Buried in a plot next to Caspar Albert Staeheli in the Addy Cemetery is Peter Stahli who I assumed to be a relative. During our research at the Statesman-Examiner newspaper in Colville September 9 dad and I located articles dated March 19, 1927 stating that Peter had died leaving his estate to his sister in Brien, Switzerland. The March 26, 1927 Colville newspaper described Peter's burial listing pallbearers. None of the names is from our family. I think it is coincidental they are buried next to each other.
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| Caspar Albert's plot in the Addy Cemetery |
There is no evidence in the research Tienne and I have done showing a man named Peter in the Staeheli family. I conclude Peter was a fellow Swiss who was born in that era, emigrated to the US and farmed in Stevens County for 30 years, may have been known to Caspar Albert but was not related to our family.
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| Peter's Death Notice |
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| Peter's funeral above Loon Lake News |
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