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Tag Archives: Glarus
Ancestor Sketch – Anna Maria (Oertli) Trumpi
nna Maria Oertli was born in 1823 in Ennenda, Canton Glarus, Switzerland. She married Bernhard Trümpy and lost an infant daughter during the hungry winter of 1847. She spent her last years in Lincoln Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, near her son Fred. This ancestor sketch follows my wife’s 3rd great-grandmother from the Swiss Alps to Elizabeth Cemetery, along with the questions her records still leave open. Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Sketch, Darling-Huber
Tagged Lincoln Township, Pennsylvania, Ennetbühls, Swiss emigration, Switzerland, Anna Maria Trumpi, Allegheny County, Trumpi, Anna Maria Oertli, Ennenda, Glarus, Trümpy, Trumpe, 1880 Census, Sara Heer, John Frederick Trumpi, Oertli, Bernhard Trümpy, Trümpi, Fridolin Oertli, Öertli, Elizabeth Cemetery, Swiss Genealogy
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The Heer Surname: Origins & Ancestors
This post explores the origin and meaning of the Heer surname, once a noble title in Switzerland, and follows its lineage through eight generations in Canton Glarus. From Sarah Heer to Florence Wilma Huber Darling, it traces the family’s deep Swiss roots and highlights modern surname distribution and descendant statistics. Continue reading
Posted in Surname Saturday, Darling-Huber
Tagged Genealogy Research, Heer, Swiss ancestry, forebears.io, Canton Glarus, Surname Origins, Huber, Vordermann, Trumpi, Trümpi, Glarus, Öertli
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Hefti – Surname Saturday
Darling-Huber-Trümpi-Dürst-Hefti LineDarling-Huber-Trümpi-Dürst-Streiff-Hefti LineDarling-Huber-Trümpi-Becker-Wichser-Zweifel-Hefti LineBy Don Taylor Name Origin[i] Family Search indicates that Hefti is a Swiss German surname from Middle High German heftec or heftic, meaning ‘strong, durable.’ “Hefty” is an Americanized form of Hefti. Geographical In the world, Forebears … Continue reading
Posted in Surname Saturday, Darling-Huber
Tagged Wisconsin, New Glarus, Germany, Adlenbach, Hefti, Switzerland, Glarus
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Dürst/Durst – Surname Saturday
Darling-Huber-Trümpi-Dürst LineBy Don Taylor Name Origin[i] Family Search and Ancestry indicate Dürst is a nickname from Middle High German turst ‘boldness’ or durst ‘thirst and that Durst is just a variation of the name. Geographical In World: Forebears indicates that … Continue reading
Oertli – Surname Saturday
By Don Taylor Name Origin Ancestry indicates that the surname Oertli is a Swiss-German variant of Örtel, and that is a variant form of Ertel. Ertel is a South German name from Old Hi German ort, meaning ‘point (of a … Continue reading
