Emma AmmannBorn: 27 Mar 1863 or 1869 Farmer's Wife Parents: |
Married: 13 Jan 1891 Divorced: 2 Sep 1899 |
Jakob Kurth (or Kuert)Born: 21 March 1872 in Rütschelen, BE, Switzerland Farmer Parents: Verena and Jakob Kuert |
(See Rütschelen Burger Rodel Book I p291)
Born: 28 Aug 1890 in Bern, Switzerland
(See Rütschelen Burger Rodel Book II p2)
Born: 17 Dec 1893 in Bern, Switzerland
Died: 25 Apr 1980 in Montreux VD, Switzerland
Married twice, first to:
from Betten, VS, Switzerland
Married: 4 Aug 1923
Divorced: 1 July 1929 in Lausanne, VD, Switzerland
and then to:
who died: 7 Apr 1956
There were no children from either marriage
Born: 1 May 1895 in Bern, Switzerland
(See Rütschelen Burger Rodel Book II p105)

Born: 20 Jan 1897 in Bern, Switzerland
(See Rütschelen Burger Rodel Book II p72)
Following Emma's
1899 divorce from Jakob (who is rumoured to have moved to the
Rheinland), the children were placed as 'verdingsbuben'
(servant-boys) with seperate Rütschelen families, paid for by
the Gemeinde (community) - most had a wretched life, treated more
as slaves than part of the family.
Emma later had three more children (father unknown):
Born: 15 Aug 1900 in Basel, Switzerland
Married: 28 Apr 1919 to:
Divorced: 3 Apr 1925 in Bern, Switzerland
Born: 27 Apr 1903 in Basel, Switzerland
Married: 28 Mar 1924 to:
from Ursenbach, BE, Switzerland
Born: 2 Nov 1905
Married: 12 Oct 1928 to:
from Signau, BE, Switzerland
by whom she had two children, a son and a girl: