Andreas Tischhauser (1831)

Ancestors

Biography

Andreas, son of Gallus Tischhauser and Katharina Indermaur, was born in Sevelen, current-day St. Gallen, Switzerland on 16 December 1831 and christened two days later in the local Reformed church.

After a nearly three months journey, Andreas arrived at the port of New Orleans on 2 June 1845 aboard the 'Columbia' as part of the first 'group' migration from the village of Sevelen. He travelled with his parents and siblings Mathias, Gallus, Johannes, Anna, Gabriel, Hans Peter, Ursula and Katharina.^[1]

In 1850, he was living in Tete Des Morts township, Jackson county, Iowa and worked as a labourer. He is enumerated with his mother Katharina, brothers John, Gabriel and Peter as well as sisters Josephine [Ursula] and Catharine.^[2]

In 1860, he lived in Jefferson Township, Dubuque, Iowa. He was a farmer and was enumerated with his mother Catherine, and siblings Ursula and Catherina. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNP-MH66: accessed 2 February 2023), Andreas Tischaurer, arrived 2 June 1845, Ship: Columbia; citing NARA microfilm publication M259 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ 1850 U. S. census, Jackson County, Iowa, population schedule, Tete Des Morts Township, p. 41, dwelling 297, family 297, line 25, entry for Andrew Fishouser; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ46-9F9: accessed 3 February 2023 ); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll Roll 184.
3. ↑ 1860 U. S. census, Dubuque County, Iowa, population schedule, Jefferson Township, p. 35, dwelling 277, family 266, line 39, entry for Andreas Tishauser; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M825-PNN: accessed 4 February 2023 ); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 320.

• Family Register Gallus Tischhauser 1796-: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche (Sevelen, St. Gallen, Switzerland), "Familienbuch Band I, 1822-1869 [S-Z]," unpaginated, No. 608, entry for Gallus Tischhauser 1796-; Pfarrbücher der Pfarrgemeinde Sevelen, 1637-1934, digital images, Staatsarchiv St. Gallen (http://staatsarchiv-sg.ch/index.php?bid=1811: accessed 2018).