Daniel Obrist (1806 - abt. 1836)

Born 6 Jun 1806 in Riniken, Aargau, Switzerland

Ancestors

Died about 1836 at about age 29 in Lee County, Illinois

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Biography

His Godparents were his uncle, Daniel Obrist, a cooper of Riniken living at Base; Augst and Verema Hartmann of Villnachern, the wife of the smith (Schlossers frau). [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].

"Dan Obrist was drowned while seining (sic) in Elkhorn creek". [Source: History Of Lee County Together With Biographical Matter, Statistics, Etc. Chicago: H.H. Hill and Company, Publishers, 1881, page 484].

Sources

• 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, 1803-1816, page 25. Information contained in email message received by Charlotte Schick from Mrs Obrist dated 14 March 2002].

• History Of Lee County Together With Biographical Matter, Statistics, Etc (H H Hill and Company, Publishers, Chicago, 1881). Page 484.