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Note: Originally we had thought Jacob, pronounced "Yank-ob", was born in Kirchdorf, but later research indicated he was born in Oberhofen, Switzerland. (I am not sure where this came from - see letter at end of this page) It was also thought he and Mariana, pronounced "Mar-e-ah-na", were married in Langenbuhl, but again it may have been in Oberhofen also. They lived in a small area about 15 miles southeast of Bern towards Lake Thun. Kirchdorf is about 3 miles north of Gurzelen, where most of the children were born, Langenbuhl is about 3 miles south of Gurzelen and Lake Thun is about 5 miles west of Gurzelen. Oberhofer is located on the east shore of Lake Thun. Mariana's name is shown in Swiss records as Maria Anna, but dad says his mother, Bertha Mae, always told him her mother's name was Mariana or Marianna. Jacob drew his inheritance from his parents and immigrated to the USA in early 1881 where he settled in Fayette County, Iowa. Mariana was pregnant with Elise at the time and did not come with him until she and the children followed him in October, 1881. Baby Elise was born in 18 May 1881 in Langenbuhl, but died shortly after arriving in the US. Mariana apparently lived with her parents, in Langenbuhl, after Jacob immigrated to the US. Jacob and Mariana spent several years in eastern Iowa and then separated. Jacob and four of the children, Rosa, Alfred, John and Clara all remained in Iowa. Mariana with the other four children, Robert, Fred, Adolph, Bertha and Emma came to Oregon, by covered wagon, where they settled in West Chehalem, Yamhill County. Mariana's brother, Rudolf Wenger had come to Oregon earlier and had settled in the area, which is about 8 miles NW of Newberg, near the Yamhill-Multnomah County line. The area and road where the property is located is today named Ribbon Ridge. Rudolf Wenger's property was just north of the home of Francis Marion and Nancy Shepard-Vanderpool, the parents of Bertha's future husband, Marion, and Adolph's future wife, Rosa.
There are 2 incidents of brothers marrying sisters in the Hertig family. In Iowa, John Hertig married Susan Lenahan and her brother, William Lenahan, married Rosa Hertig. In Idaho Bertha Mae Hertig married Marion Pomroy Vanderpool and in Oregon his sister, Rosa Vanderpool married Adolf Hertig. Jacob later came to Oregon and may have been in Idaho also, but dad says he does not remember him. My dad, Cedric Vanderpool, was Bertha Mae Hertig-Vanderpool's son. He had a photographic memory and could relate many details from his early childhood.
Jacob may have also lived in Brush Creek, Fayette, Iowa, as there was a Jacob Hertig that appears in a census there.
U.S. Naturalization Records:
Name: Jacob Hertig
Birth Place: Switzerland
Court District: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa
Date of Action: 21 Nov 1889
Location: West Union, Fayette Co., Iowa
Home in 1900: West Chehalem, Yamhill, Oregon (1 Jun)
Clifford C Cady, 30, Apr 1880, WI-NY-England, Married 8 years, Farmer
Millicent N Cady, Wife, 25, England-England-England, Children 3 total with 2 living
Cara E Cady, Dau, 5, Dec 1894, OR
Ray L Cady, Son, 2, Dec 1897, OR
**Jacob R Hertig, Boarder, 59, Sep 1840, Switzerland, Immigrated 1881, Naturalized Citizen, Widower
Jacob's wife Marian was still living and appeared on the 1900 (June 7) Lower Boise, Canyon County, Idaho census.
Oregon State Archives:
Name: Hertig, Jacob
Date: 03/03/1902
Record Type: Portland Deaths
Source: City of Portland
Oregon Return of a Death:
Name: Jacob Hertig
Date of Death: 3 Mar 1902
Place of Death: Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
Usual Residence: West Chehalem, Yamhill, Oregon
Date of Birth: Blank
Place of Birth: Switzerland
Age: 61 years
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Father: Blank, Born Switzerland
Mother: Blank, Born Switzerland
Burial: Lone Fir Cemetery
Cause of: Deficient oxygenation (failure of respiration) and cirrhosis of lung.
Jacob and Mariana are both buried in unmarked graves in this cemetery which is located on the southwest side and near the top of Bald Peak. From the cemetery you look out over what is the West Chehalem and Ribbon Ridge area where they lived. The third plot along the east border, Plot #13, belonged to A. F. Hertig.
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Civil Registry
City of Thun, Switzerland
23 October 1967:
Dear Frau Hoffman,
I am pleased to receive your letter of 25 September 1967.
Your great grandfather, Jakob Hertig, of Oberhofen on the Thunersee, was born in Kirchdorf, 19 September 1840 and Maria Ana, born Wenger, was born 29 August 1845. They were married 8 December 1865. From this couple 8 children were born namely:
Johhann Robert - born on 4 Jun 1866
Karl Gottfried - born 29 May 1867
Jacob Alfred - born 8 August 1868
Gottlieb Christian - born 19 October 1869
Maria Rosa - born 27 Jan 1873
Maria Bertha - born 6 Nov 1875
Klara - born 28 Jun 1877
Elise - born 18 May 1881
All of these children, with the exception of Elise, were born in Gurzelen (Bern). Elise was born in Langgenbuhl by the Thun. If you want to know more about these children then you should inquire at Zivilstandsamt, 3652 Hitlerfingen.
Original letter translated from German to English.
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