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Note: Work and Employment: County road crew, Labourer Managed/owned the Elkhorn Saloon, Portland OR by 1910 (Death notice says owned from 1898 to Prohibition) Craneman/steelworker in 1920 census Custodian, U of O Med School at time of retirement in 1948 Owned an amusement park at Canby (s. of Oregon City) in 20's-30's. Alan visited and went swimming & hurt his head. Other Information: Lived on Markham Hill near the University of Oregon Medical School Ran a still at Markham Hill in the sidehill during Prohibition Immigrated to New York from SW in 1889 or 1890. Naturalized in 1903 in Portland,Oregon See Swiss Census Articles 74 and 358 Belonged to Helvetia Singing Club - which he may have organised. They participated in his funeral service.(Mt Scott Funeral Home,Inc) Officiant Rev. Walter Frutiger. Pallbearers - Ben Hoffman, Emanuel Zeller, John Richard, Frank Lyoth, OttoSchwarzenbach, Alfred Jaggi. Hon. John Hofer, Otto Friedli, Jack Ackermann, Mike Amacher, Robert Soler, John Wildy Memb. of Sons of Herman and Gruetli Verein Lodges (Marie Schar) Visited Falchern in 1907 (picture) Excellent shot with Schutsen (sp?) 32/40 target rifle Addresses: 1680 1st Street, Portland Or - 1900-1904+ lived over the saloon in which he worked 774 Twelfth St., Portland -1910- (became 3110 SW 12th in mid 30's) - owned this house 786 Twelfth St., Portland - 1916 (Marie)- Added Background: Jobs were scarce in Switzerland 1890-1920 and many people emigrated. There was/is a Cloister in Interlaken area (between Habkern and Meiringen). When illegitimate children were born there they were an embarrassment so they were sent to Habkern. The people there raised them and gave them their name (Zenger - which means something like the people who worked on the plateau in the forest) Helvetia Alpengluehn singing Society address is: 20921 N.W. Bendemeer Rd., Hillsboro, OR 97124 -reported the Ted Blatter 7 family visited Meiringen in August 2004; included his daughter Heidi, husband Hakki, sons, Elliott & Kyle and Ted's son Edi, wife Deby, children, Berkeley, Zoe and Ranaan.
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Note: (Research):The parish of Meiringen, which at one time covered the entire district of Oberhasli, was split in 1713 into two parishes: the lower parish (or Meiringen proper) covering the towns of Meiringen, Hasliberg, Schattenhalb, and Innertkirchen; and the upper parish (also called Guttannen or Hasli im Grund), covering the towns of Guttannen and Gadmen. The parish registers date back to 1543, but there are gaps here and there where volumes have been lost over time. The Reformed Church of that time recognized two sacraments baptism and marriage and these were recorded faithfully by the clergy. Other events, such as confirmations and deaths, received attention only from those clergy who felt like recording them. The baptismal register for Meiringen that covers the period from 1703 to 1732 is lost. This gap is partially compensated by the split of the parish in 1713, because the baptismal register for the upper parish survives for this period.
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