JACOB JOSS (1826-1889) from Switzerland
Seeking origins of JACOB JOSS, born 27 Apr 1826 in Switzerland and settled in Fremont, NE, by 1870, and died there in 1889.
He had married BARBARA EICHELMANN, born 10 Aug 1834 in Bartische/Baden, Germany, and who also died in Fremont in 1889.
In 1859-1860 they were in Rochester, NY.He filed his Letter of Intent there in 1859.They had their first child there in 1860, the child being christened in the Luther Church.
Their children were:
1)Matilda, b. 1860 in NY and married Schulz
2)Jacob, b. c. 1863 in NY
3)John, b. 1864 in Illinois and married BOWERS
4)Barbara, b. c. 1870 in NE, and married TELFORD
5)Samuel, b. 1872 in NE and married HITCHEW
6)Emma. b. 1874 in NE, and died in 1886
7)Christian, b. 1876 in NE, and married BECKWITH
8)Bertha, b. 1879 in NE, and married COOLEY