John Sturzenegger was born about 1820 in Switzerland, died about 1810, but I don't have a whole lot of info on Rosina other than she was born about 1832 in Switzerland. Their children are as follows as best as I can determine from the 1870, 1880 censuses from San Antonio, Monterey, California:
William Francis 11 Mar 1871
Fredrick 1854
Elizabeth ~1859
John J ~1862
Jacob J ~1868
Emma ~May 1870
Carolina ~1876
Rosa ~1857
Louisa (Luisa) ~1862
Amia ~1853
And Predeline (?) or Piery Ann (?) - ~1864.
Fredrick's wife, Rachel, is reported that her family came from Missouri, and some were involved in the Mountain Meadow Massacre, but she was born the year after, and I understand only a few children survived from that, so I don't know it would have been her family directly.
These were obtained off Ancestry.com - but here we go! Some faces to the names. I'm currently researching Lizzy, her husband, William (?) Orr, died in a buggy accident leaving her a widow but she died when her oldest was 11 but I don't know why or how. Anyways, these are the photos I have for now.
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| Rachel Fancher Sturzenegger - wife of Fredrick Sturzenegger, buried at Mountain View cemetery, Kingman Arizona |
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| And Fredrick |
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| Fredrick Sturzenegger - San Francisco ~1880-ish |
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| Elizabeth "Lizzy" Sturzenegger (Later Orr) |
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| William & Jacob |
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| Rosa |
Thank you for your blog and especially the photos, as my maternal Grandmother's paternal family are descendents of Louisa Sturzenegger
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