oakland, Michigan Spouse: Philip Moser The couple had 3 boys and 2 girls
Philip’s father: John M. Moser Philip’s mother: Emma Kitchanholtz
Arthur C. Badertscher Born: Aug. 24, 1887, Pandora Died: Dec. 15, 1973, Richland Township Spouse: Lydia Seyer The couple had 5 children: Leonard, Lucille (Hunt), Lorain, Leland and Lester
Lydia’s father: Fred Seyer Lydia’s mother: Katherina Amstutz
Rosa Badertscher Born: Dec. 18, 1889, Pandora Died: June 20, 1954, Ada, Ohio Spouse: Edward Simon The couple had 6 boys and 2 girls and lived in the Ada area
Edwin’s father: Anthony Simon Edwin’s mother: Mary Burry
Otto Karl Badertscher Born: Feb. 29, 1892, Pandora Died: June 12, 1986, Dunlap Hospital, Orrville, Ohio Spouse: Lydia Tscheigg The couple had 3 children: Harold, Laverne and Doris
Lydia’s father: Johann Eugene Tscheigg Lydia’s mother: Marion Klay Tscheigg
Matilda Lilly Badertscher Born: July 17, 1894, Pandora Died: May 11, 1917, Union Township, Hancock County Spouse: Edward Weierman The couple had 1 son, Francis, born April 30, 1917. When he was 11 days old Matilda died on May 11, 1917, from tuberculosis at age 22, near Mt. Cory. His mother, Anna, had died seven days earlier. A home was found for Francis with the Daniel Basinger family. – – – – – – – – – –
Karl's second wife: Helena Sprunger Born: Nov. 19, 1875, Berne, Indiana Died: April 9, 1982, Pandora Buried: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Pandora The couple had no children
Helena’s father: Stephen Sprunger, 1848-1893 Helena’s mother: Anna Liechty, 1854-1939