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Johann Jakob John Obrist

Johann Jakob John Obrist

Male 1850 - 1937  (87 years)


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  • Name Johann Jakob John Obrist  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 21 Mar 1850  Rinikin, Aargau, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 May 1937  Altmar, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Altmar, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I36444  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Johann Obrist,   b. 1826, Schinznach, Aargau, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1917 (Age 91 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F29350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Magdalena Wernli,   b. 5 Dec 1851, Thalheim, Aargau, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1922, Altmar, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 21 May 1874  Thalheim, Aargau, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Mina Obrist,   b. 7 Feb 1875, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1954 (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Sophia Obrist,   b. 1876, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1940, St Lawrence County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Robert E Obrist,   b. Nov 1878, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1951, Adams Center, Jefferson, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Anna Obrist,   b. 6 Dec 1881, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1964, Altmar, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Mary Obrist,   b. 22 Jul 1887, Carthage, Jefferson, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1970, Albany, Albany, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. John Earnest Obrist,   b. 13 Mar 1891   d. 27 Jul 1966, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Herman Arthur Obrist,   b. 10 Aug 1892, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1977, Utica, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F11778  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • He emigrated from Switzerland in 1881 (1900, 1920, 1930 censuses) and became a U.S. citizen in 1888 (1920 census). Married in Switzerland, his wife, Mary, and their four children followed him to the U.S. in 1883. They would have three more children together. The family first settled in Carthage, New York and then John and Mary spent their remaining years in Altmar, where John was a farmer.

      According to the 1920 census, John worked as a mail carrier, carrying mail from the trains to the post office, when he was around 70 years old. At the age of 75, after his first wife had died, he married Altmar widow Annie Fox, and outlived her after ten years of marriage. He spent the last two years of his life living with his daughter, Minnie, in Camden, New York, and died at the age of 87.

      There is a detailed obituary for him that appeared in the Daily Sentinel (Rome NY), Tuesday evening, May 11, 1937, page 8, Camden news, col. 1, bottom, but it is too illegible to be read online:

      "John Obrist Dies at Third Street Home"
      ...He was born in Switzerland March, 2-?, son of John and (Marie? Obrist)...years...Mary Wertl?...to the country in 18...Carthage, where...Mrs. Obrist died in 1922. Surviving besides the daughter at ...three daughters...Mrs. Earl Tanner, Albany...Syracuse, and Herman Obrist, Utica, a brother Robert Obrist, Switzerland. He ...(22?) grandchildren...(great) grandchildren.

      Altmar...

      The remains of John Obrist, a life long resident of Altmar, were brought here from Camden Thursday [May 13, 1937] for burial. Mr. Obrist whose health has been poorly, spent the past two years at Camden with his daughter Minnie...

      [Sandy Creek News (Sandy Creek, NY), May 20, 1937, page 6]

      Funeral Services Held
      For Late John Obrist

      Camden, May 15-Funeral services for John Obrist who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Christian Fauser, Third St., were held Friday afternoon at the Methodist Church at Altmar. The Rev. N.J. Polney, pastor, officiated. The following grandsons acted as bearers: Paul Fauser, Herman, Harry and Robert Obrist and Charles Fauser.

      Among the relatives and friends attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Tanner, Miss Dorothy and Miss Irene Tanner, Albany; Mr. and Mrs. John Obrist, Miss Margaret Obrist, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sabrey, Mrs. Edward Quinn, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Obrist sr., Harry Obrist, Miss Elizabeth Obrist, Mrs. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Obrist jr., Herman Obrist, Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gossman, Natural Dam; Miss Anna Obrist, Norwich; Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Fauser, Mr. and Mrs. George Fauser, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seubert, Charles and Paul Fauser, Miss Dorothy Connif, Camden; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Obrist, Mrs. A. Reddner, Utica.

      Interment was made in the family plot at Altmar Cemetery.

      [Daily Sentinel (Rome, NY), Saturday evening, May 15, 1937, page 5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S79] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    2. [S29] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Albion, Oswego, New York; Roll: 1143; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0103; FHL microfilm: 1241143.

    3. [S374] Ancestry.com, New York, State Census, 1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 01; Assembly District: 01; City: Albion; County: Oswego; Page: 02.