WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
JACOB TOBLER
(early Swiss settler in Santa Clara)
BIOGRAPHY
Jacob Tobler was born on January 15, 1833 in Schonengrund, Appenzell, Switzerland.He married Anna Katharina Preisig, daughter of Jerimias Preisig and Ana Spalinger, on May 15, 1854 in Switzerland.
Jacob (and Anna?) was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on August 11, 1856.
Jacob & Anna immigrated to America arriving in New York on 19 June 1861. Anna died in July 1861 in Florence, Douglas County, Nebraska.
Jacob received his endowments and married Anna Barbara Staheli, daughter of Joachim Staheli and Anna Katharina Kreis, on October 18, 1861 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had eleven children. Anna died on September 16, 1920 in Santa Clara.
Jacob also married Barbara Hafen, daughter of Hans George Hafen and Maria Magdalene Hafen, on October 18, 1865. She was the widow of Ignaz Willi. Jacob & Barbara had four children. Barbara died July 9, 1875 in Santa Clara.
Jacob married Rosina Reber, daughter of Johannes Reber and Barbara Stucki, on October 8, 1881 in Santa Clara. She was the widow of Johann George Staheli and had four children with him. Jacob & Rosina had six more children. Rosina died on April 24, 1900 in Santa Clara.
Jacob died in Santa Clara on November 22, 1918 and was buried in the Santa Clara City Cemetery on November 24.
FAMILY
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Parents and Siblings:
Christian Tobler Anna Buhler Tobler Anna Elisabetha Tobler Johann Georg Tobler Christian Tobler Jacob Tobler Johann Ulrich Tobler Anna Barbara Tobler Johannes Tobler Joseph Tobler Konrad Tobler |
(2/14/1802-6/23/1876) (married xx/xx/xxxx) (7/11/1803-1/22/1883) (6/8/1825-2/28/1830) (10/25/1827-5/18/1894) (married Anna Barbara Zuberbuhler) (12/1/1830-12/3/1891) (married Stephenie Opfermann) (1/15/1833-11/22/1918) (married as shown below) (10/5/1835-3/16/1872) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (1/30/1840-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Gotlieb Grabherr) (3/24/1841-6/14/1884) (married Lisette Schmid) (6/5/1844-12/12/1898) (married Elizabetha Xxxxxxxx) (10/14/1845-5/19/1846) |
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First Wife: Anna Katherina Preisig Tobler |
(xx/xx/1833-7/xx/1861) (married 5/15/1854) |
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Second Wife and Children: Anna Barbara Staheli Tobler Bertha Tobler Barbara Tobler Salena Tobler John Jacob Tobler Wilhelmina Ida Tobler Hermina Tobler George Ensign Tobler Harmon Christian Tobler John Henry Tobler Ernest Tobler |
(2/14/1835-9/16/1920) (married 10/18/1861) (1/1/1863-11/11/1937) (married Samuel Wittwer) (8/15/1865-9/18/1941) (married John Staheli) (2/10/1867-xx/xx/1867) (5/1/1868-9/23/1887) (2/25/1870-xx/xx/1870) (4/19/1873-1/7/1925) (married Karl Albert Graf) (xx/xx/1877-4/1/1953) (married Mary Magdalena Stucki) (xx/xx/1878-12/1/1938) (married Leah Leavitt) (xx/xx/1879-7/28/1956) (married Mary Elizabeth Stucki) (xx/xx/1887-10/26/1956) (married Cecilia Hulda Ence) |
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Third Wife and Children: Barbara Hafen Willie Tobler William Egnatz Tobler John Albert Tobler Magdalena Tobler Barbara Emma Tobler |
(12/8/1835-7/9/1875) (married 10/18/1865) (11/25/1866-4/8/1960) (married Mary Magdalena Wittwer) (1/28/1869-11/15/1915) (married Barbara Rosina Stucki) (4/11/1871-6/10/1872) (5/26/1873-6/21/1875) |
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Fourth Wife and Children: Rosina Reber Staheli Tobler John Alfred Tobler Edward Tobler Josephine Tobler Vernon Tobler Lillie Tobler Rhoda Barbara Tobler |
(8/4/1851-4/24/1900) (married 10/8/1881) (11/19/1882-11/16/1949) (married Delmay Knight) (7/17/1885-6/26/1938) (married Lula Viola Stucki) (1/31/1888-8/6/1939) (married John Henry Graf) ??? (8/5/1890-3/11/1949) (married Emma Margarett Reber and Olive Dodge) (1/2/1893-3/22/1980) (married Milo John Ence) (1/16/1899-8/1/1932) (married Edward Rudolph Frei Jr) |
PHOTOS
WCHS photos:
WCHS-04540 Photo of Jacob Tobler
WCHS-04541 Photo of Rosina Reber Staeheli Tobler's children
REFERENCES
Jacob Tobler: Portrait of a Saintby Douglas F. Tobler
Heinrich Hug and Jacob Tobler: From Switzerland to Santa Clara, 1854-80
by Douglas F. Tobler
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought
Volume 26, Number 4, Winter 1993, Pages 107-127
History of the Jacob Tobler family: Histories, pictures, and genealogy of Jacob Tobler, his four wives,
and their children
by Sherri G. Anderson
Santa Clara: 1999
See the information page.
SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Heinrich Hug/Jacob Tobler
by Loren R. Webb, November 11, 2012
Wittwer Family Blog
FamilySearch entry for Jacob Tobler
Find-A-Grave entry for Jakob Tober
FamilySearch entry for Anna Katharina Preisig
FamilySearch entry for Anna Barbara Staheli
Find-A-Grave entry for Anna Barbara Staheli Tobler
FamilySearch entry for Barbara Hafen
Find-A-Grave entry for Barbara Hafen Tober
FamilySearch entry for Rosina Reber
Find-A-Grave entry for Rosina Reber Tobler