Advertisement

Anna <I>Wyssmann</I> Wilken

Advertisement

Anna Wyssmann Wilken

Birth
Herzogenbuchsee, Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau, Bern, Switzerland
Death
4 Apr 1946 (aged 84)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot
Rose Lawn, Gate 17, Section 1, Lot 46B, Grave 2
Memorial ID
View Source
Suggest Edits
Anna was born in Herzogenbuchsee, Bern, Switzerland, a pleasant alpine village, to Rudolph Wyssmann and Anna Barbara Affolter.

In 1866, when she was 5, Rudolph sold the family house and took his family to the USA, aboard the ship "Floride". Tragedy struck; cholera broke out. Anna and four of her ten children died and were buried at sea.

Rudolph and his remaining six children settled in Andrew County, Missouri. They moved to Seward County, Nebraska sometime between 1870 and 1880. Her descendants often wondered if she remembered the quick bright streams of her native Switzerland as she looked at the slow muddy rivers of the American Midwest.

Anna married August Wilken 23 Feb 1882 in Seward County. She would eventually bear him 11 children. They moved to La Puente, California in 1912, where August was one of the pioneer walnut growers.

The family surname is spelled "Wyssmann" on Anna's sister Elise's baptismal record in Switzerland. It is spelled Wyssmann, Wiesman, Wiessman, Wiesmann, Wiessmann and Whysmann on assorted obituaries and marriage license applications of her children.



Anna was born in Herzogenbuchsee, Bern, Switzerland, a pleasant alpine village, to Rudolph Wyssmann and Anna Barbara Affolter.

In 1866, when she was 5, Rudolph sold the family house and took his family to the USA, aboard the ship "Floride". Tragedy struck; cholera broke out. Anna and four of her ten children died and were buried at sea.

Rudolph and his remaining six children settled in Andrew County, Missouri. They moved to Seward County, Nebraska sometime between 1870 and 1880. Her descendants often wondered if she remembered the quick bright streams of her native Switzerland as she looked at the slow muddy rivers of the American Midwest.

Anna married August Wilken 23 Feb 1882 in Seward County. She would eventually bear him 11 children. They moved to La Puente, California in 1912, where August was one of the pioneer walnut growers.

The family surname is spelled "Wyssmann" on Anna's sister Elise's baptismal record in Switzerland. It is spelled Wyssmann, Wiesman, Wiessman, Wiesmann, Wiessmann and Whysmann on assorted obituaries and marriage license applications of her children.



Inscription

Mother

Family Members

Parents
Spouse
Siblings
Children

Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

See more Wilken or Wyssmann memorials in:

Flower Delivery Sponsor and Remove Ads

Records on Ancestry

Advertisement