Brief Life History of Jakob Ferdinand
When Jakob Ferdinand Bähler was born on 11 November 1841, in Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Bähler, was 30 and his mother, Catharina Niederhauser, was 33. He married Lisetta Schneider on 21 August 1868, in Buchholterberg, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1883 and lived in Liberty Township, Woods, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Avard, Woods, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. He died on 11 June 1920, in Alva Township, Woods, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Manila Cemetery, Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Jacob Bachler, „United States Census, 1910“
- Legacy NFS Source: Jacob Ferdinand Baehler - Government record: Census record: birth: November 1841; Switzerland
- Baehler im Eintrag für Albert Baehler, „California Death Index, 1940-1997“
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848
Made capital 1848
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Armin, Kurt.
German (mainly Baden-Württemberg; also Bähler): habitational name for someone from any of several places called Bahlen.
Possibly also Americanized form of German Behler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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