Addy Cemetery Information

I drove to Spokane to visit dad on Thursday, December 17.  Friday morning at 9 AM we arrived at the home of Maggie Rail who voluntarily acquires and maintains records of several hundred pioneer cemeteries around the United States.  I got her name from the website for Addy Cemetery.  A while back I emailed Maggie asking whether she had a map showing the locations of burials within  the cemetery.  She did.  She also had a cemetery record listing information about Caspar Albert and Peter Staheli. 
Our purpose in visiting Maggie was to get copies of her records.  Using my digital camera I photographed the large cemetery map and Maggie made copies of the burial records from a book.
In the spring, dad and I will return to the Addy cemetery to determine the location of the graves of Albert and Peter.  My plan is to eventually place a marker on their graves.  As the patriarch of the Staeheli's in America I believe Albert deserves to be recognized and remembered. 

Birth Records

While at the St. Gallen Staatsarchiv in Switzerland last August I was given copies of the birth records of the thirteen Staeheli children.  The records also inform us a little about Caspar Albert and Marie.  Patric Schnitzer, the archivist who found the birth records made notes in English on the records to help us understand the information there because the German script of the late 1800's is difficult to read.  I have posted these birth records on the website in three groups. 

My friend and mentor, Arlis Hoglen, has found a website explaining the entry on Albert's death certificate related to his cause of death.  I have added a link to that website on the page for Caspar Albert and Marie.

I have received several comments to this blog site which is encouraging as now I know there are interested parties who occasionally log on to see new information.  Marcel Muller, an archivist from the St. Gallen Staatsarchiv has commented about Theresa's letter.

Photo Updates

I have been adding photos to the website which enhance the story by giving faces to the Staeheli family.  Daphne Dempsey has provided photos of Mary and twelve of her children.  Pat and his mother, Ann, have provided photos of Joseph, Hedwig and some of their descendants.  The website is beginning to look as I had envisioned and I am hopeful of adding more photos as Staeheli's become aware of the site and start looking for old photos which certainly exist in old photo albums.

I can not specifically identify all the Staeheli children in the group photos but expect to be able to when other family members who know the faces see the old photos.  This is a process and will take some time.
There is very little information about some of the fourteen children so my focus will shift to seeking more about them.