August WENGER

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The home town in Switzerland for our Wenger Family where everything is/was registered in Uebeschi. They may not have ever lived there. August came to the US from Switzerland and settled in Ohio in1873 or 1875. (Note: I base this on the birth and death of his child Christine) He was involved in cheese making in Bluffton, Ohio. In 1880 he became a citizen of the US and this is filed at Lima, Ohio. After his marriage to Barbara Conrad in 1883 he moved to the Big Hole Basin in Montana. Family tradition says that his wife died in Switzerland of a "broken heart" because she was lonely for him.His 2 sons would have been 5 and 7 years old when he left Switzerland. I believe that after Adele died they were raised by her parents Johannes and Henrietta Eymann.

One reason that he may have left Switzerland was told to me by a cousin: He stole a horse from the Germans and hid it in a wine cellar. The 5,000 German calvery men marched into Switzerland destroying everything. But what got him mad was, they shot all the wine barrells full of holes. I think this must have been the Prussian war - I suppose the Germans wanted him for stealing the horse and maybe that is why he came to America.

I have been told that August was the oldest of a family of 14. At one time cousin Mary Jo had written: After he came to USA he sent for his youngest sister, Ceclia, who later became Mrs. Fred Hirschy. Their mother had died giving birth to her. Ida Hirschy Olson's oral history says Ceclia came with him, so do not really know which is correct.

"Old Grandpa" liked his wine and whisky. He always wore a mustache, because in Switzerland he fell on a wine barrell and it caused a split "hare" lip. He subscibed to a German newspaper all the time he lived in Montana. The night of his death Henry and him had walked to Jackson for his bottle and paper.

August and Barbara Conrad (his 2nd wife) raised a boyby the name of Eddie Nelson, whose mother and father had both passed away, and an orphaned niece of Barbara's, Ida Wenger. We have a lot of this Conrad/Wenger family history - printed in another folder.

Eddie Nelson, the boy they raised: His mother died in child birth and his father in a runaway when he was 3 years old. He took the name of Wenger at times, on school records,etc. He was a very big man and had the Nu-Deal Bar (one other place it says he owned the 9 mile Vu Bar) in Butte for a time. After he left Montana, he would write August and ask for money and it wasnever refused. When he left August gave him his gold watch and chain to take and have repaired. It was a marvelous watch which all grandchildren tell about. Chimed hours, half hours, had heavenly bodies on it when you opened the case it told you the time. August never got his watch back. Eddie died in New York City, NY. Eddie's birthday was June 29, 1883.

Gus and Barbara made cheese at home and sold it in Dillon. Later, Fred Hirschy, his brother-in--law, came to the Big Hole and took up a homestead. He and Gus talked of starting a cheese factory. Gus had 150 head of cows and said he had the means to finance the factory; and Mr. Hirschy knew of a cheese maker in Indiana. Mr. Hirschy went back to Indiana and gathered up his family and the Hons Walchly family and returned to Dillon. Gus met them in Dillon with horses and wagons. They returned to his home at Fox, Montana, where Gus had built a nice sized addition for them on his ranch home. Hons Walchly the father of Fritz Walchly in Wisdom, was to be their cheese maker.

Gus lived at Fox, Montana, on the ranch now owned by Jack Hirschy. The original home he built is still being occupied. He owned a saw mill at Fox, and cut timber up Fox Creek for the mill. The land is now owned by the Petersons of the 40-Ranch. He furnished lumber for the town of Jackson when it was being built. He wasinvolved in many mining ventures. Wenger Gulch up the Gibbonsville Road, on Ruby Creek was named for him. He mined a wide range - the Mission Range and in the Big Hole Rockies. He was also one of thefirst freighters from Jackson to Dillon, driving an eight horse team.

He and Kit Carson (fake name or nickname) would go to Clearwater and work on The Lost Mine. They would hook up a string of pack horses. They did this for 5 or 6 years.

Gus died in his sleep at the home of Jules and Marie. Gus was quite often referred to as "Old Grampa" in later years to designate him separate from Grampa, who was Jules.

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Titel	Eymann Genealogie
Beschreibung	Neuere Version meiner Datenbank aus myHeritage exportiert.
Hochgeladen	2022-01-08 16:11:28.0
Einsender	Torsten Eymann
E-Mail	torsten@eymann.net
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