Brief Life History of Gottlieb
Gottlieb Nyffenegger was born on 14 September 1832, in Huttwil, Bern, Switzerland as the son of Johannes Ulrich Nyffenegger and Maria Bernhard. He married Anna Elisabetha Loosli on 22 October 1858, in Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 24 June 1913, in Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Saint Johns, Oneida, Idaho, United States.
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- Gottleib Neiffeneggar, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Gottlieb Nyffenegger - Government record: birth: 6 October 1832; Huttwil, Bern, Switzerland
- Gottlieb Nieffinegger, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1848
Made capital 1848
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Swiss German: probably a habitational name for someone from Nufringen in Swabia, Germany, formerly called Nüfferen, Niffern, + egger, from Middle High German ecke ‘corner (of a mountain)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Notes on the Nyffeneggers moving from Switzerland to Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Gottlieb Nyffenegger, wife Elisabetha Loosli and 3 children left Switzerland in the spring of 1864. They sailed on the Ship HUDSON from the London, England area and landed in New York City on 20 July …
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