Johan Ludwig Alfred MATTHYS

Birth:
24 Apr 1834
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Chr:
4 May 1834
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
10 Feb 1918
Hallsburg, McLennan, Texas
Marriage:
23 Mar 1855
Luetzelflueh, Bern, Switzerland
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1900 Census Battle,McLennan,Texas, ED #81, pg 51B (FHL#1241656)
    2. Germans to America Vol 32, pg 398 - Passenger List of the Lepzig entering Baltimore 2 Sep 1876 (FHL#973 W2ger)
    3. Archive Record (showing Ch #15 as a wife)
    4. Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland Evangelic Reformed Church Records (FHL#2005371) husb & all but 1st child
    5. Lutzelfluh, Bern, Switzerland Evangelic Reformed Church Records (FHL#2005559, 2005556) marriage and wife & 1st child
    6. St. John's Lutheran Cemetery Records, Battle, Mclennan, Texas Vol 8, pp. 111,112 (FHL#976.4284 V3m) child #7&9

NOTES:
    Emigrated in 1876 - wife had 17 children, 14 living 1900
BURIAL:
    Meir Cemetery
Verena NEUHAUS
Birth:
24 Mar 1832
Luetzelflueh, Bern, Switzerland
Chr:
30 Mar 1832
Luetzelflueh, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
3 Apr 1914
Hallsburg, McLennan, Texas
Children
Marriage
1
Elizabeth Maria MATTHYS
Birth:
17 May 1855
Lutzelfluh, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
2
Friedrich Alfred MATTHYS
Birth:
6 Aug 1856
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
3
Emilia MATTHYS
Birth:
26 Mar 1858
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
Ernst MATTHYS
Birth:
11 Apr 1859
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
Rosa BLUNENSHEIN 
Marr:
8 Dec 1899
 
5
Arnold MATTHYS
Birth:
17 Apr 1860
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
6
Ida MATTHYS
Birth:
20 Jan 1862
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
7
Walther MATTHYS
Birth:
8 Mar 1863
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
21 Dec 1916
Battle, McLennan, Texas
8
Gustav Johann MATTHYS
Birth:
4 Mar 1864
Bern, Switzerland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
9
Maximillian MATTHYS
Birth:
6 May 1865
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
11 Jan 1923
Battle, McLennan, Texas
10
Otto MATTHYS
Birth:
1 May 1866
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
11
Clara MATTHYS
Birth:
10 Apr 1867
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
17 Aug 1868
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
 
Marr:
 
12
Arthur MATTHYS
Birth:
19 Apr 1868
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
17 Aug 1868
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
 
Marr:
 
13
Wilhelmina MATTHYS
Birth:
10 Oct 1870
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Wilhelmina (Minna) MATTHYS
14
Rosa MATTHYS
Birth:
3 Jan 1872
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
15
Arthur MATTHYS
Birth:
24 Nov 1873
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
 
Marr:
 
16
Martha MATTHYS
Birth:
25 Nov 1874
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
7 Jul 1960
Fortworth, Tarrant, Texas
William Edward SCHROEDER 
Marr:
25 Dec 1900
Hallsburg, McLennan, Texas 
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Johan Ludwig Alfred Matthys - Verena Neuhaus

Johan Ludwig Alfred Matthys was born at Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland 24 Apr 1834. His parents were Carl Friedrich Mathys and Maria Mosimann.

He married Verena Neuhaus 23 Mar 1855 at Luetzelflueh, Bern, Switzerland . Verena Neuhaus was born at Luetzelflueh, Bern, Switzerland 24 Mar 1832 daughter of Johannes Neuhaus and Barbara Burkhalter .

They were the parents of 16 children:
Elizabeth Maria Matthys born 17 May 1855.
Friedrich Alfred Matthys born 6 Aug 1856.
Emilia Matthys born 26 Mar 1858.
Ernst Matthys born 11 Apr 1859.
Arnold Matthys born 17 Apr 1860.
Ida Matthys born 20 Jan 1862.
Walther Matthys born 8 Mar 1863.
Gustav Johann Matthys born 4 Mar 1864.
Maximillian Matthys born 6 May 1865.
Otto Matthys born 1 May 1866.
Clara Matthys born 10 Apr 1867.
Arthur Matthys born 19 Apr 1868.
Wilhelmina Matthys born 10 Oct 1870.
Rosa Matthys born 3 Jan 1872.
Arthur Matthys born 24 Nov 1873.
Martha Matthys born 25 Nov 1874.

Johan Ludwig Alfred Matthys died 10 Feb 1918 at Hallsburg, McLennan, Texas .

Verena Neuhaus died 3 Apr 1914 at Hallsburg, McLennan, Texas .