Emma and Jakob Kurth

Emma Ammann

Born: 27 Mar 1863 or 1869
Died: 27 Nov 1932 in Basel, Switzerland

Farmer's Wife

Parents:
Johannes Ammann
Anna Marie Holzer

Married: 13 Jan 1891
Divorced: 2 Sep 1899

Jakob Kurth (or Kuert)

Born: 21 March 1872 in Rütschelen, BE, Switzerland
Died: 1920

Farmer

Parents: Verena and Jakob Kuert

(See Rütschelen Burger Rodel Book I p291)

4 + 3 Children

Jakob Kurth

Born: 28 Aug 1890 in Bern, Switzerland
(See Rütschelen Burger Rodel Book II p2)

 

Lina Emma Kurth

Born: 17 Dec 1893 in Bern, Switzerland
Died: 25 Apr 1980 in Montreux VD, Switzerland
Married twice, first to:

Emil Fridolin Imhof

from Betten, VS, Switzerland
Married: 4 Aug 1923
Divorced: 1 July 1929 in Lausanne, VD, Switzerland

and then to:

Johann Gehrig

who died: 7 Apr 1956
There were no children from either marriage

 

Karl Kurth

Born: 1 May 1895 in Bern, Switzerland
(See Rütschelen Burger Rodel Book II p105)

 

Heinrich Kurth

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):

 

Frieda Kurth

Born: 15 Aug 1900 in Basel, Switzerland
Married: 28 Apr 1919 to:

Gottfried Blatter

Divorced: 3 Apr 1925 in Bern, Switzerland

 

Klara Kurth

Born: 27 Apr 1903 in Basel, Switzerland
Married: 28 Mar 1924 to:

Emil Leuenberger

from Ursenbach, BE, Switzerland

 

Johanna Kurth

Born: 2 Nov 1905
Married: 12 Oct 1928 to:

Rudolf Losenegger

from Signau, BE, Switzerland
by whom she had two children, a son and a girl:

Hanna Losenegger