Gebert Huber and Anna Altman

By Don Taylor

As I mentioned before, I was excited to find the Huber/Trumpi Marriage Record in the Wisconsin Marriages 1836-1930.  It gave me John Huber’s birthplace, parents’ names, and Bertha Trumpi’s parents’ names.  I decided to order the film of the record via the Family Search and have it delivered to my closest Family History Center. I was very pleased that it was only $7.50 (instead of Wisconsin’s $20) and that I would have the opportunity to get a couple more records of potential relatives off that spool.

The spool came in last Wednesday, and I was able to get to the center last Saturday.  I loaded up the film, and away I went.  Rolled to the right record (thanks to the reference number in the Index), and there they were.  I had to fire up the machine next to it, start up the capture software, and then capture the image.  A bit cumbersome the first time, but after I got the hang of it it went well.  Great scans of the image at 400 Pixels per inch.  Nice.  Save the files to a thumb drive. I then saved the images of the other folks I might be interested in and was done in just a few minutes

The most interesting new bit of information from the image was the “Names of subscribing witnesses.”

Gebert Huber  and Anna Altman.  It was particularly cool because I have a photo of John and Bertha with two other individuals, presumably the best man and bride’s maid – aka the witnesses.  So a new bit of information and new questions.

There are at least two Anna Altmans in the New Glarus/GreenCounty area that could be the Anna in the photo. Looking at the families there, I’m not seeing anything that links them together.  The Altmans came to New Glarus many years earlier.  However, maybe they or someone close to them were the “aunt and uncle” that brought Bertha to the States. Lots more to dig into.

Gebert Huber — same last name as my Johann/John Huber.  Coincidence or family.  It is often the brother of the groom.  Could this be a brother?  Maybe I can find where Gebert came to the states.  Maybe he came for the wedding.  Again, so much more to dig into.  The research never ends.

I’ll probably look into Rev. A. Roth and see exactly who he was.  He performed an “ecclesiastical” ceremony.

I am incredibly pleased that Family Search has its Family Heritage Centers around the country and provides the service of providing images for research.  I had never used the service before and am extremely glad that I did.  It worked well for me.  I highly recommend using it if you can.