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Note: Originally we had thought Jacob, pronounced "Yank-ob", was born in Kirchdorf, but later research indicated Oberhofen, Switzerland. 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, Rosa, Alfred, John and Clara all remained in Iowa and Mariana with Robert, Fred, Adolph, Bertha and Emma came to Oregon, by covered wagon, where they settled in West Chehalem. 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'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. (pg 2124 A & B). Jacob may have also lived in Brush Creek, Fayette, Iowa.
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
Oregon State Archives:
Name: Hertig, Jacob
Date: 3 Mar 1902
Record Type: Portland Deaths
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