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Remund, Juenil, Reibling (Reibeling)
Category: Heritage
Date: Jul 23, 2008
User: Wlai

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I'm looking for my Remund, Reibling family from Laupen, Berne Switzerland.  If you can help me I'd appreciate it, my family came to the US in 1855. and settled in Minnesota.

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Josie

Category: Heritage
Date: Jul 19, 2008
User: JosFolkins

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I am a 40 year old mother of three gorgeous daughters, 21, and the identical twins are 12.  I have been researching my lineage and it dates back to Switzerland.  I am attempting every road that will lead me to find out where my ancestry originates.  I am doing this for my girls, so they will know, I grew up not knowing and I hated it.  I have led a very interesting life, and I hope it continues that

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Mom was born in Adelboden
Category: Heritage
Date: Jul 13, 2008
User: doreen

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My Mom , Rosa Kunzi was born in Adelboden, Switzerland in 1931 ,,she lived their with her family til she was 6, then her parents Giligan ans Susanna (Jungen) moved the family to Fort St John, B.C. ,Canada to avoid the air bombing that was going on at the time,,They road the big ship , the Montcalm to Canada, 3 weeks later they arrived. Mom remebers her litte sister Lydia learn to talk and walk while

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CHOLLET Charles Jacob 1863-1903

Category: Heritage
Date: Jun 23, 2008
User: rchollet

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Charles Jacob CHOLLET belongs to my CHOLLET family of swiss origin which goes back to 1390.

He was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1863.

He emigrated to America in 1883 where he got married three times:

- with Florence FARRAR he had Charles 1888-1971,

- with Julie Olivia OLINDE he had Michel Joseph 1894-1951, Alfred Leonard 1896-1978 and Charles Archange 1898,

- with Mary Catherine LANE he had Paul

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CHOLLET Frederick 1764-1848

Category: Heritage
Date: Jun 23, 2008
User: rchollet

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Frederick CHOLLET belongs to my family CHOLLET of swiss origin which goes back to 1390.



He was born in Moudon / Switzerland in 1764 as Frédéric CHOLLET.



He emigrated to New York by about 1785 and married Rebecca BOGARDUS. 



He died in Catskill, NY in 1848. 



His descendency (including actual living descendants) can be seen on: 



gw0.geneanet.org/index.php3 



Amazingly the surname CHOLLET evolved

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