Tracing the Staeheli Lineage to 1653

Tracing the Staeheli Lineage to 1653 and the village of Erdhausen

In July of 2010 my wife, Kathy, and I traveled to Switzerland where we did family research.  On July 15 I met Tienne Staeheli and Bernadette Grob-Oertig at the Kanton Thurgau Staatsarchiv in Frauenfeld.  Bernadette is a genealogist with special knowledge of Swiss historical records.

To read more about how we located the family records follow this link to the Blog and locate the entry titled A Productive Summer – Major Revelations:

http://stahelifamilyofgubsenmoos.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2010-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2011-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=24

Our research traced the Staeheli’s to the village of Erdhausen near Egnach with a marriage record dated 1653 and a birth record dated 1657. There is a continuous line of Staeheli’s from the present day until then.

Jakob Stäheli married Maria October 25, 1653  -   estimated birth date 1630

their son:  Johann Stäheli born September 16, 1657                  

                                 /married Barbara Krug? January 27, 1683

their son:  Johann Stäheli born April 14, 1689 in Erdhausen     

                                 /married Maria Klara Moser of Rorschach on May 19, 1715 in Erdhausen

their son:  Lorenz Stäheli born September 8, 1723 in Erdhausen

                                 /married Maria Elisabeth Bauer on July 17, 1746 in Kuegeliswinden

their son:  Josef Martin Stäheli born December 2, 1759 in Kuegeliswinden

                                 /married Maria Barbara Ebneter October 20, 1806 in Kuegeliswinden

                                /died March 14, 1824 in Kuegeliswinden

 their son:  Kaspar Stäheli born February 24, 1819 in Kuegeliswinden

                                /married Waldburga Hermann May 11, 1846

                                /Waldburga born January 7, 1824 and died February 20, 1890 in Russen

their son:  Kaspar Albert Stäheli born August 26, 1850 in Straubenzell

                                /married Maria Rimmel August 9, 1877 in Straubenzell

                                /died June 8, 1912 in Addy, Washington

                                /Maria died April 11, 1933 in Gibbs (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho)

This information is true for all Staeheli’s who are descendants of Caspar Albert and Maria.  Each family can continue that lineage to the present generation.  As an example I present the lineage of my family from my grandfather Carl Anton Staeheli who is the only Staeheli to change the family name to Staly.

their son:  Carl Anton Staeheli born (Stäheli) July 22, 1892 in Guebsenmoos

                                /married Madeline Capaul and had son

                                /married Lola Potter

                                /died January 14, 1971 in Anacortes, Washington

their son:  Thomas Charles Staly born (Staeheli) February 14, 1921 in Spokane, Washington

                                /married Helen Winifred Turk May 15, 1942

                                /Helen born February 19, 1920 and died January 20, 2002 in Spokane

their son:  Thomas Charles Staly Jr. born December 24, 1944 in Great Falls, Montana

                                /married Marilyn Jean McKee June 6 , 1969 and had son

                                /married Kathy Lynette Hendrickson August 11, 1996

their son:  John Michael Staly born January 1, 1978 in The Dalles, Oregon

                                /married Elizabeth Dauenhauer April 18, 2009

their sons:  Life Patrick Staly born August 20, 2010 in Beaverton, Oregon

                     Lincoln Lin Staly born October 22, 2012 in Beaverton, Oregon

This documents 12 generations of Staeheli's to 1653.

Notes:

The spelling of Staeheli is the Anglicized form.  In the documents it is typically written in the German form which is Stäheli.

Our research ended at 1653 only because the microfilm records ended with that time.  It is possible to follow the family line back in time but that would require locating Swiss church records which have not yet been digitized.  This process requires finding the church which has the correct records then finding the necessary entries in the record books.  My experience is that only an experienced genealogist like Bernadette is capable of such work.