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 5 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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Made capital 1848
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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)’.
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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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