Johannes Mast 1706 family research and proof

Research done on Feb 7, 2015 for the Johannes Mast and Anna Keller Family.
Results conclude that:
#1.  Johannes mother's name is Sabina Roteschauser.  It is often spelled Ritshauser but in the original records it appears most often (all that I saw) as Roteschauser.  She is from Scherzingen as well.
#2.  Hans Conrad is a son that was missing from the family.  These records have been extracted via the LDS Extraction Program and so once I located him in the system and connected him into the family, his LDS work showed as completed.  Adding him to the family was the only missing item.
#3.  Many of the children had name changes in Family Tree and these were done as seen on the extracted records.
#4.  30 historical records (extraction records) were then added to Family Tree so that this information reflects the records, and others researching will have that information at hand.
#5.  Two individuals in this family were merged with others by the same name.  Time to sort that out resulted in me keeping the christening dates and LDS ordinances with our family member.

Our family already had the parentage of Anna Keller as Hans Jakob Keller and Catharina Schwank. The christening record was then located for that event and the date added to my records and Family Tree.
             5 hours.

Johannes Mast 1706 christening record

Johannes Mast, christened 2 Apr 1706 in Scherzingen, Thurgau, CH (Switzerland).  Johannes is the son of Hans Ludwig Mast and Sabina Rutishauser.  He later married Anna Keller on 31 Mar 1736 in Scherzingen.  He then died 14 Apr 1770.

Source:  Scherzingen, Evangelische Reformate Kirche,  LDS FHL #995197 Christening records.

Documentation Tracker for (#58) Hans Jakob Hafen and (#59)Susanna Kleeli

Tracker, as of 25 Jan 2015  14 hours

Susanna Kleli and Hans Jakob Hafen incorrectly combined in FS FT

Susanna Kleli

Rodel 1807:
Hans Jacob Hafen b. 17 Jul 1763, parents:  Jakob Hafen and Barbara Mueller
Susanna Kleli b. 28 Sep 1769, parents: Hans Jacob Kleli and M. Magdalena Herzog of Scherzingen.

  Kinder:
Johannes b. 9 Dec 1792 comm 1809
Anna b. 26 Jan 1794  comm 1811
Maria Magdalena b. 27 Dec 1804
Anna Barbara b. 12 Nov 1810.

Source:  email correspondance from Pfr. Andreas Bertram-Weiss, Eggässli 9, CH-8596 Scherzingen

+41/ 071 688 3863 Dated:  9/5/14.   Image labeled:  Rodel 1807.

Hafen home in Scherzingen

Dorfstrasse 6

Gebiet:  Scherzingen
Ort:  Scherzingen
heutige Nutzung: Wohnhaus Werkstatte Garage
Assekuranz-Nr.:  55/3-0085
Parzellen-Nr.:  99
Koordinaten O/N:  734317/277082
Foto-Nr.:  06-262-15
Erstes Inventar:  1995
Revision:  2006

Einstufung:  Gesamtform erhaltenswert
Gesamterscheinung 19.  Jahrhundert, auf Sulzbergerkarte (1828/36) und Siegfriedkarte (1883) verzeichnet.

Ehemals wohl baeuerlicher Streckhof in traditioneller Art; weitgehend eternitverschalter Fachwerkbau unter Mansarddach mit Schopf und modernen Dachlaeuschen an der Front; nordwestseitig angeschlossener Oekonomieteil (heute im Erdgeschoss zu Ladenlokal umgebaut) mit bogenfoermig profilliertem Bretterschirm.

Schmucklose, modernisierte, urspuenglich fuenfachsige Trauffront mit grossem Garagentor; Nordostfassade mit juengerem Scheinrisalit und Balkon.

Asphaltierter Vorplatz; kleiner, umzaeunter Vorgarten.

Dokumentation:  Brandkataster Staatsarchiv.


Inventar- und Schutzeintraege (ohne Gewaehr auf Vollstaendigkeit)

Google Translation:
Area: Scherzingen
Location: Scherzingen
current use: residential building work Equip garage
Insurance No .: 55 / 3-0085
Lot No .: 99
Coordinates O / N: 734317/277082
Photo No .: 06-262-15
First Inventory: 1995
Revision: 2006

Classification: Full form worthy of preservation
Overall appearance of the 19th century, on Sulzbergerkarte (1828/36) and Siegfried Map (1883) listed.

Formerly well peasant Streckhof in the traditional way; largely eternitverschalter half-timbered building with mansard roof with both hands and modern Dachlaeuschen at the front; northwest side connected Oekonomieteil (now the ground floor to shop rebuilt) with bogenfoermig profilliertem boards screen.

Austere, modernized, originally five-axis Trauffront with large garage door; East facade with younger Scheinrisalit and balcony.

Paved courtyard; small, Enclosed front garden.

Documentation: Brand cadastral State Archives.

Inventory and Schutzeintraege (without guarantee of completeness)

Memories of Home by John Hafen, 1890, Thoughts on home by Ramona Porter

The Hafen home was a religious Evangelist home, where a blessing was asked at each meal, and regular reading was done from the prayerbook.  John did not drink wine or other intoxicants nor use tabacco or profane language.  He attended school until he was about 16 years old, arithmetic was his favorite subject.

The first 23 years of John's life were spent in Scherzingen, a village of about fifty families, where most of the villagers were farmers raising hay, grain, potatoes, and fruits.  The Hafen farm comprised 12 to 15 acres cultivated intensively where they raised the family's food needs and a little surplus for sale besides the chief product, wine,  which was marketed locally.

The Hafen family were able to sell their farm for a fair price and the Hafen's paid their own passage and were able to help others less fortunate move to America.

As a child John swam in the Bodensee but, not being accustomed to the swift currents, nearly drowned when he first went swimming in the Missouri River in America.

Info from Jacob Hafen about Thurgau area.

Jacob Hafen was born February 16, 1836 in Canter Thurgau, Northeast Switzerland.  Because of old and absolute laws the people in this fertile and productive country suffered much.  The poor people were so limited in their opportunity to make a living, and their schooling was limited accordingly.  However their working hours were not limited as they are today.  Jacob learned the trade of shoemaking but he had no money to pay for his learning.  After his apprenticeship, he was required to work at the shoemaking bench a year or more without compensation.  From 6 a.m. until 8 p.m., summer and winter Jacob sat at his bench tapping and trimming.  Thrilled with the thought he could soon be master of a trade and then could assist his good parents in the maintaining their humble home.

 Thurgau, his birthplace was known for its fine fruits, therefore the place was nicknamed Ciderindia.  The plentiful production and use of cider gave rise to this name.  The custom was to serve the workmen in the fields a piece of bread and a cup of cider.  The work would then continue til dusk.  Then the evening bell "Angelus" would call the tired workers home to evening chores and supper.   At mid-day the town clock located in the belfry of the village church would announce with twelve strokes the hour of dinner.  Recreations were few indeed for these humble farm folk.  A dance usually started in the afternoon and a recess was called for chores and supper; then back to the dance until midnight, this procedure was really a rare occasion.

Their main recreation was singing.  There were many small singing organizations who would hold joint festivals much like the Welch Eistefodds.  God had given Jacob a wonderful singing voice.  When he sang we heard not only his voice but his heart sang as well.  Jacob was a jocular, good natured fellow.  He made friends easily and held them all through life.  Thus the Mormon Missionaries found our twenty-four year old Jacob in Thurgau.  He and his two sisters accepted the gospel.  The rest of the family couldn't understand the "Spirit of Gathering" that was calling these three away from their family and friends.

Western America was an almost unknown country to these humble swiss farm folk.  In 1861 they embarked on a sailing boat with other immigrants and Mormon converts.  They were tossed to and fro on the ocean for many weeks.  For Jacob, this long journey was an eventful one.  On the boat was a very attractive young woman named Annie Catherine Naef.  She, too had a wonderful singing voice.  So through the gift of song they soon became sweethearts.  The weeks on the ocean were almost too short for these two young adventurers, whose hearts were bursting with songs of love.

Hans Georg Hafen's birth/christening record 19 April 1803 in Scherzingen, CH

 Hans George, son of Johannes Hafen and Anna Elisabeth Mast, (because this is a church record and there are not two dates listed I will assume) christened 19 April 1803 in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland.

Hans Georg Hafen home in Santa Clara, Utah

http://wchsutah.org/homes/hans-george-hafen-home.php

Front of the home, located at
3003 Santa Clara Drive 
Santa Clara, UT 84765 

Lot 6 & west half of Lot A Block 15, Santa Clara Town & Field Survey 

37° 7' 57" North Latitude,   113° 39' 10" West Longitude

The Hafen house sits on property which was first deeded by a Probate Judge deed to John Hafen on January 9, 1883. This included lots 1, 6, and 7. The next entry in the abstract for the property is in March 1906, which lists John G. & Wife deeding the west one-half of lot 1, and all of lot 6 to John. The house almost appears that it could have been built as an entire cross wing in the c. 1880s, when John received title, but in a family history written about Hafens one sentence states: "The father John [a misprint, his actual name is 'Hans'] Hafen, Sr., first built a lumber shanty on his lot, later an adobe house which subsequently became the home of his grandson, John Hafen." It was first assumed that the "John Hafen" listed in the 1883 transaction was actually John George Hafen, but according to Hafen's descendants, John George Hafen owned property next to this and never lived in the house, although he had some interest in the property that was deeded to his son, John Hafen, in 1906. 

After arriving in Santa Clara, the Hafens drew lots for property and vineyard tracts. George received property next to his son, John George. Hans George's first home was, as mentioned, a wood shanty, which was a common practice because of the difficulty in obtaining building materials in the region during the early years. According to the family history, George built his second house on the property from adobe bricks made on the site. No other information is provided for Hans George after this, except that he died sometime in 1863, of unknown causes. This makes dating the original portion of the house as being constructed in c. 1862 fairly accurate. 

The back of the home

The Garage

John Georg Hafen documents from Scherzingen, Switzerland

(3rd Entry) 16.  Joh. Georg, son of Georg Hafen, [who is the son of] Johannes [and]  Maria Magdalena Hafen was born 17 Octob[er] and baptized [christened] 21 Octob[er] 1838  in the Scherzingen Evangelisch-Reformierte Church in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland.  

Confirmation of #5 Georg Hafen, [son of] Georg, born 17 October 1838 was confirmed in the Scherzingen Evangelisch-Reformierte Church in 1855 in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland.

Marx Bügler and Dorothea Suter Family Book entry

from Ermatingen, Thurgau, Switzerland, LDS #958,746 Family Book.  1698?.

Johann Georg Hafen Sr.

Most often called Hans George Hafen, he is the father of John George Hafen.

John George Hafen Jr. Death Certificate 1838-1928

Anna Maria Elizabeth Huber Hafen Death Certificate

1862-1944

John George Hafen & Susette Boshard Family

This is not my direct line and I have included what is in my database but I do not have grandchildren listed in my database.

John George Hafen & Mary Ann Stucki Family

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John George Hafen and Anna Mary Huber Family

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John George Hafen & Rosena Stucki Family

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Letters to Anna

These are letters found in the attic of Eliza Anna Gubler's house some years after she and her husband Edmund died. They are letters written to her mother Anna Maria Elizabeth Huber Hafen from her family in Switzerland. http://hunt4letters.blogspot.com/

Johann George Hafen

aka Hans George Hafen, father of John George Hafen. Both immigrated to Santa Clara, Utah.

Anna Gygax Huber

Anna Gygax is the mother of Anna Maria Elizabeth Huber Hafen. She never came to America, but remained in her homeland - Switzerland. Colored by Allyson Hunt Wood. Her line will continue on www.hunt4huber.blogspot.com

John George Hafen

Colored by Allyson Hunt Wood

Anna Mary Elizabeth Huber Hafen

Colored by Allyson Hunt Wood

Anna Mary Elizabeth Huber Hafen Headstone

Located just west of John George and his first wife Susette Boshard in the Santa Clara, Washington County, Utah Cemetery.

Annie H Hafen (born) April 17, 1862, (died) May 15, 1944.

Santa Clara City Cemetery

Hafen area of the city cemetery. John George Hafen's headstone is on the west and foot area is toward the east. The grass across a small road is the newer part of the cemetery.