Johannes John Obrist (1801 - 1881)

Born 26 Apr 1801 in Riniken, Aargau Canton, Switzerland

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Klages) Obrist — married 5 Jan 1826 in Salem, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Husband of Christina Margaretha (Weyh) Obrist — married 11 Jul 1859 in St. Louis, Missouri

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1881 at age 80 in Brooklyn, St Clair, Illinois, USA

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Biography

"A story (apochryphal or not) has been handed down through the John OBRISTs. There were said to be seven John OBRISTS in a row. Handed down to each succeeding John was a topaz stone supposedly taken from the crown of a King of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the early days the OBRISTS were from Hungary, and were called PREST. One descendant was angered by the Monarchy and stole the topaz from the crown. Mattie DUFFY OBRIST passed the precious stone to her son, John William, who in turn gave it to his son, John W. OBRIST, Jr. When there was a fire in John Jr.'s house in Dexter, Missouri, sometime in the late 1950's, the stone was lost or destroyed. That John OBRIST, b. 6 Jan. 1925, was the last in the line of our John OBRISTS." [Source: Genealogical Research by Patricia Bishop Obrist, personal research with additional documentation from primary records obtained for her at the Swiss Archives by Manuel Aicher, the head of the Swiss Genealogy Society. Information contained in email message received by Charlotte Schick from Mrs Obrist dated 14 March 2002]. Obrist-2 was created by James Edmondson through the import of Daddy.ged on May 9, 2014. '

Sources

• Lee County Genealogical Society, Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County Illinois, 2000. Page 393, [Note: His birth date is given as 3 May 1801 by this source].

• Oberst, Thomas Paul <oberst@comcast.net>, Descendants of Hanns Zoberist, <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/o/b/e/Thomas-P-Oberst/GENE1-0001.html>. As viewed on 13 February 2002.

• Genealogical and Family History Research. Patricia Bishop Obrist. [Parish records Umiken, 1752-1802, page 248. Information contained in email message received by Charlotte Schick from Mrs Obrist dated 14 March 2002].

• Find A Grave, John Obrist <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135507858/john-obrist> as viewed 04 January 2019.