SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Parish records of Heimiswil, Bern, Switzerland.
Christening Register of citizens living out of town, Vol. 11, p. 220
Godparents: Alfred Fassnacht from Murten, FR
Samuel Bongny from Galmiz, FR
Elisabeth Gurzeler, the mother's sister

(Research):In a September 1991 interview, Malvina, his niece, said he died on the "western slope of Colorado". In 1910, he was living at Grand Lake, Grand County, Colorado (Year: ´iª1910´/iª; Census Place: ´iªGrand Lake, Grand, Colorado´/iª; Roll: ´iªT624_120´/iª; Page: ´iª15B´/iª; Enumeration District: ´iª57´/iª; Image: ´iª421) . ´/iªHe could not be located on the 1920 or 1930 Censuses.