John and Anna Elizabeth Haufer Widmer came to America from Switzerland about 1855 with their three children, Elizabeth, Albert, and Rosa. They settled on a farm near Sardis, Monroe, Ohio. They attended the Apostolic Church, established in 1848. Three children, Joseph, John, and Lydia were born in Sardis, Monroe County, Ohio.
In Switzerland, there had been a famine and crop failure, and many had very little to eat. To prevent starvation, the Swiss government offered fifty dollars to each person who would emigrate to America. John and Anna Widmer and their family were among those who made their way to this country, landing in NY and then coming on down the Ohio River to Monroe County. Many of those early settlers came by raft, some settling at Sardis, others near New Martinsville, WV. In 1863 the Widmer family moved to a farm on German Ridge (now American Ridge) in the New Martinsville area.
In August 1866, while he was clearing land on their farm (New Martinsville W.Va.), father John Widmer was struck by a falling tree. He was carried to the house on a stretcher made from a ladder. He died then at the age of 46. Burial was on the home place on the knob above the hill. The grave was marked by a few stones gathered from the field and a clump of lilies.
Joseph and John farmed their father's land. In 1894 Anna Widmer died at home at the age of 76. She was buried at the Apostolic Christian Green Hill Cemetery.
Story by Elizabeth Widmer
Name: Johannes Widmer
Arrival Date: 25 Jun 1855
Birth Date: abt 1819
Age: 36
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Swiss
Place of Origin: Switzerland
Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
In Switzerland, there had been a famine and crop failure, and many had very little to eat. To prevent starvation, the Swiss government offered fifty dollars to each person who would emigrate to America. John and Anna Widmer and their family were among those who made their way to this country, landing in NY and then coming on down the Ohio River to Monroe County. Many of those early settlers came by raft, some settling at Sardis, others near New Martinsville, WV. In 1863 the Widmer family moved to a farm on German Ridge (now American Ridge) in the New Martinsville area.
In August 1866, while he was clearing land on their farm (New Martinsville W.Va.), father John Widmer was struck by a falling tree. He was carried to the house on a stretcher made from a ladder. He died then at the age of 46. Burial was on the home place on the knob above the hill. The grave was marked by a few stones gathered from the field and a clump of lilies.
Joseph and John farmed their father's land. In 1894 Anna Widmer died at home at the age of 76. She was buried at the Apostolic Christian Green Hill Cemetery.
Story by Elizabeth Widmer
Name: Johannes Widmer
Arrival Date: 25 Jun 1855
Birth Date: abt 1819
Age: 36
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Swiss
Place of Origin: Switzerland
Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
John and Anna Elizabeth Haufer Widmer came to America from Switzerland about 1855 with their three children, Elizabeth, Albert, and Rosa. They settled on a farm near Sardis, Monroe, Ohio. They attended the Apostolic Church, established in 1848. Three children, Joseph, John, and Lydia were born in Sardis, Monroe County, Ohio.
In Switzerland, there had been a famine and crop failure, and many had very little to eat. To prevent starvation, the Swiss government offered fifty dollars to each person who would emigrate to America. John and Anna Widmer and their family were among those who made their way to this country, landing in NY and then coming on down the Ohio River to Monroe County. Many of those early settlers came by raft, some settling at Sardis, others near New Martinsville, WV. In 1863 the Widmer family moved to a farm on German Ridge (now American Ridge) in the New Martinsville area.
In August 1866, while he was clearing land on their farm (New Martinsville W.Va.), father John Widmer was struck by a falling tree. He was carried to the house on a stretcher made from a ladder. He died then at the age of 46. Burial was on the home place on the knob above the hill. The grave was marked by a few stones gathered from the field and a clump of lilies.
Joseph and John farmed their father's land. In 1894 Anna Widmer died at home at the age of 76. She was buried at the Apostolic Christian Green Hill Cemetery.
Story by Elizabeth Widmer
Name: Johannes Widmer
Arrival Date: 25 Jun 1855
Birth Date: abt 1819
Age: 36
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Swiss
Place of Origin: Switzerland
Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
In Switzerland, there had been a famine and crop failure, and many had very little to eat. To prevent starvation, the Swiss government offered fifty dollars to each person who would emigrate to America. John and Anna Widmer and their family were among those who made their way to this country, landing in NY and then coming on down the Ohio River to Monroe County. Many of those early settlers came by raft, some settling at Sardis, others near New Martinsville, WV. In 1863 the Widmer family moved to a farm on German Ridge (now American Ridge) in the New Martinsville area.
In August 1866, while he was clearing land on their farm (New Martinsville W.Va.), father John Widmer was struck by a falling tree. He was carried to the house on a stretcher made from a ladder. He died then at the age of 46. Burial was on the home place on the knob above the hill. The grave was marked by a few stones gathered from the field and a clump of lilies.
Joseph and John farmed their father's land. In 1894 Anna Widmer died at home at the age of 76. She was buried at the Apostolic Christian Green Hill Cemetery.
Story by Elizabeth Widmer
Name: Johannes Widmer
Arrival Date: 25 Jun 1855
Birth Date: abt 1819
Age: 36
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Swiss
Place of Origin: Switzerland
Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
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