Christian Bigler was born May 18, 1871 near Berne, Switzerland, son of John and Rosanna (Kunzi) Bigler, farmers in that vicinity. He attended school in his native country until the age of seventeen years when he went on his own and worked as a farmhand. He then learned the butcher's trade, which he followed for three years. He then spent two years on the home farm, after which he was employed as a driver for a brewery at Boudry, Switzerland, a position he held for six years. He next worked as a teamster for a contractor at Bienne, where he remained for a year. As a young man he served as required by his government in the Swiss Army.
Finding that he was making no more than a living wage, he determined to seek his fortune in the United States. In 1902 he entered the United States at New York and made his way to Monroe, Wisconsin, where he worked four years in a cheese factory. In the spring of 1906, he went to Turtle Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, and entered the employ of the Turtle Lake Co-operative Creamery, as a cheesemaker. In May, 1908, he purchased the plant and became the sole proprietor.
On March 14, 1908, Christian married Elza Gantz, born May 20, 1891 in Minneapolis, daughter of August and Matilda Gantz, who came to Turtle Lake Township in 1894.
Christian and Elza were the parents of five children: Frederick, born March 10 1909; Ruth, born July 3, 1911; Esther, born Feb. 26, 1913; Arnold, born June 26, 1915; and Ellis, born Dec. 12, 1917. The family attended the German Lutheran Church.
Abstracted from page 155 of The History Of Barron County, Wisconsin, published in 1922, by H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Finding that he was making no more than a living wage, he determined to seek his fortune in the United States. In 1902 he entered the United States at New York and made his way to Monroe, Wisconsin, where he worked four years in a cheese factory. In the spring of 1906, he went to Turtle Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, and entered the employ of the Turtle Lake Co-operative Creamery, as a cheesemaker. In May, 1908, he purchased the plant and became the sole proprietor.
On March 14, 1908, Christian married Elza Gantz, born May 20, 1891 in Minneapolis, daughter of August and Matilda Gantz, who came to Turtle Lake Township in 1894.
Christian and Elza were the parents of five children: Frederick, born March 10 1909; Ruth, born July 3, 1911; Esther, born Feb. 26, 1913; Arnold, born June 26, 1915; and Ellis, born Dec. 12, 1917. The family attended the German Lutheran Church.
Abstracted from page 155 of The History Of Barron County, Wisconsin, published in 1922, by H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Christian Bigler was born May 18, 1871 near Berne, Switzerland, son of John and Rosanna (Kunzi) Bigler, farmers in that vicinity. He attended school in his native country until the age of seventeen years when he went on his own and worked as a farmhand. He then learned the butcher's trade, which he followed for three years. He then spent two years on the home farm, after which he was employed as a driver for a brewery at Boudry, Switzerland, a position he held for six years. He next worked as a teamster for a contractor at Bienne, where he remained for a year. As a young man he served as required by his government in the Swiss Army.
Finding that he was making no more than a living wage, he determined to seek his fortune in the United States. In 1902 he entered the United States at New York and made his way to Monroe, Wisconsin, where he worked four years in a cheese factory. In the spring of 1906, he went to Turtle Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, and entered the employ of the Turtle Lake Co-operative Creamery, as a cheesemaker. In May, 1908, he purchased the plant and became the sole proprietor.
On March 14, 1908, Christian married Elza Gantz, born May 20, 1891 in Minneapolis, daughter of August and Matilda Gantz, who came to Turtle Lake Township in 1894.
Christian and Elza were the parents of five children: Frederick, born March 10 1909; Ruth, born July 3, 1911; Esther, born Feb. 26, 1913; Arnold, born June 26, 1915; and Ellis, born Dec. 12, 1917. The family attended the German Lutheran Church.
Abstracted from page 155 of The History Of Barron County, Wisconsin, published in 1922, by H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Finding that he was making no more than a living wage, he determined to seek his fortune in the United States. In 1902 he entered the United States at New York and made his way to Monroe, Wisconsin, where he worked four years in a cheese factory. In the spring of 1906, he went to Turtle Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, and entered the employ of the Turtle Lake Co-operative Creamery, as a cheesemaker. In May, 1908, he purchased the plant and became the sole proprietor.
On March 14, 1908, Christian married Elza Gantz, born May 20, 1891 in Minneapolis, daughter of August and Matilda Gantz, who came to Turtle Lake Township in 1894.
Christian and Elza were the parents of five children: Frederick, born March 10 1909; Ruth, born July 3, 1911; Esther, born Feb. 26, 1913; Arnold, born June 26, 1915; and Ellis, born Dec. 12, 1917. The family attended the German Lutheran Church.
Abstracted from page 155 of The History Of Barron County, Wisconsin, published in 1922, by H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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