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Heinrich Handschin: A Man Wants To Climb Up
Heinrich Handschin: A Man Wants To Climb Up
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Barely back in Basel Handschin met Bernhard Lerch (1811-1904), a ribbon manufacturer and Swiss entrepreneur from Moscow, who was looking for a weaving master for his firm. This meeting was to become a fateful tum in Handschin' s development. Bernhard Lerch offered the young and well-qualified Handschin a position, he accepted and in 1856 traveled to Moscow where he was to spend the next 25 years.
Heinrich Handschin: Wilhelm Mohler
Heinrich Handschin: Wilhelm Mohler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Mohler, Wilhelm from Thtirnen, born on July 3, 1911, moved in 1916 to Gelterkinden. Parents: Wilhelm and Elise Mohler-Mohler. The father was a watch-maker [Uhrensteinschleifer - grinding a part for watches], after 1916 he worked on the roads in Gelterkinden; the mother was a homemaker and silk-ribbon weaver.
The Handschin Foundation: Liquidation
The Handschin Foundation: Liquidation
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The Basel assets of Heinrich Handschin were speedily liquidated. Jakob Wirz renounced the right to buy the house at the Schtitzenmattstrasse, and the Handschin household was liquidated at an auction and the property was sold for the Foundation. Only the disbursing of the legacies of sfr. 25,000.00 to relatives who had not been mentioned in the will took until 1895 because these people also had to prove that they were indeed relatives.
The Handschin Foundation: Picture Credits [Giving Only English Translations Of The Titles]
The Handschin Foundation: Picture Credits [Giving Only English Translations Of The Titles]
Swiss American Historical Society Review
All photographs and reproductions: Felix Gysin, Microfilm Depatrment of Canton Basel-Landschaft
Special Report: My Trip To Helvetia, West Virginia, Rosa Schupbach
Special Report: My Trip To Helvetia, West Virginia, Rosa Schupbach
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
The International Life Of A Swiss Hotelkeeper, Marianne Burkhard
The International Life Of A Swiss Hotelkeeper, Marianne Burkhard
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Among the papers of Ferdinand Sperl there is a
small black book in which he chronicled the stages of
his life from his childhood to the 1960s. This
chronicle is very interesting as it shows first, how the
son of a hotelier was thoroughly prepared for
following in his family's footsteps as a fourth
generation hotelier, and second, how his arrival in the
United States in 1939 and the Second World War led
him to an unexpected career in military intelligence
after which he returned to his career as hotelier.
Book Review, Christian D. Nokkentved Ph.D.
Book Review, Christian D. Nokkentved Ph.D.
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
The Purysburg Colonists Of South Carolina And Their Descendants, Claudette Holliday
The Purysburg Colonists Of South Carolina And Their Descendants, Claudette Holliday
Swiss American Historical Society Review
In October 2006 I took a trip to Switzerland in search of ancestors wit
a few members of the Purysburg Preservation Foundation. A genealogy
travel destination is common among those searching for their roots .
However, until you actually have experienced it yourself, the stories are just
words on a page.
Burials In The Tomb Of The Swiss-American Society New Orleans, John Geiser Iii
Burials In The Tomb Of The Swiss-American Society New Orleans, John Geiser Iii
Swiss American Historical Society Review
On July 3, 1871, an improved constitution was adopted and a burial ground in Greenwood Cemetery was purchased. The yellow fever epidemic of 1878 caused the entire plot of ground to be filled and compelled action on the building of a suitable vault, which was completed and consecrated with appropriate ceremonies on October 5, 1879.