Felix Frey Article published

Felix notified me that his article has been published in a book about St. Gallen history.
He sent a copy to me in Adobe Acrobat format which I have tried to publish on the Staeheli facebook page and in this blog.


My technical skills are insufficient to publish an Adobe document on facebook or here.


Although the article is written in Swiss German it is possible to scan for names such as Theresia and Daphne and the name Staeheli which shows up in the text. There is a Staeheli family photo from our web site.


I attempted to translate the article using Google translate but the result is not intelligible.


Felix will send a copy of the book to me which I can scan and publish here so we can view it.


Meanwhile, I think it is possible to forward the Adobe document to your email. Anyone interested can send a request and I will forward the Adobe document to you to open on your device.


Please send your request to tstalyjr@charter.net

Felix Frey Article, first contact

I received this email in April, 2018.


Dear Mr Staly,
With great interest I read your research on the Staly-Stäheli family history. I grew up in a town called Herisau and spent a lot of time at Lake Gübsen (Gübsensee) during childhood and youth. It's both tragic and fascinating to see how the formation of the lake changed local people's lives so drastically in 1898/1899.


 Why did I find your research online? By profession, I am a historian specialized on Eastern Europe (USSR and the Balkans) and work at the University of Bern. Since I'm very interested in the history of energy and wrote my PhD in this field (energy history of a Russian region), I decided to engage in a local history of energy too. Therefore, I explored the HPP near my hometown, which happens to be the Kubelwerk which is so closely related to your family's history!


 The paper I'm writing will be part of a book on the Cantonal (State) history of St. Gallen. This professional collected work focuses on social history. I work with archival sources from the St. Gallen State Archive and published resources of the analyzed time (approx. 1890-1905). The history of the Stäheli family is an ideal example of what I want to show in the paper: Energetic infrastructures are not neutral technological installations, far away from the "human world", but affect(ed) people's lives massively in manifold ways.


I would very much like to incorporate the Stäheli story into my paper. Therefore, I want to ask you if you would like to support the endeavor with your insight and/or photographies, archival records or the like? I would be very grateful for any detail you could add to the processes that led to the departure of the Stähelis from Gübsenmoos and their first years in the States. Of course, your support would be thanked for in the first footnote of the paper, as it is custom in the field.


I'm looking forward to your answer and send my best regards to Washington State,


Felix Frey

The Staeheli Family is noted in St. Gallen

A news article about the Staeheli family was published in the St. Gallen newspaper. The article was based on information on the Staeheli Family of Guebsenmoos web sites and facebook page.

J'Nene Staeheli-Boland is planning for the second annual Staeheli Family reunion and has given me permission to post her notice here:


Well it's time to mark your calendars for the 2nd Annual Staeheli Family Reunion. This year it will be on Saturday, July 9th in Cle Elum, WA at MaMa Vellones Steak & Italian Restaurant. This family owned restaurant has been in business for over 25 years and is owned by my nephew Jim's (James Staeheli) beautiful girlfriend Kelly Vallone's family... (thank you Kelly for allowing us to have our dinner there). Here is the link to the restaurant, the menu looks good and I can't wait to eat there!

http://www.mamavallones.com


Here is a link to the hotels in Cle Elum so you can make your reservations early, hotels book up fast in July.
https://www.google.com/search…


Please rsvp me at:
jneneb@yahoo.com
or call me @ (425) 512-4507
so we can get an accurate headcount for the dinner.



I will be staying at the Stewart Lodge July 8th-10th.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone again & hopefully we'll see some new faces that couldn't make it last year.
Love to all,



J'Nene Staeheli-Boland


MaMa Vallone's Home Page
Welcome to the MaMa Vallone's Webpage! MaMa Vallone's is an Italian Restaurant that first opened in 1986 in the town of Cle Elum, WA. Inside the website you will find general information and menus for MaMa's and contact information.
www.mamavallones.com

Sharon Staeheli Thompson provided information about her mother's passing.

STAEHELI, Lillian B.(Hibbs) (Age 99) was born November 4, 1916 in Colville, WA to Roy and Mable Hibbs, and passed away on March 7, 2016. She moved with her family to Lapwai, ID where she graduated. Lillian came back to Addy, WA in 1940 where she married Robert C. Staeheli. They spent their married life in Colville where Bob was co-owner of the Staeheli Creamery. Lillian's joy was her family.She was preceded in death by her husband Bob; parents; sisters Jean Phillips, Helen Leaf and Ruby Wilson; her brothers Con, Mel and Cecil Hibbs. She is survived by her daughter Sharon Thompson (Travis); sister Jo Jacobs (Warren); grandkids Tricia Thomas (Jeremy), Tina Skidmore (Dwaine); great-grandkids Emma and Zoey Thomas and Kaylee Skidmore; numerous nieces and nephews. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/spokesman/obituary.aspx?pid=177988258#sthash.I8k5a4Hy.dpuf

Staeheli Family Dinner

J'Nene Staeheli-Boland is sponsoring a Staeheli dinner in Everett, WA from 6 PM until 9 PM on Saturday, July 11. Details here - https://www.facebook.com/events/484897848329980/

Hannah Jaeger Wedding in Australia

Recently I received photos from Ian and Catherine Jaeger of their daughter, Hannah's, wedding to Jordan, from New Zealand, on March 15.  They were married in Australia.


Photos may be seen here -


https://picasaweb.google.com/113076297016845142997/HannahAndJordanSWedding?authuser=0&feat=directlink


https://plus.google.com/photos/113076297016845142997/albums/6136687155396892369?banner=pwa