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 1851 - 1901

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• Birth	14 Nov 1851	Trub, Bern, Switzerland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 May 1901	Trub, Bern, Switzerland   [1]
  Person ID	I0019	Gerber Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2010
  Father	Niklaus Fankhauser,   b. 23 Aug 1806, Trub, Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 13 Feb 1875
  Mother	Elizabeth Neuenschwander,   b. 18 Jun 1814, Langnau, Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 20 Apr 1893
  Married	17 Jun 1836
  Family ID	F0018	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Johannes Zuercher,   b. 28 Sep 1839, Trub, Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 25 Aug 1896
  Married	Abt 1869
  Last Modified	03 Dec 2009
  Family ID	F0017	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Christian Gerber,   b. 6 Nov 1855, Langnau, Bern, Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1878  [1, 2]
  Children	> 1. Bertha Gerber > 2. Emma Gerber > 3. Anna Gerber > 4. Marie Gerber,   d. Aft 1973   5. Johann Gerber > 6. Ernst Gerber,   b. 11 Sep 1879,   d. 30 Jun 1974 > 7. Friedrich Gerber,   b. 11 Aug 1885, Langnau, Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 31 Mar 1951
  Photos		Gerber, Christian - Family Photograph Christian Gerber with new wife (unknown), his daughters, and their husbands.
  		Gerber, Christian Family Tree Family tree of Christian Gerber, taken at 2009 Reunion
  Last Modified	03 Dec 2009
  Family ID	F0008	Group Sheet

• Crests		Fankhauser Crest Fankhauser Crest

• Notes

  FANKHAUSER: TRUB. Fankhaus is the place name of a farm. The German verb fangen means to catch. This house is catched, that is to say surrounded by hills and forest, enclosed territory. - By Delbert Gratz ORIGIN OF NAME - VERSION 2 Heinz Fankhauser from Burgdorf... When fall comes, the farmers have to drive their animals down from the high pastures for the winter. There must have been some sort of stockade (or corrall) in Fankhaus Graben which pinned the cows and/or sheep and/or goats in until the various owners could sort out which belonged to whom. There must have been a house there for the fellow who maintained it. ORIGIN OF NAME - VERSION 3 Contributed by Frieda Funkhouser Wilson - FUNKHOUSER A SWISS-AMERICAN GENEALOGY (1364-1978) Copyright 1978 ...at the turn of the century the circulated story was that one of the Fankhauser ancestors "was an inspector of a prison or guard of prisoners. This story has been refuted. Cousin Hans Fankhauser says there are no jails or prisons in Trub for the one thing. Instead the name Fankhauser comes from the verb 'fangen' meaning 'to catch' (the bears). A 'fang' was a large pit for trapping the bears and other wild animals that threatened the crops and livestock of the families who lived in this valley in the Middle Ages. The trap tender lived in a 'Fanghus.' As a small community grew there, it took the name and the families there became Fankhausers."

• Sources

  [S0005] Adam J. Barrone, Adam Barrone, Taken from Julius Billeter whose work is suspect (Reliability: 3). [S0024] LDS, Batch 8127126, Sheet 91, Source Call No. 1260976, Film (Reliability: 3).