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Dedication

In March of 1899, Albert and Maria Stäheli of Gübsenmoos, Straubenzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland left their home and traveled by ship to the United States with twelve of their children.  Passing through Ellis Island they stayed for 3 years in Wisconsin before continuing their journey to Addy, Washington.

This website is dedicated to that pioneering family and the generations of families who are descendants of Caspar Albert and Maria.

Purpose

This site will be used to present documentation of the Staeheli's, to further explore the history of Staeheli's, to develop information about the Staeheli's currently living in the United States, to inform the latest generation of Staeheli's of their heritage and to help form connections among Staeheli's who have not yet met.

Contributors

Daphne Dempsey, Bob Dempsey, Burt Dempsey, Ann Staeheli, Pat Staeheli, Therese Staeheli, Tom Staly Sr., Tienne Staeheli, Sharon Staeheli Thompson, Lillian Staeheli, Jerry Staeheli, Jack L. Staeheli, Dennis Dempsey, Pauline Hagan via Paul Staeheli and Sharon Hansen have provided photos, documents and oral histories of Staeheli family members.

Archivists Marcel Mueller and Patric Schnitzer at the St. Gallen Staatsarchiv have provided invaluable documentation.  Ueli Risch also discovered Staeheli documents there.

Bernadette Grob-Oertig and Tienne Staeheli did significant research at the Kanton Thurgau Staatsarchiv.

Maggie Rail has provided documentation of the Addy Cemetery where Caspar Albert Staeheli is buried.

I am grateful for their contributions and support.

Additional Contributions

Photographs, news articles, certificates, documents, personal histories, oral histories and similar artifacts are welcome for addition to the story of Staeheli's in America.

If you have materials to submit for posting on this website please contact Tom Staly.

Spelling

Umlaut letters will be used for Swiss names and locations. This is possible with Word documents imported into this site.

The Americanized spelling of place names and the family name will be used when appropriate.  For example, Staeheli instead of Stäheli and Guebsenmoos instead of Gübsenmoos.

Blog

I have created a blog site for dialogue about Staeheli history and current Staeheli information. My activities collecting family information are documented there. You are invited to use the blog to share information with other Staeheli’s / Staly’s

Link to Original -  Staeheli Family of Guebsenmoos website:         https://sites.google.com/view/staehelifamilyofguebsenmoos/home 

 

 

 

Contact

Tom Staly Jr.

4932 W. 24th Place

Kennewick, WA 99338

509-735-1446

Several of us are attempting to identify the Staeheli's in the photo above.  Our preliminary attempt has produced the following list.  From left:

Louis, Rose, Paul, Walda, Charles, Theresa, Maria (Mother, seated), Cap, Maria, Fanny, Bob, Julia, Joe.

Revised 4/7/2013